sometimes these cuts are so much deeper than they seem

[greatestcool]

[It's been a rough day. Sure, Ryuunosuke's been sleeping through most of it, but recovering from a massive shoulder injury takes a lot out of you! Especially when you can't magically heal, goddammit Tsukiyama. Ryuunosuke doesn't regret it at all but he still feels sort of out of it after that conversation yesterday. Overall he feels better (ignoring the pain, of course) but for the majority of the day he's done nothing but sleep and lie in bed.

Ryuunosuke is actually up in the evening, but he's only sitting at the desk and writing. As usual, it's in Chinese and he pauses every so often to twirl the pen between his fingers while he thinks. He's never been the sort to keep notes or anything, but writing down his thoughts has actually helped him tremendously. It's a way to vent his feelings without having to talk to anyone. No wonder people keep diaries! He's got several sheets covered in writing around the time the nighttime announcements should go off, but he's not expecting Tsukiyama for a little while longer. Tsukiyama doesn't have anything to worry about from the other students after all, and Ryuunosuke doubts anyone would kill this early in the evening anyway.

The door is open a crack as usual, so Tsukiyama can let himself in should he want to!]

Comments

[greatestcool]

Was it because of the uh...

[There isn't a nice way to put this, is there?]

...the fact that you've been hungry for awhile?

[preybeforemeals]

I think so, yes. There are...aggression issues, I suppose, that come with starvation; everyone knows about them, and everyone's seen them in some capacity or another. Experiencing it was...well, it was different.

[greatestcool]

Oh! So you've never had to experience something like that before...

Sorry I... definitely wasn't helping. Do you think you'll be okay until we can make our move?

[preybeforemeals]

[No, he doesn't.

It's going to take at least another two weeks, possibly three at this rate, and - ]

I think so, yes. I should be.

[greatestcool]

Good.

[That gets him to relax immediately. Tsukiyama wouldn't lie to him about something like this.]

But let me know if you start feeling bad again, okay? Don't... Don't hurt yourself again.

[preybeforemeals]

It's not as though that was going to kill me, you know.

[greatestcool]

I know. I wasn't worried about that. You wouldn't hurt yourself to that point.

[...]

I just don't like seeing you hurt.

[That feels so strange to say. He's pretty sure he's never even thought it before.]