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.

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[akapeanut.livejournal.com]

[George looks around slowly and-- there! Under that end table thingy!]

Okay, here, take this.

[She hands him the terrarium and starts creeping towards her frog.]

[jivitadana.livejournal.com]

[Minato did as he was told and held onto the terrarium. She knew more about frogs than he did, so he stayed out of her way, though he did hope that it didn't hop out of sight.]

[akapeanut.livejournal.com]

[Aaaaand she springs forward, arms out stretched to grab the frog out from under the table. Unfortunately, he hops away at the last minute and she, startled, slams headfirst into the table.]

Motherfucker.

[jivitadana.livejournal.com]

[Minato stepped closer to her.]

... Are you okay?

[That did look painful.]

[akapeanut.livejournal.com]

[Shitshitshit she doesn't know if she's okay.

Her hand flies up to her forehead, and, sure enough, she's bleeding pretty heavily. She...probably cracked her skull. At the very least she would need stitches. "Would" because undead people heal remarkably fast.

Fuck what is she going to do.

She presses her hand more securely to her forehead and decides on the one thing she can do: catch that fucking frog.]

I'm fine. Hang on.

[And, reaching out with her free hand, she dives around the table and pins the frog to the floor.]

[jivitadana.livejournal.com]

[Not good. Okay, so. Minato set the terrarium on the floor where she was and opened it up for her.]

Save it, if you can. I can heal you.

[Thankfully no one else was around. And he couldn't just let her or anyone bleed like that. He brought the Evoker out of his holster, held it to his head, and after the sound of a gunshot, summoned Messiah to heal her of her injury.]

[akapeanut.livejournal.com]

[..........

That is very different from Souji's thing.

She sets the frog inside and closes the top. After a moment's hesitation, she touches where her wound had been. It was still sticky with blood, but the gash was gone.]

...Did you just kill yourself for me?

[jivitadana.livejournal.com]

[Minato shook his head and his Persona had disappeared.]

It's not a real gun, only a summoning device.

[akapeanut.livejournal.com]

Oh. So you are like...

[She hesitates. Maybe he doesn't know. She'd feel like shit if she went spreading Souji's secrets around after asking him to keep hers.]

I've seen someone else do something like that.

[jivitadana.livejournal.com]

[Minato had no reservations with demonstrating his powers when he normally kept them a secret. Someone needed help, and he had to step and assist if he could. Thankfully it had worked. But hm, if she had see something like it before... There were only a few others around who knew how.]

... Souji?

[akapeanut.livejournal.com]

Shit. Yeah. I didn't want to...you know, spread it around if you didn't already know.

[Awkward. Looking away now.]

Your world sounds more badass than mine. Or maybe we're from the same world and I should've paid more attention to Japan.

[jivitadana.livejournal.com]

[Minato shook his head, but smiled slightly afterward.]

We know. It's okay. [From how she phrased it, he thought he could trust her not to spread his own secret around either.]

What year is it in your world?

[akapeanut.livejournal.com]

It was 2004.

[Man, if she could heal herself things would be a lot easier, hm.]

[jivitadana.livejournal.com]

2010 for me.

[But maybe it had been the same world, who knew. He had never been outside of Japan at all.]

[akapeanut.livejournal.com]

Ooh, the future.

[She lifts up the terrarium and peeks in.]

Thanks for helping me find him.

[jivitadana.livejournal.com]

[Minato might've said that Souji was from 2012, but if Souji hadn't told her, then Minato wasn't going to. He smiled again.]

Mn, of course. I'm glad we did. I'm glad you're all right too.

[akapeanut.livejournal.com]

[She looks at him, squinting a little.]

What is it with you guys and being so nice to people?

[Or, you know, her in particular.]

[jivitadana.livejournal.com]

... You mean I shouldn't be?

[But he still smiled a bit at that. It was just normal for him and for Souji, probably.]

[akapeanut.livejournal.com]

Well, no, but...

[Squint.]

Usually people want something out of it. And so far I haven't figured out what you guys are getting out of it.

[jivitadana.livejournal.com]

[This conversation sounded a little familiar. His own mirror thought the same way when it came to talking with other people.]

Not really. I'm just glad to help.

[Perhaps that's what he got out of it instead.]

[akapeanut.livejournal.com]

[She gives him an awkward, almost shy half-smile.]

You're nice. Just don't let it get you hurt.

[jivitadana.livejournal.com]

[Minato nodded. That was actually nice of her to say too.]

I won't. Thanks. I can walk you back to your room, if you'd like.

[akapeanut.livejournal.com]

Yeah, alright, Prince Charming.

[She lowers the terrarium and leads the way, mentally blushing just the slightest bit.]

[jivitadana.livejournal.com]

[Minato smiled a bit as it wasn't his intention to fish for compliments, and walked with her.]

Have you been here for very long?

[akapeanut.livejournal.com]

Since July.

[She considers this for a moment.]

I didn't realize it'd been that long though. Huh.