http://theother1412.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] theother1412.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] justonetruth2010-01-02 03:55 am
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[If you're of a mind to be around a particular area - about where a certain deceased detective was a while ago, in fact - you might just notice a white-clad thief leaning against a wall]

[It's not a casual slump, nor an elegant one - it's the slump of the exhausted, and he certainly looks it - his hat pulled down low, some papers held in one hand, and his eyes half-lidded, seeing nothing in particular]

[a little while after this] [all Shinichi be warned] [in fact, -everyone- be warned]
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[personal profile] moptothehead 2010-01-11 07:39 am (UTC)(link)
She--

[she doesn't know if she should say this, what this will mean for his Aoko, but she can't not]

I love Kaito.

[her voice is literally throbbing with emotion, with love and pain and need, with all the certainty of childhood and adolescence and an engagement and any number of disasters shared between them]

And your Aoko-- your Aoko might too!
moptothehead: (really...)

[personal profile] moptothehead 2010-01-11 07:54 am (UTC)(link)
[he looks so lost that she tentatively approaches him again, reaching out for him with her uninjured hand -- though that requires leaving her broken wrist unsupported, and she has to take shallow breaths to keep the pain under control]

I can. And I do.
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[personal profile] moptothehead 2010-01-11 08:06 am (UTC)(link)
[she flinches slightly, but when his grip doesn't tighten at all, she relaxes and draws closer]

It's okay. Just--

[she gives his hand a squeeze. Gently, reassuringly]

--just breathe. You don't have to say anything.
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[personal profile] moptothehead 2010-01-11 05:42 pm (UTC)(link)
[the tone explains his meaning even if the words don't]

It's okay to trust. Once in a while.

[who did this to him? What caused him to be like this? She needs to know--]

Sometimes accidents happen, but Aoko... Aoko would never do anything to hurt you on purpose.
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[personal profile] moptothehead 2010-01-11 06:02 pm (UTC)(link)
[she hesitates, not knowing if she wants to know, trying not to let herself sound fearful]

What happened to Aya-san?
moptothehead: (MAKE IT GO AWAY)

[personal profile] moptothehead 2010-01-11 06:14 pm (UTC)(link)
[Aoko doesn't think she's ever felt so sick in her life]

You--

[he... he couldn't have, not just because she wouldn't listen--

--could he?]

What did you do?

[she can't stop her voice from cracking]

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[personal profile] moptothehead 2010-01-11 06:45 pm (UTC)(link)
[she has to stay calm. She has to. They've come this far--]

Was... w-was it an accident?
moptothehead: (it's dangerous to go alone!)

[personal profile] moptothehead 2010-01-11 09:01 pm (UTC)(link)
[cold. She feels very cold, hearing those words from Kaito's mouth, and the shiver escapes her before she can stop it]

H-had to follow what?
Edited 2010-01-11 21:04 (UTC)
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[personal profile] moptothehead 2010-01-11 09:54 pm (UTC)(link)
.....Follow him how?

[and despite everything she's seen from him so far, this has the potential to scare her the second most, after what happened to Aya. He didn't try to...]
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[personal profile] moptothehead 2010-01-11 10:26 pm (UTC)(link)
But Toichi-tousan wasn't...

[...he wasn't an assassin. He was a magician and a thief who was trying to stop criminals from getting something very important.

...wasn't he?]
moptothehead: (eeeeeh?)

[personal profile] moptothehead 2010-01-11 10:41 pm (UTC)(link)
[startled by the retching, she reaches after him, almost blacks out again as her wrist is jostled in the process. She staggers and recovers, puts a hand on his back, unsure of what to do]

I'm sorry! I'm sorry.

[her Kaito had never been this affected by Toichi's death that she can remember. He was hurt, damaged, but... not like this. Not broken.

Was that where the burn had come from? Toichi had died in an explosion. Had Kaito actually gone into the fire to try and save him?]
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[personal profile] moptothehead 2010-01-11 10:54 pm (UTC)(link)
[the hand on his back wraps around him as she drops to her knees as well, holding him tight and ignoring the way her gorge rises at the pain from her arm, wishing she had some way of holding back the images tormenting]

Kaito. Kaito, please just breathe. I'm right here. It's--

[but it's not all right, is it? It's never been all right, even for her Kaito, even all these years later]

--it's over. He's not... he's not hurting any more. Please.
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[personal profile] moptothehead 2010-01-11 11:09 pm (UTC)(link)
He's not! He can't--

[deep breaths, Aoko]

--he can't hurt any more. It's just... it's just you.

[she presses her face to his shoulder, damp and tense, not sure when she started crying and wishing wishing wishing she could stop that pain, ease it even a little]

It's just you hurting. [and her voice is tiny and tight and unsure with her own pain as she adds] And me.
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