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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[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.

[jivitadana.livejournal.com]

With events happening, it's easy to lose track of time.

[akapeanut.livejournal.com]

What about you?

[jivitadana.livejournal.com]

If you mean when I first arrived, it was the end of February this year.

[akapeanut.livejournal.com]

As opposed to-- Oh.

[Like Santana.]

You went home and came back?

[jivitadana.livejournal.com]

No, I've been here. I only meant that sometimes it's easy to lose track of time myself.

[Because almost eight months had flown by without him really realizing it.]

[akapeanut.livejournal.com]

Right.

[She sighs.]

Actually, being here isn't that different than being back home, now that I think of it. I'd lose track of time a lot there.

[jivitadana.livejournal.com]

[Minato nodded, thinking though that in the past year or so, he always had to keep track of time. Now here he could be a little bit more lax about it. Just a little.]

What else here is similar to your home?

[akapeanut.livejournal.com]

[She's still dead?]

I'm still keeping a low profile, I guess.

[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.