week 6 | sunday, post-execution

[concasse]

[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]

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[finethanks]

I was.

[Thankfully, Eichi put on some god damn pants before coming to Sanji, at least. He's back in his school uniform, a blanket around him that's even more necessary with everything that happened. But he doesn't wait to be invited in, stepping inside and reaching for one of Sanji's hands.

He presses a coin into it.]

He's having a difficult time processing what's happened... Just like tending to precious flowers, if you over water, death is more likely than growth. He needs space, just as I do. Besides that... I wanted to check on you.

[concasse]

[Eichi would liken Akechi to a flower. That at least pulls a smile out of him, one that doesn't quite reach his eyes, but lacks the pit of depression that was his expression last night.

He's still tired. But now he's resigned as well.]

I'm alright.

[Arching a brow immediately after saying that]

And tell me you don't expect me to keep this coin. You and Akechi need it more than me.

[finethanks]

You say that, but the well is rejecting the wishes I have in mind. I tried to protect Zelos-kun, that week, as well, with my life. Just as I'd wished for with Goro... It spat it out at me, no matter how I worded it.

It seems I've reached my limit on what's allowed.

[So, he pushes it insistently at him.]

Do you really intend to sleep in this dorm, all alone? At the very least, can't you take one of the empty wind dorm rooms, instead?

[concasse]

[Oh...

That gives him pause, good job, Eichi -- when the coin is pressed into his palm a second time, Sanji doesn't fight how his fingers curl around it, though his expression remains uncertain throughout.]

Huh? -- Oh, no. It wouldn't work. Those empty rooms disappear with the dead. I gotta stay here.

[He supposes he could ask someone to house him in their room, but ha -- that would require Sanji to ask. No, instead he shakes his head at the notion]

It's better like this, trust me. With a role as shitty as mine, I prefer keeping away from the group.

[No new partners. No new arrangements. Let this room be his tomb]

[finethanks]

They do...??

[To be honest, Eichi never looked inside of them, or tried to do anything like that. Still, that doesn't matter right now. It may give Sanji a reason to stay away, but Eichi doesn't like it at all.]

To be honest, Sanji, each of our roles are "shitty." [Where's that meme of Jae-ha running in and grabbing Eichi while gasping at Sanji for daring to teach him such a word while he pulls him away.]

But if you continue to insist that, it's fine. I'll simply have to visit you each day. Even your invisibility won't let you hide from me forever, you know? ♪