[ first floor of boys 13 ]

[powerisyours]

[ he's alone in the room, sitting on Takeru's bed. Shirahadori's draped across his shoulders and he's still trying to make friends with Sid ]

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[powerisyours]

. . . So that's who I hear screaming obscenities on occasion?

[woodfortono]

Probably. All the animals here are weird.

[powerisyours]

The squirrels still look tasty, though.

But they give me funny looks.

[woodfortono]

Like I said. Weird.

[powerisyours]

Really weird. [ finishes the rest of his tea and flops onto his back ]

What've you been up to, anyway? Other than being grumpy, I mean.

[woodfortono]

I said sorry! [he's grinning, though] Just regular stuff. Training and video games and avoiding the food today.

[powerisyours]

Be a grump if you want. We all have bad days. Or weeks. [ reaches under his bed and extracts a little bag of chips ] Here, eat that instead.

[woodfortono]

Oh, man, thanks--you know not to eat on Tuesdays, right?

[powerisyours]

I've been warned. [ but he's still kind of curious enough to try it anyway ]

[woodfortono]

[IT'S PEOPLE]

[powerisyours]

[ IRRELEVANT ] So I tend to avoid it.

[woodfortono]

[EEW?!?]

Good choice.

[powerisyours]

[ I just won't let you know if I do make that plunge. ]

I thought so, too. [ rolls over to face you ] Need more tea?

[woodfortono]

M'good. [sets his mug down on the bedside table and flops back on Takeru's bed, closing his eyes briefly]

[powerisyours]

[ rolls over onto his back and folds his arms under the back of his head ]

You guys are pretty close, aren't you?

[woodfortono]

...yeah, I guess. I mean--it's hard to go through all the crap we have and not be.

[powerisyours]

I can understand that. [ he can see your almost-snuggles out of the corner of his eye ] You got used to it, didn't you. [ vague? him? no way. ]

[woodfortono]

He used to be like this all the time.

[quietly]

Just... shut down totally. And there were a lot of good reasons for that, and I get it, y'know, but. He's grown a lot. It's hard to see him... go back.

[powerisyours]

I'm sure he has his reasons, but that's not what I meant. [ okay so he knows the reasons but SORRY CHIAKI it is not yet time to say ]

[woodfortono]

What d'you mean, then?

[powerisyours]

You got used to napping with him. To being around him.

[woodfortono]

...oh. Well--yeah, I guess.

[powerisyours]

[ shrugs ] He is pretty comfortable. It's not surprising.

[woodfortono]

Yeah, I guess. It just sucks to see him like this, too.

[powerisyours]

Let him have his time to think. You can punch him and tell him he's being stupid later.