➵ hikaru

[riegan]

fun fact "random icon" kept trying to give me my sketchiest claude icons for this post

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WEEK 2 - SATURDAY

[heartablaze]

[It's late when Claude will get a steady knock on his bedroom door. Hope you are not sleeping or smooching because that's an awkward interruption.]

[riegan]

(OH BOY WHAT A TRIAL, he's beat and ready to sleep!! But of course, he's kind of popular tonight, isn't he? There's a knock on his door and he considers just ignoring it to catch some rest but he eventually gets up to open it.

Seeing it's Hikaru, he smiles,)

Isn't it past your bedtime?

[heartablaze]

[Her face looks splotchy, one side more red than the other. Did she hit her face on something? ]

I'll... go back soon. [It's a lie, like water on a hot pan, completely sizzling out the second it leaves her lips.]

Can I ask you to do something tomorrow, Claude? Or... to try to do something?

[riegan]

(HIKARU??)

Come inside. No one else is here.

(Because sometimes when you accuse your room mate of murder, they don't want to stay in the room with you anymore!!)

You can ask me now if you want. Look, have a seat. (On the chest?) Let me see your face.

[heartablaze]

[She shakes her head immediately, taking a step back from the door.]

I'm fine, Niichan. [Another lie, another vapor. Whatever emotion she is feeling right now is locked up tight behind nothing but guilt.] I'm sorry.

...Please. Just a question, and I... I need to go to bed after that. Okay?

[riegan]

What's wrong...? You're not fine. Did someone hit you?

(... but she isn't going to answer, is she? So he frowns and nods,)

One question.

[heartablaze]

[One question.]

Can you make sure Izumo-chan doesn't do anything foolish?

...Please?

[riegan]

I can try.

(He won't make a promise he can't keep.)

[heartablaze]

[There's a twinge, something sharp and concerned and relieved past that overwhelmed feeling of guilt.]

Okay... Okay.

[A bow of her head, as she's already backing away further.]

I'm sorry for waking you up, Nii-chan. I'll... see you in the morning, okay?

[riegan]

(What the actual heck happened between Hikaru and Izumo WHY ARE HIS GIRLS FIGHTING)

... Of course. I'll be ready whenever you are.

(He reaches to touch her... and stops.)

Get some sleep.

[heartablaze]

[The reach for her is what gets her to crack for a moment, her chest tightening, her face growing hot.

But she simply nods, turning and tensely walks back to her and Izumo's room, slipping back in and quickly shutting the door behind her.

Good talk, fam.]