[open and for Becca]

[savedbyasong]

Characters: Shion and open
Format: I'll match you
This log is: open
Location: Round town, Fortitude campus and eventually Black 2B
Summary: Shion wanders round town and meets people and then goes to see Becca and apologise for freaking out. Feel free to catch him anywhere in town or on campus.
Warnings: Mentions of death

Once work was over Shion went to the shop to buy a few things. He didn't use his voucher, not yet. He wasn't sure what he wanted, there wasn't really anything from home... He mostly just wanted to go back, not have more things brought here.

He wandered through the streets, going into a few shops but not buying anything and then heading back to Fortitude campus. He had bought upgrades for Dave and Becca. He had to go and find Becca, he had been avoiding her in classes mostly because he was embarrassed by his behaviour after her death.

Finally after some more walking, sorting out his thoughts he made his way to her room, knocking softly on the door.

Comments

[savedbyasong]

"I..." Shion paused, not knowing how to word what he wanted to ask. "My... my friend died... I was there... But I couldn't... I know first aid but... I was wondering if you could teach me."

[bloodbrother]

He could tell this was some heavy stuff. "Wait a minute, slow down," he put a hand up to stop Shion. "Back up and start from the beginning. Tell me what happened."

[savedbyasong]

Shion fell silent, he had been rambling. He took a deep breath and began again. "On Monday... my friend was really ill and she died..."

[bloodbrother]

"How was she ill?" He had shifted gears fairly quickly. He had slipped into his professional mode fairly easily. He understood what this guy wanted, but he needed to know all of the facts.

[savedbyasong]

"I don't know..." Shion frowned, "She had no fever, she said her stomach hurt and she couldn't even keep down water. It happened so quickly..."

[bloodbrother]

He nodded. He knew what that sounded like, and he filed that away for now. "I want to make sure you know that there was nothing that you could do to change that outcome," he made a point of meeting Shion's eyes while he spoke. "If she was going to die, she was going to die. There was nothing you could do to change it. Just take comfort in the fact that death is temporary, alright?" He tried to offer him what he hoped was an encouraging smirk.

[savedbyasong]

Shion looked down but nodded slowly. "I know... but I still... I might have been able to, if I'd worked out she was ill quicker."

He made no comment on the death being temporary thing, it made no sense and things that made no sense scared him.

[bloodbrother]

He shook his head quickly. "No. Don't trap yourself like that. I've been at this long enough to have seen the pit people put themselves in with that train of thought. Some people don't show that they're sick. They try to pretend they're okay. Or sometimes, things go downhill too quick for there to be anything to do before it's too late.

It's not your fault. Period." He was uncharacteristically stern, but he wasn't accusatory or mean about it.

[savedbyasong]

Shion still looked sad but he nodded, after all Sam knew what he was doing, more so than Shion. "Alright... but I would still like to learn."

[bloodbrother]

He wasn't sure if he'd gotten through, but he let it be for now. "Sure, there's a few things I could teach you. Come by the infirmary later on tonight and I'd be glad to get you started." He gave him a smile, hoping to cheer him up.

[savedbyasong]

"Am I allowed?" Shion blinked but did smile cheering up at the thought that he could learn this, "I'm in Fortitude."