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[queenofminiskirts]

[No matter what time of day it was, as soon as Kaoru gets the message she's leaving the house and heading to where he lived.

No door knocking about though when she opens the door there's almost none of her usual energy.]

Rin?

[satanslash]

[That's fine, because he's not exactly in his usual state, either. He was on the couch waiting for her, silently standing when she enters and taking wide, determined strides across the room and--

grabbing her by the collar violently, angry enough to have a touch of blue flame showing at the corner of his mouth as he practically growls at her. He is, quite literally, spitting fire with how furious he is.

So much for relieved hugs.]

What the fuck were you thinkin'?!

[queenofminiskirts]

[Her eyes go wide when he grabs her. But not from fear just...surprise. Because she didn't really expect that.

After a moment, She reached up, not to pull him off but to just cover his hands with hers.]

I'm sorry. [Which was...not an answer, she knew. But it seemed more important when she had hurt and worried him with her actions.]

[satanslash]

[It wasn't an answer, and while it was something he needed to hear it did little to assuage his anger and upset. His hands tightened beneath hers, tears pricking the corners of his eyes as he snarled again.]

You could have been killed! Just because others came back from the dead doesn't mean you would have! What if those things never let you go at all? Goddamn it, Kaoru, I can't lose you, too!

[queenofminiskirts]

[Her eyes went a little wide because. Crap. He's crying! She's never made someone cry before!

She's kind of just...standing there for a moment, unsure of what to do. But then she slowly reached out to touch frame his face between her palms, trying to pull him closer so their foreheads were touching.]

I'm here. I'm sorry I left like that. I...can't promise I won't do anything stupid ever again because I'm not really that smart, Rin. But I'll try not to, okay? And you won't lose me. I'll always come back, okay? No matter what......

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[He tried his best to hold those tears back, but her hands on his face is just too much and the flood gates open. They start spilling down his cheeks, shoulders shaking as he fails to hold back a sob.]

Y... Yukio's gone... I never got to talk to him... I'unno wh-what I woulda done if you left, too...

[queenofminiskirts]

Oh, Rin...

[She's just going to pull him into a hug now.]

I'm sorry. [That he didn't get the chance to speak to his brother, that she had scared him so much.]

[satanslash]

[Okay, hugging now is good. Hugging is needed after all that. He hugs back tightly, pressing his face in to her shoulder with a sniffle and a hiccup.]

J-jus'... be more careful, okay... ?

[queenofminiskirts]

I promise I will.

[She holds onto him, tightening her arms around him and she wishes she could make up for worrying him like this, for making him cry.]

[satanslash]

'kay...

[Not much more he can say to that. Still, he doesn't let go just yet. There's something keeping him from breaking away, like some dire need to assure himself that she really is there and this isn't some dream.]

[queenofminiskirts]

[Well, she doesn't plan to let go yet anyway. She'll hold onto him for as long as he'll allow it.

...but then her stomach growled. Look, she hasn't had anything to eat since she left, cut her some slack.]

[satanslash]

... pffftthahah!

[Well that was a good way to break the tension. Face still red and wet from tears, Rin leans back with a toothy grin while snort-laughing at Kaoru's stomach noises.]

Hungry?

[queenofminiskirts]

[She's actually blushing because that was embarrassing! But at least he's laughing that was one good thing about this. And she laughs a little too.]

Aren't I always?

[satanslash]

[Man, don't be embarrassed. It's just Rin. He's used to hearing your stomach growl.]

I think the only time you're not hungry is when you're sleepin'. C'mon, I got stuff already made.

[queenofminiskirts]

[Yeah but breaking a tense moment with that is just so cliche...]

I can't help it that I'm a growing teenager! [...of course he does.] Sometimes I think I should just move in with you, then I'd never be hungry again.

[satanslash]

[There's a beat after she says that, something of a serious expression coming across his face.]

I mean... I don't have anyone else here...

[queenofminiskirts]

[She blinks and stares at him for a moment.

If it were anyone else this would be the perfect opportunity for a joke about teenage boys inviting a cute teenager girl to their house when no one else was home.

But well, Rin wasn't that sort of friend and she's actually more concerned than anything right now.]

You live alone here?

[satanslash]

[They've been friends for five months at this point, and Rin knows full well she has zero interest in him romantically, nor does he really have any strong feelings about her that way.

The joke would be warranted just for it being him asking, but ultimately it was an offer between friends.]

Yeah, uh... no one's ever stuck around long. Not 'cause I'm hard to live with or anythin'. Saruhiko just wanted to live somewhere else, and everyone else, I guess they got sent back home for good or somethin'.