[ Kohaku's had a few visitors today already, and they were his... his allies, for lack of better word. So when it knocks again, he doesn't have much hesitation to open, only to find himself face to face with Akira.
Akira, who would have sacrificed himself for the friend Kohaku wrongly accused. Akira, who had been perfectly right about Cinque while Kohaku had never even entertained the idea.
How does he face that person now? In stunned silence, it appears. A second passes before Kohaku can find it in him to say any word of greeting. ]
[Akira, who was willfully blind to the enemy sitting right at his doorstep. the enemy who could have torn him to pieces while they slept, if not for the unspecified protection role]
. . . yeah. [he says with a wry, breathless laugh] A total shitshow.
[a pause]
I'm sorry for taking a swing at you. And for not listening.
[ That only goes to show he really is a sappy idiot. Maybe that's not a bad thing. It definitely makes Kohaku feel a bit better about how much everyone else trusts this guy - the position in the wrong hands would be dangerous. ]
I don't give a shit about the punching, but the listening.... [ He shrugs. ]
I didn't believe you on Cinque either. We're even.
Hah. I didn't even have any faith in her, I just... I thought she was too dumb to hide something like this.
[ It sounds so silly now when he says it aloud. He'd never met Cinque before, how would he even know how she normally acts? How could he ever hope to tell? ]
I should have known better that innocent faces can hide just about any horrible secret, no matter how dumb they look waking up covered in glitter. Ugh.
[it's a viewpoint he can understand. the doppelganger is supposedly their enemy, right? the doppelganger killed Shirou. wariness and distrust. . . that comes naturally]
We might be able to learn a lot with her if we try to communicate.
week 3, saturday post-trial
Kohaku-san?
[he'll just be knocking at Kohaku's door at some point during the night, voice soft]
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Akira, who would have sacrificed himself for the friend Kohaku wrongly accused. Akira, who had been perfectly right about Cinque while Kohaku had never even entertained the idea.
How does he face that person now? In stunned silence, it appears. A second passes before Kohaku can find it in him to say any word of greeting. ]
That was a mess, huh?
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. . . yeah. [he says with a wry, breathless laugh] A total shitshow.
[a pause]
I'm sorry for taking a swing at you. And for not listening.
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[ That only goes to show he really is a sappy idiot. Maybe that's not a bad thing. It definitely makes Kohaku feel a bit better about how much everyone else trusts this guy - the position in the wrong hands would be dangerous. ]
I don't give a shit about the punching, but the listening.... [ He shrugs. ]
I didn't believe you on Cinque either. We're even.
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I'm not so prideful I can't admit when I'm wrong.
[and then he lowers his arms to his sides]
. . . guess we're both the poster children for how blind faith can be a pretty bad thing, huh?
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[ It sounds so silly now when he says it aloud. He'd never met Cinque before, how would he even know how she normally acts? How could he ever hope to tell? ]
I should have known better that innocent faces can hide just about any horrible secret, no matter how dumb they look waking up covered in glitter. Ugh.
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. . .
Have you spoken to her since she revealed herself as the Doppelganger?
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I've got nothing to say to her now.
[ He'd feel slightly better about this had it not been his very own group that served as her alibi. The betrayal feels personal now. ]
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[it's a viewpoint he can understand. the doppelganger is supposedly their enemy, right? the doppelganger killed Shirou. wariness and distrust. . . that comes naturally]
We might be able to learn a lot with her if we try to communicate.