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Goro "local murder mascot" Akechi [Cʀᴏᴡ] ([personal profile] doublecrows) wrote2018-07-20 11:15 pm

[Week 6, Friday: Eichi]

[heeeey Eichi]

[by the time Akechi comes back to the room that evening, he looks like. . . well. a certified Mess (TM)]

[how are you doin' murder buddy?]
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[personal profile] finethanks 2018-07-21 04:22 am (UTC)(link)
[He's... incredibly ill! It's a rare thing to see him still in bed, but it's not just that. He's buried under the covers so that only his hair is showing, trembling slightly, coughing occasionally, feeling downright horrible. Murder exhausts a person normally, but when you're sick and you ran around outside a bunch, it's even worse.

But he shifts immediately when he hears the door open, sitting up even as the room spins. His eyes are... red, like he'd cried over that announcement. Spoilers: he did.]


...Are you okay, Goro?
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[personal profile] finethanks 2018-07-21 04:36 am (UTC)(link)
[Ah.

That is so raw and honest. It's enough to get Eichi to take a slow breath and push past this illness. Just like he can for a performance, how he intends to for the trial. He needs to appear strong at this moment, so that Akechi can appear weak. It's a trade, and he wants to be able to help.

He sits up, placing a hand over the one on his head to lace their fingers together, and reaches with his other arm in offering.]


Please, talk to me.
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[personal profile] finethanks 2018-07-21 04:43 am (UTC)(link)
[At least Eichi is good for this. He holds him close, his fingers finding his way into Akechi's hair, offering soothing strokes down it. It's all he can think must be best.]

Ion-kun... So it was unclear if he was outside as a victim or a blotter?
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[personal profile] finethanks 2018-07-21 04:53 am (UTC)(link)
...

[Ah. His own heart sinks, and his fingers slow in their movements before he continues.]

That sort of kind soul... It makes sense, doesn't it? [Eichi doesn't know what to feel. Jealous? Admiring? That sort of move is the kind that Eichi can only attempt to reach for. He's a coward, himself, and he could never do it so gracefully. It could never take away his own stained hands.

He's selfishly thinking things like this, even, when Ion is dead.]


Like a child, it makes me want to say "it's not fair".
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[personal profile] finethanks 2018-07-21 05:43 am (UTC)(link)
[He hides a cough in his free hand.]

...What did he say to that? Clearly, he didn't do a thing, right?
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[personal profile] finethanks 2018-07-21 06:09 am (UTC)(link)
No.

[He doesn't know anything about the letter, about how Ion must have reacted, but he's firm on that. He continues to stay close like this, hoping that it's a comfort. That Akechi can cry and get it out, maybe...!!]

Ion-kun... wouldn't have been disappointed at all. He was just as kind to me, no matter what. While everyone was citing my weakness as a reason for my innocence, it was Ion-kun who said that I was kind, even if I don't believe so myself.

And I believe you have grown, Goro. Quite a bit. I admire every bit of you. I believe Ion-kun could see that in you, as well. I believe he could see it in anyone.
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[personal profile] finethanks 2018-07-21 06:24 am (UTC)(link)
You'll only continue to grow from here, and he'll continue to be proud of you. I'm sure of it.

[He can take his time. Between the coughs that Eichi attempts to make sound nicer, for Akechi's sake, he continues to stroke his hair, to hold him there. He hums, in the silence, because music helps him, too. And if he's humming, he's able to breath steadily, or force himself to.

Other than that, he doesn't bother with too many other words. He thinks Akechi needs the relaxing comfort of this, sometimes, too.]
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[personal profile] finethanks 2018-07-21 06:34 am (UTC)(link)
[It's more than fine. He thinks that Akechi has needed a lot more than just this for quite some time. These tears... they can be healing, even if a small bit at a time. And even with this sick body that's fighting all that he was up to, he can be of some help, some comfort.

He rests his head very lightly against Akechi's as he cries there, continuing with everything else, allowing him to have this moment.

The cause of those tears... he can't make them go away. But he can be here as a pillar. As a partner, in every sense of the word. Take your time, Akechi.]
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[personal profile] finethanks 2018-07-22 06:58 pm (UTC)(link)
[It's okay. It's all okay, and Eichi provides what support he can, even as sick as he feels. He holds him, he allows those tears without drawing attention to them, and his humming slows to a stop only so he can speak reassuring words.]

It simply means that we have to attain the best ending possible, doesn't it? We can do that... together, the two of us, we can accomplish that. Then you can tell him all that you'd like.