Moving in together...

[pillar_of_strength]

Who: Shinjiro Aragaki and Akihiko Sanada
What: Getting a place, together, and possibly figuring out the whole working thing.
When: After Aki finally got snapped out of it.
Rating: PG-13, because they certainly don't have the mouths of saints.




Well, he's definitely glad to have Aki back to normal, that's for sure...

After figuring out that they weren't going to be leaving anytime soon, they realized that they needed a place to live. Shinjiro reread the pamphlet and searched through the device. With that, he was taking Aki to look for apartments. Of course, this left Shinjiro contemplating asking what they should do with the Kirijo girl. She'd need a place to live, too, right? Well, he'd worry about figuring that out, later. For the time being, he and Aki had to get off of the streets. It was weird- the idea of them living on their own. Even in the dorm, they'd had a "housemother", of sorts, who cooked the meals for them...and made sure everyone behaved, or whatever.

So, it was going to take some getting used to, that was for sure, "Alright, let's go."

Shinjiro let out a sigh and stared up at the building, steel-colored eyes narrowing just a bit. Time to check out the inside. Glancing to his best friend, he walked up the steps and opened the door.

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[pillar_of_strength]

He paused to study his friend a moment. Damn it, he knew Aki would take it about like that. He knew the boxer well enough to know he was beating himself up. But, it hadn't even been his fault! Shinjiro made an annoyed sound, and moved to stand directly where Aki was looking. Like hell he was going to avoid looking at him.

"Just stop, already! Damn it, this is why I didn't even wanna tell you!"

He wasn't even going to bother hiding his irritation. They'd kind of always been able to tell one another everything, save for that one incident- but, as he'd said, that was why he hadn't wanted to tell Aki. Shinjiro let out a sigh and scrubbed a hand through his hair.

"Look, I get it. I'd feel like shit if I hurt you, but...it still doesn't change the fact that it wasn't something you could've stopped. And, it could've been worse- a lot worse. But, it wasn't. In the end, we're all okay."

[immortal_gemini]

So he didn’t have any prior experience with that mysterious status effect. It didn’t mean he couldn’t have tried to do more to get himself under control. Holy hell, it must’ve been a strong spell, to completely wipe out his memories of the incident. Did anything worse happen? There were other people in this new city. Maybe he had hurt some of them too? He was kind of afraid to ask.

By the time his friend came around to get into his line of sight, Akihiko had a pained look on his face. His frown deepened even more, and with a loud scoff, he turned away again. Yeah, that would have been real smart for Shinji to do. Keep things a secret from him, so that when he eventually found out, he could feel worse. And Kirijo was in on this too. She knew, and didn’t tell him either.

“Is Kirijo okay?” He sounded cold and detached, asking that, even though he didn’t mean to. Kirijo had that icy exterior whenever they talked, but he chalked it up to her usual attitude, thinking nothing was different between them. Maybe he was just being blind, this whole time. “Did I hurt her too?”

Tch… Akihiko knew he wasn’t going to just get over it, that easily. But he didn’t want to piss Shinji off either, so he just waved a hand at him, dismissively. “Yeah… not like it’d ever happen again or anything, right?” Because that was his second biggest fear, wounding Shinji even deeper, if he ever got Charmed again.