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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[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...]

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

[She doesn't know what he means by that and she thinks it might be leading into a Danger Area to ask, so... she shrugs.]

I am a waterbender.

Ah...hah. That's true at that.

[A beat]

Your turn, if it's to be group thing.

I think that would be nice! [And it would make it more than an excuse for you to see her in a bikini.] I'm sure a bunch of people wouldn't mind the trip.

[Lots and lots people means that it's not a date, right?]

[But then... if it's her turn...

Katara sobers.]

Are you going to be okay?

[That's, really, the only thing that she wants to know right now.]

I have- ["to be." That's what he's been saying all day. It's night now, probably going on past ten PM. He's sitting alone in the Rec Center with this girl he really likes in front of him, having this conversation about the ex girlfriend he never loved enough. What is he even doing. His head hangs again]

...We'll see.

[That's the kind of honesty that just - Oh, Masaomi.]

I guess so.

[She flounders a bit. This is where she'd normally remind him that he wasn't alone, but the added layer of knowledge about how he feels about her makes that seem somehow... misleading. Wrong. He can't help how he feels. But she can't either. And now it seems like all she's been telling him this entire conversation as he's been pouring out his heart to her were things that he didn't want to hear; he kept asking for things that she couldn't give. How can she assure him? Isn't that like lying?

She shrugs a little, spreading her hands.] And you know that - even with everything, if it'll help... I'll be here to talk if you need to talk.

Of course. Because we're friends.

[Lightly. There's no doubt for that]

Good.

[Okay. That's that.]

[And a small smile on his lips. That makes it... his turn. But he doesn't have much more to say. Not now. The only thing he could say is possibly... clarifying further about Saki. Or Izaya. Or all these things he doesn't want to say]

[...right, then.]

It's late. You should try to get some sleep.

Ah.

...I guess that means I'll call Law-san.

[Rummaging in his pocket - where did the journal go?]

[Blink.]

You're going to call Trafalgar?

He offered to let me stay.

[Okay, pulling it out. Opening]

Oh. [Huh.] Good.

[Better that he doesn't stay in that apartment right now.]

Yeah, well... he'll have to pick me up.

[Okay, now to page him on his post]

[Why would he... oh.] That's okay. You can let him know that I'll take you to his house.

[Less time for you alone is a Good Thing.]

Huh? Oh... uh, sure.

[He'll just... update that into the message]

[She stands and smiles.] Ready to go?

[Closing the book. there was one reply from Law in between]

Yeah, I'm good.

[She walks over to her parka to slip it back on.]

It's not too far from here.

[And he in turn slips on his stuff before stuffing the journal back in and nodding, ready to follow her out]

[So she heads out the door...]

I didn't know that you and Trafalgar were that close.

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