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... I'm almost there.

[Sorry, Kohaku. He knows he's avoiding again, but it's for a good reason.]

Okay.

[ she'll let it go. for now. she's concerned about getting out of this box, though talking with him is definitely a nice distraction. ]

Gimmie a minute, I gotta find a place to put my bike before I come in.

[He doesn't disconnect, but he does go quiet so he can do that. There's a lot of rustling and moving and eventually footsteps.

He does end the call at that point, but only because he gets in to the morgue a second later.]

Kohaku!

[ she begins to panic a little the moment the call is ended, but she feels a little better when she hears his voice in the next moment. she pounds on one of the sides of the box she's in, trying to get his attention directed in one area. ]

Rin! It's this one!!

[That's enough of a sign to where she's at. In an empty room like that the noise echos, but he can still pinpoint it's location.

Running over, he yanks hard on the handle, throwing the door open and pulling the drawer out with her on it.

There's a breath of relief at seeing her alive and relative alright, and he quickly gathers her up and lifts her off the table, holding her close.]

[ her arms are around him almost immediately once she's off the table. she did promise him a hug, but the way she holds him only radiates the feeling of relief that she's able to hold him like this at all. she rests her head on his shoulder, a small smile coming to her face as she continues to feel his familiar warmth around her. ]

[He wouldn't mind if that embrace lasted forever, but that would of course mean staying in that horrible, half-sunken place.

He settles for shifting her down so she's sitting princess-carry in his arms, moving for the door carefully.]

You can ride on the back of my bike, if that's okay. We'll get home faster that way.

[ she nods. ]

That's fine, let's get out of here. We can continue where we left off with the hug once we're home.

[ home ... no, this wasn't home, but it may as well be for now. anywhere your heart was, that was home. right? even despite her understandable dislike of this place, part of her heart was here for the people she'd met, especially Rin. she could admit to that easily. ]

[It's home for now, and if anything they can be grateful they have a house to go to.

Rin nods, making his way out quietly if only to keep an ear open for any disturbances. He didn't want to be caught unawares while trying to make their leave.

But nothing attacks them, and soon enough they're back in fresh air and heading for his bike. Once there, he sets her down, getting the bike ready so she can sit on the back.]

[ she stands where he lets her down and waits patiently for him to finish, not really all too sure of what to say right now. she already knew he wasn't doing well. she already knew she couldn't ask him to talk about it. she knew he wouldn't, not now. he was busy getting the bike ready, and she didn't want to detract his attention from that, since both of them wanted to go back to the house as quickly as possible.

she begins to fiddle with one of her sleeve ends as she watches him quietly, continuing to try and find something to talk about that wasn't how he's been, or how she died, or ... anything like that. ]

[He's not really sure what to say either. He stays quiet, unusually so for how he normally is, picking her up again once the bike is sitting up right on it's kick stand. Once she's on the bike, he gets on to it and pushes the kickstand up with his foot, staring off a bit slow with the weight behind him.

Soon enough though, they're coasting along easily, his demonic strength helping out.]

[ she holds onto him for a little extra stability as he starts pedaling, her arms around his waist and her head resting against his back. she closes her eyes. ]

The breeze is nice ...

[ well, that was ... something. ]

[It's a start.]

The pollen is startin' to clear up... still wouldn't touch any flowers for a while, though.

I won't be trusting any flowers, not anymore.

[ she might be pouting a little bit behind him. ]

Really, you'd think I'd have learned my lesson with flowers back in Celirand ...

That bad?

[Rin has known some pretty bad plants in his time, too.

Hell, still does.]

Ahh ... well. Man-eating plant. Giant one. Nearly ate me.

[ yeah, that bad. ]

[Oh.

Well then.

All the more reason to keep her out of the greenhouse.]

Yikes.

Guess we both got bad luck with plants then. A plant demon paralyzed my friend's legs and then possessed her to try and kill me and Yukio.

Hey, that's another thing we have in common, I guess? Bad luck with plants?

[ though her plant troubles are done and over with ... for now at least. she doesn't know if this plant demon he's talking about is still around or not. ]

Heh. Yeah, I guess so.

[That one isn't, no. Twoey, on the other hand...

But again he's keeping that under wraps.]

Are you feelin' okay after that? I know I always come outta there feelin' a little sick.

[ there was a reason why she was leaning so much on him. though she'll try to hide it so she doesn't add to his worries. ]

M'fine. I'm okay.

[ feeling a bit sick, like Rin said he did, but it's nothing she can't handle. ]

Y'sure? I think we come back kinda dehydrated or somethin'... you should drink some water when we get back. And maybe eat somethin' a little later.

[Yeah Kohaku he's not buying that.]

I'm fine, don't worry so much about me. I'll drink some water at home.

[ now she's ordering you around. is she wearing the pants in the relationship yet? ]

[scuse you]

You'd better.

You're going to make sure I do anyway, right?

[ she laughs a little and carefully pulls a bit closer to him. ]

I know you will.

Duh.

[He smirks at her over his shoulder. They're almost home because of the bike anyway so of course he's going to remember to do that.]

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