[It's been a while since he's seen her. But a dream like that felt... surreal, for lack of a better word. Kyou's not really big on the deeper meaning of dreams especially when a couple of his haunt him in such horrible ways. But he has to ask.]
[ She's a little bit shocked to hear this from him-from what she can remember he didn't exactly seem like the "caring-type". But people aren't always what they seem, huh? ]
[2/2] [filtered]nyavericksJune 24 2011, 06:20:26 UTC
A few years ago, I was in a car accident. I was walking to school and saw a car coming straight at me. I tried to run-a pathetic attempt, really-and ended up tripping.
In the end, I got hit.
I was hospitalized for a long time. The accident occurred just before the SATs so I wasn't able to pass my school year. I felt that... I felt that in my hospitalization, I'd missed the bridge between "adult" and "child" hood. I was 18 when I entered in and 20 when I left, so... I just got a really depressing outlook on life.
But in that time of complete uselessness, I found... relaxation, I suppose, in one thing.
Cats.
[ She laughs. ] A bit silly, isn't it? But thinking about the hardships of cats-about the discrimination strays go through-helped me realize that... life is easy on me. That I take things for granted. That I was lucky to be treated so kindly during my car crash, when if a cat got hit by a car... what would happen? Would they go to a hospital or a vet? Or would they be cast aside, thrown away
( ... )
[For a moment he looks confused hearing that she was planning on filtering something like that but he doesn't comment on that. If that's what she wanted to do then it wasn't as if he was going to try to stop her
( ... )
Because cats aren't outcasts. [ She shakes her head. ] Cats, whether they're domesticated or strays, all belong somewhere.
Just like people--or any other animal, for that matter.
[ She could tell that this seemed to be kind of emotional on him, and while she didn't fully believe in her words... she wanted to cheer him up. As best as she could, at least. And that's because she feels responsibility for making him feel better--since it was her fault he appeared so serious all of a sudden. He didn't sign up for this when he asked Yun-Lee about the dream so...
Wasn't it her job to cheer him up? As an acquaintance--as a human?
As a fellow stray? ]
I'm not going to pretend discrimination doesn't happen. [ She shakes her head. ] Of course it does. There's always going to be people who get angry at the strays for tearing apart their garbage, or messing up things they worked so long and hard on.
... but if they get so angry over that, why don't they prevent the strays from becoming "strays" in the first place? [
( ... )
[She may not know his situation but all this talk about cats just frustrate him, his brows furrowing as they continue on the subject.]
That's just what people say. They're all hypocrites saying something like they're not outcasts but still treat them all as if they're crap.
[He's had first hand experience with this in the past... and it continued while he was still back in Japan. From Akito, from other members of the Sohma household, immediate and extended, the other zodiac to a certain extent. Even his own father and his late mother. Even the mere thought of them made him sick to his stomach. But he's able to hold it in, trying to keep his composure
( ... )
You okay?
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I'm fine. [ She smiles- ] Worried?
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I'm just checking up on you, okay?
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I appreciate it. That's very considerate of you.
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I guess I've got time. Not like I've got anything else better to do anyway.
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I'm going to filter it, though, since I have a person I'd like to keep this from.
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In the end, I got hit.
I was hospitalized for a long time. The accident occurred just before the SATs so I wasn't able to pass my school year. I felt that... I felt that in my hospitalization, I'd missed the bridge between "adult" and "child" hood. I was 18 when I entered in and 20 when I left, so... I just got a really depressing outlook on life.
But in that time of complete uselessness, I found... relaxation, I suppose, in one thing.
Cats.
[ She laughs. ] A bit silly, isn't it? But thinking about the hardships of cats-about the discrimination strays go through-helped me realize that... life is easy on me. That I take things for granted. That I was lucky to be treated so kindly during my car crash, when if a cat got hit by a car... what would happen? Would they go to a hospital or a vet? Or would they be cast aside, thrown away ( ... )
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Because cats aren't outcasts. [ She shakes her head. ] Cats, whether they're domesticated or strays, all belong somewhere.
Just like people--or any other animal, for that matter.
[ She could tell that this seemed to be kind of emotional on him, and while she didn't fully believe in her words... she wanted to cheer him up. As best as she could, at least. And that's because she feels responsibility for making him feel better--since it was her fault he appeared so serious all of a sudden. He didn't sign up for this when he asked Yun-Lee about the dream so...
Wasn't it her job to cheer him up? As an acquaintance--as a human?
As a fellow stray? ]
I'm not going to pretend discrimination doesn't happen. [ She shakes her head. ] Of course it does. There's always going to be people who get angry at the strays for tearing apart their garbage, or messing up things they worked so long and hard on.
... but if they get so angry over that, why don't they prevent the strays from becoming "strays" in the first place? [ ( ... )
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[She may not know his situation but all this talk about cats just frustrate him, his brows furrowing as they continue on the subject.]
That's just what people say. They're all hypocrites saying something like they're not outcasts but still treat them all as if they're crap.
[He's had first hand experience with this in the past... and it continued while he was still back in Japan. From Akito, from other members of the Sohma household, immediate and extended, the other zodiac to a certain extent. Even his own father and his late mother. Even the mere thought of them made him sick to his stomach. But he's able to hold it in, trying to keep his composure ( ... )
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