generalflirt | ~♥TWENTY-NINE♥~

~♥TWENTY-NINE♥~

[Masaomi has been dreadfully ill since, well... since about Nagisa's party and going to look for a starfish the night before. Since then, well... he passed out there, barely made it home, and had been nursed ever since. He was slightly delirious though all this, and he relied on Saki to get him through things while working on autopilot. He wasn't able to really move much himself until about the 29th or so. After that you might have seen him going in and out of the kitchen. But had he not seen Saki as much somehow...?

This pattern lasts until he wakes up about three PM on the 3rd. He's finally feeling better, and is able to pick up the journal, flip through things, and then go check on Saki and... she's not there. He searches the apartment, is it just him or is it more empty. Finally, he goes to make a filtered message to her to see if she's around...

And. She's not. The filter breaks.

She's gone.

Gone.

He got back his cell phone a while ago - he hasn't opened it, really, but after Fray gave it back to him the only thing he used it for was that thing with the texts and "Tanaka Taro." But. He flips it open to see Saki's picture in there. His grip tightens. They never even talked and she's gone.. completely gone. He begins to shake. The rage lasts a while and he tries to calm down enough to make a little post saying she's gone. and finally... two hours later, he thinks he is]

[Voice]

Everyone. Ah, I - I... [...No, he can't do it. He can't be calm]

Son of bitch! No! [And then he throws the cell phone clean across the room. It hits the wall with a loud sound - it's not broke, not quite, but the battery pops out of the back and the screen cracks. But who cares. Now, now? His voice is pained beyond anything people have heard in Luceti since about when Mikado was sent home, but this pain is different - Mikado's was cold fury, this one is erratic fury and sorrow and... well yeah]

Why now?! [Voice break] Why- dammit, [He grits his teeth] Dammit!

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[She looks at his expression with a little frustration. You're asking me to be something I'm not.

And she sighs.] I don't know what else I can tell you.

[...If he had something in mind for that assurance, now's a good time to come out with it.]

Edited 2012-01-07 02:35 (UTC)

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Ah, there's not much else you can.

[...No wait that sounds negative. Despite the dour situation, he pales a bit and his eyes widen. No, wait, not at all what he meant to imply-! He gasps]

-Wait, no!

I mean to say...! You don't need to tell more, that's a very Katara-like answer, I should have expected that? Ah, maybe I even said...

[... He'll thank her in a moment. Ultimately, this moment in comparison to the serious topic is comical. he's even blushing. A tiny bit]

Edited 2012-01-07 03:14 (UTC)

[...pfff. His flailing about does succeed in lightening the mood.]

It's okay. I understand that you're asking me to do something that makes sense to you and... [a little softly:] it's an honor.

[And then she spreads her hands a little helplessly, her voice returning to its normal level.] But I won't promise you something that I'm not sure I can keep.

Edited 2012-01-07 03:30 (UTC)

[The smile fades and he nods, a bit more solemnly but still with more mirth than he could under other circumstances.

"It's an honor"

He then shifts and-]

Your turn.

[She blinks.] What - oh.

[A quick blush and smile before she sobers.

Reaching out a hand, she tentatively touches the scarf around his neck for a moment before dropping her hand.]

Are you going to be wearing this from now on?

[He considers a moment before... ]

No. That would be too much. It's not how things work here.

[Some small relief there.]

But you are planning on a confrontation.

I'm planning to defend myself from one if it'll come up.

Is that what you met with Gold and Shikamaru about?

Mm. That's right. Precautions.

Are you going to tell me what they were?

The same as with you - I asked them to be my comrades.

Oh. [She's... not sure that she can ask what they said. She's not sure that's fair. After all, she said no. But... she wants to know, all the same.]

They're a good choice.

The three of you were the only picks. [The only ones he felt he could trust that much.

....Which denies Mikado and anyone from his world out of this by default oops]

Oh. [She said that before. But she doesn't know what else to say, really.

...she really, really wants to ask.

But it's not fair.]

Your turn.

[...at least this turn, anyway.]

[...Shit what to say or ask. Nnngh. He considers a moment, trying to think about how he wants this to go]

...Do you want to go to those hot springs?

[Blink.]

What?

[Really, she should have seen something like this coming, but he manages to take Katara by surprise with this subject-shift.]

[Snapping his fingers] The hot springs!

[Dude, if you make her reject you on a day when you're already heartbroken, she is going to play the avoid-you-forever card afterwards.]

[Oh look - a possible way out?]

If we got a group together and decided to go, that could be fun! I don't really mind the winter, but I know all this snow has been bothering a lot of people.

Ah, that's true... this must feel pretty cool to you - you said you were from the South Pole once, I believe? This is prety cold for me, still...

[So she's rejecting right now? Well that was mostly a joke]

[A small, nostalgic... and lightly pained smile.]

Winter reminds me of home. And it's the best season for a waterbender. I love all this snow.

[Because she'd just as soon shift the conversation away from any sort of dating...]

Edited 2012-01-11 03:11 (UTC)

Ah! ah. That does make sense. It's sort of a fitting thing, water and you.

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