42 [Accidental Video]

[flameandpassion]

[Rei is in the kitchen, which isn't strictly unusual, as Usagi tops her into cooking her favorite things eats a lot of food and, therefore, someone must cook it... but what Rei is doing in the kitchen is something of a sight.

Her hands are covered in a thick, dark, sticky liquid and she looks like she's inches away from throwing the pot in front of her on the floor in a fit of frustration. The counter-top is covered with various cookbooks, what remains of their sugar stores, a heap of dark powder, and a thermometer.

There is a gooey pile to her right of 'failed attempts' at whatever the hell she's attempting to do.

She is stirring the pot almost viciously -- until something within the pot causes Hino Rei's patience to snap.]

Ugh, this is the dumbest tradition ever! Who thought this was a good idea!?

[The PCD shuts off before Rei has a chance to throw something at it.]

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[flameandpassion]

Ciel.

[Very quietly. To bring him back to reality.]

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[other-sights.livejournal.com]

[He closes his eyes at her voice. Strangely, it does seem to calm him. Bring him back to himself.]

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[flameandpassion]

Calm down and turn off the feed.

[She can't tell Usagi to stop, but she can avoid disaster by talking to Ciel directly.]

And go for a walk.

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[other-sights.livejournal.com]

[He sideglances at her, still unbearably angry. Normally, he'd reject anything that sounded like an order from her, but he's too far out of his comfort zone to argue.]

Talk to her.

[Simply, not even terribly snappy. He hates this feeling, of not being in control.]

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[flameandpassion]

And tell her what? Everything I know about you? Do you think that would make her stop?

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[other-sights.livejournal.com]

Now, now, that would keep her up at night.

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[flameandpassion]

That's your problem, Ciel.

Because no, it really wouldn't.

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[other-sights.livejournal.com]

What you don't know would.

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[flameandpassion]

Just because someone is happy doesn't mean they haven't experienced horror and tragedy, Ciel.

[Quietly.]

And I won't tell Usagi otherwise.

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[other-sights.livejournal.com]

There's no need to ever find out.

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[flameandpassion]

[Hnn.]

... why do you keep talking to her?

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[other-sights.livejournal.com]

[He wonders that himself.]

I haven't met anyone quite like her before.

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[flameandpassion]

You'll never meet anyone else like her, either.

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[other-sights.livejournal.com]

I don't like her.

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[flameandpassion]

Do you think that matters to her?

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[other-sights.livejournal.com]

It wouldn't, would it?

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[flameandpassion]

No, it wouldn't.

Are you in control of yourself now?

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[other-sights.livejournal.com]

[Silence, for a heartbeat. He knows just how easily he can lose control.]

It takes more than her to make me lose control.

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[flameandpassion]

You were close.

[Just a simple observation.]

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[other-sights.livejournal.com]

I was angry.

Not close.

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[flameandpassion]

If you say so.