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Kyo Sohma ([personal profile] that_cat_that_hates_leeks) wrote in [community profile] mayfield_logs2012-03-13 05:33 pm

Bringing the old to the new, [Closed]

Who: Satou Kuroneko ([personal profile] priceofmagic) & Kyo Sohma ([personal profile] that_cat_that_hates_leeks)
What: Hanging out, enjoying some malts and shakes while taking a tour of the town. Also some unexpected discussions.
Where: The Malt Shop, then Kyo walks Satou home.
When: 3/12, after this thread, after classes.
Warnings: Some language (it's Kyo, what do you expect?)

The two arrived at the malt shop, Satou wanting to treat Kyo on being new to Mayfield. There was a lot he found difficult to work with in his two days of being here, but despite his usual tendencies he endured, somehow. The two looked over the menu as they had just gotten there.

The stares of the drones kept bothering him, though. He knew he wasn't normal, and even without his secret nature from his past life, he kept his hair color. Although, looking at his bare wrists, seeing that he didn't have to deal with his past for now almost entirely balanced it out. It was like a new take on his life, a well-needed breather. The drones were creepy as heck, all the same.
priceofmagic: (I'm being happy ♥)

[personal profile] priceofmagic 2012-03-13 11:03 pm (UTC)(link)
"Do you see anything that you like?" Satou was trying to ignore the looks from the drones. This was unusual for her, since she was still barely used to the idea of being acknowledged at all. Her empathy made the shop just the tiniest bit uncomfortable, but at least she was able to lose track of Kyo's feelings in the crowd of emotions. It had felt strange to keep accidentally spying on him while they walked. "Don't worry about the price. My drone parents don't always notice when I take a bit of extra allowance money."
priceofmagic: (Talktou)

[personal profile] priceofmagic 2012-03-14 12:57 am (UTC)(link)
When he redirected her attention to the drones Satou turned and looked over her shoulder at them once more. She smiled meekly, nodding shyly to him.
"Y-yeah... If they bother you then I could go beat them up for you?"
She made the order when a waitress came by and rested her elbows on the table, not thinking too much about her table manners at the moment. Her mind was focused mostly on her empathy, and trying to sort through her feelings. "Um... do you have any more questions? About Mayfield? You already knew about the milk, but..."
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[personal profile] priceofmagic 2012-03-14 02:16 am (UTC)(link)
"A-are you okay?" Satou flinched before he'd even yelled, being empathetic and all. It was enough of a bother to her that she herself didn't touch her milkshake until his brain freeze had subsided.

"Hm?" His question seemed roundabout. After all, it wasn't as if what she had casually blurted earlier wasn't on Satou's mind. She felt stupid for so openingly saying something like that. It wasn't a smart way to start a friendship, anyway. "You're referring to the fact I said I'd died, right? You don't need to worry. I'm sure it's possible to stay safe if you're smart about it, and I'll protect you."
priceofmagic: (smi~le)

( No problem! Please rest well! 'u' )

[personal profile] priceofmagic 2012-03-14 05:15 am (UTC)(link)
"So you're that type of person." She sounded neither approving nor disapproving. If she felt anything in particular then it was jealousy. Kyo was the type of person who honestly felt those things. She felt terrible, since her kindness was so fake in comparison. "Thank you, for saying something like that."

Not that she would ever bring this up. If anything, Satou felt more motivated to hide her selfish true nature.

"But please don't worry about me. I've already proven that I make stupid decisions..." A shiver ran down her spine as the memory replayed itself. Laying on the concrete with a stab wound she hadn't expected and a countless number of follow up attacks while she was down.

She shook her head and took a deep breath, trying to remind herself to stay useful and answer the question. "While I've been here, the town has only done a few things. People were once tricked into being forgotten, and there was a point when horrible experiments were conducted on innocent people. From what I've seen, the dangers here are usually widespread and not specific to one certain person."
Edited 2012-03-14 05:24 (UTC)
priceofmagic: (when in doubt use this icon)

(Yes, I did as well ~)

[personal profile] priceofmagic 2012-03-16 01:55 am (UTC)(link)
She watched his facial expressions, though there was very little point to doing so. She could feel his emotions and was subconsciously rolling them up into magic while she herself took a moment to engage in an internal struggle.

Someone felt guilty.
Who was it?

Satou watched him curiously. If not for his body language then she would have assumed these feelings were her own, and proceeded to try to remember any and all reasons she had to feel guilty. If his looks served any purpose to the Witch of Sins it was to keep her from making herself feel pointlessly awful.

"Kyo-kun?" The young witch looked concerned. Someone so nice shouldn't be suffering from such sad feelings. "Kyo-kun... what's wrong? Do you want to talk about it?"

Her concerned look faded to a weak smile, in an attempt to chase some of his sad feelings away.

"Talking about problems can make them seem smaller, right...? And it's easier to pummel small things than it is to pummel big ones! So...?"
priceofmagic: (that's a skull on my neck)

[personal profile] priceofmagic 2012-03-17 04:14 am (UTC)(link)
She listened, fully attentive. These sorts of things were not what she had expected to hear. It was strange to hear someone that she thought of a very kind and wonderful person suddenly speak so poorly of himself.

Satou hesitated, wondering for a moment if they were maybe similar in this way. How he thought he was bad company for the who, the what, the hurt he might cause... As she continued to listen, it occurred to her that what he was saying really did sound similar to thoughts she'd had many times before about herself.

"H-hey, Kyo-kun!" She got up at the same time, an automatic movement that she hadn't thought through. To make sure he didn't leave the table, Satou reached out to grab his hand in an attempt to keep him still. It took her a second to even realize she had moved, and it took another second to realize she ought to say something.

But what was there to say?
I'm worse.
No, that seemed poorly timed.
I'm sure if I told you about myself, you'd realize how wonderful you are in comparison.
No no... he'd just have more reason to run away if she said that. She didn't want that.

She tilted her head, trying to look him in the eyes even when he wasn't looking at her.

"I'm sure you have reasons to think those things. I don't want to stand here and say that your opinion is useless and that I don't think you're capable of making good judgments. But um." Satou was rambling a bit. She wasn't sure where these words were coming from. "So far, talking together and walking together, and now having milkshakes together, uh... Well, it's been fun. I haven't known you long enough to say if you're right or wrong but uh... um..."

Ahah. She realized where these words were coming from now and felt worse for saying them, but continued.

"Who you are and what you are, um... I'd like to get to know all of these things about Kyo-kun for myself. I'd like a chance to make my own judgments." And then she moved her hand back, only now realizing what she'd been doing was socially inappropriate, and scratched her cheek nervously. "B-besides... I mean, if there's anyone who's bad company here it's definitely not you..."

And then it dawned on her. Causing her to move her hands again, this time waving them in front of her as she panicked more than she should.

"I-I mean! Unless! You've already figured that out and you'd rather not associate with someone like me, but you're too polite to say it in which case! I'm really sorry about calling you out like this! F-forget it ever happened!"
Edited 2012-03-17 04:29 (UTC)
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[personal profile] priceofmagic 2012-03-18 07:38 am (UTC)(link)
She stopped waving her hands. Frozen in place, surprised by his response. It didn't take much for Satou to convince herself that someone would leave her. Whether they did so on purpose or not, it was part of the price she paid for her selfishness.

Her panicked expression faded, at first giving in to a surprised look.

Together.

When it was someone else saying it, 'together' sounded nicer. It sounded a bit scarier too and it made her a bit more nervous for when she regained all of her traits. It was going to be pretty miserable when Satou was 'complete' again and everyone in Mayfield realized they should hate her. When Kyo took back that word and replaced it with "alone" or a string of words like "don't talk to me again".

It might almost be easier to give up now. She considered it. Now was the time to run. And tell herself forever that they could have been friends, rather than admit that someone like her probably couldn't really have that.

Her hands came together, clasped tightly to vent her nervousness. Someone else in the building was scared too. She thought those feelings were coming from Kyo. Scared mixed with other upsetting emotions. Satou took a deep breath, trying to forget about her own fear. She could fix that later.

"I'd like that... I'd like that so much. If someone like me would really do... I'd be really happy, um... being friends, so..." She smiled. A forced smile, but a smile none the less. In her attempt to cover her own nerves she lost track of her thoughts, blurting "Please don't be scared." without thinking that she was leaving hints to her empathy.
priceofmagic: (whoa this was drawn in high school)

[personal profile] priceofmagic 2012-03-18 03:20 pm (UTC)(link)
"Hm..? Ah..!" Satou's smile nearly slipped off her face, if that was even possible, when he hit the nail on the head. Her instinctive reaction was to wave her hand again and giggle nervously, responding to his comment with a lie. "N-no way, no way! Someone like me is too stupid to be psychic!"

It felt wrong to reassure him with a lie. Saying that out loud reminded Satou of what a horrible girl she was to tell a lie so quickly. They'd just agreed to be friends and she'd immediately followed it with something so unfair.

"But um...!" Even so, she was a bit hesitant to tell him. In her home world, witches were hunted and killed by certain people. Even someone you trusted and who meant no harm could get you killed if they spoke to the wrong person. Similarly, having a friend who could read your heart like a book probably wasn't very much fun. Satou imagined it would be scary and make people reluctant to be around her.

She shifted her weight from one foot to the other again, unclasping her hands and biting her lip. It was hard to say what had possessed her to say this. Maybe her fear of betraying someone, or maybe Kyo's burst of courage was contagious. Satou managed to regain her smile, though it was nervous and a tad bit timid.

"No um... not psychic... I-I'm empathetic though...? I guess it... it's similar...? I'm sorry..." She explained quietly, reaching up to try to hold her ahoge down against her head. To be less creepy, she hoped.
priceofmagic: (au?)

( so many cute icons!)

[personal profile] priceofmagic 2012-03-18 06:17 pm (UTC)(link)
"Cute?" She tilted her head, debating what she thought about that. There were a few people who had said things like that in the past. Masume would have said that. They'd be fighting over which of them had the cuter ahoge.

She smiled.

"um thank you. Kyo-kun has cute hair too-! Or well. Handsome hair!" She beamed, proud of herself. He seemed okay with her being empathetic too. Maybe it would be okay to tell him she was a witch someday. "I'll try not to invade your privacy. I-I can control it a bit so..."

Satou reached out for her milkshake again.

"thanks... For not being angry with me."
priceofmagic: (masumeeee♥♥♥♥♥♥)

( ah thanks! I need to draw her more icons ;; )

[personal profile] priceofmagic 2012-03-18 07:10 pm (UTC)(link)
"nn-nn. I think it's really nice." She knew that orange hair was uncommon though. At least, it was in Japan. Satou stirred her milkshake with her straw, listening to his reassuring words. He was right. The only person she could full out "mind read" was her friend from home, Mikale, and that was because he barely bothered to hide his thoughts.

"Back home, I have to be careful about my empathy because people would kill me over it... So um! If you could keep it a secret..."

It felt like a good time to change the topic. Satou thought back to where their conversation had branched off.

"Um but. If something scary happens here then don't worry! I'll come find you."
priceofmagic: (slightly smart)

[personal profile] priceofmagic 2012-03-20 12:59 am (UTC)(link)
"Where do I live...?" Satou tilted her head. Thinking... She really shouldn't have needed to think about this. She had lived in that house for enough time now that she should have memorized at least the address.

She knew that.

So it made her feel a bit stupid to not immediately know the answer.

"Um... I... live down... a street." The witch answered. As if this qualified as a real answer. "It's... a nice house. And probably looks exactly like yours?"
Specific.
"... I don't know the address. Just how to get there."
priceofmagic: (I'm being happy ♥)

[personal profile] priceofmagic 2012-03-20 02:20 am (UTC)(link)
"Would you really?" Satou didn't seem to be very bothered by the offer. It didn't strike her as an odd thing for two people to walk home together. Kyo's embarrassment didn't sink too deeply into her empathy, probably because she was so relieved and happy.

"I'd really like that! It would make me feel better if I had someone walk home with me." She said cheerily, "Maybe you'll have a better memory for my address too!"
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[personal profile] priceofmagic 2012-03-21 01:10 am (UTC)(link)
"Nihaha... I suppose... perhaps..." She didn't say anything about how weird it was to have a home. It had been years since she had a permanent place to live, so she hadn't thought much about memorizing the address. It wasn't something she expected to have last, so why did it even matter?

The drones momentarily caught her attention, largely because Kyo had spared them even just a second of his. Satou watched them, wondering what they were talking about, then returned her attention to Kyo.

"It's okay, they're not all bad people. My house is full of them, so... I feel like I'm allowed to say that much about them."
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[personal profile] priceofmagic 2012-03-21 03:08 am (UTC)(link)
Satou paid promptly, making no effort to hide the check. Being paid back was a foreign concept to her; it hadn't even crossed her mind that it was even possible for Kyo to check the cost and even think about treating her back. After all, as their little outing came to a close Satou was reminded of the grim reality: Spending time with him and becoming his friend were all ultimately pointless decisions. He would forget her eventually.

"Well then! Shall we be on our way?" She put her wallet away, tucking the depressing reality aside as she did so. There was no sense worrying about such a thing. Not now, anyway, when she was having such a nice time talking to Kyo. "Thanks for joining me for milkshakes, by the way. It means a whole lot!"
priceofmagic: (nihaha!)

[personal profile] priceofmagic 2012-03-22 02:40 am (UTC)(link)
"It is a bit of a walk... I guess walking to school together would be inconvenient..." She tried not to concentrate on Kyo's feelings. It wasn't her place to spy on a friend, even if the emotions coming from Kyo were a bit worrisome.

Finding Bunker Street wasn't very difficult; Satou walked more by instinct and automatic memory than by any actual sense of direction. She had no idea where her street was compared to Kyo's, so trusted his opinion. "This is where I live! It's kind of full of drones, so I guess you don't wanna come inside..?"
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[personal profile] priceofmagic 2012-03-22 07:10 am (UTC)(link)
She thought for a moment. Debating. Considering. Her standards for lonely... were pretty skewed. It had been over a year now since anyone acknowledged her for more than a week... outside of Mayfield, anyway.

"... No. For someone like myself, this is more than I deserve." Satou answered after a moment. It was lonely. It was very lonely, but she didn't have the right to think that. The Witch of Sins was being spoiled by fate to even have a roof over her head. "Your house has 'normal people', right?"
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[personal profile] priceofmagic 2012-03-23 06:30 am (UTC)(link)
Satou listened. Standing very still, with her gaze directed at the house rather than at Kyo. It wasn't as if this was the first time she'd heard something as kind as this. She could no longer keep track of the number of people who had offered to hear her problems, to be her support, and to never forget her. That same number was the amount of people who forgot her. It was the same as the number of times she'd had her trust broken by something so mysterious as memory.

"... I see." Her voice was soft. There was no tremble of the tears that she wanted to cry, nor was there any trace of the pain she was feeling. It was worse than being stabbed over and over; she knew. She had the experience to compare it to. Satou clenched and relaxed her fist. Inhaled and exhaled. Then turned to Kyo again, smiling her best. "I'm not sure you want to say that. You don't know very much about me."

It annoyed him? She was annoying?
Annoying
annoying
annoying.

The word repeated, molded, lost meaning in her head. Her hard work, wasted
wasted.

"I'm afraid I've no reason to complain. My situation is as it should be. I'm far too lucky to be allowed to do such a thing."