I have a new favorite au with ryan, wherein neku works the graveyard shift at a cemetery, and Joshua is persistently trying to convince him that he (and the others like him) is not merely a symptom of Neku's life-long psychological disorder.
Neku is your run of the mill ghost whisperer--but he has spent his life attributing his various encounters to schizophrenic hallucinations. That's what his therapist thinks, after all. And ghosts aren't real!
Neku considers himself un-spookable as a result--so why wouldn't he pounce on this super easy job that pays extra for overnight?!

(he does wonder why the position has been open for so long ... but fuck it, who cares)
--but ... his hallucinations have never been so insistent on being seen. If he doesn't make eye contact with the static-y specter that follows him, watches him, hovers near him, it'll go away. Or he can keep pretending, at least, that it doesn't have a mind of its own.
Joshua has seen cases such as Neku's, though. He had been such a case himself. His parents and peers had never believed him.

Neku, however--he is hellbent to make a believer out of him.
... they eventually team up as paranormal investigators 😌 boyfriend detectives!
• sho leaves "art" all over the grounds, aka piles of garbage that Neku cleans up. Only for ... more to pop up? Huh? Didn't he clean this up earlier? Like, ten minutes ago? Who is fucking around with him?!

He keeps an eye out for the culprit. Probably some stupid kid. 😒
• megumi likes to people watch. And neku is the only people he can watch. He sits like an esteemed aristocrat from a marbled bench and watches. his. every. move.

He especially likes to sit in the rain.
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