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norainu ([personal profile] norainu) wrote in [community profile] damned_institute2007-09-26 09:14 am

Day 27: Lunch

Renji wasn't so certain what this grilled cheese thing was all about, but he liked the sound of some soup. Even if it was strange western soup, well... there wasn't anything bad people could do to soup, in his experience. His good mood was starting to fray at the edges, a little, from the strain of dealing with the Ichimaru issue, and even more from what had been on the bulletin board earlier.

He'd never had difficulty simply writing something before. But...

He shook his head as he entered the line. He didn't want to think about it. He wanted to hold on to the tenuous equilibrium he'd managed to find.

Renji got himself a large bowl of soup, water, and even one of those sandwiches, just to try it. Old habit, recently awakened, had him over to one side of the cafeteria, where the fewest people possible would have the chance to pass behind him. He sat there with his back toward the wall and started eating.

[identity profile] gentiana-clusii.livejournal.com 2007-09-28 08:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Ken listened quietly. Yes, he remembered Shion--even if he hadn't exactly been in the best frame of mind during that mission. He remembered the S&M club mission as well, even if they all seemed to blend together sometimes. "I remember. I never saw his face, that time."

And a small voice in the back of Ken's head insisted that he was no better than the dark-haired man, that even if he thought he had recovered his sense of self, he could slip back any time. Last night had proved that. Would he be the next one to betray Aya's trust?

[identity profile] seiran314.livejournal.com 2007-09-28 09:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Aya did not trust, Ran did. There was a difference.

"Well, now you do," Aya said simply, and met Ken's eyes with calm violet, almost gray in the shadows of his hair. If Kikyo had betrayed him, so had Shion. And just like Kikyo had mentioned, he was slipping closer and closer to the image Shion had left behind.

None of them had the sanity quite in grasp, but that was something they'd have to deal with.

"You'd do better not going near him," Aya finally said coldly.