足立 透 | Tohru Adachi (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
pitythefool) wrote2014-05-05 08:16 pm
pitythefool) wrote2014-05-05 08:16 pm
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"Hey there! You've reached Tohru Adachi of the Inaba Pol - ahaha, sorry. Old habit. I'm unfortunately unavailable to take your call right now, but if you leave a message, I'll get back to you as soon as possible. If it's an emergency, well... hopefully it's nothing too major. Thanks! Seeya."
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Yosuke...Yosuke left Adachi to drown? Knowingly? That's...
That's murder, isn't it?
Yosuke...murdered Adachi?
He doesn't say anything. He can't. It's like the shock's frozen him in place-at least, for a little while.
There's suddenly a loud noise, like someone just sank to their knees hard. Which is exactly what's happened, his legs unable to keep him upright any longer from the sheer mental weight of what he's just heard.
Yosuke hated him, but...enough to kill him? And even then, he couldn't even admit what he'd done, and hid it? And probably made Adachi hide it, too...
Did the people who came from his world even know what he'd done? Or did he too lie and keep it under wraps, too much of a coward to confess to it?
If this were a video game, there would be a sudden dimming of his surroundings-and then a card would appear, and reverse itself. But this isn't a video game, and all this has done is snap an already frayed bond.
When he finally does speak, Ichigo sounds...so small. Shocked. hurt.]
He....killed you....
[1 / 2]
[There's another stifled, choked-up noise from Adachi's end. From the sound of it, he's had to bite down hard on his lip to keep any more of them from escaping.]
I'm sorry, Ichigo. I should've - gah, I should've told you sooner, dammit. I just...
[He trails off at the end, seemingly unable to think of anything more to say...]
[2 / 2]
So for the time being, he's content to just sit back and listen as it all sinks in. To watch as the dominoes fall.
Payback's a real bitch, ain't it, Hanamura?]
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And of course, he jumps to try to soothe the hurt Adachi must have over this, over having to keep something so horrible a secret for so long.]
No! No, it's...It's okay, don't-
[He feels like he's babbling, still reeling from it all. But in his eyes, there's nothing adachi should apologize for. How long did he have to watch, even knowing that Yosuke-
That Yosuke-
He shakes his head, vehemence loud in his voice as he continues talking.]
You don't have to apologize, I'm-I'm sorry, Adachi. I didn't even notice, I....I can't imagine how it must have felt....
[At seeing him and Yosuke hanging out and having fun together, Ichigo so unaware at what the teenager next to him had really done...
A blossom of anger roils in his gut, aimed at himself...and at Yosuke.
That lying coward.]
...I'm so sorry.
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[A swallow as he regains his composure.]
It's not your fault, all right? You didn't know. ...I'm just sorry it had to come out like this is all.
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[There's so much more he's feeling, but just doesn't have the words for. Shock, anger, guilt...all swirling around in a potent mix.]
-I...Thank you for telling me.
[For being honest, for not dodging the question over and over. For being there when Ichigo needs him.]
....I never would've thought he was capable of doing something that. I-
[He cuts himself off again, running a hand through his hair as he hangs onto the phone.]
...it's just hard to take in.
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[How best to put this? How best to twist the knife some more?]
It's the people you know that wind up surprising you the most. At least... the people you thought you knew.
[A bitter chuckle.]
Kinda ironic. Isn't it?
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[Irony didn't seem like the right word.
What was ironic about a situation like this? Nothing. There was only the knowledge that Yosuke had kept things from him-from everyone he knew.
More anger grew inside of him, and he knew that later he'd have something to tell Yosuke over the phone.]
Maybe that's how it's always going to be around here.
[If Adachi wanted to hear a bitter note in Ichigo's voice, it comes through loud and clear now. His world just got shaken up-if yosuke of all people was a murderer and a coward, then...what about the rest of the people he knew here? Ishida and Kon we fine, he knew them from back home-and Adachi was obviously trustworthy-but....
Would everyone else keep important things away from him too?]
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[Who says, strictly speaking, it's just this place that's like that? From Adachi's perspective, it's just the same back home. People float into each others' lives all the time and are so quick to discard one another when best it suits them. Really, there's no reason to get too attached to anyone, but...
Well. That's a talk for another day, isn't it?
Silence hangs over them for a moment before Adachi speaks back up.]
Hey. Kuro - [No. He cuts himself off, corrects himself.] Ichigo. [Better.]
...Thanks. For having my back.
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[There's a soft smile in his voice as he says that, the anger and bitterness in his voice fading away at hearing Adachi thanking him for being there.
But really, Ichigo should be the one thanking him.]
You're...my friend, Adachi. [No san. If Adachi is calling him by his first name, then he'll drop the San.] And I'll always have your back, no matter what.
[And nothing could change that.
...Right?]