So...we had the talk ( Read more... )

Akihiko hopped home for the weekend most weekends, unless Torchwood had something crazy going on that prevented him from doing so. He hadn't been home for a little while, so instead of going straight to his own apartment first, he decided to head to Mitsuru's place ( Read more... )

The man led them up a rather dingy set of outdoor stairs and stuck a key into the lock of the door at the top. Akihiko had already seen the floor plan of this apartment, and he nearly bounced excitedly as he waited ( Read more... )

They had left the dorm together and taken the train over to Port Island Station, where there was a nice cafe and a movie theatre, which apparently was playing only Christmas movies tonight. Akihiko saw the lineup and frowned, wondering if Mitsuru were really likely to want to see a Christmas movie double feature ( Read more... )

He'd been planning this for a while - nervous about it for longer. But he had a small box in his pocket and he was determined, determined to go through with this ( Read more... )

Akihiko stepped out of the funny blue box, checking nervously to make sure his Evoker was hanging at his hip properly and would be easy to draw, and still wondering how it was possible that thing was bigger on the inside than the outside ( Read more... )

Akihiko was still feeling drained the following morning. Shia returned him to his room, and disappeared a moment later, leaving him alone ( Read more... )