6th Joke [ Action | Voice ]

[cuteobsessed]

[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....

Comments

[ voice ]

[halftheduet.livejournal.com]

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

I'm sorry for your loss.

[ voice ]

[cuteobsessed.livejournal.com]

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

[ voice ]

[halftheduet.livejournal.com]

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.]

[ voice ]

[cuteobsessed.livejournal.com]

.....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.

[ voice ]

[halftheduet.livejournal.com]

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

[ voice ]

[cuteobsessed.livejournal.com]

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

[ voice ]

[halftheduet.livejournal.com]

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.

[ voice ]

[cuteobsessed.livejournal.com]

....Forty. House forty.

[._. He wants company.]

[ voice ]

[halftheduet.livejournal.com]

I shall attend presently.

[ voice ]

[cuteobsessed.livejournal.com]

........Thanks.

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

[ voice ]

[halftheduet.livejournal.com]

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.]

[ voice ]

[cuteobsessed.livejournal.com]

[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.

[ voice ]

[halftheduet.livejournal.com]

[Maturin nods to where the man is sitting.]

May I?