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Yukizaki Seiko ([info]mellow_lellow) wrote in [info]disappear_rpg,
@ 2010-01-20 21:25:00

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Entry tags:seiko, tom

Who: Seiko, Tom.
What: A friendly visit.
Why: Seiko has to say thanks.
Where: Tom's dorm room.
When: After Tom gave her the knives.

Seiko stood outside Tom's room about to knock, one hand raised and the other clutching a few books to her chest. She was a bit shy about just knocking on someone's door unannounced, at least someone who she didn't know hugely well anyway. She knocked a couple of times quickly.

"Hey Sagaki-san it's Seiko." she called, just in case he didn't like opening his door to the unknown.


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[info]mellow_lellow
2010-01-21 12:44 am UTC (link)
Seiko wanted to hug him, she really really did, but several things were still stopping her, mostly because he lacked a shirt and also because she was worried it might just confuse him further. She compromised by touching his hand that was holding the books for a second.

"You aren't going to die." Seiko looked perplexed. "Its just a thank you, and yes I asked around I wanted to get something you'd really enjoy rather than just something generic."

"I was worried it wasn't a good enough gift, I mean I can't cook and I thought maybe you were used to getting books. But..." Seiko waved her hand, "How can no one have given you a present?"

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[info]ofmanydevices
2010-01-21 01:47 am UTC (link)
Tom looked down at Seiko's hand. He took a slow, deep breath at the touch, then coughed. He suddenly felt rather vulnerable, standing in the doorway, and doubted Max would stay in hiding for long with a potential new friend there. Tom took a step back.

"Uh... you want to come in?"

Once inside, Tom thought about her original question. He shrugged and gave a confused frowned.

"I don't know... they just... haven't."

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[info]mellow_lellow
2010-01-21 01:54 am UTC (link)
Seiko nodded and followed Tom in, with slightly less bounce than usual, she was a little worried of scaring Tom, or unsettling him more than he seemed to be.

Then she spotted the puppy and immediately dropped to her knees to give him a fuss.

"But what about Birthdays or maybe times you achieved things? Didn't your friends or anyone give you something for those?" Seiko was mildly horrified, Tom was fairly normal (given the circumstances) surely people cared about him enough to just give him something nice.

She coughed. "Well I hope you like the books anyway."

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[info]ofmanydevices
2010-01-21 02:04 am UTC (link)
Once the two of them were in the room together, Max came running out, tiny ball of fluff that he was, with his little tail wagging so quickly his hind quarters moved with it.

Tom set the books down on his desk, and turned to look back at Seiko, slightly confused.

"Uh... my... I didn't have any friends before this, at least not ones who I spent any significant amount of time with. It was mostly just me and my dad, and... well... ummm..." Tom kind of trailed off and looked away.

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[info]mellow_lellow
2010-01-21 02:12 am UTC (link)
Seiko scratched Max behind the ears and looked around Tom's room, she felt a little like she was in a superhero's cave, a superhero on a budget, but a superhero none the less. She supposed it was probably quite sensible in this situation for someone to have maps and that kind of thing. But even so it was fairly unusual.

"You didn't..." Seiko pulled an odd expression, resisting for what seemed the thousandth time to hug him. If it had been Kanaye she'd had just bearhugged him and had done with it, but she didn't know Tom well enough, and Kanaye was more of a touchy feel-y person.

"But Tom-san, surely people wanted to be friends with you?" she sounded incredulous, after all even really horrible people managed to have friends. And Tom was nice!

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[info]ofmanydevices
2010-01-21 02:24 am UTC (link)
Seiko seemed awkward. He thought given the reactions given before, that maybe it was because he lacked a shirt. He looked around the room, finding a tight black t-shirt, and pulling it on. He looked back at Seiko.

"I.. uh... I guess that was my fault. I just... I haven't had a lot of people in my life, and the ones I did have... tended to go away. So for awhile I was... I thought it was pointless to get close to anyone knowing I'd eventually lose them. It kind of took the team pulling me out of paradise to make me realize that I was being kind of stupid."

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[info]mellow_lellow
2010-01-21 02:39 am UTC (link)
The lack of shirt hadn't bothered her too much, but it was a little easier to look at him and not seem to be staring.

Seiko nodded and bit her lip, how was it all the people in this group come sometimes come across as so alone? She stroked Max and tried to seem a little less shocked. "It must have been lonely Tom-san, to not get close to people." she looked over at him with sympathy in her eyes. "I'm still not quite sure what to make of the group, they are good people and they save each other but..." she waved her hand trying to think of the right words.

"They don't all get on that well sometimes."

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[info]ofmanydevices
2010-01-21 05:42 am UTC (link)
"I... I didn't realize what it was until... " Tom took a breath, and tried not to think about what had finally made him stop wanting to be alone.

"I didn't realize it for awhile....But, yeah, our friends are a varied bunch. The only thing they really have in common is... Paradise, so their beliefs, attitudes and general way of doing things clash."

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[info]mellow_lellow
2010-01-21 10:45 am UTC (link)
Seiko didn't push him to explain what he meant about his loneliness, she didn't want to pry too much. Instead she smiled at his comment about their 'friends'.

"Yeah its been a bit...difficult to work them out, like what will and won't annoy them. But these guys, everyone is so different..." She smiled and stood up. "Everyone has different strengths though, so when things get bad it seems to work out alright in the end."

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[info]ofmanydevices
2010-01-21 06:08 pm UTC (link)
Tom dropped into the desk chair, and turned to face Seiko. Max had decided that their greeting was finished, and it was time to get down to some actual petting. He hopped up, and ran to the foot of the bed, then rolled over so Seiko could administer belly rubs.

"You really do see the bright side of everything don't you?" Tom's tone conveyed his disbelief at Seiko's optimism.

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[info]mellow_lellow
2010-01-21 07:27 pm UTC (link)
Seiko laughed at Max's antics and rubbed his tummy with a smile.

"Well its not like I'm unrealistic, but I used to be..." she tailed off trying to work out how to word what she was trying to explain. "I didn't cope with what life threw at me, so I'm having to change, to see the good to try to keep myself from being useless." she looked over at Tom. "Besides seeing the worst means you can miss out on so many things, I don't want to miss out. I don't know maybe that sounds stupid..."

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[info]ofmanydevices
2010-01-21 07:38 pm UTC (link)
"Well I admit that who you are now is a rather drastic change from who you were just a year ago." Tom rested a head on his hand, and looked at Seiko. He squinted just a bit and really thought, then finally met her gaze.

"I think I would respect someone who stood up for an unpopular idea more then I would some who tried to be something they aren't just because they feared what other people would say."

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[info]mellow_lellow
2010-01-21 08:01 pm UTC (link)
Seiko nodded in agreement to his first comment, "A year ago I wasn't worth knowing." she said bluntly. "I'm glad this didn't happen to me back then, because I'd probably have caused some terrible trouble." She held his gaze for a few moments.

"Even if an idea is unpopular doesn't mean it is wrong. I want to do the best for everyone, even if it means people think I'm a fool. Life is too short to worry about how you look."

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[info]ofmanydevices
2010-01-21 10:27 pm UTC (link)
"You mentioned." Tom nodded. He eyed the books on his desk, and reached out to put a hand on them. Then he looked at Seiko.

"My.. uh... " He pointed to one of the books in the stack. "I used to get that one read to me. I don't know how to thank you for these, they really mean a lot." He smiled just a bit and dropped then hand.

"So I've seen how you interact with people, what... else do you uh... do?"

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[info]mellow_lellow
2010-01-21 10:59 pm UTC (link)
Seiko smiled a slightly less manic smile than she did usually, for once looking a lot more like a young woman rather than a bouncy teen. "You gave me the knives, I had to thank you for that, they must be worth more than the books...I'm glad you like them though."

She tilted her head at his question and thought for a few moments. "Do? Well I study a lot and go to extra study sessions to make sure my grades don't fall and I get held back again. I see my other friends sometimes, and spend time with my Dad." she shifted a little at the mention of her father.

"He needs some extra help sometimes, he was in a crash and it left him a bit..." she looked something close to sad for a brief second. "He's really cool though!"

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[info]ofmanydevices
2010-01-21 11:45 pm UTC (link)
Tom had to look away, he felt liek Seiko was sharing something rather significant with him, and he wanted to dfo the same.

"Uhh... my... umm..." He took a big nervous breath. Max seemed to notice Tom was uncomfortable and sat upright looking at him.

"...my mom is in the hospital, she has been since I was really young,"

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[info]mellow_lellow
2010-01-22 01:03 am UTC (link)
Seiko stood up and moved quietly over to Tom to put her hand on his shoulder for a brief moment, because she couldn't quite think of words that could explain how much she understood what that made you feel.

"Tom-san thats terrible." she said quietly. "My Dad was in hospital a long time after the accident, so whilst maybe it is different in a lot of ways...I can kind of understand."

Her urge to hug Tom had returned with a vengeance, but he'd probably be uncomfortable about it. So she stuck to standing next to him and trying to send him her compassion and sympathy telepathically.

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[info]ofmanydevices
2010-01-22 02:07 am UTC (link)
Tom closed his eyes and looked away from her, he didn't seem to notice the hand on his shoulder.

"It's alright, really. I mean it happened when we lived in the US, and the got divorced shortly after, then we moved her. I haven't evfen seen her since then, so it's not like I really noticed she was gone." He spoke every word as if somehow it was a good thing.

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[info]mellow_lellow
2010-01-22 02:22 am UTC (link)
Seiko tilted her head, his parents were divorced too? Just like her own parents, she bit her lip trying to repress or deny whatever sadness was welling up in her.

"My parents divorced as well, guess we have a lot of similarities." Seiko said quietly again, "You haven't seen?" Seiko took a moment to process all this.

"Wait, you used to live in the US?"

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