Day 21 - Music Room

[lustful_thing]

Lust was rather loathe to leave her lunchtime companion when the intercom chimed on. But there would be plenty of time to continue their conversation later, when night fell. Whatever pangs of guilt she still felt were ignored and crushed down - she had nothing to feel guilty for! These human emotions were beginning to get on her nerves. Again

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[forgot_my_life]

Takaya glowered around and then sat in a chair off to one side. The nurse offered him useless crap and he took a CD player, headphones, and a CD of... crap. But whatever. Crossing his arms, the teenager closed his eyes and tried not to think about him.

A useless effort, his thought wandered to his last memories, everything that had happened.... fuck. Takaya wanted to hit something. Only that part of him that was less about emotion and more about logic kept him from standing up and shouting or becoming violent. He didn't want a repeat of this morning...

[faithful_dog]

Naoe had come calmly into the music room. Frowning very, very slightly he kept his eyes on Takaya. It wasn't until he was left alone browsing through their music selection that he started to move towards the boy.

He moved close to him, but didn't sit and didn't get too close. They still needed to discuss their current situation, but perhaps this time it would be better for Takaya to make the choice to start the conversation.

[forgot_my_life]

Of course Takaya knew he was there. How could he not, hovering like some kind of stupid, fucking .... thing. Yeah, Takaya wasn't terribly creative. So what? He sat there, pretending to listen to the stupid music being spit out through the headphones for nearly ten minutes, half hoping that Naoe would just get sick of the whole thing and leave. When he didn't, he glared up and tugged off the headphones.

"What? I told you what I know," he snapped.

[faithful_dog]

Naoe didn't frown, though he wanted to. He watched Takaya silently for a moment. "You told me monsters fought you last night. I see nothing like that Takaya-san," he said quietly. "I'm.... concerned." In truth Naoe had no idea what to do or where he was or anything pretty much but he would be damned if he admitted that to Kagetora.

[forgot_my_life]

Takaya glanced around, then reached out with a foot and snagged a chair, pulling it closer. Not too close though. He might try to bash his head in with the chair if he got too close.

"Sit down, Naoe." His voice had lowered, though he was still glaring death at the "older" man.

[faithful_dog]

Naoe did as he was told and looked at Takaya. He had faced death time and time again, so that didn't scare him and Takaya hadn't quiet gotten Kagetora's tiger-eyes down yet. He sat with his hands in his lap, much like he would have if this had been an appointment with some troubled client, though as a monk that wasn't really how he was supposed to think of the people who came to him for help.

[forgot_my_life]

Takaya sat back, arms crossed and looking like any other angry, rebellious teenager. Unlike other teenagers though, Takaya found that he really did want to hit the man across from him... preferably with something heavy and hard

[faithful_dog]

Naoe visibly frowned. He looked around the room, at the nurses and patients. He believed Takaya, of course, every word. So all the patients were the same as them. Different worlds though... well, anything was possible and if Takaya was saying Naoe would accept it.

He looked the 'teenager' with calm eyes but what he saw wasn't a teenager. It was his leader. "What do you want to do, Kagetora-sama?" he asked. He figured 'escape' would be on the top of the list, as well as 'survive' but still... if Kagetora wanted Naoe to lie on the ground during night shift and wait for monsters to kill him, Naoe would.

[forgot_my_life]

Takaya glared up at Naoe as though he was stupid. "I want out, of course." He looked around at the other people in the room and his gaze became thoughtful again. "But I know that everyone wants that... so everyone's already tried a bunch of shit, right?" He shrugged and bit back a wince at the movement.

"So maybe talk to..." he turned back to the other man and his glare was harsh once more. "What do you care anyway," he hissed. "You left me there. Left me to wind up here you bastard."

[faithful_dog]

Naoe blinked at the accusation. "Takaya-san?" he asked. "What are you talking about? I haven't seen you in months." It had been months since he had left Takaya on the pier, but could the boy really blame that on the reason why he was in this place? Sometimes he really did act like a child.

[forgot_my_life]

Takaya scoffed. "And you expect me to believe that?" He narrowed his eyes, only the constant presence of the nurses keeping him from lashing out. "I've been here two days. The last place I was was on that ... that fucking pier! Months my ass."

[faithful_dog]

Naoe's frown deepened. "That was months ago," he repeated. "I left to uncover what the warlords were doing about what... happened..." if Takaya really believed that only happened two days ago perhaps bringing up everything wasn't the smartest course of action for Naoe to take. "I've..." he paused again. How much should he admit to Kagetora? He held back his fear and continued. "I've been working for a businessman who has been haunted by dreams of a woman. I swear to you, Kagetora-sama, that is the truth." He looked very seriously at Takaya, surely he wouldn't believe that Naoe would lie to Kagetora.

[forgot_my_life]

Takaya couldn't believe that. Couldn't. If he did, that meant that months of his life were gone, just wiped away. He sat back and looked away, to pissed off to trust himself to speak without shouting right now.

"If," he began to grind out. "If that's true, then all that time... I've been here." He turned to again glare at Naoe. "I'm here, even since you fucking left me standing there, and you're out with some businessman?" His glare turned cold.

"You abandoned me again and again, Naoe," he hissed.

[faithful_dog]

Naoe started at Takaya. It hurt. The pain swallowed him up and he felt totally overcome. It made him angry. It made him feel lost in the anger and the pain. He hated Takaya for saying those things. He hated himself for knowing that it had to be true. He wanted to say that the others should have protected Takaya, that he left them with him, that they were supposed to make sure he was okay. That he didn't trust himself around Takaya, that he didn't believe the two of them should be alone. Any of it.

Instead of expressing the pain, Naoe's eyes narrowed. He stood up, focusing on the anger instead of the pain. "I left to be useful and to protect you," his voice was low, so that others couldn't overhear him, espeically the nurses. "I can't babysit you forever."

It was insulting and Naoe knew it, but he didn't care at the moment.

[forgot_my_life]

Takaya was angry. No, Kagetora was angry, Takaya was hurt. It hurt that he'd been abandoned and now, words he didn't want to say had made it worse. So, rather than deal, Takaya decided to let that cool part of his mind handle this for now.

He sat back and frowned. "Then I'm glad you wanted to be helpful," he all bu snarled. "And I hope it was worth the effort, but now, why not be helpful here? You don't need to babysit me here, Naoe." He glanced around, looking anywhere but at Naoe. "If it has been months since you last saw me, then why do my memories end there, on that dock, and I only remember two fucking days here?" His voice was soft and thoughtful.

[faithful_dog]

Naoe sat back down, floored by Kagetora's tone. He was quiet for a moment, regaining control of his desire to hurt and dominate. That was foolish right now. They needed to focus on the problem, and hopefully if Naoe directed the attention away from him then there wouldn't be too severe of a punishment for what he had said. He felt like a dog that had just gotten kicked after snapping at its master.

"Perhaps they've altered your memories slightly?" Naoe said with a frown. Would they be able to have that ability? "Or else you were unconscious for those months? Though that doesn't make much sense. I would have been contacted if you went missing... unless the others are here as well, but I spoke with Yasuda recently." He had been calling regularly to make sure that Takaya was alright, even if he hadn't wanted to actually contact the boy himself.