week 6 | saturday, post-trial

[When Sanji enters Eichi's room, Eichi isn't inside yet -- but that's only because the chef is carrying him, having fetched the teen from the dungeons at Akechi's request.

To be honest, he feels a little guilty ripping the two apart when deep down, he knows the sentiment, knows that if not for Zelos shooing him off, he would have spent every hour until noon at the other's side.

... But they have to keep their heads up, don't they? The war isn't over yet.]

You gotta rest, alright? If you wake up early enough, you can get back to the dungeons.

week 6 | sunday, post-execution

[It's probably obvious how far Sanji has gone to avoid people lately. He didn't make himself available after the trial yesterday, something he's never done before, and besides for a stray comment offered to Cardia and Eichi, he leaves the execution without a word to anyone -- ignoring the tears and frustration of his castle comrades.

So Souji's best bet to catch Sanji? Stop him at the foyer stairs before he makes it to his room. Whether this is a result of him hiding because he's lost faith in everyone, or just lost faith in himself, he doesn't... really want to talk to anyone.]

Oi... need something?

week 6 | sunday, post-execution

[Finding Sanji isn't difficult. Of course, this is in part because Eichi is the one who knocks on the door to his room, and being the only person Sanji can stand without feeling so level of depression or betrayal, he'll open the door immediately, eyebrows knit in light concern.]

... Neh, I thought you'd be with Akechi.

[One of them got their partners back. Even if it wasn't Sanji, there's a light warning in his voice that Eichi better not waste any time, not when so much of the castle is blood thirsty]

week 6 | sunday, post-execution

[When Veronica gets a chance to see Sanji, he'll be in the kitchen, as per usual.

Except he's not cooking.

He's pulling up wine bottles from the cupboard, inspecting their labels, then putting two into the cloak he sometimes wears (a gift from Jae-Ha), as if planning to take them out of the kitchen.

If anyone is gonna understand, hopefully it will be her; sometimes you just wanna get smashed to hell and hope the devil takes your soul when no one's looking.]

week 6 | sunday, post-execution

[Sanji plans on exercising his rights as an adult all night long with two bottles of wine and maybe a pillow to cry into, so! His only reason for being in the kitchen today is gathering up the supplies. As has been a little obvious since Saturday, company is something he's going out of his way to avoid for long stretches.

... But it's in the kitchen that his single mindedness betrays him a little, and his eyes wander for the cabinets. Recalling cooking lessons that only recently got off the ground. He stares until the lump in his throat needs to be swallowed back]

Tch.

[He returns to the alcohol, wrapping the bottles in his cloak to carry, a bitter frown carved into his expression.

He'll come back, will he?

What a joke.]