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a body, lonely in the morgue.

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@34ternity Do you have any idea where I would be without you two?

[ His thumb skims his jaw. There's a pause in his movements. ]

.. Haha.. Takumi-kun is waiting for us.

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@34ternity If I hadn't shown up, she would have killed you, you know that? At least, she would have tried. And I can't have that. /We/ can't have that.

[ The warmth of their breath ghosts across the shell of his ear. Like a secret; sacred, unabashed, relentless and brash. ]

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@TeamLeadTakumi @ReviveOMatic What did you do.

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@34ternity [ He's given him thousands of reasons to run, yet he hasn't. ]

[ Sheepish, his brows soften. ]

Do you mean that..? After all of that? After all the hardship? Do you mean it?

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@34ternity Yours?

[ There's not a lick of hesitance that follows, his now-numb wrist falling lax in his grip. He doesn't sound.. questioning, more so reaffirming whether or not his rambling was mere tenuity, or more than word of mouth. ]

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@34ternity [ He was always bound to die from the very beginning. Many hands of fate came around to prevent that. ]

.. Learning about this world, and what I could've had.. I only wanted to delay the inevitable.

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@34ternity [ A long, long time ago. Almost half a year of a losing game; he had never planned to finish what he started since the start. ]

Kirifuji naturally was the only one who let this abide without much protest. I hadn't told anyone but her. Shizuhara isn't daft.

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@34ternity .. Haven't been telling you the full truth..

[ He snags at his arms, in hopes he wouldn't let go. ]

I.. I would have, if I thought this would've gone so far..

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@34ternity ...

[ He glances away, guilty. ]

.. Well.. I haven't been..

[ His lip purses. ]

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@34ternity [ He lets his temple rest against the crown of his head. ]

.. We don't. That was not her.

[ Her corpse is still fresh in his head. He can imagine she's still stuck outside the wall. ]

I can only imagine Shizuhara let her out just for the sole reason to kill me.

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@34ternity .. I got a strange alarm on my phone.

[ He doesn't like that distance. He's the first to initiate its closure, sidling by him first thing. ]

I recognized it from.. a long time ago. I figured something like this was bound to happen.

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@34ternity I'm fine. I'm alright now. Why did you do that..?

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@eyestoseewhat @ReviveOMatic Haha.. no, luckily. We'll be alright.

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@augtsuki Presumably.

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[@ReviveOMatic]
Aotsuki, Eito (@sys_AO1)
Cause of Death: Laceration of the carotid artery
Estimated time of death: Day ???, 7:00PM-7:30PM

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@augtsuki .. She's gone anyhow. It doesn't matter.

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@augtsuki Sorry. There was an accident.