(Untitled)

[kurosakiboy]

A boy his age shouldn't have so much on his plate. This is pretty much the only conclusion Ichigo has been able to reach since coming here. The stuff back home...that stuff was weird. Crazy. Way too much for him, he thought. But he handled it, and did so pretty well. But this...this is different. He can't swing a sword at his problems this time,

Comments

[_venus_de_milo]

Minako bends down slightly so she is at his eye level and smiles brightly.

"Ohayo!"

[kurosakiboy]

Blink blink.

Nothing like a blond chick to ruin a thoughtful moment of sulking thinking deep meaningful thoughts.

"...hey." He replies, not carrying quite the same enthusiasm.

[_venus_de_milo]

"You're only allowed two hours a day for brooding. Just so you know."

And she flops down next to him.

[kurosakiboy]

"...I've probably been at this fifteen minutes. I'll take my full two hours, thanks."

He didn't invite her to join him, but it's really the least of his concerns right now.

"You seem pretty upbeat. Don't you have people back home you miss?"

[_venus_de_milo]

She looks out over the courtyard.

"I just found the people I love most and understand me after centuries of separation, and now I'm here. With people that can't understand what I am because they've never faced anything like me before."

"I either smile or I cry. And I won't cry because some post World War III world decided to force me to deal with it a few year before I was expecting it."

"And I know I'll see the people I love again. Somehow."

[kurosakiboy]

He doesn't react to her explanation, just takes it, works it over in his head, stores it away. He's got to learn about others sooner or later, even if he's not the most social animal there is. It'll just be...slow going.

Finally, he speaks.

"Optimistic of you."

[_venus_de_milo]

"No," she says with all honesty. "If I don't see them here, I'll see them again next life."

She turns back and offers a half smile.

[kurosakiboy]

He opens his mouth to question that, then pauses. He realizes, when he thinks about it, that his world works much the same way. If he dies, he goes to Soul Society, sees his friends again...

Presumably.

"Guess it ain't so bad then. But I mean...that could be ages down the line. What'll you do 'till then?"