allstarz / haru

[damp]

omg i'm so tired

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[damp]

[ HELLO he's in the cafe i guess ]

[squirt]

[ he's a little winded because he still has space tb and definitely ran over to meet him, but he looks relieved to sit together. ]

—Rin. [ ... ] Are you okay?

[ THEIR SIFF. THIS WHOLE TRIAL ]

[damp]

[ He just looks tired... Sitting here with a tea. ]

I'm okay... You?

[squirt]

[ he's very rattled, so he's about to break every unspoken rule of their dynamic by hugging rin first, his arms trembling lightly. ]

...I don't know.

[ he's scared. angry. a lot of things. ]

[damp]

[ WHOA... There's a first time for everything. He's quiet a moment before hugging him back. ]

Sorry. You must've been worried.

[squirt]

[ listen. he'd gotten a little better about this—a little—in the last game. but it's not like rin was around to see it. there's something just as difficult about both of them being around on the same side now, too.

he's grateful for the hug back, hiding how stormy his expression is. ]

You're just lucky nobody was looking at you.

[ guilty or innocent, there were so many things that pointed to rin. ]

[damp]

[ ... He's quiet a moment, though he doesn't relinquish the embrace. ]

You think I'm lucky?

[squirt]

[ he doesn't answer right away. he doesn't even have an answer. lucky? them?

he eventually draws back first, though only enough to rest his hands on rin's shoulders. he asks a question that he doesn't think will have any sort of satisfactory answer, either. ]

Did you do it?

[damp]

[ He leans back in his seat, running a hand through his hair. Wow... What bruises were hidden under his fringe. ]

I had to send him back.

[squirt]

[ he feels his heart sink, breathing out shakily once. ]

...Okay.

[ there's really no point in having this discussion today, but he may as well ask. he wants to stay here. he speaks as levelly as he can. ]

What happened? Where did you have to send him?

[damp]

[ Meets his gaze, expression tired but knowing that Haru will understand. ]

Through the car wash.

[squirt]

Rin, this means nothing.

[ haru does not understand. ]

But okay. Continue.

[damp]

[ He seems a little bothered by that. Because this should be basic. Everyone should know this.

Why does he have to explain it? ]

To get back to life, Haru. When we're killed on this side... We go through the car cash back to the living.

[squirt]

[ he lets go of rin for a second to scrub his own face. he just sits there breathing into his hands for a second before he coughs and sets them back down. ]

...I see. Right. I forgot. The car wash.

[damp]

[ Giving him a worried look and pushing over his tea. ]

We never figured out why you were moved either. I thought people would suspect you.

[squirt]

[ more than worried, he looks puzzled. ]

...You didn't do that? [ it's part of the reason he suspected rin in the first place. ]

[damp]

... No. Why would I?

[ It wasn't even close to where he was busy killing SQQ. ]

[squirt]

[ he can't say that he has no idea rin, you're so crazy right now, but he'll just. sigh and sit back. ]

Maybe it really was Manwol?

[ who knows what happened there. but he stops, trying to collect himself. ]

...Let's not worry about it right now. [ ... ] Rin. Things are going to be... really hard, soon.

[damp]

[ He lets him move back with an uncertainty in his stomach that he doesn't like. As if something isn't right.

But he only looks at Haru worriedly. ]

What do you mean?

[squirt]

...I mean that you didn't mean to do this. And...

[ he doesn't know what to say, just staring at rin's stupid tea for a long while. ]

It won't be enough, but I'm sorry.