[Thread] A friend in need

[queenofgames]

Characters: AU!Atem, OU!Jing
Where: Mui-Epta
When: During the love-potion plot, probably backdated to the day after Yamato and Ryoko come to see Atem
Summary: Jing comes over to comfort Atem following Riza's disappearance. That love potion might complicate things just a fraction, though!
Warnings: Tears, awkward!potion-induced!fluffies

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[thieveryofstars]

Jing didn't take long to get to the other building, thoroughly worried about his friend. He had seen Atem go through the loss of losing Toshi, and wished she hadn't had to go through this again now with Riza. It seemed they were all losing those people close to them lately. He would do what he could to offer small comfort to Atem.

"Atem?" Jing called, reaching the doorway. "It's me..."

[queenofgames]

Atem took another drink of tea, before setting the bottle down. "It's open," she called, sighing.

[thieveryofstars]

Jing let himself in, his grey eyes sweeping the room for a moment before settling on the woman inside. "Hey..." he said quietly, as though he was trying not to disturb the room. Atem looked positively miserable on the couch.

He hadn't known Riza particularly well, other than being Atem's roommate and a sharpshooter, and only recalled a handful of times they'd spoken. As usual, the disappearance brought out an uneasy, almost guilty feeling for not knowing someone well enough and knowing there was a good chance that he now would not have the chance. But he didn't dwell on such thoughts, not when there was someone else feeling the loss much more keenly.

"It's not as much comfort as we like to think," he said, sitting down on the couch next to her. "But she's away from here now. Out of the range of the Entropi and this war."

[queenofgames]

Atem smiled weakly, before fresh tears welled up in her eyes. "I know," she said weakly, attempting to stop these new tears, and failing miserably. "I'm glad she's out of here, but it doesn't make the pain any less."