Mm. From last week. I can talk to one of the living for a little while.
[ he'd been mulling it over in his head for a while, anyway. ]
I can tell him what I know. And...
[ and what? He doesn't actually know how this item works; he might get censored if he tries to talk, and he almost certainly has a limit on how much he can say. There's no way they'd just give the dead free rein to talk with someone. Hikage doesn't know how to face him after everything outside of sharing information. In his mind, it's the only thing of value he has to offer Belph that might help him through this. ]
... I could show him that I haven't given up yet, either. [ a beat. ] I'm partially to blame. I need to do something for him.
[Sanji supposes it's the romantic in him, that looks immediately pleased and supportive at the prospect of Hikage going to see Belph. He and his friend never really had the sharing and caring type of friendship to be honest, when they were both often searching for ways to escape their own helplessness, but--]
I know he'll be happy to see you at all.
[Getting information out there is important, yeah, except Sanji's a selfish bastard who just wants his friend to feel better above all else]
[ sharing and caring is foreign to him, too. He doesn't know what he'll end up saying, but he at least wants to see him. It'll be good to be face to face again - remind Belph that he's not gone yet. It's lonely without him. Hikage's gotten so used to having friends so quickly in these past few weeks; it's frightening to even remember how things used to be. The look on Sanji's face makes him feel a little awkward, and he glances away. ]
... Don't expect much. It's only me.
[ he doubts he'll have that much of an impact; he'd always relied on Belph more than the other way around. ]
[Muttered more to himself than to Hikage, Sanji feeling something akin to exasperation taking over. Belph isn't really the tsundere type so much as he's just quick to throw himself under the bus, underplaying his importance in other people's lives, but seeing similar patterns reflected in Hikage is... jeez.
Poor Steph. She went and fell in love with two dumbasses.]
Belph was so depressed after you died, I was tempted to move in just so I could make sure his ass was eating properly.
[Doxxing his sorta best friend?? Yeah. Yeah he's gonna. Sanji's trying to prove a point]
Not gonna lie -- I was panicking. S'not like I'm great at talking other people out of their feelings. [...] I'm not expecting you to work miracles, life doesn't work like that, but you know how hard he was working to find your killer? He misses you.
[ it's strange; both Belph and Steph have told him themselves that they care about him, and he believes them. How can he not, after everything they've been through together - after showing them both parts of him and still being accepted by them? Even so, hearing from a third party how his own disappearance could affect them so strongly moves him. Especially affecting Belph - Belph, who did his best to act like nothing ever bothered him. He blinks in surprise, then rubs his nose, a thinly-veiled method of hiding the faint flush on his cheeks.
It feels so warm. Maybe he really is alive again. ]
... That idiot. He's only honest when I'm not around. [ baka............ in any case, he shakes his head, eager to get away from this topic before Sanji catches him having emotions or something. ] What about Stephanie?
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[ he'd been mulling it over in his head for a while, anyway. ]
I can tell him what I know. And...
[ and what? He doesn't actually know how this item works; he might get censored if he tries to talk, and he almost certainly has a limit on how much he can say. There's no way they'd just give the dead free rein to talk with someone. Hikage doesn't know how to face him after everything outside of sharing information. In his mind, it's the only thing of value he has to offer Belph that might help him through this. ]
... I could show him that I haven't given up yet, either. [ a beat. ] I'm partially to blame. I need to do something for him.
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I know he'll be happy to see you at all.
[Getting information out there is important, yeah, except Sanji's a selfish bastard who just wants his friend to feel better above all else]
Just give him as many reasons to keep going.
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... Don't expect much. It's only me.
[ he doubts he'll have that much of an impact; he'd always relied on Belph more than the other way around. ]
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[Muttered more to himself than to Hikage, Sanji feeling something akin to exasperation taking over. Belph isn't really the tsundere type so much as he's just quick to throw himself under the bus, underplaying his importance in other people's lives, but seeing similar patterns reflected in Hikage is... jeez.
Poor Steph. She went and fell in love with two dumbasses.]
Belph was so depressed after you died, I was tempted to move in just so I could make sure his ass was eating properly.
[Doxxing his sorta best friend?? Yeah. Yeah he's gonna. Sanji's trying to prove a point]
Not gonna lie -- I was panicking. S'not like I'm great at talking other people out of their feelings. [...] I'm not expecting you to work miracles, life doesn't work like that, but you know how hard he was working to find your killer? He misses you.
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[ it's strange; both Belph and Steph have told him themselves that they care about him, and he believes them. How can he not, after everything they've been through together - after showing them both parts of him and still being accepted by them? Even so, hearing from a third party how his own disappearance could affect them so strongly moves him. Especially affecting Belph - Belph, who did his best to act like nothing ever bothered him. He blinks in surprise, then rubs his nose, a thinly-veiled method of hiding the faint flush on his cheeks.
It feels so warm. Maybe he really is alive again. ]
... That idiot. He's only honest when I'm not around. [ baka............ in any case, he shakes his head, eager to get away from this topic before Sanji catches him having emotions or something. ] What about Stephanie?