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

[boy-fatality.livejournal.com]

The same ceiling?

Are you alright?

[prodigal-axe.livejournal.com]

Don't even worry about it.. Anemone's gotta take some time off, too..

Just let me know.

[nunsensebridget.livejournal.com]

If you teach me to make drinks one day, you can take all the time you want! I can just take care of everything!

Private

[kan_chyan]

I've had a bit more time than you back home.... There was, a situation before I ended up here. It involved Fuji.

[satsujin-ai.livejournal.com]

Oh.. unwell, are you?

[onikui-haruka.livejournal.com]

Somehow.

...Don't make that face, Tachibana-san.

[onikui-haruka.livejournal.com]

Hm. I shouldn't, but I do.

All right.

1/2

[onikui-haruka.livejournal.com]

You're...

[onikui-haruka.livejournal.com]

...I'll think on that.

But for now, I'm sure that there are more important things that you need to take care of than a few drinks.

Private

[onikui-haruka.livejournal.com]

What...?

...I see.

[onikui-haruka.livejournal.com]

For now.

Why would you even care to stop listen to the words of a sick dog, Sakurazuka?

[shockinglycool.livejournal.com]

Woah, I said something influential and you listened?

Private

[kan_chyan]

I won't chase anyone away, if that's what you want. But don't chase me away, alright?

[onikui-haruka.livejournal.com]

You have every right to be shocked.

Private

[onikui-haruka.livejournal.com]

Kantarou...

[shockinglycool.livejournal.com]

So what words of wisdom did I impart unto you?

[onikui-haruka.livejournal.com]

...That taking the night off won't kill me every once in awhile.

[shockinglycool.livejournal.com]

Oh. That's all...?

[onikui-haruka.livejournal.com]

Yes. Why?

[shockinglycool.livejournal.com]

I was hoping I said something real smart that impressed you all the way through to your heart and you vowed then and there to change and improve and follow my advice... and so on.

But instead, it's just common sense. You didn't need me to say it at all.

[onikui-haruka.livejournal.com]

[Have some soft chuckling for your trouble, Sorata.]

Private

[kan_chyan]

Please.

[shockinglycool.livejournal.com]

Heh.

But more seriously, I take days off all the time, whenever I feel like it, so it really shouldn't be a revelation that you can do it, too.

Private

[onikui-haruka.livejournal.com]

...Even if I tried to, that would never work. Not for you, or me...

Don't make that face.

[onikui-haruka.livejournal.com]

Are you sure that it's not just because you feel like slacking off every once in awhile?