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[stillshinigami]

So he's feeling better, that's pretty clear by the fact that he's goofing off in the courtyard. With his exploring track record? Getting assaulted near every time he's gone out to look about? He'd made a point to stick around for a while until he had completely recovered before doing anything, but now he was fed and feeling stir crazy. So there he was. Out in the court yard taking a spin on his hover boots. They shorted out plenty but they did what they were designed to do. Faster, higher jumps? When they worked it was great and he was having some fun, yelling out for the sheer joy of it.

"Hah!" He said as he jumped over a length of the pond with ease and continued on. He looked back to marvel at the distance he'd jumped, not really paying any mind to what was in front of him.

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[sakedrinking]

"I wish I could be that strong..." she said, hands starting to play with apple again. She finally took a bite of it, feeling at least a little better after crying. The setting sun was providing enough light, orange and faded as it might have been, to recharge her battery cells and left a warmth on her skin that was almost as much of a comfort as being next to Duo was.

She ate the apple in silence after that, finishing it and throwing the core to the side, happy for the food as well. The sun was nearly all the way down, but the remaining warmth still lingered in the air.

"It's pretty out here. Even if we are trapped."

[stillshinigami]

"Strong--" he yawned, raising a hand to his mouth. "Eeeh. I think you see more strength than there actually is. Acting strong and being strong are different." Or somethin'. But he was strong in spirit. Pretty strong in body, but he had some weaknesses, and him? He was pretty jaded as it was anyway. Sick and tired of playing that part.

Actually, the quiet chewing of the apple, the warm of her body and the sun? It was enough to let him fall into a doze, so much that he didn't really even hear what she said. Responding only in a half awake 'hmmMM.'

[sakedrinking]

She didn't really see the difference, but when it came right down to it there were things she couldn't completely understand. She was young, after all. She didn't even really know what being jaded meant, though she very well could be just as jaded as him and not realize it.

She hadn't realized he'd dozed off until his mumbled reply, which earned a look up at him followed by a fond smile.

"Duo-kun... ?"

He didn't answer, and she didn't want to wake him, if he was that tired. She settled herself in more comfortably, leaning against him as the last bit of light faded beyond the horizon, and soon enough her own sleep cycle turned on, leaving them both to doze outside.

[stillshinigami]

Possibly, but that'd be kinda sad wouldn't it? Who wanted to be tired of the life they were living all the time? Getting down on things or depressed? Moody? That and restlessness.

Right now he was just comfortable enough to slip into a mindless sleep and enjoy the rays of the sun being cast down on his face, Haku leaning against him a comfort.

It was a good nap, and when he awoke, it was his stomach screaming at him to eat something. A loud squick of his stomach churning. He groaned at the lack of food in his stomach. Eerg.

[sakedrinking]

Haku didn't wake when Duo did, but his movement made her curl up where she was sitting more. She wasn't clinging to him, but she almost was. Her sleep mode was activated by her systems, but for all intents and purposes she looked and acted like a normal human girl asleep.

[stillshinigami]

He took in a deep breath, noting how sore he felt and how stringy his muscles felt. He felt like he'd lost some weight recently, possibly. Uuuh. Bad sign, wasn't it?

He looked out at the full moon and grimaced. Things like that? Those kinds of observations? It brought him back to being a child. The uncertainty of survival certainly wasn't a positive thought to bare.

Yawning, he just watched the moon, thinking of home. Thinking about lost loves and lost families. Thinking of Howard and how he's probably dead now.

Fuck it all. He's just gonna try and fall asleep. He sniffed his nose and sighed, closing his eyes and sighing.