Who: Byakuya Kuchiki (
xnoble_reasonx ) and Namine (
dollchains )
When: After
this conversation. Backdated.
Where: Kaien and Namine's Apartment; might lead other places, idk.
Format: Paragraph, past tense
What: Byakuya and Namine, tied by the same string, spend some quality time together.
Warnings: Expect a visit from Byakuya's artistic talents. And probably some
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There was a gradual lessening, though -- slow, like ice melting, but it was going away. Not bothering her so much anymore, but... it didn't make any sense. She knew she wasn't anything to him. She wasn't anything to anybody, really, so why was it like -- she needed to be?
And how could a Nobody have needs anyway?
Aside from biological things, food and drink and sleep, she wasn't supposed to feel at all. And suddenly she missed Castle Oblivion, the first days, when she just drew and didn't know anything else. But then, at the same time -- it was better to have this feeling, this little voice in her skull screaming for something, than to have nothing at all ( ... )
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He stepped past her without a word, holding out a sack of some vegetables for her rabbit and bananas, which he had taken special care to make certain they were undamaged, for her to take. "You expected anything less?" He would probably be insulted at that point, if he actually cared. Namine had very little in the way of expectations and he'd known for quite some time how to deal with that little issue.
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She took it with only slight hesitation, setting it gently on the table. "Thank you. No, I suppose not." Was it insulting to have no expectations? What she expected was to be ignored, that was all, but the knit of his brows didn't seem so tight. He seemed at ease, really. Was that because of her, she wondered? "You... aren't leaving now, are you?" It was weird -- she'd seen his retreating back so many times, but this time it was like -- like he wasn't supposed to. Like he was supposed to stay here with her. How selfish.
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No, she wasn't that woman and couldn't ever be. Honestly, though, she didn't really expect to be, either. She was fine with being who she was, picking up the shards, fitting them back carefully together. He wasn't supposed to think of her as a replacement for what he'd lost.
The smile came out before she could stop it, her cheeks pinkening a little. "I'm glad, then. Um, I --" She paused then. Why had she asked? Because that feeling wanted her to? "I... guess I thought we could do something," Namine mumbled after a moment, withdrawing a bit of lettuce from within the bag he'd given her and crouching to offer it to Shell.
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He would never imagine replacing her. Did she think he would ever allow that thought to cross his mind? He despised the mere thought of allowing someone to take her place. But there were just some things that kicked in, some things that stuck out in his mind the more and more he had seen her. Things he remembered as he cared for her. It had been one of the reasons he stopped that day, the day that they had met ( ... )
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