2nd Joke [Voice]

[cuteobsessed]

[Heisuke's reading something and he can be heard mumbling in the background.]

...all a matter of listening properly...meditation....takes a lot of time....

...Time. A lot of time.

[He lets out a loud and somewhat frustrated sigh then turns to the journal.]

Okay, look, there's gotta be an easier way to contact these ghosty spirity things than goin' out into the great wilderness where a giant wolf might eat my face. Right?

Any ideas?

Ugh, where's Hajime when you need that creeper...

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[saintlyvice.livejournal.com]

Toudou-kun.

[Even though he doesn't move, there's enough bite in his voice to show that he isn't willing to let things end this way.]

I can't forget something like that.

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[cuteobsessed.livejournal.com]

[He stops with his back to Yamanami at the door and stares at the book in his hands.]

.......

What. You going to order me like Shinpatsuan did?

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[saintlyvice.livejournal.com]

[He turns so that he's facing Heisuke's back.]

Do I need to?

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[cuteobsessed.livejournal.com]

[For once, Heisuke stops to think. He wants to blurt out that he isn't anyone subordinate anymore. He isn't even part of the Shinsengumi anymore. He was just a traitorous samurai who got what he deserved in the end.

...but even he isn't that cruel.]

Maybe. Isn't like it's something I want to talk about.

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[saintlyvice.livejournal.com]

[Sannan sighs. He doesn't want to order Heisuke to tell him, but on the other hand, now that he knows, he has to hear the full story or else it will haunt him forever.]

I'm aware of that, but if you're going to say those kinds of things, then you shouldn't leave the details up to my imagination.

[He pauses before adding:]

Who else knows? Besides Nagakura-kun.

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[cuteobsessed.livejournal.com]

Shinpachi and Sano. Shinpachi doesn't really know. Sano was there.

[He shifts from one foot to the other.]

Details don't really matter, do they? Not goin' back there anymore so that's that.

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[saintlyvice.livejournal.com]

Oh.

[He focuses on the wall.]

No, I guess they don't, even though...never mind. [Heisuke wants him to stay here, so he'll try to do that.]

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[cuteobsessed.livejournal.com]

Yeah.

[He clenches his fists.]

So you remember that too, okay? The details don't matter. We'll figure things out.

[He sounds like them. He knows how this story is going to end. For both of them. He turns a bit and tries to smile for Sannan.]

Anyway, I'm gonna go see if I can give Hajime a run for his creepy ghost talker money.

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[saintlyvice.livejournal.com]

[Sannan smiles faintly. It's a weak reassurance, but it's still a reassurance. They'll figure things out for the better, hopefully; there's no way they could make things worse.]

Alright. I'll see you for dinner, then.

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[cuteobsessed.livejournal.com]

Yup, dinner! So don't go snackin' on anything without givin' me some, got it?

[He grins and waves, heading out.]