rabbithatch | calmer weather | kengo utahoshi and ryusei sakuta

For now, it seemed the worst of the storm had passed. Weeks had gone by since Gentarou's death and subsequent revival. Ryusei had betrayed the KRC and also been seemingly forgiven by all of them. Everything seemed fairly normal, aside from the dark cloud on the horizon that the club opted to ignore at times. While things were calm and happy now, the war was still ongoing. Horoscopes were still appearing and attacks were still happening. It would only get worse. In time, it would be too much to ignore.

This was part of the reason Kengo had ducked out of class an hour earlier to go to the infirmary. There were no longer the days of leaving class to go to the Rabbit Hatch and work on Switches in solitude. No more Switches needed to be made and Kengo had spent far too much time going over the older ones again and again until he was forced to stop. Repetition did nothing good for anyone when things were already at their best. This, today, was an honest health issue. While he knew it wasn't the quietest location in the school, it was a better alternative to finding a place on the floor in the Rabbit Hatch and having to deal with everyone when they showed up.

Kengo's case was on the floor next to his bed, his cell phone out of his pocket and on the table top, just in case anyone decided to call him using it. His jacket was off and draped over the side of the bed, his tie loosened just enough to not bother him while he slept.

Unfortunately, even with medicine the nurse had given him, the pain in his head wouldn't completely subside.

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What else had he expected someone who'd gone to the infirmary to be doing? Ryusei looked at the sleeping Kengo, torn about whether or not he should go.

He reached into his pocket and pulled out Fire Switch. Gentarou had begged Ryusei to be the one to tell Kengo, because apparently Kengo yelled at Ryusei less. If that was their concern, then it should be Yuuki to break the news, Ryusei thought, but Yuuki had been freaking out just as badly. Ryusei could repair it himself, but it would need to be checked by Kengo; if it wasn't, Kengo really would yell, and then they'd all be in trouble, even the ones who hadn't done anything.

If he could be sure that waiting for Kengo at Rabbit Hatch wouldn't make Kengo more angry (on the grounds of not bringing the issue to him right away), Ryusei would leave and let Kengo sleep. As it was....

After a moment's more deliberation, Ryusei put the Switch on Kengo's bedside table. Compromise. He'd be upset anyway, probably, but there was nothing more Ryusei could do. He stuffed his hands in his pockets, watched for an admittedly paranoid second to see if Kengo would wake up right then, and then turned to go.

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