twenty-fifth breath ✧ voice

[musubi]

[When Isamu speaks, his voice is incredibly shaky.]

You motherfuckers.

You fucking win. Are you happy?

[He doesn't clarify who he's speaking to, but the answer may be obvious.

Wanting to visit Naoki as often as he could get away with without being shooed off, the teen had headed up to his friend's apartment. But he wasn't there. It didn't look as if he'd ever been there.

He wasn't at the house. He wasn't at the New Feather lodges. He wasn't anywhere.

Naoki would have told him if he was leaving again, right? Things had just been starting to work out between them again...]

You can't... You can't do shit like this.

DO YOU HEAR ME? YOU CAN'T DO THIS.

[Filtered to Raphael, Richard, and Sanji]

He's gone.

I have to get out of here.

Just... don't look for me, okay?

[Unspoken: He'll be back. Maybe.]

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[Voice]

[ledbythewind]

[Gone? That can't be... he can't be gone, Richard never got to apologize, the last time they spoke was an argument... this can't be happening...]

Gone...?

[Voice]

[fyulong]

Hey... what's wrong?

[He knows this is Naoki's roommate, and they'd been having problems lately. Maybe they could use an extra hand or something?

Still... something definitely isn't right about this, though.]

[Voice]

[godbent]

[...Okay there's a few things which could have happened here but at the same time how likely is this guy to want to talk to her? Not at all, really.

...Nnngh.]

Do what?

[If he doesn't reply or something, she can always just. Stalk other replies. Something about this guy probably will relate back to Naoki after all]

[Voice//Private]

[goldenglasses]

[That doesn't sound good. Vash can't help but pry.]

Hey, are you alright? What happened?

[Voice/filtered]

[causeblocked.livejournal.com]

Shit...

Shit shit shit...

Yeah. Yeah, man. I... shit. I'm so sorry.

[Voice]

[causeblocked.livejournal.com]

Everything.

Fucking everything.

[Voice]

[causeblocked.livejournal.com]

Do THIS.

[Voice//Private]

[causeblocked.livejournal.com]

Man, he's...

It's... it's Naoki, man.

[Voice/filtered]

[ledbythewind]

[There's a thud as Richard's legs give way beneath him and deposit him unceremoniously on the ground, too numb with shock to reply.

He'd promised, he'd promised he'd take Naoki back home to Efinea with him. What if he never sees him again? What if he never gets to apologize?

Naoki...]

[Voice]

[godbent]

Oh yeah, like that's specific.

[Voice/filtered]

[causeblocked.livejournal.com]

I... I can't do this.

I can't take this.

I'm sorry, Richard.

Please... don't do anything stupid. Talk with Raph or Sanji or something...

I'll be back in... I dunno. I'll be back.

[Voice]

[causeblocked.livejournal.com]

SHUT UP.

I'm not gonna deal with your bullshit right now.

[Filtered]

It's Naoki.

He's gone.

[Voice/filtered]

[ledbythewind]

Isamu...

["I'm sorry" "Please don't go" "Don't leave me all alone"

because he's not sure he believes that Isamu will really be back

what if they send him home too

he hates this]

... will you be all right?

[Dumbest question ever and he knows it.]

1/3

[godbent]

[...What.]

2/3

[godbent]

[...Right after she had that chat with him too? Figures. Tch]

[Voice]

[godbent]

Alright, got it. ["Good luck?" "Thanks?" No, both of those suck]

Later.

[Voice/filtered]

[causeblocked.livejournal.com]

H-heh...

I'll be as all right as you will.

[Voice]

[causeblocked.livejournal.com]

Later?

That's all you have to say?

[Filtered]

[godbent]

[Deep inhale, sort exhale. Must not get mad. She throws up his filter this time once more] Look- You don't want to deal with me and it's not like I'm your friend or anything either, so what am I supposed to be doing? Saying comforting things to you is just stupid, your friends will do just that, right?

[...Tch]

Naoki's got no right to vanish at a time like this anyway.

[Voice / Private]

[strayfag.livejournal.com]

[Oh hey, it's that guy from before, still speaking his language and everything.]

Hey, don't do anything crazy. [Because something crazy is the first thing he'd do if he was that pissed.] What happened?

[Voice/filtered]

[ledbythewind]

[Translation: not at all.]

At least... take your journal with you when you go.

[Voice]

[fyulong]

That... sounds pretty serious. [And vague, man. Why make it public if you're not going to explain?]

[Filtered]

[causeblocked.livejournal.com]

You can't say that like it's his fucking fault.

It's the fucking Malnosso.

[He needs to yell at someone.]

[Voice / Private]

[causeblocked.livejournal.com]

Fuck, man. If I do something too crazy I'll get people yelling down my neck anyway.

I just...

My best friend is gone, man... We've been here nearly a year...

I need to get away. I at least need that.

[Voice/filtered]

[causeblocked.livejournal.com]

I... I will.

Yell at me if you need to.