Day 21: Lunch

Hikaru and Kaoru had been so caught up in their little game that they initially hadn't heard the intercom go off. The new "ding" system was far less jarring than the old SCREECH, and as such, wasn't as easily heard, even in a place as quiet as the library. All too soon, the nurses came to separate the twins and take them to the next activity--lunch.

It only felt like a few minutes since breakfast, somehow, and yet Hikaru was starved. The lunch selection was ridiculously Americanized food of the "Pan Asian" genre, as bad as when his family had wanted Japanese food in California and had gone to the "nicest" restaurant in the English language guidebook. He cringed visibly when the surly cafeteria worker poured sauce on his rice--which was supposed to be plain--but...food was food, and he wasn't feeling terribly picky right now. At least it smelled all right.

One of the good things about being the first one into the cafeteria was having his pick of the tables. Hikaru chose one of the larger ones, saving seats for Kaoru, Tamaki, and (in a fit of hopefulness) Haruhi.

He hoped they'd come soon. He hated being alone.

[identity profile] never-learns.livejournal.com 2007-01-22 09:01 pm (UTC)(link)
Yohji scowled at that, settling for mutilating what remained of his lunch to keep him from lunging at the other man and trying to kill him anyway. "I'd keep a lot of people safe from your manipulation," he growled. "And you're wrong about having people who believe me." It said something that he was more inclined to trust Cliff who he'd just met, than Schuldig who he'd sort of known for years. The question was, go with the stranger who seemed nice enough, or the enemy who you'd spent quite a lot of time trying to kill.

He looked at Schuldig flatly, scruitinising him. He had a point, Yohji had to admit. Schuldig was powerful and they wanted to get out of here. "We might work together in here, but when we get out, how can I be sure my mind will still be my own?" That was the most worrying thing. He'd seen what Schuldig could do. He'd seen him take control of Sakura, manipulate Omi and others. It wasn't an overly paranoid question, Yohji didn't think.

[identity profile] k4t4str0ph4l.livejournal.com 2007-01-22 09:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Schuldig laughed outright. "Well," he replied, eyes dancing with amusement, "you could always ask yourself why I'd want it." He glanced up; as if on cue, one of the nurses was approaching them. "It's not as if you're even nice to look at anymore."

Pushing his tray away, Schuldig got to his feet before the nurse had quite reached them. "Anyway," he murmured under his breath, "once we get out of here, we can call it even."