If I only could make a deal with God

((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]