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[If there was one thing Takatora was sure he should have learned by now, it would be how to keep his life in perfect running order. He had been the head of Yggdrasill's Research and Development branch from the moment he'd left high school and even before that, his father had kept him on a tight and strict schedule, never a second unaccounted for or left out of place. Unfortunately, with all of Takatora's scheduling and trying to squeeze an extra hour into every day, he still felt as though he never had time for anything, let alone everything. Even his weekends left little time for himself, though Takatora was also painfully aware of his obsession with triple-checking everything under his command and bringing such weight onto himself. He couldn't allow for errors.

His morning routine started a bit later on the weekends, if only because Takatora knew he had to catch up on sleep at some point to make up for running himself ragged. Getting sick was something he couldn't risk. The usual morning routine went by quickly: dragging himself out of bed (he'd never become a morning person, as much as he wanted to), showering, getting dressed, checking for any news or alerts while he had been sleeping. Thankfully, nothing important had happened during the night. Takatora always lived with the fear of something awful happening while he was asleep that he would be unprepared for, but every morning brought the same temporary relief. For now.

Takatora headed out of his room after an hour or so, still checking his phone as he made his way down the hall and towards the stairs. Ryouma already wanted to talk to him about something, which was mildly surprising as Ryouma rarely (never) got out of bed so early, which meant he'd been up all night again. Stepping past one of the maids, Takatora spoke a return greeting to her as he continued on, paying more attention to typing out messages than his surroundings.]

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[He actually managed to laugh a little bit at that.]

I won't. And whoever's listening to this won't, as well, I suspect.

[It's not that hard to figure out given what Takatora's said. And it's not like much could be done about it anyway. Even if he stopped dancing, they still had Kouta with them, and they were still his friends. Even their father couldn't bring down his displeasure enough to stop him from seeing them.]

Don't tempt him.

[It makes him feel a bit better to hear Mitsuzane laugh, the hint of a smile tugging at his lips, before his attention is focused on his food again. He's run out of things to say now, but at least Mitsuzane feels better and the air seems a little less tense.]

[He's not sure that Ryouma needs tempting, because that's probably who's listening. He doesn't know the man well enough, but he gets the feeling that he's very focused on Takatora in a number of ways.]

I should go take a shower, and you should finish eating. We can talk later.

I'll be in my room if you find a topic you wish to discuss.

[Takatora was so exhausted at this point that he couldn't imagine talking about anything else, let alone find a topic he cared about enough to bring up. If anything, he could at least provide answers to Mitsuzane. If he had any more questions. Hopefully he would be able to handle them next time.]