Night 44: M11-M20 Hallway
Indy dressed and left quickly after the doors unlocked, ready to make an early start. He seemed to be the first one out in the hallway, which was fine with him. The fewer people around, the faster he could move--assuming being the first one out in the hall didn't also mean being the first course of King Kong's dinner
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With nothing else to do after polishing off his food in record time, Yukito had taken his journal and gone to sit on his bed, thinking that maybe he should write something about what had been going on. If he got his thoughts down on paper, it might be easier for him to figure out where they led, after all. And maybe if Yue didn't want to talk about things, maybe he'd be willing to write them.
After a few minutes, though, with nothing written on the page, the heavy silence in the room combined with nights of running around with little sleep finally became too much for him and he'd dozed off. The intercom announcements half-woke him, but he sleepily decided that Touya would wake him once he arrived, and promptly fell asleep again.
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Touya moved through the darkened hallways casually, hands in his pockets. He was pretty confident about the trip, given how many times he'd made it (he could have probably walked it blindfolded after the first time), and it was early enough that he figured monsters hadn't made it to the rooms yet. When he arrived at Yuki's room, he listened for a moment--no sound of talking. Frowning a little, he entered the room quietly.
Yuki was sleeping. For a moment, Touya felt a pang of concern, wondering if his power hadn't been enough and now Yuki needed even more sleep and food yet again. He was probably just sleeping though. Nothing to be worried about. ...he hoped.
His steps were a little quicker than someone who wasn't at all concerned. Kneeling by the bed, Touya put a gentle hand on Yuki's shoulder.
"Oi, Yuki," he called softly, shaking his friend's shoulder lightly. "You okay?"
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"Mmm? Already time?" He blinked once, then smiled at Touya and started to push himself up again. "Sorry, Touya...I thought I'd take a nap, but I guess I slept later than I thought. It hasn't been too long, has it?"
He didn't want to keep Sakura waiting, either, especially with how upset she'd been the night before. And they needed to get something accomplished; he could finally do something about the constant restless irritation from his other self, now that they were healed enough to go out again.
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"You think it takes me more than three minutes to walk over two hallways and down one?" Touya asked, smirking at Yuki as he sat down next to his boyfriend on the bed. "Well at least I know how little you think of me now," he said with a teasing grin.
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Although even with all the running around they did, he still felt like he'd had some rest by morning. It was something that he didn't really understand, and chose to not think too much about since he'd probably never find a good answer to it. Not until they escaped, at least.
Right now, though, he couldn't help but think about how comfortable he was at the moment. It would be so nice just to stay here, with Touya, and have a quiet night for once. But...no, there was too much to be done, and Sakura to worry about. Not that he was making any move to start leaving, though.
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"And I only walk slow when I'm tired. And resting helped. And knowing you were waiting helped." And knowing Sakura was waiting helped too. Touya sighed a little, wishing that his sister weren't there. He'd worry about her, but maybe where she was from, he would be there to look after her--and Yue and Yukito would too. But he wished, most of all, that she was safe.
It would make it so much easier to have time alone with Yuki, for one thing. So far, sitting there all night and just holding Yuki in silence and darkness was a dream.
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As comfortable and content as he was right now, it still wasn't home, it still wasn't safe, and Sakura still needed to be protected in this place. Not to mention the fact that he had Yue stirring restlessly at the edge of his mind, reminding him constantly that he wanted to be on his way, not playing spectator to their little comfortable moment.
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"You're right," he said, standing up so Yuki could get up. "We have to think about her, too." Even if it sounded like Yuki wanted to stay too, which made it even harder for Touya to leave. Sure they ate lunch together, but it wasn't a private space. Touya couldn't do much besides a peck on the cheek and some loud conversation over everyone elses' conversations.
And really, as long as Sakura was around, that was how it would stay. He wished they could all go home. But when he returned, what if Yuki didn't know how he felt? The one he'd confessed to was from the future. Would he come to remember? Would Yuki return to a Touya who had been waiting for him to remember for months?
He could think about this later. It was depressing him right now.
"Let's go get her before she starts thinking we're not coming, yeah?" he said with a small smile over his shoulder.
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A faint sigh turned into a yawn as he pulled himself to his feet, absently brushing loose hairs from his face that he escaped from the braid while he slept. Was it his imagination, or was the braid still damp from the shower earlier? It must be an awful lot of trouble for Yue to deal with all the time.
He gave Touya a bright smile in return and nodded. "Of course. The faster we get moving, the faster we'll find a way home, right?" And then they'd have all the time in the world to spend together. Right now he had to worry about Sakura instead.
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