Kia sat in an open area near the greenhouse and lit another cigarette. There were already a dozen butts crumpled in the ashtray next to him. He didn't know when it had happened, but Ran was gone. Just when he'd thought he'd broken the last bit of ice and had been about to hear the words he'd managed to pull from every other person he'd pushed
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Zelkova wandered by to find Kia looking despondent, and immediately felt the everpresent smile leave his face. Quietly, he took a seat beside the man and just shared his presence, feeling that speaking would probably not help things.
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He smiled sadly at him. "You can probably guess what's wrong," Kia said softly.
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"I don't need to cry, Zelkova." If it happened, it would be while he was alone later. "I don't really know what I need right now."
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"I... actually like it here... I miss everyone back home, but everything's real here." I'm real. The last part he added mentally, burying his face in the crook of Kia's neck.
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"What's that supposed to mean? Things should be more real home than in here." Kia raised an eyebrow.
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"I don't know what much of that means," he muttered, but he thought he understood enough of it. It seemed like more of the "other worlds" talk he'd heard from people here more than once.
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