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]

[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.

[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.