二十一 (Voice Post, Japanese)

[onikui_tengu]

I was able to remember... I could feel it.

A... yuurei. You couldn't have been alive anymore. Why were you here...? I knew your name, and you...

Ugh! It still... hurts.

[A long pause, and then a deep sigh. His voice is quiet, as though very tired.]

We can't go back anymore, can we?

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Sorata-kun, you shouldn't have said anything. Now I'll have to take your advice after all.

I will need that time off, and you will have to rely on yourselves for awhile. It may only be a day, or more, but you will be the first to know either way, Shinjiro. I'm...

[...]

I never thought that I would be staring up at the same ceiling again so soon.

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Those were... memories. A ghost of the past.

I heard you, Kantarou... barely. How were you... able to know her name?

While I am here like this, I will listen. But if anyone else comes to me, I don't want you to shut them out. He will...

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What were you made to suffer all alone? I...

...Such a curse, it wasn't something that I would have wanted for you, Testament. You didn't need to see... [He falls quiet, at a loss for words.]

You're... the only one that can touch me now. I can't... stomach the thought of anyone else-... [He shudders, and a minute or two passes until he speaks again. His voice weak and frail just like on that day.]

If you can... a filthy creature like me...

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Comments

[shockinglycool.livejournal.com]

Oh. Should I have responded differently to allow you to make your point?

[onikui-haruka.livejournal.com]

Just... stop talking, Sorata-kun.

[shockinglycool.livejournal.com]

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