♘ I hope the day will be a lighter highway

[maturelildevil.livejournal.com]

[on one end of a swing set on the Plane, his hands gripping the chains so tight, his knuckles have turned white, sits Kaoru. he's in the suit he arrived in for his match against Remus, the trousers all one piece again like the shards of broken porcelain never cut the expensive material. the tea cup the Twins gave him lies empty on the ground nearby.

besides the lingering sensation of a drugged fog in his mind, he doesn't seem any different. everything is still in place--he still feels like himself--but he wears a worried, frightened expression. he doesn't know how long he's been gone and worse still...he doesn't want to see what his blood looks like now.

his mind goes to Hikaru and he suddenly lets out a mournful little groan, his grip tightening on the chains as he slumps forward, his body wanting to curl in on itself. of all people, he doesn't want Hikaru to know what he did, even if he did it to protect the Hosts and Renge, because...no, he can't stand thinking about that possibility.]

Comments

[hostclubmommy.livejournal.com]

I can talk to him later.

[maturelildevil.livejournal.com]

Then, maybe we can go somewhere else? Maybe the ons--[but as he says it, is thinking about going there, he suddenly appears in front of that tall building]

Uhh...

[hostclubmommy.livejournal.com]

[Whatever Kyouya was going to say, it's cut off by the fact that Kaoru just disappeared.]

[He didn't think Kaoru would go back home suddenly like that. By accident, perhaps? But if that were the case, he'd return immediately.]

[maturelildevil.livejournal.com]

How did I get here? What's going on?!

[because he didn't put his phone in the suit he wore to the match, he resorts to shouting. he just might be a bit frightened right now]

Kyouya-sempai! Where'd you go? Are you--[and again he disappears, only to reappear near Kyouya.]--still--oh! There you are. [a pause] You are still here, right? [pokes Kyouya experimentally in the arm]

[hostclubmommy.livejournal.com]

[Kyouya gives the offending finder a look that could kill.]

You disappeared.

[maturelildevil.livejournal.com]

[pretends he doesn't notice the look, but he still stops]

Er, not exactly... I was just at the onsen.

[hostclubmommy.livejournal.com]

How?

[maturelildevil.livejournal.com]

I don't know. I really wanted to go there and it just happened.

[hostclubmommy.livejournal.com]

Then maybe it works like how you move between the Plane and home.

[maturelildevil.livejournal.com]

Yeah, maybe...but what if I wanted to go to the Alps? Would I turn up there? Or the moon? Or the Earth's core? [at least with the Alps, he might have found a way to get Haruhi out of the country. the other two prospects, as cool as it'd be to see them, kind of do scare him at the same time]

[hostclubmommy.livejournal.com]

Kaoru. [He adjusts his glasses.] I'd like to discuss this another time.

[maturelildevil.livejournal.com]

[sighs and frowns slightly, but he takes the hint] All right. I'll wait here for the others. And I'll find Remus while I'm at it. [he needs to talk to him]

[hostclubmommy.livejournal.com]

[He is quiet again, and then he shakes his head. But he can make it through this, so, levelly, he says one last thing.] Don't forget to contact me.

[Kyouya nods to Kaoru, then walks away to give himself some space to breathe.]