[ closed log ] Week Ten, Day Seven [ no matter what i do ]

[sakurabito]

Who: Kuchiki Hisana ( hisana_kuchiki ) and Kuchiki Byakuya ( sakurabito )
Status: Closed
Style: Prose
When: Week Ten, Day Seven, after this.
Where: Himorogi
Rating: PG
Warnings: Reuniting with his dead wife. This oozes angst.

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[hisana_kuchiki]

Hisana stood as soon as she saw the figure exit the forest surrounding the large tree before she took a cautious step forward. "I didn't expect to see you in this place, Byakuya-sama." Her voice was quiet, her eyes lingering on his face briefly before she lowered them slightly. "I...have you been here long?" From their brief conversation over the odd device, she'd gathered that he was familiar with the area at least, which was a relief to her.

The last thing she remembered seeing was the roof of her room and then she'd woken up under this sky. Had she died or was this some sort of strangely vivid dream? At this point, she couldn't be sure of what was happening here but if anyone could answer her unspoken questions, it would be him. He seemed to know what she was thinking before she spoke many times, after all.

[sakurabito]

He could only watch her. How could he explain it without sounding insane? He wasn't even convinced it wasn't a dream, something created by his mind as everything else seemed to be. None of it could ever be considered real by any standard. Devices that broadcasted dreams? 'Gods'? The fifty year difference between them now? But it wouldn't matter. It was, most likely, a dream anyway, a dream that seemed to be his reality anymore. "I arrived in the winter months," he answered truthfully. "It is now late summer. Two months or seven, I cannot tell you."

He would be content to leave it at that, to walk away and lead her to safety, but he was not entirely convinced, yet, she could make the trip. And still, there were things she needed to know, things he needed to tell her before they returned to Hisato. "Nothing is as it seems here, Hisana. You must be careful in whatever you do."

[hisana_kuchiki]

"How is that..but you were with me before I fell asleep." Hisana looked confused for a moment before looking past him towards the forest. "So it's been months since that day for you?" The question slipped out before she could stop it and she lifted a hand, fingers twisting in the fabric of her yukata. "I am sorry, Byakuya-sama"

There was moment of silence as she listened to his warning before her gaze returned to his face as if it held the answers she sought. "I will be careful then, Byakuya-sama." She was silent again before she took another step forward, her hand dropping back to her side.

[sakurabito]

He could tell her that none of them were actually real, that they were just images, imprints and their real bodies were elsewhere, but something kept him from telling her that truth. It would only make the 'dream' scenario fit more perfectly and this, for them, was not a dream. He did not want it to be a dream. So he looked on as she spoke. "There's no need for you to apologize. You've done nothing." That, too was an automatic response, a defense mechanism as he sought out to take that burden, that sorrow from her in any way he could.

Months? No, it had been years. Fifty long, quiet, lonely years and never did he ever expect to see her again. He never thought he would want so much to let it all go, to allow himself what he used to. To enjoy her company with no attachments... it'd been his dream for many moons, now. And now that he had been given such a chance, he could not seem to do it. "Did you have any specific questions for me?"