(his laughter eventually begins to die down, jokingly giving ren a shove as he keeps the joke going. it's easy, it's comfortable, it all calms his raging nerves about pretending to date the guy he's in love with. he can always freak out about it later, but for now, ryuji might as well just take it in stride.

ryuji is ignoring the show altogether at this point, his focus solely on ren, giving him another playful nudge.) I'm still calling you Renren. You can't take that away from me.

(ren bringing up the topic of boundaries, however, gets ryuji to stiffen a little bit. there's nothing ryuji can imagine saying 'no' to, welcoming any touch or sweet phrase. even if he's not sure ren is the type to whisper sweet nothings in his ear. is ryuji the type to want those? man, fake dating is hard.

he scratches the back of his neck while his face scrunches up in thought. they aren't really things he wants to bring up, but...) I mean... I guess all I can say is my dad 'n Kamoshida? I know you'd never bring those up on your own, I don't mean it like that. Just that... people always bring it back to my mom, yeah? They can say whatever shit they want about me, but not my mom.

(he hunches over a bit, worried how all of this could affect her in the long run. she's never pressured him to get a partner or anything like that, but he's seen the looks in her eyes whenever he hangs out with the girls.) I wanna avoid getting my mom involved in this, if I can.