zenitsu

[soba]

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week 5, saturday

[soba]

[ toi waits for the ballroom to empty out before returning to it. when he reaches the cage, he'll tap against one of the bars lightly. ]

Yo.

[swordflash]

[ zenitsu stirs. disoriented at first, he slowly lifts his head and soon regains his bearings as he cranes his neck toward an unexpected visitor. ]

Toi . . . My stomach hurts.

[soba]

... that's what happens when you eat weird things.

[ he sighs, and then sits down. ]

[swordflash]

[ that's also what happens when someone kicks him in the gut.

zenitsu is quiet for a long time. ]

Sorry about your room.

[soba]

[ he's not going to mention he got kicked?? that will help him believe the no one likes him thing ]

... it's fine. It'll get cleaned tomorrow.

[swordflash]

[ that's sweet.

he reaches to his side and, with some effort, unfastens the handbag at his hip. reaching in, he pulls out a bloody folded haori and sets it down next to him. he holds the bag out to toi. ]

Here.

[soba]

[ ... he takes it. ]

You sure?

[swordflash]

[ he nods. ]

You can hide one thing in there that only you can pull out. That way, you won't lose it.

[ it's also a convenient place to hide evidence, as he just demonstrated. hopefully toi won't have to do that. ]

[soba]

[ i'm fuckin losing it... ZENITSU.....,,, ]

... do you need anything?

[swordflash]

[ don't kill. it's bad.

he shakes his head as he hugs his knees. his clawed fingers dig into his clothes. ]

If you're tired, you should go rest. You can use my room. The key's in the bag.

[soba]

I'm not that tired.

[ so he doesn't mind waiting here ]

[swordflash]

It's not stuffy?

[soba]

Do you think I would be here if I didn't want to be?

[swordflash]

[ the strained smile falls. he blinks. ]

Why?

[soba]

[ ... ]

Why what?

[swordflash]

It's not just me, you know. If anything happens, you might get hurt.

[soba]

It'll be fine.

[ he's in there and toi is out here ]

[swordflash]

[ he can't help fearing for the worst. still, he doesn't try to shoo toi away again.

instead, he pipes up after another long moment: ]

It was fun, playing games with you and Mr. Brown.

[soba]

... if you wanted to do that kind of thing, you could have asked.

[ granted he gets why

zenitsu would not ]

[swordflash]

I didn't think you'd be interested. You didn't seem interested in anyone at all.

[soba]

Really?

[ ... ]

Well, that's good then.

[swordflash]

I didn't understand it at first. I still don't understand why you'd want to push everyone away. Are you that afraid of getting close to someone?

[soba]

[ stop making this about him ]

It's just easier this way.

[swordflash]

Doesn't it get lonely?

[ no. ]

[soba]

I guess so.

But...

[ how to... say this... ]