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[He woke up that morning to a weird feeling. The house was quiet. Usually he heard Tatsunosuke or Yamanami moving around when he woke up, but today there was nothing. And it felt...different. It isn't until he's searched the house and realized the truth, seen the letter and hidden it among his things forever, that the fact that he's alone in here sets in. He hasn't been alone since coming here and it...disturbs him. Still worse is knowing what Yamanami went back to, what Tatsunosuke will have to live through. Unsure of what to do, he leaves the house and sits on the front steps, hugging his knees to his chest, face hidden behind his arms and his journal in his lap. He's like that for awhile before he makes the announcement, his voice wavering.]

...House 40's empty now. ...They went home.

...They... They left. They were here just a few hours ago...and now he's gone again.

...he's gone again....

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[Homura is not a part of the Shinsengumi, nor has he ever believed otherwise, despite his relationship with Ayumu. Yet being with her has caused him to spend significant item among them, and in turn shown him exactly how tight their bonds are. Heisuke's pain is obvious in his voice, and although Homura does not know the man very well, he understands that loss far too well. They'll all feel the pain of it, and even as he replies over the journal, Homura makes his way to the set of houses.]

I am sorry to hear that.

......Yeah.

Guess...this place ain't so awesome after all.

[The voice is familiar. Quietly, Stephen responds.]

I'm sorry for your loss.

...Yeah... thanks. Not...much I can do... I guess.

There... rarely is, in situations like this. [It's not the same thing, he knows, but it has the same sense of finality as death, and he will treat it as an occasion deserving the same respect.]

.....I never...got over it the first time he left. It was just like this. He smiled and laughed like it was nothing one day. ...and the next he was never coming back again.

....I don't know what to do.

Would you care to meet somewhere? Talk properly? I'm happy to listen.

...Thanks. Um... I'm at the old house, but...I guess I could meet anywhere. It's just...weird to leave yet, you know?

Would you mind giving me your house number? I would be happy to come over, if you would care for the company. I would not wish to intrude.

....Forty. House forty.

[._. He wants company.]

I shall attend presently.

........Thanks.

[When Maturin shows up, Heisuke is on his porch, knees drawn to his chest, staring listlessly at the ground.]

Heisuke?

[They've only spoken over the journals, and Stephen doesn't entirely trust the small pictures, so he makes sure... even if it's fairly obvious.

The name isn't said quite right, but it's fairly close. He knows enough languages to manage it decently for only hearing it a few times.]

[Oh. He starts at the sound of his name and looks up, trying to seem like he hasn't just had his world ripped out from under him.]

.....H-hey.

[Maturin nods to where the man is sitting.]

May I?

[Not too much later Ayumu joins him, sitting down on the steps without a word and setting her work basket on the ground at her feet. As though it's an ordinary day and she simply chose to set to work here through some coincidence, she simply pulls out some clothing that needed mending and sets to work in silence.]

[Hearing someone come near sets him on edge, but when he realizes it's Ayumu, it hurts all the more. What if she goes next? How many other people who can't ever come back will leave this place? She isn't saying anything though and Heisuke doesn't much feel like talking. Instead, he just grips his knees a little harder, trying to hide a little more.]

[Ayumu is all right with not talking, especially since she doesn't really have anything to say just yet. Another one of them has vanished, someone else she doesn't know if she'll ever see again, and she doesn't think it's right to let Heisuke just sit there by himself even if there's little she can do. So she just sits there and works, in a silent reminder of her presence, letting him acknowledge it or not as he wishes.]

...It ain't fair.

[He's acknowledging her, but it sounds like he's talking to no one in particular. He's afraid she'll go next and then what? What would happen to them all then?]

...Don't go nowhere, Ayu-nee. I don't know if we can take it.

I don't intend to go anywhere, Toudou-san.

[Her voice is entirely calm as she responds, not even pausing in her work. She will return eventually, she knows— at some point she has to go back and finish what she'd started. But until that day comes, for now it's enough to keep watch on those she'd once left behind.]

[Sano wanders over as soon as he hears the message and, without any warning, he shoves Heisuke over a little and plops down next to him. Lightly, he nudges Heisuke's shoulder with his own.]

[Sano. Sano understands. He's from a time where he knows everything. Heisuke moves over and raises his head a little from his arms.]

Twice.

...He was just there, Sano. Just last night I talked to him. ...Now he's gone.

Yeah, whoever runs this place's a fucking asshole.

[Sano lifts up a hand and ruffles Heisuke's hair, leaving the hand there, resting against his head lightly.]

[It isn't fair, but the sensation of Sano's hand on his head is a familiar one. He misses that familiarity. He knows he'll never really get to experience it at home ever again so here....it's nice.]

....What're we supposed to do? ....You n' I both know what he went back to.

...there's not a whole lot we can do.

[He lets out a breath and just...leaves his hand there for another moment, then shifts to pull Heisuke closer.

He knows what Sannan's gone back to. He knows...too many things, really.]

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