12 [Voice/Offline]

[stealsumbrellas]

[There's creaking -- scratching -- the softest breathing through the PDA network -- the steps behind you grow closer and closer, the breathing grows quicker --

And above it all, a soft voice is singing.]

Ten little monkeys, jumping on a bed~♥ One fell off and broke his head~♥

[There is a door closed with a 'snap'.]

Mama called the doctor and

Comments

[voice]

[fallforthesky]

[Kanda may very well be able to hear the sudden crash of something being thrown in Lenalee's room before the feed has even started.] Don't you dare, Kanda.

[And then there's her door slamming open, because she is totally coming to bodily keep you in your godforsaken room.]

[OFFLINE]

[fallforthesky]

[Oh. My. God. It takes every ounce of her self-control not to punch him while he's down.] But this time you have an option not to be! Why are you letting her bait you like this? Rhode only does things like this because she knows she'll get a reaction! Don't give her that reaction!

[OFFLINE]

[promisedlotus]

You know why! [Alma.]

[OFFLINE]

[fallforthesky]

Kanda, this is only going to give her a reason to do everything you're afraid of her doing! We have to hope that even someone like Rhode understands that killing us-- any of us-- while we're trapped here will only create more problems at home! Not only for us, but for everyone! But I'm not going to let you test that theory just because she's being a brat and playing with your head!

That's what she does, Kanda. [And above all else, she isn't going to lose him again because Rhode is being fickle with an Akuma. Even if that Akuma is a person who meant something to Kanda. Selfish as it is, that Alma is worthless to her, and right now, Lenalee doesn't even care if everyone in the entire world thought her a greedy child for it. She isn't going to lose him again. Not over a spat. Not over Rhode.]

[OFFLINE]

[promisedlotus]

[Kanda doesn't say anything this time. Instead, he just silently tries to pull himself out from beneath Lenalee.]

[OFFLINE]

[fallforthesky]

[Falters; he's shutting himself off and Lenalee isn't sure how she's supposed to fix that. Yelling at him isn't working. Reasoning with him isn't working. Letting him up-- how is that supposed to do any better? She shakes her head, teeth sunk into her lower lip to keep from saying anything else damaging, and tries to hold him down.] Please.

[OFFLINE]

[promisedlotus]

Lena.

[OFFLINE]

[fallforthesky]

Don't 'Lena' me, Kanda. Promise me you won't do anything rash, or I'm not letting you up.

[The "or out of my sight" this time remains unspoken, but implicit all the same.]

[OFFLINE]

[promisedlotus]

Fine!

[OFFLINE]

[fallforthesky]

[Lenalee still hesitates, but deactivates her Boots.] ...thank you.

[And climbs off slowly. Tiredly.]

[OFFLINE]

[promisedlotus]

[Kanda gets to his feet, and instead of turning around and heading back upstairs, he simply walks over to the window, and...jumps out.]

[OFFLINE]

[fallforthesky]

[SON OF A--]

[Scrambling over to the window and leaning out. Really? Really?]

Kanda! Kanda, please!

[OFFLINE]

[promisedlotus]

[Just walking away from the building now, sorry.]

[OFFLINE]

[tothelastbreath]

[Really. There's the sudden pelt of running footsteps from the landing below, and Allen's voice ricocheting up the stairwell:]

--It's okay Lenalee, I'll bring him back!

[OFFLINE]

[promisedlotus]

[Good luck with that.]