As Ginji was ushered through the halls towards the cafeteria he felt a little dizzy. He felt like something was very, very wrong but he wasn't sure what. It wasn't just the fact that he had woken up in the middle of some strange place, or the fact that Ban was no where to be found. Something else was wrong. Something important. Something that he
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That damn intercom hadn't been joking with all the names it spouted off the night before. There were a lot of new faces in the room, and not a lot of familiar old ones. It looked like the damned hospital had played shuffle once again. He hoped his friends were alright. With as mixed up as things had been getting lately, it was near impossible to tell.
Filling his plate with the hospital's special - waffles and eggs, though he avoided the sausage with a wrinkle of his nose - he began looking for a place to sit. Spotting a young man not so far away who looked like he was having a rough time of it, Haru headed in that direction and plopped down next to him without so much as a by-your-leave, but a friendly smile hopefully enough to make up for it.
"This seat's not taken, is it? Good. Looks like you've had a rough morning already."
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He quickly averted his face, brushing a hand over his eyes as if rubbing sleep from them. He didn't want others to know he'd been crying. It was shameful. Even the boy's smile didn't much alleiviate the weight on his heart.
"No... it's not taken." He said quietly, picking up his fork again. But he found that he had very little appetite, so Azel settled for pushing the food around on the plate.
"A rough few days, I guess you could say... I'm still not sure what I'm doing..." He continued in a murmur, took a deep breath to calm himself, and turned his attention to the one beside him. "My name's Azel..."
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...Not his strong point, granted, but he'd give it a shot.
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His rumbling stomach forgotten, Kyo marched directly over to the Cow and hit him on the head. "Hey!" he snapped. "Where the hell have you been?"
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"I... I think I've been here for a couple of days, although it's hard to tell... three nights, including last night. That I know for certain." The first night had been the weird shifting thing, the second night he'd been under someone else's control, and the third he met Tamaki.
Then again, he could have been dreaming all that time, and woke up just now. Or he could be dreaming now. The knowledge to confirm one or another was beyond him. It couldn't be helped.
Azel took another deep breath -- he had to concentrate on the here and now. He couldn't waste time wondering what may or may not be.
He had thought to say something more to his new friend, but it was then the other boy made his appearance and he thought better of it. Obviously, the two had a history and it was better if he kept out of it.
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Like this, it felt like that other place. People barging in and making him feel like an intruder. This was not a new sensation to him, the half-embarrassment and flush that came to his face.
What did he expect, really?
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"I don't want to intrude... it looks like... you already have a handful there." A glance to Kyo, but only a brief one.
Besides, did he really want to drag more people in, if things with Darman turned ugly? On the other hand, he really, really, didn't want to be alone. But it could be that he would just have to accept the state of things and move on.
He was fine by himself, right?
Right?
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"So where are you from?"
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Of course, the moment he set foot in the cafeteria, Tamaki's attention was taken with how many people were there. Was everyone a prisoner? What Azel had said the night before had made it seem that way. But... why? Tamaki could understand why someone would kidnap him - he was wealthy after all, and could be ransomed off nicely - but everyone else?
Tamaki honed in on Azel immediately. He ignored - for the moment - the two other young men with his new found friend and launched himself at Azel.
"What happened?" He demanded, frantic. "Are you alright? I can't remember anything! I just woke up in that horrible room again and you were gone!"
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He caught the blond's arms in his hands, blinking. The other sounded truly, honestly worried. "I'm all right..." The swordsman reassured his friend, giving him a brief hug to prove it. "It's the same with me... it was odd, but I don't think anything happened to us..."
"Are you okay, Tamaki?" His demeanor shifted from flighty to soothing, as he focused on the boy before him. He smiled softly, glad to see him, and more than a little relieved.
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