Day 60: Patient Library (Third Shift)

[poorexample]

After handling two conversations that had been difficult for completely different reasons, Castiel had to admit that he felt weary. It was not a sensation that was new to him; between Izaya showing far too much interest in his kind and Ruby simply being who she was, some peace and quiet was what he craved

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[terriblehaiku]

Well, this was an interesting change. After spending all his time being herded from one place to another without any real free will, he was being left to his own devices. Which meant he could find someplace quiet, relatively free from annoyance, and eat his lunch. Preferably someplace Souji wouldn't be.

Not that he didn't like the younger man's company, but he'd really suffered enough food-related embarrassment for one day.

Thankfully, the library was free of Shinsengumi captains, so there wasn't any issue with him slipping in, snagging the poetry book he'd been looking at the previous day off the shelf, and then settling in at an empty table with his food.

[For Niikura]

[terriblehaiku]

"No, that's... good to know," he replied, shifting his expression and tone to one that was more neutral. If the information wasn't true, it wouldn't hurt him much, and if it was... well, it was reassuring to know he'd left some mark behind, that all of his ambitions had not gone to waste.

"Thank you for telling me." He wasn't really in the habit of offering thanks for anything, but he knew being impolite here was uncalled for, and offering up the words was easy enough, after all.

[oneman_onekill]

"Oh! Uh..." Niikura blushed faintly and turned back to his sandwich to hide it. If he ever got back home and with his memory intact, he was going to rub this in the face of every Shou he could find, assuming they hadn't all died yet. "No problem. I mean, it's just passin' on stuff that's...happened

[terriblehaiku]

Hijikata shut the book as the speakers sounded and made a noncommittal noise at Nikkura's comment. "I'm sure I'll have plenty of time to read later," he replied as he stood as well.

He considered the interruption worthwhile, at any rate. While he couldn't know the exact value of what he'd learned, at least he'd learned something. It was information to think over, anyway, while he moved on to whichever inane activity this place decided to throw at him next.