Starfruit - 4

[sweetumeboshi.livejournal.com]

[She doesn't seem to notice where she's popped up; she's sitting with her back against a bed, wiping at her eyes and sniffing occasionally. She's looking at this photo.]

I-I wonder... I hope th-they are eating all right. D-did I make enough to last...?

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[contract_star]

[Have a rather exhausted looking Hei.] Miss Honda?

[sweetumeboshi.livejournal.com]

Eh?! [SURPRISED. Didn't realize where she was.] Wh-wh-what, how, I didn't mean to...!

[contract_star]

Ah! N-no, it's fine...people come here by accident all the time.

Are...are you okay?

[sweetumeboshi.livejournal.com]

Oh, y-yes, of course. [Sm...smile...]

[contract_star]

Are you sure? You don't seem...

Ah, but I suppose it's not really my business...

[sweetumeboshi.livejournal.com]

Oh, n-no, it's all right. [Realizes she's sitting and stumbles upright.] I just... I have moved back in with my grandfather, now that construction on his house is finished. M-my aunt and uncle and their s-son and d-daughter are living here, too.

[contract_star]

[Headtilt.] What about your parents?

[sweetumeboshi.livejournal.com]

Eh? My... oh.

[contract_star]

[Pause, then,] Oh. I see... [Looks away.] I'm sorry.

[Small frown.] But then...where were you living before? Not on your own...? [He desperately hopes not.]

[twelvemasks.livejournal.com]

[Minato stands nearby, watching her and saying nothing.]

[witchmaker.livejournal.com]

[ Oh, seeing nice people upset really bothers Angela. She immediately comes over. ] Tohru, are you okay?

[sweetumeboshi.livejournal.com]

Uh... Um... It was not so bad, really.

[sweetumeboshi.livejournal.com]

[Sniffs again, wipes her eyes, and realizes.... no floor.] Oh! Oh no, h-how did I g-get here?

[sweetumeboshi.livejournal.com]

[SURPRISE.] EH?! A-angela-san, h-how did you... [Realization.] Oh, um. Th-this was an accident. I am... quite all r-right, really. [OBVIOUS LIE.]

[witchmaker.livejournal.com]

Oh, stop it. If you were all right, you wouldn't be crying. [ Brief poof, and she returns with a fancy-looking kerchief that she dots Tohru's eyes with. She remembers Tohru catering to her before and she'll be darned if she doesn't return the favor. ] So tell me who hurt you so I can send a few fire spells their direction.

[twelvemasks.livejournal.com]

[Minato shrugs.]

[sweetumeboshi.livejournal.com]

[Alarm; she has it.] Oh, n-no, really, it isn't their fault--I-I'm the one r-relying on them, after all.

[sweetumeboshi.livejournal.com]

[Was sort of asking herself--but at the nod, she notices Minato.] AH! U-um, h-hello.

[shunofandromeda.livejournal.com]

Tohru? What happened? Are you alright?

[twelvemasks.livejournal.com]

Hello.

[witchmaker.livejournal.com]

Well, you should be able to rely on someone without them making you cry.

[ She peeks at the picture, memorizing the faces for future beatings should they pop up ] Is that them?

[sweetumeboshi.livejournal.com]

Eh?! [Hugs the picture protectively.] Oh, oh no. I, um... These are my friends.

[sweetumeboshi.livejournal.com]

Arisato-san... was it?

[witchmaker.livejournal.com]

Oh. I see. [ Cancel those beatings. She sits down next to Tohru. ] You miss them, huh?

[twelvemasks.livejournal.com]

Yeah.