[very not an AU.]

[playingdoctor]

[Comes a knocking on Akiha's darkroom door.]



((IC followup to the giant blowup between Axel, Akiha, and Umeda in this post; just didn't want to spam the comm.))

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[playingdoctor]

[hands are kind of shaking there]

Won what. Me? I don't think so.

[pictureustogether]

*eyes fall closed as he swallows again, still no response*

[playingdoctor]

Much more of that and I'll think you're giving up on me.

[pictureustogether]

*nothing. he... really doesn't know what to say*

[playingdoctor]

You doing that?

[pictureustogether]

No... *almost a whisper*

[playingdoctor]

Won, past-tense, stamped and concluded, why the fuck would you say that.

[pictureustogether]

*chuckles*

I wasn't thinking...

[playingdoctor]

[knots his hands tighter in Akiha's shirt]

Words don't come from nowhere, dumbass!

[pictureustogether]

I know-- I KNOW!








...

I. Please...

[playingdoctor]

[fingers slowly relax]

He hasn't. I don't -- it's not like that.

[pictureustogether]

You don't have to give me explanations.

[playingdoctor]

Well I don't know what the fuck you're thinking right now, so what else can I do?

[pictureustogether]

*shakes head*

[playingdoctor]

I can't believe you left me like that.

[pictureustogether]

...

[playingdoctor]

[drops his head onto Akiha's shoulder]

...

[pictureustogether]

*shudders a little, and starts chuckling quietly*

I-- I don't know what to say.

Just.

I'm sorry...

[playingdoctor]

[muttered into his shirt]

Is five months enough time to forget?

[pictureustogether]

*still chuckling, now just looking up, at nothing in particular*

No...

[playingdoctor]

Don't you--

[swallows] Never mind.

[pictureustogether]

Mh...

[playingdoctor]

[...unfolds his fingers from Akiha's shirt. Steps back, turns away, leans against the other wall, arms braced]

...

[pictureustogether]

*hey ceiling, you're nice to observe*

It won't happen again.

[playingdoctor]

[closes his eyes. Swallows a few times, then trusts his voice]

Why not?