Day 31: Sun Room (Fourth Shift)

[screwthegods]

Though perhaps not entirely as successful as he wanted it to be, Homura walked away from lunch feeling satisfied with his efforts. Roland and Fai both had shown interest in the goal, and that was enough for the moment. Homura could be patient, had already been for five hundred years, and felt no harm in waiting another five hundred if he had to. He would have his goals realized, no matter what obstacles he faced, be they from the prison or those trapped within.

But now was time for business of a different sort, and the demi-god made his way to the Sun Room, near the common board. He made sure he could be seen from the entrance to the cafeteria, knowing that one stranger and one member of his own group both wanted to meet with him. It worked out well enough, especially given that the stated purpose of the History Club was simple.

Revenge and escape.

For now, Homura had no intention of revealing that it'd grown more complicated than that.

[Waiting for L and Junior]

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[not-rly-fai.livejournal.com]

Yuuhi gave the other man a faint smile, still content to hide behind his facade. He had too many things he had to sort out in his mind before he could trust himself to think logically again. Now there was emotion and... and... he couldn't let that get the better of him or he was sure it would haunt him later.

Talking about the file would surely open up many new questions that would easily cross the line. "Eheh," he gave a short, nervous laugh. "It's way too long a story... boooring... let's talk about something else now Kuro-pon~ We should plan some fun games to play for the girls tonight. They won't want to sit still if there's nothing to do you know..."

[contentincloset.livejournal.com]

Kurogane hardened his eyes again. Fai was cowering now, which meant he was taking things, or at least those things dealing with issues beyond this place, more seriously than he was letting on.

It was probably a good idea to keep from forcing Fai to speak about his past. Kurogane did not care for it anyway, so that was not a problem. Still, he knew it related to what was going on here. Somehow. If he kept pressing about the things going on in this world, then something was sure to come up eventually. Fai was not able to conceal everything.

Questions he ran from, but the facts he was not able to stand against for long. Since Kurogane had already pinned him with the file issue, he could not use that again, but there were still many points in relation to it. Fai bringing up the meeting tonight only reminded him of one he'd intended to address as well. "You told that orange-haired girl to call you Robin."

[not-rly-fai.livejournal.com]

So Kurogane had managed to have a talk with not just Ururu, but Orihime too? He might've guessed from the message board notes, but he couldn't be sure just how much the girls might have said while he wasn't there.

"It doesn't really matter which one it is, does it?" he asked, trying to sound playful. There were any number of reasons he could use to cover for it... a nurse had been around, he was trying to blend in with this world, he simply liked the name... And really, it wasn't just Orihime he'd given the name to either. There had been several others, might be more in the future. He wasn't sure yet.

[contentincloset.livejournal.com]

"If it doesn't matter, then don't give out a fake name, you idiot," Kurogane snorted. Fai really needed to work on his logic before he started protesting things. "Who else have you told to call you that?" He knew there had been others if Fai was being as social as he usually was in new worlds. Rukia had known him as Fai, and Renji probably knew him by that as well. But they had been the ones with Fai when that thing had attacked. Was it then that Fai had started changing his name?

Right after he thought that Kurogane was dead?

[not-rly-fai.livejournal.com]

"Mmmmm," he scrunched up his nose, as if deep in thought, then shrugged one shoulder carelessly, "Who knows for sure?"

It was probably only a few people thus far. But... if that was the only way to save Ashura, then... but what about the things Kurogane had said too? He couldn't sort it out, especially not when Kurogane was asking him even more questions on top of that! "Come on, come on, we need to think of some fun games. Ah... maybe I should ask for some cards... what games do you like Kuro-mii?"

[contentincloset.livejournal.com]

"Anyone you met after that attack, right?" he said, giving Fai the words since he didn't want to say himself, "Or was it after your visitor?"

This could go a few ways, but he had a feeling it wouldn't be any use now. Whatever Kurogane had managed to do to Fai earlier, if he'd scared him or actually managed to spark something in his head, that effect was now gone. Fai was aware of himself and what he was saying again - the defenses were back in place and likely reinforced now that they had been breached recently. Getting past them again would now be even more difficult than before.

He sighed hard, "Enough with the stupid games".

[not-rly-fai.livejournal.com]

Kurogane seemed to be getting upset, but there wasn't a lot he could do to change that. He didn't want to talk about things right now, not until he'd sorted things out, but he didn't want to upset Kuro any further either. Usually it was lighthearted, a game, but this seemed a little more serious.

Yuuhi scrunched up his eyes again, "Can't remember~!"

[contentincloset.livejournal.com]

"Like hell you can't..." he grumbled, but didn't get any more angered. That was all he knew he'd be getting for now. "But I mean what I said. You're not getting that file."