Forty First Star [Video]

[heavenfang]

-There isn't much to the video. Not once does Tir speak throughout.

It's simply him, on the rooftop, performing a series of exercises with Heaven Fang to test out his shiny new metal hand.

Once complete, he bows to the camera before moving to turn it off-

Comments

[ilpresto.livejournal.com]

...Hey, Tir.

[He's not the happiest, can you tell.]

[tenkai-soul.livejournal.com]

...Kazuki?

What happened while I was out?

[ilpresto.livejournal.com]

Naoto's here.

So you got your prosthetic?

[tenkai-soul.livejournal.com]

Yeah...

[ilpresto.livejournal.com]

You need to talk to her. [blunt]

[tenkai-soul.livejournal.com]

I know.

She... she deserves to know.

[ilpresto.livejournal.com]

I'm not gonna ask you to promise... [because apparently you're fundamentally incapable]

But you better. Because she does.

[tenkai-soul.livejournal.com]

I'm doing so as we speak.

[ilpresto.livejournal.com]

...Good.

She's been living in our spare room, just so you know.

[tenkai-soul.livejournal.com]

Good... You're good to her. And she to you.

[ilpresto.livejournal.com]

Well, yeah, of course. We're friends. [Something about that sounded a little weird, Tir. Are you trying to get at something?]

[tenkai-soul.livejournal.com]

And I know that... should anything ever happen to me, you two can take care of each other... That's kind of relieving, I think.

-A little bit, Kazuki. A little bit.-

[ilpresto.livejournal.com]

Hey... Hey now! You're not going anywhere!

[tenkai-soul.livejournal.com]

Like Viki wasn't, right?

[ilpresto.livejournal.com]

You're not Viki!

...Just-- don't talk about it like that. It's not worth it.

[tenkai-soul.livejournal.com]

...

[ilpresto.livejournal.com]

Tir...

[...]

You've got to change.

[tenkai-soul.livejournal.com]

...How would you have me change? What do you want from me?

[ilpresto.livejournal.com]

Well, to start out, you could try harder at keeping your promises.

[tenkai-soul.livejournal.com]

Which one did I break this time.

[ilpresto.livejournal.com]

You left without telling me anything. To get your hand fixed.

I thought you were avoiding Naoto.

[tenkai-soul.livejournal.com]

...That wasn't it at all. I just didn't want you to be there for the procedure... I didn't want you to see me in that state. I didn't want anyone to have to watch that.

[ilpresto.livejournal.com]

I get now that you didn't know Naoto was here, but...

You promised me you'd let me be there for you. I wanted to be there.

You're always avoiding me when you're in pain lately... Don't you trust me?

[tenkai-soul.livejournal.com]

That's not... that...

Kazuki, I...

[ilpresto.livejournal.com]

You...?