Day 69: Breakfast

[envy_the_sinners]

Scar scowled, both relieved and angry that he had woken up once again in his own bed. That lanky man who had become his new roommate on the night of his death was sound asleep one bed over.

This was coming to be the new "normal." It was infuriating.

As always, he begrudgingly followed his nurse into the cafeteria and took a seat. He preferred to file in with the majority of the patients in order to avoid sticking out, but no such luck this morning.

Scar stared at his food rather than starting in on it, despite the newly found appetite that had been lost thanks to that blasted sickness. He had a lot to think about. He hadn't managed to find Frank last night. The damn intercom had beaten him to it. And judging by Tsubaki's reaction to him, he had been out for at least a day's time. How many had noticed? Cared? It couldn't have been many.

But it was the few who did whose detection Scar was desperate to avoid.

[Eddyyyy!]

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[knightspirit]

"Most of the people I've talked to don't," Kyousuke shrugged. He supposed that made sense with all of the different worlds, but it was still difficult for him to picture a place without it. He wondered what he would have ended up doing if he were born in a world without soccer, but it was hard to say, and probably not worth thinking too hard on. Possibilities didn't mean much compared to reality.

"Really?" It was a little surprising to hear that Anise didn't have friends her own, but everyone had their own situation, so he decided against asking about it. "But if you ever feel like it, it's never too late to start." And that wasn't just a platitude; if someone like him could make friends in spite how of vindictive and angry he used to be, anyone could.

[gald_digger]

Huh… Anise was used to most people she met being from Earth. Was Landel aiming for more diversity lately, or something? Then again, maybe it was just a coincidence.

The way Tsurugi talked, it was almost like he took her last comment to mean she had no friends at all! Anise had plenty of friends – it was just that they were mostly older than her. Some of them, two or three times her age. The fact that she didn’t go to school when she was little, and then went into military training, had a lot to do with it. Though that didn’t really explain why she couldn’t get along with any of the other Fon Master Guardians, who were mostly only two or three years apart…

But there was a nicer way to take his comment, and so Anise decided to go with that. “Hmm… is that an offer?” she asked with a playful grin.

[knightspirit]

That was about all Kyousuke needed to realize he'd said a little too much without thinking about it, which wasn't like him, but it was a bit late for that now. As it was, something on the other side of the room suddenly seemed a lot more interesting, so he directed his attention there.

"That's not— Don't get the wrong idea," the boy muttered, trying to sound irritated. "It was only a suggestion." Which was a pretty poor excuse, admittedly, but hopefully that was good enough to appease the situation.

[gald_digger]

Ooh, was he embarrassed? Anise's grin widened at that reaction. It was nice that she could once again make time for some good old-fashioned teasing. "Well, if you insist, I'd be happy to be your friend!"

But no sooner had she said so, than the intercom buzzed to life and the shift change announcements began. She'd just finished eating, so it wasn't the worst timing. "I guess it's time to go. Let's talk again sometime, okay?" Even if she was partly joking earlier, she really did want to make more friends, and Tsurugi didn't seem like a bad guy so far.