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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He stood there watching, wondering what to say, for a moment more before starting towards him again, leaning over slightly. "Ah.. Kia?"
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Kia remembered Suzaku and what he'd done to the younger man. It was hard to forget. He didn't smile. "You remembered my name."
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"You'll forget me once this place lets you go home."
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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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Without any warning, there was a fourth-dimensional being teenage blond girl falling from the ceiling. She landed a few feet away from Kia and landed on her ass, leaving her with a shocked expression. She couldn't remember the last time she teleported and there wasn't a man to catch her. She also couldn't remember the last time she teleported to the wrong place. Standing up and swinging around, she laid eyes on Kia.
"Hey! What's the big idea? You were supposed to catch me!"
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"There wasn't any time to move. One moment there was nothing and the next you were crashing. You don't look injured."
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"Thanks! I'm really strong, hee."
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People who acted cute sometimes got on his nerves if they used it to get what they wanted, but he'd just have to see how this went.
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Curious eyes played across the suffering young man as Chloe drew closer, his original intent momentarily forgotten. The flowers would have let him know if something was amiss. This seemed slightly more pressing at the moment.
He seemed familiar. Kia. That was his name...though the details of their meeting were still a little fuzzy in his head. Still, he would have offered his services, such as they were, to anyone he thought in need of them, stranger or otherwise.
"...penny for your thoughts."
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He held his cigarette as if he didn't know whether or not he should put it out and took a slow breath. "Why do you want to know? We didn't end up saying much the last time I saw you." It seemed funny that both times they'd come across each other, Kia was hurting because of Ran. First physically and now emotionally.
"This place is cruel," Kia muttered as he eyed the roses still sitting near him. He knew their meanings only because of Ran, and would never be able to think of flowers in the same way.
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This was a grief not easily soothed, whatever the cause.
"It can be, yes."
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If Chloe could piece together Kia's words now with the last conversation he'd had with a certain redhead, he might be able to figure out who was gone.
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