050: Just Because I'm Losing Doesn't Mean I'm Lost

[contract_star]

[Hei looks significantly better now than he did back when, yanno, he was almost dying. He's lying on a rather ratty couch, a newspaper folded over his stomach. It's opened to the Classified section, and a few things are circled.]

[Hei yawns and stares up at the Astral Sky.]

I actually missed Sapporo. Nice to have a break from it all, finally...and that construction job should open on the sixth, so...

[He suddenly frowns a little.]

Wait, then... [He gathers up the newspaper and looks at the date at the top. He blinks, mildly surprised.]

Oh...huh.


[ooc: Hei forgot his birthday on the 3rd :|]

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[contract_star]

[Slight smile.] Thanks, but...I'd rather earn it.

[buckingbronco.livejournal.com]

[That gets a small chuckle] That's something I don't get to hear often.

[contract_star]

Well...I mean, I've always preferred making my own way--you know, one way or another...

[buckingbronco.livejournal.com]

Heh, despite everything you're one of the more decent guys I know.

[contract_star]

[Wat.] ...Really?

[buckingbronco.livejournal.com]

[You get a chuckle] I've meet a few good people in my job, but most of those in the Mafia aren't the kind of people you want around. You get guys who would shoot their best friends in the back of the head for a chance a promotion, or people who love the death and violence that come with it. It's not pretty.

[contract_star]

[He's silent for a bit.] That's...I get that. But do you really think I'm...?

[buckingbronco.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't have said it if I didn't mean it Hei. No matter what else you've been through or what you've done, you've always cared about the people around you.

[contract_star]

[And that sounds awfully similar to what Bai and the others told him inside the Gate. He smiles, a little nostalgically.]

I don't know if you're right, but...thank you.