week 1, thursday

[vigilantics]

[ so, yesterday was a mess, and stephanie has been primarily been spending her thursday holed up in her room because walking is kind of very painful at the moment. however, she is very bad at staying in one spot. so at some point she just goes for a walk, and makes it as far as the dining room before sitting down in a chair and regretting all of her life choices.

when she spots cardia, steph... moves to wave but then stops. that hurts too. ]

Hi there. Happy Thursday.

Comments

[vigilantics]

[ internally, stephanie is crying. she has been telling people all day that she's fine, and this is the first time she has actually felt bad for lying about it. ]

It definitely looked worse than it actually was.

[discardia]

[ this is what happens when you lie, Steph. REGRET. ]

If that's the case, I'm glad... I'm sorry I didn't talk to you last night, but I thought you'd probably want to get your wounds treated and rest.

[vigilantics]

Honestly if you had managed to get past Hikage I would have been impressed.

[ the boy was mad. ]

[discardia]

He was just being protective. I'm glad he's looking out for you.

[ Cardia ships it before she even knows what shipping is. ]

[vigilantics]

[ honestly they mostly argued, and if steph wasn't injured she probably would have fist fought him. unfortunately, hikage is a tsundere. ]

Hm... you think so?

[discardia]

I think so. He's very blunt, but when he gets angry like that, I think that's how you know he really cares. I knew someone like that.

[vigilantics]

[ steph, who is not from an otome, just... nods her head... ]

I hope so. It would kind of suck to find out I have actually been making him for real angry this whole time/

[discardia]

If he was, I doubt he'd talk to you at all. Has he made you anything?

[vigilantics]

Just... food and stuff. Tea. Pastries.

[discardia]

[ ... Ah. ]

Mm. Then I'm very sure of it. He cares.

[vigilantics]

You sound like an expert in this.

[discardia]

Ah... it's just I really do know someone like that. And every time I've been sad, Hikage tries to feed me, so I think he's just trying to be comforting.

[vigilantics]

Boys are so overly complicated, aren't they?

[discardia]

Yes. Incredibly so.

[vigilantics]

My ex-boyfriend is kind of like that. He wouldn't leave me food but... he was bad at admitting he cared a lot, so he would try to show it in other ways.

[discardia]

I see.

[ Hm. ]

That... does sound a lot like Hikage, doesn't it? I don't think I've ever heard him say he was actually worried.

[vigilantics]

Yeah, he kind of... refuses to feelings.

[ she is sure there are more eloquent ways to say that, but. it's true. ]

[discardia]

... I wonder if death stunted his emotions.

[vigilantics]

That would be a very good excuse to use.

[discardia]

Or he's just not good at emotions. I know sometimes they can be a lot to work through.

[vigilantics]

Maybe.

I'm not very good at this sort of thing.

[discardia]

I'm not, either.

[ I AM BUT TWO YEARS OLD. ]

[vigilantics]

[ steph literally has no excuse here. ]

... we can try to be! Together!

[discardia]

Mm. I'd like that.

[ TEAMWORK. ]

[vigilantics]

Me too. It'll be nice to try something... normal here.