r&r.

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[ not everyone's got an exciting agenda ... riku's managed to corner himself a loveseat near a large tv, & with a lack of anything better to do, he's been watching the better half of a football game. ]

[ however, it's an uphill battle for both teams, so it's hardly holding his interest. by the third quarter he's resorted to rolling on his stomach, watching everyone go by (what, you don't like sports?) or whipping out a cell phone he's managed to keep hanging on to. ]

... [ unfortunately, sending texts still doesn't work. ]

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[rikufu.livejournal.com]

They were totally puppy eyes.

[introverte-d.livejournal.com]

Shut up, they were not.

[rikufu.livejournal.com]

Ri-kuuu, pick up the phone.

[ worst impression ever. ]

[introverte-d.livejournal.com]

That sounds more like--- ...

[ope.]

[rikufu.livejournal.com]

Huh?

[introverte-d.livejournal.com]

[roxas is too bad at lying and/or keeping secrets to even try to keep this going, so he just says it.]

I saw Sora.

[rikufu.livejournal.com]

[ what. ]

'course, there's hundreds of them in here.

[introverte-d.livejournal.com]

[answers so quickly that he nearly cuts riku off.]

No. I saw Sora.

[rikufu.livejournal.com]

You saw Sora.

[introverte-d.livejournal.com]

Yes. I mean-- I think I did. No... I know I did.

[sits up a little so he can push his fingers through his own hair.]

I came out of the dark room to check something and he was just standing there, like he was waiting. He asked me-- He asked me if I knew a really stubborn Riku, and his skirt was long but bunched up in his hands almost like he was nervous. It was him, Riku.

[rikufu.livejournal.com]

[ shuts his eyes just as the whistle blows on screen. ]

Look, I know I'm paying more attention to the game, but this is--

[introverte-d.livejournal.com]

... You think I'm--

[stares at him in a bit of disbelief, then gets up.]

You know what, forget it. Enjoy your game.

[and out of the room and down the hall he goes.]

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[rikufu.livejournal.com]

[ ... ... one of these days he's going to stop saying the wrong things at the wrong time. ]

[rikufu.livejournal.com]

Damn it, wait--

[ so much for puttering the day away. off riku goes. ]

[introverte-d.livejournal.com]

[but roxas isn't listening, already out of earshot and on his way to somewhere he can cool down.]

[rikufu.livejournal.com]

[ & now he's gone. damn these confusing hallways. ]

Stupid, stupid ...

[ which leaves riku to pace back & forth & curse under his breath, because holy shit, sora. ]

[introverte-d.livejournal.com]

[roxas, meanwhile, makes his way to his little dark room, sliding the door behind him and just standing there in the... dark. weird, but it's oddly calming.]

I can't believe--... tch.

[rikufu.livejournal.com]

[ just keeps pacing, sort of wishing he had some nervous vice to fall back on during times of stress like this. since he doesn't, he pulls at his hair & keeps on going down the hall.

maybe he'll find roxas again sooner or later. ]

[introverte-d.livejournal.com]

[it takes a while for his eyes to adjust to the darkness, but in that time, he contemplates whether or not he'd really seen anything, or if it'd just been his mind playing tricks on him. if he'd just made it up or dreamt it.]

[roxas slowly paces the length of the small room, letting his fingers run along the cool edge of a long metal sink each time he passes by.]

Maybe I'm just losing my mind. Hallucinations. ... Right?

[rikufu.livejournal.com]

[ not here, not there - riku's starting to feel more than a little guilty, so after some time he slumps against a wall in defeat. better luck next time, champ. ]

[introverte-d.livejournal.com]

[stops by the edge of the sink and looks down into it at the three tubs of three different chemicals sitting there. they're perfectly harmless so long as they aren't ingested, but maybe he can convince himself that it was just a crazy hallucination induced by (harmless) chemical fumes.

[it would probably be easier if he wanted to believe it was all fake.]

Damn it.

[slams his fist against the edge of the metal sink. ... ow.]

[rikufu.livejournal.com]

What the--

[ turns his head off to one side. what's that sound? probably nothing. ]

[introverte-d.livejournal.com]

[probably not the smartest idea he's ever had. now he's frustrated and his hand hurts more than he expected, but it's too dark to tell if he's done any damage.]

[muttering under his breath, roxas finds the door and slides it open, hand cradled at his side.]

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[ there's another noise, & riku turns to the other side, practically on edge. ]

[ ... figures that it'd be at the end of the hall with that weird tube outside. ]

[rikufu.livejournal.com]

... what'd you do now.

[ he sounds a little tired. ]