☏: Our muses talking on the phone about (You may choose) Maito Gai.

                   ”No, I don’t really think that counts, Ebisu.” 
     There was a long, exhaustive sigh on the other end of the line that made Asuma nearly laugh out loud.
 
                                 ”I understand that he’s a ‘loser’ as you say, but no matter what, you 
                                  can’t get out of the mission.”

Asuma paused to listen to Ebisu’s counter argument for why he should, in fact, not be forced into a mission with Gai.

                 ”Yes—Yes—- I know that you’ve been his teammate for 20 years.—-
                                                  Yes I am aware of how you feel about that.”

                 Only Ebisu— King of the dramatic— would be this worked up about something like this. Of course, Asuma knew he was mostly overrating and putting on a show. He knew that the man truly cared for Gai just as much as anyone cared for their teammates.

               ”I guess you’ll just have to put up with it then, won’t ya?”

                                 A pause.
                         ”Ehh—Don’t be like that Ebisu——Ebisu?—-Ebisu?”

                                        It had been a long time since he’d been hung upon.
 Well damn.