Fifth

[akapeanut]

[Considering the whole non-permanence of death thing, not to mention the closets, George isn't too worried about her track record with pets. And after all, she kept her frog for a long time! Like, two years!

It might be that overconfidence that made fate decide to fuck with her, though.]

Hey. Uh, if anybody finds a yellowish-orangeish frog about [She gestures.] this big? That's, uh, mine. So if you can just put him in a box or something, I'll come get him.

Comments

[jivitadana.livejournal.com]

[Ah, that would do it.]

In some ways, that's okay and it's easier to do here.

[akapeanut.livejournal.com]

Yeah. Nobody knows us.

Well, at least that's true for me.

[jivitadana.livejournal.com]

You have people who know you now.

[But Minato hadn't meant it in a way that would make her lose that low profile she seemed to want to maintain.]

[akapeanut.livejournal.com]

[Her stomach twists in a weird, not necessarily bad way.]

Yeah. But I don't have to carry my baggage over. That's nice.

[jivitadana.livejournal.com]

[Minato nodded, understanding.]

I think it'd still be okay if you did. Your friends here shouldn't mind.

[akapeanut.livejournal.com]

[...]

Even if anyone wanted to be my friend that much, uh. I think they'd mind.

[jivitadana.livejournal.com]

It isn't as though you'd give them all your baggage. It's that they'd help carry it when you need it.

[akapeanut.livejournal.com]

I guess that's the idea...

[She just isn't so sure that people would really be okay with listening to the baggage she's got.]

[jivitadana.livejournal.com]

[Minato nodded, smiling a little.]

Everyone has some. You're not alone.

[akapeanut.livejournal.com]

[She glances at him.]

You too?

[jivitadana.livejournal.com]

[Minato just smiled.]

Everyone does.

[It depended on where or how it was stored, if still going with that kind of metaphor.]

[akapeanut.livejournal.com]

Yeah.

[She stops outside her room, more awkward now than ever.]

Thanks. Again. For helping me look. And the...my head. Yeah.

[jivitadana.livejournal.com]

[Minato nodded once.]

You're welcome. [It wasn't any problem or inconvenience.] I'll see you later.

[Hm, perhaps later he could tell her more about this Persona thing. Or perhaps the baggage.]

[akapeanut.livejournal.com]

[Nod.]

Yup.

[She'll probably tell him about the whole dead thing too, huh?]