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[keepsthefire]

"Yo. Okumura here. Missed your call, so leave a message or whatever..."

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[bladeisme]

[He'd been a little worried that Rin wasn't going to pick up, but when he finally hears that voice...he's relieved.]

I, uh...I thought we should talk.

[Although...man, this is more awkward than he ever thought he'd get with Rin.]

[keepsthefire]

... if it's not about you comin' home, I don't wanna hear it.

[That totally makes things less awkward right?]

[bladeisme]

Wh-No! I'm home right now!

[It...actually does, due to Ichigo going from awkwardness to offended in five seconds flat.]

[keepsthefire]

[Yup.]

... oh. ... I'm uh. I'm helpin' Yukio out at the clinic, I musta missed you comin' home.

[beat]

But good! 'cause I woulda gone lookin' for you eventually and dragged your sorry strawberry ass home!

[bladeisme]

Yeah, I know.

[He almost chuckles a little-that sounds more like the Rin he knew.]

....Listen, I'm sorry for being a stubborn jackass. I just-

[He cuts himself off, sighing.]

...I wanted to punish myself, and I didn't think about how it was making you feel. So...I'm sorry.

[keepsthefire]

I'd think the way people are treatin' you woulda been punishment enough, but what do I know.

[a huff]

Whatever man. Somethin' will come along soon enough that'll make people forget about this shit 'cause they'll be too busy runnin' from the next horrible thing.

[bladeisme]

[He wants to say something like not everyone's been treating him horribly-in fact, most people seemed more willing to understand why he he such a thing instead of outright condemning him.

It's been...not anything he expected, really.]

I guess so.

[Because that was the fact of life here, wasn't it? something horrible always around the corner.]

But...I am sorry. I should've listened to you and come home.

[keepsthefire]

[That's something at least. Rin probably would have started breaking heads if everyone was giving him shit over something that frankly a lot of people would have done in his situation.]

It's over with... ain't much we can do about it now.