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hinata hajime ( 日向 創 ) ([personal profile] hopedout) wrote2016-01-30 05:00 pm

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1/6, action;

[personal profile] saynotohalls 2018-01-15 10:08 am (UTC)(link)
[It's been a hectic day in a lot of ways, from meeting new and old friends to getting trapped in Steambucks. But one way or another, at some point, Naegi will find himself walking down the familiar path. Now that he has memories back, this is a walk he'd never forget.

He stops outside the door. Naegi still doesn't know for sure if he's here. He hadn't been able to bring himself to ask anyone... because he'd been too afraid of the answer. This place is here, which is a good sign, but someone could've easily carried on the school in his honor, right?

But he knows that stalling anymore won't make anything change, and he's already resolved to face the truth even if it hurts. So he takes a deep breath and enters Future Beginnings, immediately looking down the moment he's inside. Protecting his heart for just a little bit longer.]


Excuse me... Is someone by the name of Hinata Hajime here?
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also slaps SDR2 and DR3 spoilers on here now

[personal profile] saynotohalls 2018-01-20 10:14 am (UTC)(link)
[*Clunk.*

The sound comes from Naegi himself, he realizes, falling back against the door frame when his knees start to give. He stares upwards, blinking to clear his eyes and make sure this is real.

The ache in his back from connecting with the frame is proof enough, though.

This is real. Hinata is here, and this is real.

His gaze roams over him. Not in his school shirt, like Naegi had seen him a few hours before in his time, but in the kind of casual wear he'd expect to see here. It makes something in his chest ease. He's so, so tall.

His eyes burn, wet when he blinks fast, but his smile is wide and warm.]


...Hinata-kun.

[Naegi doesn't say his name the way he did once before - uncertain, struggling, shy. Now it's said gently, with the experience of using it - this is his senpai, even if he isn't quite that. He always has been to Naegi, and that part hasn't changed at all. But this is the one he put his life on the line to save. The one who he believed in no matter what.

This is Hinata Hajime, his friend.]


S- Sorry. [Ah, that's what does it. He wipes at the spilled tears. His dress shirt is a mess, anyway, so it's fine.] For going away, even if I couldn't help it... Sorry.

[But light will flutter around him in soft waves as he smiles, eyes closed, yet strong with his happiness and his hope.

He shouldn't be saying it afterwards. That isn't how it's supposed to go. But Naegi does anyway.]


I'm home.

[ただいま]
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true but I have to be *responsible*

[personal profile] saynotohalls 2018-01-24 09:48 am (UTC)(link)
Ah... [He looks down at himself. His dress shirt is a crumpled mess that has been soaked in rain about five times, and six if he's counting the actual rain back home. There's still blood on his pants around where the bandage is, and a little red has seeped through the gauze. God, he's such a mess.] That might be good, actually... Do you still remember my size? Although- [His face gets a little red.] The smallest size will probably work in most cases... I haven't grown since I was here.

[He does laugh a little, though, because he's about to apologize again.]

Aha, sorry for crying too... I'm just... really relieved. I ran into a bunch of people we know, but I was too afraid to ask them if you were still here.

[He needed the time to process it if he wasn't.]
saynotohalls: <user name=livebites> (naegi012-p956840)

oh w h o o p s, my mistake..... I guess it's just extra precaution or something now....

[personal profile] saynotohalls 2018-01-30 08:17 am (UTC)(link)
[Naegi flushes hard.]

Hi-Hinata-kun, you don't need to say it again...

[this is an attack He's not patting him on the hand like Certain Other Parties That Won't Be Named, so Naegi will count it as a mercy, even if that flush isn't fading quite yet.]

Ah, but that's good at least... I'd rather not be stuck in a dress again any time soon...

[The topic had been light enough, if a bit embarrassing, so what's said lastly gives him pause. Not just mentally but physically - Naegi stops walking for a moment, his thoughts holding him in place. It's less that Hinata's words themselves have weight, but the implication of it.

It's as Naegi had feared. He'd known it to be all too possible, and he's at least been able to confirm a few of them who are still here, but...

He knows what he's about to say will not be easy on either of them. But he has to ask.]


...I've been shying away from it since I returned, but I probably shouldn't avoid it any longer. Hinata-kun, forgive me, but... May I ask who returned?
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[personal profile] saynotohalls 2018-01-30 11:02 am (UTC)(link)
[The sheepishness of his smile is a little reassuring, at least... It seems he's not going to tease him for that, at least, so Naegi already feels a little better.]

I remember Da- ah. [He shakes his head.] Cherryblod-san said the same thing when I ended up in it that one time. [It's strange, that he'd been so caught up in not calling him by name when he'd been here before, but it seems to be the other way around now.] It's just not for me, I don't think...

As for this, though... [He glances down at his sleeves and winces.] If anybody could do it, I know it would be you, but... I hate to ask. It's really such a mess. Wouldn't it be a lot of trouble?

[But soon enough, any stray thoughts are flying out of his mind. He can't help the wind of shock that sweeps through his hair, or the quick burst of rain that accompanies the sudden grief before he can force himself to settle.]

Komaeda-ku- Ah, no... Komaeda-senpai is... [Any of them missing would have hurt, but it's a blow Naegi wasn't ready for. But if it hurts for him, Hinata must be-]

Hinata-kun... I'm so sorry...

[He knows sorry isn't enough. It can't bring Komaeda back, even if he's alive and well back home. But the genuineness is still there, as well as the pain, and Hinata can probably hear both - because Naegi remembers how it felt, when Kirigiri went away. He remembers those painful nights of curling towards the empty space on the bed.]

This world is kinder than ours in so many ways. But it doesn't make it hurt any less when the one you love goes back.

[He'd been afraid to use that word once, and it's the closest he's come to really saying it. But it matters little in the face of everything else right now.]
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[personal profile] saynotohalls 2018-02-05 10:48 am (UTC)(link)
[He feels a little relieved at that. At least there probably won't be anymore dresses for him, unless it's by accident.

But his eyes catch the tiredness in his Hinata's smile.]


Even so... Don't push yourself. I'm not really good with things like this, but let me know if I can help with it. [His eyes glance around, taking in the familiar walls. It's a comfort to see them again.] Now that I'm here, if it's alright... I'd like to start helping out again soon, even if it's just in little ways.

[Naegi keeps watching him with careful eyes. Maybe that natural skill he's always had with people has gotten more honed over the years, or enough time with Kirigiri has helped him to pick up people's tells.

But he's worried. Naegi is very worried, because Hinata doesn't seem fine at all.]


...Honestly, you should know better than to say that to me. [But he won't push any more than that. There's a teasing note to his words, but it's layered over the concern that's clear in his tone.] But you will. He'll definitely be there when you get home.

[He pauses, mind lingering over the last time he saw Komaeda. And, unexpectedly, his face steadily turns red as his gaze involuntarily darts down to his hands.]

I... didn't think he would react so strongly when he saw me, though.

[It was startling enough when it happened, but even more so when he thinks of the Komaeda he knew here.]