Wednesday 1.50 - Back home again

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Aya kicked off her shoes upon entering the house and placed them neatly off to the side. The house was... quiet. Oddly quiet.

"HELLO?" She glanced at Omi, hoping for some sort of reassurance that things were okay. Really, today had just been an incredibly strange and unusual day.

"Ran? Ken-Kun?" Anyone...?

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Omi nodded his agreement as he watched the other two disappear. "I wonder if we really want to know what they're hiding." Omi said turning to head back down stairs, with one more glance over his shoulder looking to where Ran and Yohji had gone he looked at Aya-chan again.

"I'm going to wait downstairs for Ken-kun to come back." Omi wanted to make sure that Ken got back safely before he himself went to bed.

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Aya nodded. "I think I'm going to... go to bed." She gave Omi a small smile. "Thank you. For today."

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Omi smiled at her. "You're welcome. Good night." Omi said heading downstairs to wait for Ken.

Omi sat on the couch in the mission room listening for the front door to open and let him know that Ken was back. But he was exhausted and wound up dozing off in a matter of minutes thinking to himself that he had never gotten his home work done that day.

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Ken walked in the door a good twenty minutes later, accidentally letting the door slam behind him. In his muddled state of frustration and excitemant he couldn't bring himself to care too much.

Questions tumbled through his thoughts the entire way home. Why hadn't anyone contacted him to tell him Yohji was home? If he hadn't called home to report his activities, would be have known?

Granted, it was a misguided relief that Omi was about as unaware of Yohji's return as he was, so it wasn't a matter of him being singled out. He decided (for now) that Yohji must have popped up right before he called.

But if so, why was he answering Ran's phone?

He did his best to let the feeling of elation take over, to wrap himself in the joy that Yohji made it home safe and whole. When he walked in the door, he was glad to see a light still on down in the mission room. He made his way downstairs, smiling to see Omi sprawled out on the couch. He gingerly sat down on the edge of the sofa and nudged his teammate with a gentle hand.

"You shouldn't sleep down here," Ken commented quietly. "You'll get a stiff neck."

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Omi stirred slightly, then sat up quickly when he realized there was someone with him trying to wake him up. He sat up quickly and looked at Ken. It seemed to take a few moments for Omi to realize it was Ken and sighed relaxing back on the couch.

"You're home." He said sighing in relief.

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"Yeah," he agreed, "Thanks for waiting for me." He smiled and scratched the back of his head. "So everyone is home and safe now right?" He asked with just a hint of trepidation.

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Omi smiled rubbing the sleep from his eyes. "I tried to stay awake to wait for you." He said stretching a little.

"Yeah, everyone is home. unless they all left while I was passed out...."

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Ken couldn't help but smile. He reached out and playfully ran his fingers through Omi's bangs, mussing them up a little.

"Thanks. Come on, get to bed," he fussed, getting to his feet and holding out a hand to help Omi.

"I'm sure we're gonna have a lot to go over tomorrow, right?"

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Omi managed to smile back at ken and take his hand. But was painfully reminded about why he'd been trying to talk to Ken all day, and now more annoyed at Schwartz for messing things up. He sighed.

"Yeah, I think we all will." Omi said softly thinking about everything that had happened that day and half dreading what might happen tomorrow. "but I don't want to think about that until tomorrow. let's get to bed."

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