Rumors - Dream 05

[lethal_smile]

Warnings: Mean girls?
Dream Effect: Severe social anxiety, which fades off at the end.

Comments

[clueless_com]

Why were those people calling Hakkai 'creepy'?

[lethal_smile]

I'm not entirely sure. I suppose... they were afraid of me.

[clueless_com]

Afraid of you? But you are not a scary person.

[lethal_smile]

But, back then, I wasn't "normal"... at least, according to them. People are afraid of someone who is different.

[scientize]

How cute.

[lethal_smile]

[He's quiet for a minute. Embarrassed.]

...she was.

[scientize]

So she isn't around in Somarium?

[lethal_smile]

She passed away, several years ago.

[scholastical]

[There is a pause as he considers this. The dream is...a bit outside of his reach, and so he does not touch on it.]

Er...I do not wish to pry. I am simply curious. You have received something as well?

[lethal_smile]

[It is a bit awkward, isn't it? Hakkai supposes that he'll have to explain himself, eventually.]

Yes, I did. I take it that receiving these items has become a common occurrence lately?

[scholastical]

[Perhaps, perhaps. As for now, Canas will just assume it is not his business.]

It does seem to be occurring to everyone. It is rather strange, but...I feel strangely attached to it.

[lethal_smile]

In my case, the attachment is... not so strange.

[Hakkai supposes that it wouldn't hurt if he only showed one person. Canas is someone that he knows and trusts, so it should be okay. He pulls out a perfect replica of an old pocket watch. The glass covering the face is cracked and the golden metal encasing it is scratched and worn.]

She gave it to me when we started dating. After she died, I always kept it in my pocket. I used to pull it out and look at it while I was thinking of her.