He checks his CereVice first; sure enough, they aren't there. He probably would have noticed within a couple days if he hit up Hinata to hang out, but he hadn't planned on it today, and the missing entry had totally escaped his notice.
Then he tabs to the others. It's stupid. Of course Kirigiri would have noticed the others being gone too, if she noticed these two. He even checks Kirigiri's name, even though she just texted him, in case she disappeared while he was doing that, or—
[Maybe he should leave it at that. There's nothing else to say that isn't depressing or morbid or anything. But it feels strange to just . . . thank her and turn off the CereVice and go about his day, or something. How are people supposed to deal with feelings like this?]
He was real upset when Tanaka and the others left yknow? we went out drinking
I went out drinking with him when Fujisaki left too…………
[Who's he supposed to go out drinking with this time, huh?
But he doesn't really feel the urge anyway. Fujisaki . . . they'd barely known one another. There'd been more going on that night, too; Leon had needed to talk, and Hinata was his guy for that. Right now, what would he say? Maybe he'd end up cursing that person too, and they'd be the next to disappear—
No, he's not the kind of guy who believes in that superstitious crap. But when he's depressed, it's hard not to dig down deep inside himself and come up with it anyway.]
[He's not sure what he wants, and takes a moment to stare down at his CereVice. A part of him wants to be alone . . . but he knows himself. That moment will pass. There's nothing he hates more than being alone with his thoughts.
[He texts her an ok cool and then gets himself together. He's not exactly in the mood for a whole beauty routine here, for once, but he at least doesn't want to be embarrassing out in public, so he hurries through cleaning up and making himself presentable and then heads out. It's not a long trip by the subway, so in the end he only takes about half an hour to show up—looking a little more subdued than usual, but at least not actively upset, at the moment.]
[ As always, Kyouko takes her time and arrives after Leon. She's a little glad he doesn't seem too torn up at the moment but... he might just be hiding it for now. Either way, a distraction will be nice. ]
[Yeah, he does that. But he's cheerful enough when she shows up, lifting a hand to wave at her—and then gesturing at one of the posters plastered up on the side of the theater.]
You heard of this one?
[It sure looks like a thriller, its poster one of those cliche things where there's a closeup of two dudes' faces spliced together to make one face with different lighting on each side.]
Not that I have . . . but it's showing in like, 20 minutes, and it looks totally intense, right?
That's what I like to hear! How d'you feel about popcorn? I mean, I'm gonna get some with or without you though, just sayin'!
[He steps over closer to her and lifts a hand to rest lightly on her back. Too much . . . ? Well, he'll know by her reaction. There's just some comfort in being casually close.]
You've gotta at least have that! Okay, so meet outside theater 8 in ten! I'll treat you to your ticket, Kirigiri!
[He leaves his hand there without pushing the contact any further. Come to think of it . . . he already feels better. Maybe he just needed to see her . . . ]
[He goes to grab the tickets and a popcorn, his mood having elevated like ten levels from earlier. Awesome. That was the whole point of this!
Unless she ends up in the Nexus Code before they can even watch the movie, or something.
That's stupid. What a stupid, unnecessary, annoying thought. But he wonders—how does it happen, anyway? When do people get taken? Is it always when they're alone? Do they just not wake up in the morning? Or can it happen any time; has anyone ever seen anyone glitch out and vanish? Could it happen in the middle of the day, in the middle of a store maybe, or a movie theater . . . ?
God, what a pointless train of thought. He could ask Kirigiri about it, but he doesn't want to bring the whole mood down. He didn't mean to bring his own mood down with this.
He scoffs under his breath as he makes his way through the scattered crowds of people and back over to Kirigiri, who is of course not suddenly in the Nexus Code, come on. She's hard to miss with that gorgeous hair. Leon holds out the ticket to her with a slightly weak smile.]
[ She takes the ticket, noticing his smile is a little weaker—understandably so. But she doesn't say anything, instead nodding and giving him a small smile before heading inside the theater. After all, saying something now would probably ruin the movie, wouldn't it? Talking about classmates disappearing isn't ever going to be a pleasant conversation, but it will be easier if they're both in a better mood.
Kyouko waits for Leon to catch up before turning to him. Thankfully the theater hasn't filled up yet, so there's a lot of spots to choose from. ]
[His mood lightens a little as they head into the theater. They're here to not think about it, right? She was even smiling at him a little, and that always warms his heart.
She's still here; he doesn't know what he'd do if she weren't, but he doesn't need to think about that right now. If he spent all his time with her thinking about that, he'd never enjoy any of it!
He slips into the theater with her and starts heading up the aisle, glancing over his shoulder at her as he leads the way.]
I'm an "in the back" kinda dude!
. . . I mean, you know what I mean . . . ha ha! The, yeah, the theater! —I like not sitting in front of people! And you don't wanna be too close anyway, right? Then you've gotta tilt your head way back.
[ Honestly, Kyouko wouldn't have even thought twice about what he said until he backtracked on his words. But, despite her urge to tease him about it, she doesn't say anything and instead follows him up to the last row.
She settles in next to Leon, watching the ads on the screen for a second. ]
Yeah . . . this's my first time here, y'know? Which I guess means it's been—that'd make it a couple years.
[Sure, he can't remember those years, and it feels unfair that they should count. But he's working on the whole remembering he's 19 thing, on remembering there's stuff he doesn't remember.]
That's way too depressing when I put it that way, though. Anyone else would think I, like, never get out of the house when I say stuff like that! But you know why.
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
no subject
He checks his CereVice first; sure enough, they aren't there. He probably would have noticed within a couple days if he hit up Hinata to hang out, but he hadn't planned on it today, and the missing entry had totally escaped his notice.
Then he tabs to the others. It's stupid. Of course Kirigiri would have noticed the others being gone too, if she noticed these two. He even checks Kirigiri's name, even though she just texted him, in case she disappeared while he was doing that, or—
Shit.]
Im gonna push leashes on you guys...........
[There's another long pause.]
dammit
no subject
I wanted to let you know in the case that you tried to call Hinata-kun later on, so that it would not come as a surprise.
[ She knows how attached Leon is to his friends here, after all. ]
no subject
[Maybe he should leave it at that. There's nothing else to say that isn't depressing or morbid or anything. But it feels strange to just . . . thank her and turn off the CereVice and go about his day, or something. How are people supposed to deal with feelings like this?]
Their class had pretty bad luck huh
no subject
[ And there wasn't someone left behind to deal with losing their classmates. ]
no subject
I went out drinking with him when Fujisaki left too…………
[Who's he supposed to go out drinking with this time, huh?
But he doesn't really feel the urge anyway. Fujisaki . . . they'd barely known one another. There'd been more going on that night, too; Leon had needed to talk, and Hinata was his guy for that. Right now, what would he say? Maybe he'd end up cursing that person too, and they'd be the next to disappear—
No, he's not the kind of guy who believes in that superstitious crap. But when he's depressed, it's hard not to dig down deep inside himself and come up with it anyway.]
So wanna go out tonight?
just kidding
[Ha ha. Sigh.]
no subject
While I am not inclined to go to a bar, I wouldn't mind going somewhere else, if you really wanted to.
no subject
Finally:]
Wanna go see a movie? my treat
it doesnt have to be a date. not that way
no subject
A movie sounds fine. What do you have in mind?
no subject
no subject
no subject
no subject
I will be waiting outside the theater.
action
no subject
Kuwata-kun.
no subject
[Yeah, he does that. But he's cheerful enough when she shows up, lifting a hand to wave at her—and then gesturing at one of the posters plastered up on the side of the theater.]
You heard of this one?
[It sure looks like a thriller, its poster one of those cliche things where there's a closeup of two dudes' faces spliced together to make one face with different lighting on each side.]
Not that I have . . . but it's showing in like, 20 minutes, and it looks totally intense, right?
no subject
Let's find out. [ Besides, they won't have to wait long if they can manage to get a ticket. ]
no subject
[He steps over closer to her and lifts a hand to rest lightly on her back. Too much . . . ? Well, he'll know by her reaction. There's just some comfort in being casually close.]
no subject
[ She doesn't react to the contact, actually not minding it. Being close like this with someone is actually rather nice. ]
I may buy something to drink, though.
no subject
[He leaves his hand there without pushing the contact any further. Come to think of it . . . he already feels better. Maybe he just needed to see her . . . ]
no subject
[ And with that, Kyouko leaves to go get a drink before waiting outside of theater 8. ]
no subject
Unless she ends up in the Nexus Code before they can even watch the movie, or something.
That's stupid. What a stupid, unnecessary, annoying thought. But he wonders—how does it happen, anyway? When do people get taken? Is it always when they're alone? Do they just not wake up in the morning? Or can it happen any time; has anyone ever seen anyone glitch out and vanish? Could it happen in the middle of the day, in the middle of a store maybe, or a movie theater . . . ?
God, what a pointless train of thought. He could ask Kirigiri about it, but he doesn't want to bring the whole mood down. He didn't mean to bring his own mood down with this.
He scoffs under his breath as he makes his way through the scattered crowds of people and back over to Kirigiri, who is of course not suddenly in the Nexus Code, come on. She's hard to miss with that gorgeous hair. Leon holds out the ticket to her with a slightly weak smile.]
Ready?
no subject
Kyouko waits for Leon to catch up before turning to him. Thankfully the theater hasn't filled up yet, so there's a lot of spots to choose from. ]
Where would you like to sit?
no subject
She's still here; he doesn't know what he'd do if she weren't, but he doesn't need to think about that right now. If he spent all his time with her thinking about that, he'd never enjoy any of it!
He slips into the theater with her and starts heading up the aisle, glancing over his shoulder at her as he leads the way.]
I'm an "in the back" kinda dude!
. . . I mean, you know what I mean . . . ha ha! The, yeah, the theater! —I like not sitting in front of people! And you don't wanna be too close anyway, right? Then you've gotta tilt your head way back.
no subject
She settles in next to Leon, watching the ads on the screen for a second. ]
It's been a while since I've been to see a movie.
no subject
[Sure, he can't remember those years, and it feels unfair that they should count. But he's working on the whole remembering he's 19 thing, on remembering there's stuff he doesn't remember.]
That's way too depressing when I put it that way, though. Anyone else would think I, like, never get out of the house when I say stuff like that! But you know why.
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)