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[dr_seahorse]

(The feed turns on and, at first, all that can be heard is deep breathing. Soon, however, the video slowly turns on to show Hatori sleeping in the Sohma apartment. He has come home early from the hospital, as it is his younger cousin's birthday, but soon after deciding to lay down on the couch, he was fast asleep. The video is positioned in a

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[icyconformist]

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You're awfully quiet, Hatori.

[dr_seahorse]

(He doesn't respond, nor does he even make a move. Instead, he just continues to take deep, sleepy, breaths in and out.)

[icyconformist]

[ Going over there to make sure he isn't dead or something. ]

...You're actually asleep?

[dr_seahorse]

(What do you mean actually? Can a man not sleep??

Have some more deep breathing. Doesn't he just look so peaceful...?)

[icyconformist]

[ Here, Haa-san. Have some blankies gently tossed over you. Can't have the doctor getting sick, now, can we? ]

I knew you were lying when you said you weren't being overworked....

[dr_seahorse]

(So kind, thank you~ He shifts slightly at the placement of the blankets, but he doesn't wake.

How you and Ayame are related is a mystery.)

[icyconformist]

[ It is a mystery. Have a smile from Yuki--even if you can't see it--before he quietly goes off to do... whatever he was doing before he noticed it was quiet. ]

[dr_seahorse]

(And I shall continue to sleep. But, now with a blanket~)