He didn't like to be by himself sometimes. His thoughts caught up with him, surrounded him and made him remember that time. He was broken when they found him, and he wasn't sure he was fixed now. He wasn't sure he'd ever really be fixed. It made him angry, that those people, the enemy, would do something like that to him. It frightened him, to know
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Something makes Jadeite turn around after a time, and his eyes find the older shitennou. "Kunzite," he says, a little in surprise. His hand leaves the window sill and he comes closer. "Is something wrong?"
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"Not at all. I merely wondered why you were awake so late. I thought, perhaps, to be sure you planned nothing insidious. After all, it has been long since you, Nephrite, or Master have made any moves to cause trouble." The tone is light, his lips turned up into that amused smirk. None of the worry shows. The mask is perfect.
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"Oh~? Have you heard something I have not? Some idea he has planned against me? I would have thought his last two month tour of duty upon the moon had taught him better, but he is a stubborn one at times."
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"So you say," he finally drawls back, smirking as he settles in to tease Jadeite instead, "but you have yet to find a woman of your own. Perhaps you should wait until then, before making jest at his choice in women?"
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"Should I ask what keeps you up so late, then?" The tone of his voice is light-hearted, curious, but there is an undertone of worry, if the younger man listens close enough.
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"It was too quiet and stuffy," he answers vaguely. Like that place. "I thought I'd open the windows."
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"The night is a cool one, and the air is fresh. It will be nice, to have it within the palace walls."
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"For that time...thank you."
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"I acted to save you because you are one of the shitennou. Together, side by side, we are strong. I would never have left you at that fool's hands, Jadeite. I am only sorry I did not come sooner."
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And he'll probably never admit that again.
"He will be defeated," Jadeite says then.
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