I got your message a little late. [He brushes back a curl and sips at his tea. He should be telling his story a little quicker in case Josuke kicks him out. He doesn't want to walk back home in the sun...] I was busy being a corpse outside my café. That's some messy business... [That's an understatement really.]
So when I got your message your designated time of replying back had come and gone... I checked to make sure you were home before entering completely, just in case you forgot but you were not here and had not been here. So I assumed what you'd consider the worst. That's what you were expecting when you sent me that message, yes? Even when you do... it doesn't get easier. [Four deaths for him. Three in Ryslig... and now each death eats away at memories. He wonders what he's lost... and how important it is.] Ah, but to answer the question. I arrived on the eleventh, quite late. And I was intending to leave, tonight. And then I was going to periodically check every couple of days. So the seventeenth then the nineteenth and so on. If you didn't come back after a month or so... I was just going to take the cats back to the café. That was my plan, anyway... in case the worst should come to pass. With all the death in the air more and more people might not come back.
[Another small sip of tea as he turns to watch Josuke inspect his freshly cleaned and organized apartment. Nice, right?] Do you want me to leave...? [The answer is obviously a yes. He should be grabbing his jacket and putting on his shoes right now. And he'll need a bit of hustle in his steps to beat the sun. But he doesn't. He looms in the doorway to the living room, watching the teen carefully. It feels like there is more to be said. He's come here all three times after just reviving now, hasn't he. And Josuke has been present for two of them... And somehow it has made things a bit easier. Even if Josuke probably doesn't agree with how undeserved he feels those deaths are he never says as much. And if Josuke deserved to die or not doesn't really matter. It helps when someone is here for it. Even if you hate that person it's at least someone.
But perhaps for Josuke the cats are enough and his friends are enough and that's fine with Kira. He can leave at anytime. The cats are fine and that's all he was here for. He owes Josuke absolutely nothing.]
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So when I got your message your designated time of replying back had come and gone... I checked to make sure you were home before entering completely, just in case you forgot but you were not here and had not been here. So I assumed what you'd consider the worst. That's what you were expecting when you sent me that message, yes? Even when you do... it doesn't get easier. [Four deaths for him. Three in Ryslig... and now each death eats away at memories. He wonders what he's lost... and how important it is.] Ah, but to answer the question. I arrived on the eleventh, quite late. And I was intending to leave, tonight. And then I was going to periodically check every couple of days. So the seventeenth then the nineteenth and so on. If you didn't come back after a month or so... I was just going to take the cats back to the café. That was my plan, anyway... in case the worst should come to pass. With all the death in the air more and more people might not come back.
[Another small sip of tea as he turns to watch Josuke inspect his freshly cleaned and organized apartment. Nice, right?] Do you want me to leave...? [The answer is obviously a yes. He should be grabbing his jacket and putting on his shoes right now. And he'll need a bit of hustle in his steps to beat the sun. But he doesn't. He looms in the doorway to the living room, watching the teen carefully. It feels like there is more to be said. He's come here all three times after just reviving now, hasn't he. And Josuke has been present for two of them... And somehow it has made things a bit easier. Even if Josuke probably doesn't agree with how undeserved he feels those deaths are he never says as much. And if Josuke deserved to die or not doesn't really matter. It helps when someone is here for it. Even if you hate that person it's at least someone.
But perhaps for Josuke the cats are enough and his friends are enough and that's fine with Kira. He can leave at anytime. The cats are fine and that's all he was here for. He owes Josuke absolutely nothing.]