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[pitchblacksohma.livejournal.com]

And a question remains.

Her? Him?

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[kings-boy11.livejournal.com]

Neither. *how many dark-haired Yuki look-alikes are there, really?*

[pitchblacksohma.livejournal.com]

No one said the decision was to you.

Who are you anyway?

[kings-boy11.livejournal.com]

A question invites an answer. And s'none of your business. *talks big, keeping a very safe distance there, kthnksbai*

[pitchblacksohma.livejournal.com]

*stands then, fixing his robe up onto his shoulder* A rhetorical question does not. A rhetorical question muses.

[kings-boy11.livejournal.com]

Around here people answer when asked. *no, that was not a noticeable volume drop*

[pitchblacksohma.livejournal.com]

*smirks, lightly, because he's gotten used to the effect* No, really. It was entirely polite of you.

So what if I ask another question? One you so failed to answer earlier? Who are you?

[kings-boy11.livejournal.com]

*never though "polite" could be an insult*

I did answer.

[pitchblacksohma.livejournal.com]

*Akito? Could make 'beautiful' an insult. And probably has >>;*

You said it was none of my business. Less an answer to a question, more an avoidance to one. But you are the one who says questions are to be answered, no? Still you don't answer. Peculiar.

[kings-boy11.livejournal.com]

Answer, noun, Middle English, from Old English andswaru (akin to Old Norse andsvar answer); akin to Old English and- against, swerian to swear — more at ante- before 12th century, something spoken or written in reply to a question.

I answered.

[wildndependence.livejournal.com]

*Kneeling, waiting to be addressed, and looking somewhat dejected*

That's two questions...

[pitchblacksohma.livejournal.com]

It's one contingent upon the other. Don't correct me.

*adjusts robes, and peers back at her*

[wildndependence.livejournal.com]

*nods, pouring the tea evenly into two cups, trying not to let her hands shake*

You suspect he's developed a fondness for that little nuisance?

[pitchblacksohma.livejournal.com]

I don't suspect. I know. I can tell what goes on within my family. *face turns into a bit of a scowl, as he pads a hand across the wall, contemplative* They're all becoming quite impartial to her, aren't they? Choosing her over me.

[wildndependence.livejournal.com]

*tenses for she knows the peril in answering such loaded questions, but Akito would not be so easily dissuaded, so Rin does the only thing she could*

No.

*Then she finishes setting the tea and arranging the food on the two plates*

[pitchblacksohma.livejournal.com]

*eyes her again, eyebrows raised* No? That simple? A no? You haven't seen how these people react around her, clearly. Even Shigure is getting attached. Hatori.

*still, slowly pads over to her, shoulders slumping a little as he thinks* Clearly the girl is starting to make her marks. Single-handedly destroying the family. I can't allow that, can I? What sort of leader would I be if I let a girl like that go unheard?

[wildndependence.livejournal.com]

*Truth be told, as she had only left the hospital early that week, Rin hadn't seen Tohru interact with Kyo or Yuki, but thre was no mistaking the effects of her handiwork. Even to Rin, the two seemed change... happy. It was like a warm breath of life into cold lungs waiting to breathe again.

Focusing on the brown liquid as she stirred the sugar into the cup offered a momentarily relief while she wrestled to hide the breath catch in the back of her throat or the knot of disgust that balled in her gut about to spill over into her expression. He was going to do it again...*


You’re going to punish them for one stupid girl? Surely one girl cannot be so powerful to bring down the Sohmas.

[pitchblacksohma.livejournal.com]

*coldly, as he sits calmly across from her, eyes flaring at the very thought of the stupid girl* And clearly you don't pay enough attention. There's a reason I'm the head here.

*sniffs, and takes a cup, finally, peering it over and sniffing idly, not quite to taking a sip yet* The girl's an idiot. I don't know why she has such an effect on them.

[the13thzodiac]

...

Leave -

...

Leave them alone.

[pitchblacksohma.livejournal.com]

*smirks, doesn't even rise from his spot - it's just a stupid cat* I would have thought you'd be leaning more towards one than the other.

[the13thzodiac]

...

*Kneels, fists pressed against the floor* Please.

[pitchblacksohma.livejournal.com]

*actually eyes him for a moment then, glancing over his shoulder* Please. Begging, coming from a cat. *smiles again* And here I was wondering how you could get more pathetic.

Really. You'd fight for the one jyuunishi which ruined your life? A rat?

[the13thzodiac]

*Digging his nails into his palms, teeth clenched* I'm not pathetic.

No! For - for Tohru. Leave her alone.

[pitchblacksohma.livejournal.com]

*sniffs, lightly* That wasn't a question. We both know you are.

*eyebrow* So spare the girl, is what you suppose I should decide?

[the13thzodiac]

*Glowers*

Yes! No- can't you - isn't there...Isn't there another option? *He lowered his head, almost touching the floor between his hands.* Please.

[pitchblacksohma.livejournal.com]

*actually laughs, a little, coldly* And simply let both go? Yes, that sets an example. In fact, lets let you play god for a while. See how long before everything goes to shit.

Someone has to be stopped here. Yuki's stretching things a bit even suggesting I let her go unscathed.