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Characters: Open
Location: Death City, Clinic
Rating: PG
Time: Jan 17 onward
Description: Missions 151 and 152, crossposted to LJ



The clinic is a buzz of activity from beginning to end, with the doctors and their staff preparing everything that could be needed by their agents in Europe, and clearing away the unnecessaries. Food is cooked large-scale because no one will have time to do it later, and hospital supplies are moved around to make more space for beds.

Shibusen's scouts and supportive agents are in charge of dragging the wounded back to Death City, and they come and go for random errands. The atmosphere is understandably tense, and things don't get better when the first of the injured are brought in.

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[tauborn]

He'll sit here quietly as long as she needs him to, providing a shoulder to lean on. He wonders what's going on in her head, but... she'll tell him when she's ready. Or if she's not ready in a week or two, he'll start trying to pry it out of her.

Normally he doesn't like to squeeze answers from people, but he honestly believes that Kaoru will need to talk about it. And he believes he should hear it, given how much time they spend together and because he's her student. He can't help but think that something in her teaching style might change due to her experience on her first mission, so in that light, it's almost imperative that he find out before too long.

Also, she's his friend. He's leaned on her in the past, so he'd like her to be able to lean on him. Metaphorically, because she was managing that quite well literally.

[shihandai]

Kaoru would let him--but the things she saw--she really doesn't want to talk about them. Instead she just leans against him, until eventually she falls completely silent.

s-so cute.....

[tauborn]

After a long time, he wonders if she's in fact fallen asleep. He tries to look at her without moving, but can't quite tell if her eyes are open or closed.

Still, the bustle in the clinic has died down, and Takuto is exhausted--not emotionally like Kaoru, but definitely physically. She's comfortable to lean against, and he hardly even realizes when his eyelids start feeling heavier and he gradually, gently... starts to fall asleep.....