fourteenth breath ✧ voice

[musubi]

[filtered from Sanji, though he's still not sure if he has the right idea]

Hey, uh... I don't suppose anyone's heard from Naoki since yesterday?

[Pause...]

Not that there's... probably any need to worry or anything. You know him - hanging out in the woods all the time... I bet he's hearing this right now.

Just, uh. You know. Let me know or something.

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[Voice]

[ledbythewind]

[He's instantly on alert. Naoki isn't the sort of person to just disappear without a word like that.]

You haven't seen him?

[Voice]

[causeblocked.livejournal.com]

Not since yesterday morning.

[Voice]

[ledbythewind]

That's odd... I can't imagine why he would just leave without telling anyone, especially you.

[Voice]

[causeblocked.livejournal.com]

But he did tell me.

I just... didn't get all the details.

[Voice]

[ledbythewind]

What did he say about where he was going?

[Voice]

[causeblocked.livejournal.com]

He was just meeting up with a friend.

[Sanji. And he told Isamu not to come after him. But dammit, he's not sharing that with everyone!]

[Voice]

[ledbythewind]

Did he say who?

[There's a very definite undercurrent of worry to Richard's voice, as calm as it may seem on the surface.]

[Voice]

[causeblocked.livejournal.com]

...

...I wasn't very awake at the time.

[He really doesn't want to believe Sanji would have done anything to Naoki.]

[Voice]

[ledbythewind]

... I see.

[This entire situation is starting to sound more and more worrisome.]

[Voice]

[causeblocked.livejournal.com]

I'm sure he's fine...

[Voice]

[ledbythewind]

I'm sure he is, but could you let me know if you hear anything from him?

[Voice]

[causeblocked.livejournal.com]

Yeah, sure...

What was your name again?

[Voice]

[ledbythewind]

Richard. Thank you for looking out for Naoki like this, Sir Isamu. He's truly lucky to have a friend like you.

[Voice]

[causeblocked.livejournal.com]

[Great, now you've made him flustered. You can't see it, but he's running a hand through his hair awkwardly.]

Richard. Sure, I'll tell him. Tell you, I mean. Both.

[Voice]

[ledbythewind]

[That earns Isamu a light chuckle on this end. He seems to be good at flustering people without meaning to.]

I appreciate it, and I'll keep an eye out for him as well.