Sunday 1.14 - solitude

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As soon as she was within the building, Aya-Chan found herself wanting to make a mad dash for her room. Instead, she found herself slowly making up the stairs. She could hear someone in the kitchen, and assumed that it would be Yohji - Omi and Ken said they'd stay behind for the grocery didn't they? She knew she should stop and apologize for losing contact with him earlier that day, but she couldn't bring herself to stop.

The sound of the door slamming behind her jolted her back into reality; she hadn't noticed that she'd used so much force on the door to her room. Taking a deep breath, Aya-Chan urged herself to calm down. She wasn't even sure why she had gotten so worked up, just that nothing made sense anymore.

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Omi hesitated outside Aya's door. Grocery shopping had proceeded without incident after Ran took her home, and while that math assignment continued to linger and nag at the back of his mind, he thought the run-in must have been upsetting for Aya, and he wanted to check on her.

He knocked softly. "Aya-chan? Are you in there?"

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She hadn't noticed she'd been spacing out until she heard the knock on her door and Omi's voice from the other side. Papers littered the usually clean room, and Aya-Chan had to step over them to get to the door; it wasn't like she was concentrating on her homework anyways.

She paused at the door and forced a smile onto her face as she opened it, toying with the idea of pouncing on Omi and burrying him in questions. But that'd be rude, and he most likely wouldn't give any more than Ran had.

"Grocery shopping went well?"

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Omi wasn't quite sure what he'd been expecting to see if or when Aya opened the door, but it hadn't been a smile, and his eyes widened a little as the sight greeted him. Aya had a nice smile.

He blinked. Suddenly he felt a little awkward, standing there facing that question. "...Un. We got everything this time. I..." How did he say this? Why hadn't he thought about it before knocking? He found he couldn't hold eye contact with that smile, and averted his gaze to the baseboard on his right. It felt stupid to be asking if she was all right when she was standing right there and smiling at him. Obviously she was.

"I was worried, when you left, that you must have been frightened by what happened. I wanted to see that you were okay but..." He looked up and flashed her an embarrassed smile. "It looks like it hasn't phased you at all! Gomen. I underestimated what a strong spirit you are."

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The smile came more naturally as the conversation went on. Forgetting about the messiness in her room, Aya-Chan found herself pushing the door fully open.

"Thank you." It was a nice gesture, and she was grateful for it. "I... I'm fine now. Ran-niisan explained to me."

It was a lie, and she wasn't used to lying. The entire sentence felt uncomfortable to say, but Aya-Chan forced it out anyways. Worrying Omi, especially after he'd gone out of his way to make sure she was okay, didn't seem right.

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Omi, for his part, didn't seem to mind or even notice the mess in Aya's room.

"O-oh... He did..." Omi's stomach rolled over. That would explain it. Well, now he really felt awkward. He made a weak attempt to recover his smile. "Then, I'm glad you know how dangerous they are now. In that case, I guess I'd better get started on that math assignment."

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[Are they in the same classes or different? o_o Wait... um... how old is Omi? Aya-Chan would be... 16, yes?]

How dangerous? She wanted to ask. Instead, Aya-Chan made a small noise through her nose, feeling that if she opened her mouth to speak, she'd end up blurting out something to make the situation more awkward. She paused awkwardly, collecting her thoughts.

"Good luck with that. I'm sorry for taking you away from your studies this morning."

[pichi.livejournal.com]

[Omi would be 17, and he's in his last year of school. Aya is 18 technically, but according to the show she didn't age in the two years she was comatose, which in theory does make her 16 still. However you want to work with that. I hadn't imagined they were in the same class, but they can be if you want]

"Ah-- don't mind that..! I'm glad that I went along. I know I couldn't do very much but, I don't want to think about what might have happened, if I hadn't been there. Ken-kun can have such a temper sometimes and..." Who would have stood and protected her? If Ken had lost his head and attacked like he had? Even knowing deep down it would have meant little had they been serious... How much worse, to have not gone and realized later you'd decided doing homework was more important than protecting someone treasured? What would Ran have said to that?

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[Right, oops, I meant "she'd be taking the same classes as a regular 16 year old" not, "she is technically 16". Or something... and, different classes is fine, I was just trying to get the basic picture of where everything stood. And I just realized how many times I used the word "awkward" last time. Now that's just awkward...]

She nodded, leaning against the door frame. "I'm glad you came along too," Aya-Chan laughed, feeling almost at ease; almost. "I should go downstairs to appologize to Yohji-Kun for hanging up on him..." she frowned, glancing towards the stairs.

[o_O If she did go downstairs, would I go back to 1.12?]

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Omi was very confused by the laughter; his eyes saddened. "Un. Good luck, with your own math..." Away. He should really just go back to his room. There was work to do.

[Omi leaves.]


[I don't know o_O Given what they're saying, it's obviously taken place before Omi gets back. Mods?]

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[skyrat13.livejournal.com]

[Not necessarily, Yohji is kinda oblivious to anyone but Ran right now. I kinda figured Omi came in quietly and Yohji didn't notice. I can't speak for Ran though. Feel free to backtrack to that post, because otherwise it's not going any further. Or make a new post if you'd rather, totally up to you guys.]

Re: ooc

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[Would Ran be... half way up the stairs now or completely up? 'Cause if I were to backtrack to that post, Aya-Chan might end up passing Ran along the stairs. And I don't want her to like, completely walk past him without noticing he's there if he is there.]

Re: ooc

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[If you start a new thread instead of replying to Ran, you can make the time frame however you want. It won't take Ran long to get up the stairs, so you shouldn't worry about passing him too much, unless you want to.]

Re: ooc

[genuinelie.livejournal.com]

[oops! sorry I took so long...I didn't see this. Uh...let's say Ran's upstairs! Holed up in his room.]

Re: ooc

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[Aya-Chan leaves for Sunday 1.12]