038/ 004 - Now I'm calling timber / Timber the falling tree

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

[She appears 'midst a shower of cleaning supply bottles, brooms and mops, which she shields her head from with her arms. As soon as they're done falling she plonks down on the plane in their midst, looking once again a bit battered. Her arms are still over her head and covering her face.] Ow.

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[damnfinecoffee.livejournal.com]

--supply cupboard?

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

[Lowers her arms and she looks--well, scared] Huh? Oh. Yeah. Those bullies, that I took Haruki from. They locked me in.

[contract_star]

What in the world happened?

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

They locked me in the supply cupboard. I don't understand. They locked me in the supply cupboard, and I got really scared-- [Covers her mouth with her hands]

[damnfinecoffee.livejournal.com]

...at school?

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

Yeah. [Shivering a little now]

[contract_star]

[Pulling fallen brooms and such off of her.] Anyone would be frightened by that.

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

But it's just a closet! [tearing up a little bit]

[contract_star]

Misaki... [Crouching down in front of her.] It's alright. Maybe it wasn't the closet. It was the bullies, right? They didn't hurt you, did they?

[damnfinecoffee.livejournal.com]

Right... well, as long as they're not standing outside the door that should be too difficult to get out of. What have you got on you?

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

Them! Who'd be scared of them? They're just stupid boys. [Face in hands]

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

All the regular cleaning-closet stuff. My bag and everything is next to my desk.

[contract_star]

Misaki, it's okay. It's alright. [Hesitates, then very, very tentatively pulls her into a hug.] Tell me what happened, from the beginning.

[damnfinecoffee.livejournal.com]

Anything that'll fit into the lock?

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

[Hugs back, burying her face against his shoulder and starting to cry] They wanted to know where Haruki was--the puppy that I took from them. And I said they'd never see him again, and they chased me into the supply closet. I mean, they shoved me around first, but that was it.

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

Not from the inside. I might be able to pry the latch up with something.

[contract_star]

[Holy freaking crap. Misaki is crying into his shoulder. What is wrong with the universe. He hugs her tighter.]

O...kay. What about after that? When you were in the closet?

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

It stank. And... [Tightens her grip on him]

[contract_star]

[Long, long pause.]

Was it the dark? Were you afraid of the dark?

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

[Presses her face against his shoulder and nods]

[contract_star]

[Well. Well holy shit.]

It's you...it's really...

...It's alright. You're safe now. We'll figure out a way to get you out of that closet, okay?

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

[Pulls back a little, looking up at him in confusion] Really me? Wh... [Rubs her eyes] How?

[contract_star]

Never mind. It doesn't matter right now.

Do you have anything in the closet you could use to break out? [Looking at he cleaning supplies.]

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

Only the stuff that's in there. [Swiping a hand across her eyes again, beginning to calm down now that there's a task to accomplish]

[7th-experiment.livejournal.com]

[ Kirakishou will be rummaging through the bottles, opening them and sniffing them curiously. ]