36 [Voice]

[flameandpassion]

Riku's PCD is offline.

[She sounds oddly... calm about the news, but those that know her well know that it's getting to her. First Makoto vanishes, then Rhode vanishes, making Tyki unstable, and now Riku.

Especially Riku. Because Rei knows what's lying in store for him when he returns home.

There's a quiet pause, as if she's about to continue with what she's going to say, before she shuts off her PCD.]

Comments

[flameandpassion]

[A soft snort of laughter.]

And it's only a week into it. Not a great start.

[saucey]

Definitely not.

[flameandpassion]

It'll get better.

[That's what she has to believe, anyway.]

It's just the... time after they vanish that hurts the most.

[saucey]

...I know. [He knows too well.]

[flameandpassion]

[After two years, who wouldn't?]

Are you feeling okay?

[A delicate change of subject. She doesn't want to dwell on the gaping hole in her team or the lack of Riku annoying her.]

[saucey]

[He's become partially numb to it.]

I'm fine.

[There's Hitsu to annoy you.]

[flameandpassion]

You look like you're in one piece. Good.

[That's very true. There is never a shortage of Hitsugaya annoying her.]

[saucey]

Trust me, you would know if I wasn't.

[flameandpassion]

I think I'm starting to know even if you are.

[Seriously, Sauce, you need better relatives.]

[saucey]

The bruises will heal.

[flameandpassion]

[Yeah, but Hitsugaya's paranoia won't.]

He didn't do anything else?

[saucey]

[Time will heal everything.]

Not anything damaging.

[flameandpassion]

He's such an idiot.

[saucey]

He's old, you expect him to be smart about it?

[flameandpassion]

[A soft snort.]

I guess that's true.

[ICON IS TOTALLY RELEVANT.]

[saucey]

Hit too many times in the head, I think.

[flameandpassion]

Maybe it runs in the family, that getting hit in the head thing.

[saucey]

Hilarious.

[flameandpassion]

I thought so.

[saucey]

[flameandpassion]

Face is going to stick like that, Sasuke.

[♥]

[saucey]

Whatever.

[flameandpassion]

[Yeah, snickering at you.

Look, Sasuke, you made her laugh! Your purpose has been fulfilled.]

[saucey]

[Hmph.

You are so on his snowball-in-face-get list.]

[flameandpassion]

[She will tag you back twice over, Uchiha, bring it on.]