004 | scherzo no. 1 in B minor

[pianola]

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[ Dorothy is normally pretty expressionless, but by her current face - eyes slightly narrowed, lips thinner - anyone who's spoken to her before might be able to tell she is Not Amused.

Coolly: ]

I am curious.

What holiday do you celebrate, where everyone loses their minds?

Please inform me.

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[liveandforgive]

[Dorothy's constant questions surprises him. but only because he wasn't sure if he'd be able to answer them all. admittedly, he wished that he'd been able to make her stay with him if he knew that she wasn't being herself.]

She didn't say. She wouldn't stay at my place for long, but she seemed really apologetic. [his gaze drifts down] She seemed fine... I mean, she wasn't hurt or anything. She was wearing some kind of white sleeved dress.

If I knew what was going on though...

[he would have convinced her to stay. or at least tried harder. but it was hard for him to think in that time period when he was as injured as he was.]

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[pianola]

[ Dorothy realizes she's just peppering Cloud with questions, and that he was only human, and so she stops herself.

She concentrates on the facts he did share - she wasn't hurt. She was apologetic (which was normal, really). But little other details. ]

You didn't know.

[ She pauses, and reads the guilt on his face - ]

It wasn't your fault. If she was determined not to intrude, she would have resisted efforts to make her stay.

[ That much was true of even Orihime on a normal day. ]

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[liveandforgive]

[he knew it wasn't. and yet still... ah, no sense in letting it drag him down. he was healed and he had work to do. getting to the bottom of why this was happening, even if the answers didn't come for a long time, was what mattered right now.]

Oh...so she's normally like that.

[despite it all, she still helped him. if he found her again (or maybe if he tried calling her and she picked up, he'd find some way to make it up to her. at least to reassure Dorothy that she was still safe. but...]

Maybe I can call her. Tell her that you're worried if she picks up.

[he could even leave a message. he's used to doing that in his old job for delivery clients, after all.]

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[pianola]

She is. At least in refusing help.

[ Then, her words are firmer: ]

If she picks up her phone, I will tell her myself.

[ But, if she's avoiding her friends for whatever reason? It might have to wait until after whatever was going on wears off.

Reassuring herself as much as this stranger, because she's not hurt at least right now: ]

It is temporary. It will pass.

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[liveandforgive]

If I see her again, I'll tell her too.

[it seemed as if he was apologizing and thanking people most of his time spent here. granted he had an interesting start.]

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[pianola]

Thank you.

[ A beat, and she realizes: ]

What is your name?

My name is R. Dorothy Wayneright.

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[liveandforgive]

I'm Cloud.

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[pianola]

It's nice to meet you.

Thank you again.