[ fine then. bring attention to the elephant. that's fine. it saves a lot of awkwardness later on. nonetheless, it still makes akira stiffen in a way he can't play off as anything else. there's a lot of ways w can play this, certainly, but he's never been a big fan of lying or hiding the ball. even if he has every right to be furtive, it's hard to actually go through with.
so, he clasps the back of his neck and flicks his gaze back to the water and the faraway boats along the shore. dead, huh. certainly he can't be. the last thing he recalled was laying in bed, a warm cat fast asleep on his stomach. nothing unusual. nothing deadly. haru and ann hadn't mentioned anything deadly either, which gave weight to the hypothesis that he was very much alive and simply plucked from home. ]
I'm not dead. [ he says it flatly, steel grey gaze returning to akechi. ] But you were, right?
[ two can be blunt. he frowns, just a smidge, shoulders tense. ] ... Not anymore, anyway. [ ah. ] Guess there is such a thing as a second chance.
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so, he clasps the back of his neck and flicks his gaze back to the water and the faraway boats along the shore. dead, huh. certainly he can't be. the last thing he recalled was laying in bed, a warm cat fast asleep on his stomach. nothing unusual. nothing deadly. haru and ann hadn't mentioned anything deadly either, which gave weight to the hypothesis that he was very much alive and simply plucked from home. ]
I'm not dead. [ he says it flatly, steel grey gaze returning to akechi. ] But you were, right?
[ two can be blunt. he frowns, just a smidge, shoulders tense. ] ... Not anymore, anyway. [ ah. ] Guess there is such a thing as a second chance.
[ so dont fuck it up goes unsaid. ]