o42 [written -> forward dated to the day after the event ends]

[ahappylie]

[Filter to Sokka | 90% ]

Sokka-kun, I am afraid your training will be put on hold temporarily. I will contact you when I am able to resume. It should only be a few days.

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My beloved snow
Is slowly melting away
To a spring garden
-Hogyoku

Ayumu-san. I do not wish to be disturbed.

[With that, Okita locks him in his room and barricades the door because he knows you, Ayumu. The morning after the event ended, he went into Hijikata's room to check if the man was home and found the place completely empty. Having two of his friends leave one after another does bad things to Okita's psyche.]

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[markofthewise]

... I'm not much in the mood for it anyway. Is something wrong?

((ooc: This may be a placeholder until I can figure out Sokka's own mental state come post event))

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[ahappylie.livejournal.com]

It's nothing. But are you alright, Sokka-kun?

[ooc; No problem!]

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[markofthewise]

[Besides waking up early... and not needing to because his teacher canceled? 8|]

Well... I kinda broke up with Suki. [It's probably been no secret during their training sessions Sokka has been trying especially hard to be emotionless.]

Because I was in love with--

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[markofthewise]

[A dawning realization hits him. Why did he say was?]

A-actually, I think things might be okay.

[Thinking of Suki now... there's so many feelings there now. Remorse for what he did, certainly. But overcome by much stronger feelings. More so than the kind of that dominated a week ago.]

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[ahappylie.livejournal.com]

[Waking up early is good for you, Sokka. B( It promotes...something. Healthy. With health-making.]

I see. I do hope they will be. Perhaps if you speak with her, she will understand.

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[markofthewise]

Yeah... I think she will. [If he feels this way, she must feel the same. So what's to worry about.]

... what about you?

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[ahappylie.livejournal.com]

I am glad to hear it. You two seem very good for each other.

Do not concern yourself with me. I am fine.

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[markofthewise]

[He doesn't say it, but he's grateful to hear that.]

People who are fine don't need to ask not to be disturbed. Or come up with depressing haikus.

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[ahappylie.livejournal.com]

It's from a book.

[Damn these kids these days. Being smart and stuff. ]

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[ayu_nee]

[Ayumu is pretty sure she knows what's going on, but if he's that determined she isn't going to try too hard to get at him. Yet.

She'll just be leaving trays with food at the door at regular intervals, and if said food also includes his favorites and additional treats, well, he can make of it what he wants to.]

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[ahappylie.livejournal.com]

[Usually the food remains untouched because he doesn't want to risk opening the door, but every so often the tray will return mostly empty. It's primarily out of guilt because he remembers that she too could disappear again and unlike the others, he would have no chance to see her again. Even so, he can't bring himself to face the others when he's not sure he can put on the happy face again.

Notably, however, the additional treats remain untouched and only that which is necessary to be eaten and cannot be preserved has been consumed.]

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[ayu_nee]

[Every untouched dish only makes her worry more, but... he's eating something, at least. Ayumu will simply keep leaving the trays outside his door, returning after a while to take them away whether touched or not, being careful to make it quite audible when she comes and goes. And even if he isn't eating them, the sweets still appear on the tray, something different each time.]

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[ahappylie.livejournal.com]

[The next time she comes by, she'll find Saizou sitting outside the door. The pig is sniffing at the untouched tray, but won't eat it because hey, even pigs know better.

However, as she gets closer the door will open slightly and Okita appears momentarily as he waits for the pig to come back inside.]

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[ayu_nee]

[Of course she's going to be immediately trying to see what she can of him, though Ayumu is polite enough that she won't make it obvious that she's doing so. Everyone is reacting in their own way, she realizes; she had to leave for a few days and he chose to sequester himself in his room, but either way they do what they must.

She pauses a few steps away, attention ostensibly on the pig as she speaks, but then her gaze shifts upwards, expression laden with questions she won't ask.]

Did you need to go outside for a bit, Saizou?

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[ahappylie.livejournal.com]

[Caught between a rock and a hard place, Saizou looks up, then looks back at the food. And since this is not his fight, he starts nosing at the dishes, trying to get them uncovered or open so he can eat them.]

....if you would. It's not good for him to stay locked up in here.

[And the door will start to close again.]

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[ayu_nee]

Fresh air is important for everyone.

[Ayumu crosses the last few steps and crouches to pick up the tray, absently shooing Saizou away with one hand.]

Fresh air, exercise, and proper eating habits are all good things. Though neglecting them won't bring anyone back.

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[ahappylie.livejournal.com]

[He pauses for a moment, then lowers his face a bit in a half-nod.]

Take care of Nagakura-san.

[And then he closes the door again.]

[1week-wizard.livejournal.com]

... I rather like that poem.

written

[ahappylie.livejournal.com]

It is one of his better ones.

[1week-wizard.livejournal.com]

You know the author?

written

[ahappylie.livejournal.com]

I know his works.

[1week-wizard.livejournal.com]

Ah...

[ahappylie.livejournal.com]

I have his book here, but I'm afraid it is one of a kind and I cannot let it out of my possession.

[1week-wizard.livejournal.com]

...

I understand. Perhaps sometime we can read it together.

[ahappylie.livejournal.com]

Perhaps. Thank you, Patchouli-san.