二十二 (Accidental Voice Post, Japanese)

[onikui_tengu]

[The communicator is turned on with an audible click, and the following snippet of conversation can be heard taking place between Haruka and Kantarou.]

Why wouldn't you let me to take you there?

They would just be needlessly concerned.

This is mostly my fault...

Don't be silly, I should have actually spoken with Subaru-kun first and learned more.

...Does it hurt? That scar...

...I'm fine...

I'll go get some bandages.

...Thank you.

Try to rest in the meantime.

Don't worry, I'll be fine in no time~

Hm. [A door closes with a soft creak, and then Haruka can be heard leaning back on a part of the wall nearby with a light thump before slowly sliding down.] Tired...

[A few fingers brush up against the comm as he takes it out of his pocket.] Che. That was hardly satisfying.

[Click.]

[[ooc Seishirou and Kantarou had a spiritual battle in the graveyard. Haruka and Ice also fought with them. The end was a draw--all parties injured. Haruka carried Kantarou back to their room in the high school, though tired and injured himself. He's currently resting against the wall outside of the room Kantarou is staying in for what he hopes will be just a few minutes. Also, from the conversation above: Italics = Kantarou.]]

Comments

[7th-warrant.livejournal.com]

...

Oh shi-

[onikui-haruka.livejournal.com]

...

[7th-warrant.livejournal.com]

Revenge would...be pointless. I would fare no better. And yet...

I'm still angry. And yet...you fought...so I am also proud of you as a friend. It's an odd emotion.

[onikui-haruka.livejournal.com]

Revenge wasn't the bigger part of it, Testament... As long as he would be there to fight, then so would I.

You can think as you like of me.

[7th-warrant.livejournal.com]

Would you...mind my company?

[onikui-haruka.livejournal.com]

If you know where to find me.

It hurts to move...

[7th-warrant.livejournal.com]

Have you returned to your home?

[onikui-haruka.livejournal.com]

Yes.

I carried him here.

[7th-warrant.livejournal.com]

...I will be along shortly.

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[onikui-haruka.livejournal.com]

[Haruka turned the communicator off with a click, before setting it on the floor beside him. He breathed, glancing over at his left arm.

The fabric of his suit had been slashed and stained faintly with crimson from a cut made in his shoulder, and the blood had run all the way down to his palm. His blood wasn't the only one staining his fingertips now. Some of it belonged to Vanilla Ice. On top of that, his head was still throbbing fiercely. The pain is what made him keep his phrases short before.

Closing his eyes, he waited and fought the urge to drift off as he sat by the wall near the doorway connecting to the other room where Kantarou rested. He was in the foreroom, alone. Not hard to find at all.]

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[7th-warrant.livejournal.com]

-And no, it wasn't difficult at all for Ice to find Haruka. And upon arrival, there was the faintest smile on his lips at observing what he could see as the victor...a man who stood and lived. Even if Haruka would not see it that way.

Silently, he moved over to the other, gracefully taking a seat next to him, as if offering himself to be leaned upon. No words were said at the moment...they weren't needed-

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[onikui-haruka.livejournal.com]

[His eyelids fluttered when he heard the sound of a door being opened, and opened his eyes slowly to look. He still had enough reason to be wary. ...Testament. So he came just like he said that he would...

Haruka watched as he walked over and took a seat next to him, craning his head a bit to the side to look at him.]

Why... did you come here?

[His voice was weak and wet sounding, like someone coming out of sleep.]

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[7th-warrant.livejournal.com]

I'm not all that certain...

-It was the truth. He was running almost purely on whims. If it felt like he should be at Haruka's side, then he would. He had no way of reasoning it.

Gently, he took one of Haruka's hands in his own, lacing the fingers...-

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[onikui-haruka.livejournal.com]

[When Testament laced the fingers of his hand with Haruka's, he didn't resist. He simply accepted it.

He couldn't help but give a small smile at the answer.]

What a guy... Not so different from him.

[He leaned his head back against the wall, closing his eyes again. It felt more peaceful this way. Having something warm to hold onto.]

He was there... but I wasn't able to do anything. Dio's dog got in the way.

...Kantarou got the worst out of this, Testament. It hardly felt like a fight at all... I wasn't able to protect him from it.

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[7th-warrant.livejournal.com]

You can't curse such things now...

-Testament took in a breath, letting it out after a moment in a sigh. Of course that was the result...the ability to actually defeat them was outside their grasp. But they still fought, and that was what mattered-

But you still challenged them. You were still able to prove that they have broken no one...

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[onikui-haruka.livejournal.com]

All I did was follow Kantarou's lead...

I wouldn't have been able to kill Seishirou even if I tried. ...That was the order I was given.

...But in such a place, maybe that wouldn't hold any meaning other than a small victory.

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[7th-warrant.livejournal.com]

Any small victory is still a victory, Haruka...

-With that, he leaned in just the slightest bit...enough to place a light kiss on the other's cheek-

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[onikui-haruka.livejournal.com]

[Though weak, Haruka still found it in himself to blush at that kiss.]

I don't understand... Weren't you angry with me?

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[7th-warrant.livejournal.com]

...it did not last, apparently. Perhaps I was only angry because I was...afraid.

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[onikui-haruka.livejournal.com]

[Haruka fell silent. He expected to be called an idiot for fighting, or for getting hurt. It wasn't supposed to be...

His eyes went to look down at the floor. He understood the meaning of those words clearly enough.]

...

I'm sorry...

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[7th-warrant.livejournal.com]

...-Testament's hand seemed to tighten about Haruka's, as if fighting back an emotion...one he wasn't certain he understood just yet-

...

I have already forgiven you, just...

I can't ask you not to fight. After all I did, it would be selfish and hypocritical of me.

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[onikui-haruka.livejournal.com]

You...

[He looked at the man sitting next to him, before his face became passive. Why was it so simple for him to say such things? Why didn't he mind the presence and the mild pain of those tightened fingers? It was all so beyond him...]

...

[Silently, Haruka leaned to one side and let his head rest on the Gear's shoulder. Bare, soft and cool, he pressed a soft kiss over curve of the skin in passing before letting his hair brush against it.]

Let me stay like this for awhile. I'm so tired...

Then I'll be able to do what I must.

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[7th-warrant.livejournal.com]

-Testament let out a slight, pleased shiver at the sensation. It recalled both carnal and romantic things in his memory...but this he was far happier with.-

Do what...you must?

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[onikui-haruka.livejournal.com]

[He sighed softly, not sensing the shiver from the Gear. He was content using him for a pillow like this.]

Bandages...

It hurts, for... both of us...

[His breathing started to slow, as he could feel himself being taken in by the drowsiness and his own blood loss.]

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[7th-warrant.livejournal.com]

Allow me to dress those wounds...I promise to be gentle.