003. and in every raindrop... // open post.

[icarusalsoflew]

Take a prompt, take some time, drop in as you like. If you're from Eudio, though, mosey on down here.

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[icarusalsoflew]

Try to keep this knowledge to yourself.

[He can't actually stop Josh from spreading it around, but he'd like to hope that he could trust the kid to be careful. Only too many people already knew, in Hikaru's opinion. Reaping was still a part of the cycle. Constantly cheating the rules was bound to generate new problems for all of them.

(And he did not even want to think about how guilty it was going to make him, not being able to rise up to the fate he had, in some ways, chosen for himself. For having friends and family who were willing to give so much.)]

[larue]

[ He ducks his head quietly, looks up with a sad, but understanding look. ]

Not my place. Not my secret to tell.

[ He kills his cigarette. ]

[icarusalsoflew]

Thanks.

[The red rim, at least, is disappearing. The pain has faded completely.]

I should apologize. I wasn't really angry at any of you. Just...

[How could he begin to go into how much this frustrates him? How there are only too many things that he wished he could say or do?]

[larue]

[ Josh shakes his head. No apologies are necessary, and if anyone should, it should honestly be him.

He makes a move to stand, absently pocketing the pack of cigarettes in his coat. ]

I'll... leave you to your work, sir. [ He ducks his head in a gesture of parting. ] Thank you, for taking the time to hear me out.

[icarusalsoflew]

Right. See you around.

[And in a way, it's good that Josh has chosen to retreat. He'll need some time to recover himself.]