then again ——- wasn’t
                everyone just a little weird?
                       —— gray himself stripped here & there.
                              erza was the devil
                                   & natsu ate fire for food.

                    “ you get this a lot, huh?
                                guess you don’t care that much. ” 

                <sub>❛ — Quite a lot, yes. And, no, I don’t really care.❜

                                If he needed an excuse for his ODDITIES he
                                would claim it on his deductive abilities, but
                                that, in truth, is more just a lie than anything
                                else – he enjoys being a little different.</sub>

            what was his deal?
                what could prevent a man
                from offering his real name?

                    “ you’re really weird. ” 

                <sub>❛ — It doesn’t usually take people
                          so long to draw to that conclusion…❜

                                       He doesn’t see much of a
                                       problem with being weird.</sub>

            his knowledge of 
                detectives was rather limited.
                their methods were more obscure.

                    “ i may call you katsu?” 

                <sub>❛ — Well.. you can call me whatever you like.
                                  But you can use Katsu if you don’t feel
                                  like being imaginative.❜

           He would love to go around flaunting his real
           name, but being known by almost the entire
           population of the Earth as the world’s #1
           detective could lead to many problems.</sub>

            a detective? like that guy
              with the funny hat & accent?

                    “so you solve mysteries & stuff…

                                 the name’s gray, by the way. ” 

                <sub>❛ — Yes.❜

                              Like him, sort of.  But in his own
                              opinion  —-  better than the one
                              with the funny hat.

                                           ❛You may call me Katsu.❜</sub>

            curiosity bloomed quietly
                the more they spoke. it occurred
                to him that there was very little
                he knew about this —— guy.

                    “ what do you even do, anyway? ” 

                <sub>❛ — I'm a detective.❜

                                     He doesn’t see a problem in announcing this,
                                     considering it's apparent that the other is not
                                     really  m u c h  of a liability.</sub> 

            how troublesome.
                though, gray couldn’t be bothered to try anymore.
                it was too hot to care.
                ( hence his lack of clothes… )
                the spell of lethargy had him in its clutches & gray
                didn’t even mind — as long as nothing disturbed this ‘peace’.

                    “ oh?

                         hard at work or hardly working? ” 

                <sub>❛ — … Both.❜

                                          In some form or another. Enough that
                                          he is barely bothered about the other’s
                                          distinct absence of any clothing. But he
                                          never would have been bothered by 
                                          that anyway.</sub>

            annoying didn’t even cut it.
                was he some sort of magnet for weird people?
                ( gray, where the hell did your clothes go!? )

                    “ then go fix it.” 

                <sub>❛ — Later.
                                I’m busy.❜

                           Busy procrastinating and avoiding responsibilities.
                                               Yes, that was more like it.
                           Though to be fair, avoiding them was harder than it
                           sounded  considering his mind wouldn’t even  slow
                           down   enough   to let him sleep correctly   at   night.</sub>

            geez, what a picky guy.

                    “ not my problem.” 

                 <sub>❛ — Oh… well… 
                                 ——– I’ll fix it myself, then.❜

            Picky ? Yes. 
              Quite annoyingly so, as well.</sub>

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                 _{❛ — Mm, I don’t like it.❜}