Hitori Kakurenbo

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[This is the only thing the Network will allow you to access on the 29th.

Characters who are participating in the game may make new threads. Characters who are not participating may only reply to threads, not make new ones. There are no filters present. The cell phones the participating characters have are capable of voice, video, and text communication.

The cell phones have a disturbing tendency to film things on their own, from a character talking to themselves while hiding to a character's messy death.]

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[fractus_animus]

[ ... He is silent for a long time. He didn't see the phone call, of course, so he doesn't know. ]

Suzaku-san, are you all right?

[ Someone is very composed, even though they're, well, dying slowly. ]

... I'm... a little disappointed. I expected something flashier.

[ ... You'd think he'd care. ]

[swordofzero]

Minato I... [The fact that Minato is so composed makes Suzaku feel even worse. He shook his head at the words.] I... I'm sorry Minato...

[fractus_animus]

[ ... Understanding hits him like a wave.

He just... manages a small blink, tired. Was it the knowledge, or that cold feeling slowly creeping through him? He wasn't sure. He felt... foggy. His eyes are becoming foggy. ]

... It's fine.

[ A now, a genuine smile. ]

I don't mind. You did what you needed to do. ... Right? Death... and I are old friends.

[ His words are slow and steady. He's oddly composed for someone slowly fading. ]

[swordofzero]

[No Minato. You are meant to hate him, you are meant to think he is the despicable person that he really is. You are not meant to tell him you don't mind, you are not supposed to forgive him.

He shakes his head angrily.] Minato...

[He breaks off, what do you even say to a dying person who you betrayed. Words can't describe how guilty he feels, but he stays on the line, he figures he owes Minato, to be with him during his last moments was the least he could do.]

[fractus_animus]

[ ... He's getting tired. His words are slowing and so is his breathing. ]

I'm not a good person, Suzaku-san. But you are. There's... no reason for me to be mad.

[ And that's all there is to it. ]

... Someone else is calling me...

[ Click. The feed cuts; he's hung up. ]

[swordofzero]

No I'm not... I... [And then he hangs up, Suzaku stares at the phone for a moment, his grip tightening around it before lying down properly under the bed and staring into nothing, Minato was dead and it was all his fault.]