I Like Those "Xisuma Doesn't Know Grian Is A Watcher" Au's But Listen.

I feel like both Mr. "Use Me As You Wish" Aventurine and Dr. Veritas "I'm A Supporting Character" Ratio both have self-esteem problems. How do they prove their worth to the Trailblazer? Aventurine—by showering us with expensive gifts. Ratio—by offering academic opportunities, technical help, his consultation, and so on.

Imagine them together in a relationship (as friends or something more), constantly feeling inadequate, trying to prove their worth to each other the only way they know. Caught in an ever-escalating endless exchange of extravagant but useless gifts:

"I just happened to come by this diamond-encrusted marble inkwell. I thought you might like it, Doc."

"My friend Professor So-and-so is conducting a lecture series on "The history of monetary chance-based recreational activities in post-inductrial societies" next month. I thought you might be interested, so I asked him to reserve a place for you."

"I had my tailor embroider golden laurels on your favorite lab coat."

"I took the liberty to install a nanoprocessor and a holographic screen on your gun so that you could read the latest news while practicing at the shooting range."

Dazai: Coffee or tea?

Kunikida: Tea.

Dazai: Wrong

Dazai: It's coffee

Switching between these every day

Kenji: Are you sure this is the right direction? Dazai: Certainly, I'm as sure as I am honest! Chuuya: In that case, we're definitely lost.