[Arrow Ten]: [Accidental Audio]

[spirit_kanji]

((OOC: Italics = Greg))

[Silence, before a door opens and closes, followed by quiet footsteps.]

Shizuka?

Ah... Sanders-san...

Where's Haku?

Her and Onizuka-san are out.

Oh. The door was unlocked. Sorry. I'll uh... I'll go. I was just going to drop something off. I don't want to bother you or anything.

You're not bothering me, Sanders-san.

... I really wish you'd just call me Greg.

[Silence. Doumeki just shrugged in response.]

... something on your mind, kid?

I've... been thinking about going back to work. There's no point in doing nothing.

... looking for a way to keep yourself occupied?

In a way.

[Long pause from Greg]

Look... I'm... it's no one's place to tell you how to live your life, Shizuka, but pretending it didn't happen--

[slightly irritated] Then what would you suggest, Sanders-san?

... I--... I don't really know, honestly...

... sadly, that's the same answer I've had for weeks.

[click]

Comments

Re: [locked]

[spirit-kanji.livejournal.com]

... there's a chance it might not be as simple as that.

Re: [locked]

[notanalchemist.livejournal.com]

Relationships never are. How so, in this case?

[locked]

[spirit-kanji.livejournal.com]

He could be right. I might be the one that's causing problems.

Re: [locked]

[notanalchemist.livejournal.com]

Hm. And when you say 'causing problems', what kind of problems were you meaning? I get the feeling we're not talking your average relational ups and downs here ...

Re: [locked]

[spirit-kanji.livejournal.com]

Not exactly, no.

[sigh] It's possible something about the two of us being around each other now might be what's causing us to keep getting hurt. But... we didn't have this problem back home.

Re: [locked]

[notanalchemist.livejournal.com]

[slight, tiny huff] I may not be an alchemist myself, kid, but I've been around enough of them to recognise a supposition when I hear one. It's no good making decisions based on what might be true, you know, especially life-changing decisions like this.

That said it's probably a good thing you're apart for now--at least then you can figure out whether it's being together which is causing the problem. People do that all the time too ... they leave each other for a little while to figure out if they really can handle staying away. And the answer's 'no' just as often as it's 'yes'.

Re: [locked]

[spirit-kanji.livejournal.com]

... [why yes that is a very uncertain silence from the stoic teen]

Re: [locked]

[notanalchemist.livejournal.com]

Look, I can tell this is all pretty new for you. Just think about it for a while, work out how you feel, and keep in mind that if something--or someone--is important enough to you, it's okay to pursue them.

And if you need someone to chat to? Just call Maes Hughes.

Re: [locked]

[spirit-kanji.livejournal.com]

I suppose so...

Thank you, Hughes-san.

Re: [locked]

[notanalchemist.livejournal.com]

You're welcome.