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ofmanydevices (ofmanydevices) wrote in disappear_rpg,
@ 2009-12-10 14:47:00

Entry tags:

kanaye, tom, toru

B&E yet again
Who: Tom, Toru, and Kanaye
What: Apologies
Where: Toru and Kanaye's dorm
When: A day or two after the dungeon
Why: Cause Tom said some bad stuff

Tom waited until he knew Toru and Kanaye were't home, then slipped into their room. He hefted a rather large black bag over his shoulder as he moved. He still felt discussion of Paradise, and handing out the things he had should be done in private without people knowing about him being there.

He waited patiently in their room until the two returned. He thought it might be a good time to examine the things Kanaye had in his room. While Toru had gone into Paradise, Kanaye hadn't, and on the off chance that he was going in, it would be good to figure out what his issues actually were.

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	zealousemperor 2009-12-10 08:06 pm UTC (link)
	Kanaye sighed as he opened the door. He was still depressed that Maeko was staying with Misaki instead of, you know, going out on a date with him. Especially when she was the one who asked for the date anyway... Kanaye looked up, blinked, and sighed. "God dammit Tom, stop doing this please." (Reply to this) (Thread)

	2dbeauty 2009-12-10 08:55 pm UTC (link)
	Toru peered over Kanaye's shoulder, MS still in hand. "Sagaki-senpai? What're you doing here?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ofmanydevices 2009-12-10 09:09 pm UTC (link)
	Tom also blinked at them. "What... I needed to talk to you. There's... I have a lot I need to make up for. And then I have this too." TOm held up the bag. "I can't really do that in the hallway." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	zealousemperor 2009-12-10 09:12 pm UTC (link)
	Kanaye sighed again. "There's this thing called "waiting" and "knocking". I realize old habits die hard, but still..." Kanaye stretched. "You don't need to make anything up to us." And then he noticed the bag. "What's in that? A bomb or something?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

ofmanydevices
2009-12-14 03:26 am UTC (link)

Tom shook his head.

"I do Satou... Satou-san. I..."

Tom fidgeted, and then looked at Kanaye.

"You are an over blown drama queen. And most of the things you have said to me since we met have been said to deliberately antagonize.

...and I can't help but wonder if... if things would be different if I hadn't done that same thing to you first."

His eyes cast down to the floor.

"I wanted you to hate me. I think... I was afraid. Because you could have relaed to what I went through. And I didn't..."

Tom let out a breath, and then straightened. He looked at Kanaye again.

"I'm sorry."

Then he finally addressed the bag.

"This... is for you. I did the design awhile back and had it commissioned, back when Shirai had that bag of weapons and you said there wouldn't be something for you. I've been trying to make sure the whole team is properly outfitted. I never found a good time to give it to you."

He extended the bag forward. Inside were a pair of boots, attached to a set of catchers shin guards. The guards themselves were covered in steel plates.

"I found a guy online who thinks making weapons is art, so he does it cheap. It wasn't hard to find your shoe size, but I guessed on the shape of your shin.
Oh and I made sure to have strips of rubber under the steel, I'm not sure how your powers work, but just in case..."

Tom shrugged.

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zealousemperor
2009-12-14 03:35 am UTC (link)

Kanaye blinked and laughed. "I know that, Tom-san. And I know that to." Kanaye went uncomfortably silent for a bit, but kept on smiling. "Of course it would. It's all in the past now, isn't it? I mean, we're friends now, right?"

This topic of conversation was hitting too close to home for Kanaye to be comfortable. "No problem."

Kanaye looked at the boots. "...Um. Cool. I don't think Indra could shock me, but thanks anyway." Kanaye took them and didn't know what to do with them. "Thanks." He repeated instead.

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	2dbeauty 2009-12-14 05:22 pm UTC (link)
	Toru watched quietly from behind Kanaye the whole time, admiring the artistic design of the boots. Those were worthy of a hero of some kind. Buying such a thing was very kind on Tom's part. And apologizing to his classmate was a nice touch, too. "That's awesome, senpai!" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

ofmanydevices
2009-12-14 07:17 pm UTC (link)

Tom looked at Toru and nodded.

"Thank you Ishinomori-san..."

He took a breath and stealed himself for what he was going to say.

"As for the arguments you and I have had, I...

...I still think you were wrong that night with Arai."

Tom held up a hand to stop any protests from Toru.

"I have been thinking about this a lot, and I have a whole bunch to say on the matter.
You... were one of the people who believed I was on the team despite my denials yes? You asked me to be there to watch out for you in case something bad happened.
But when Arai showed up, you immediately assumed everything he said was the truth, and everything I said was wrong. Even though there was no evidence to support his claims, and everything I said was as likely or more likely to be true.

And everything I said was out of concern for your safety. Dismissing it out of hand wasn't very fair to me. But in the end I think it was luck that the situation turned out the way it did. And just because I was mistaken about Arai, doesn't mean I was wrong."

Tom finally looked away and let out a breath. Now he began to really shift uncomfortably.

"...But... I can understand how you could let... "feelings" like that override your judgment. It is... a lot easier to believe things like that are true when we want them to be so badly."

Tom let out a sigh.

"And in all honesty I couldn't comprehend the notion that Arai's intentions were altruistic in the slightest. So I was guilty of the things you were mad at me for, just a bit.

And I..."

Tom's voice caught in his throat, he swallowed, and let out a sigh.

"... I'm happy that I was mistaken. I'm happy for you that I... was mistaken. I guess, in this regard, you're lucky in more ways then one."

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2dbeauty
2009-12-14 07:43 pm UTC (link)

Toru would have tried to stop Tom from continuing along his line of discussion, but felt as though that was somehow unfair. Instead, he calmly stood and listened to the upperclassman. It was the same sentiments as before: Kazuya could have been dangerous, it was wrong to trust him so quickly, you ought to have listened to me. And Toru was more than ready to refute that again. But then he said it. Acknowledged that personal feelings could get in the way of reasonable judgment. Apologized for his inability to accept that Kaz might've been a good person.

Toru cracked a smile. "That's why you came here?" he asked, tone amused and grateful at the same time. "It's... awfully kind of you. I know I was impulsive, and I know you had a point... b-but I'm glad you can see where you might've been wrong, too." There was an uncomfortable pause as he gathered the courage to say the next few words.

"Thank you so much, Sagaki-senpai."

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ofmanydevices
2009-12-15 07:05 am UTC (link)

Tom nodded, to both of them. Then rubbed his eyes. He was feeling a bit worn after his dungeon, but still had a great deal to do, or at least he felt like he did.

And he had done what he had come to do, now it was time to go back to the mission.

"Well... I should let you two have you're room back."

He side stepped the two of them and moved to the door. He waited for them to move out of the way so he could exit.

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