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Characters: Sora Himoto and Jade Harley (AU)
Format: Action
This log is: Closed
Location: Prefect's cottage, Sora and Jade's room
Summary: Sora finds out that Yuki is gone.
Warnings: None.

[ Jade's been sleeping next to the still figure of Sora for a few days -- she's used to it by now, when her best friend suddenly doesn't wake up, still and unmoving for a day, a few days, a week. What she's still not used to is the moving around again that comes afterwards. She was curled up with Sora when she fell asleep (or as much as she could curl up with a still figure), and waking up, she was alone. The bed was still warm -- where did Sora go? -- and Jade rolled over, peering around the room through her hazy vision to try and spot the other girl. ]

Sora...? Are you here?

[ Briefly, she wonders if Sora's gone home -- that thought alone propels her to grope for her glasses on the bedside table, putting them on so she can see better. ]

Sora?

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[ Jade doesn't have to worry long - the door to their room opens and Sora rushes in, PDA still on in one hand. She'd been checking the networks in the hallway so the beeping wouldn't disturb Jade, and noticed a bizarre lack of posts by Yuki. Now she's called someone to confirm, she's frantic. ]

Jade, when did Yuki disappear?

[ She gets out of bed, because Sora looks definitely worried - and that's not a usual Sora state, so it must be something pretty important. When she mentions Yuki, Jade looks confused for a second. She talked to Yuki awhile ago...Sora said something about baking...

Jade shakes her head. ]

I don't know. I guess it was really soon, I didn't even know.

[ And now she feels bad. ]

[ she'd run to Conquest immediately if she didn't know, somehow, that Yuki really is gone. ]

It's not fair. I was talking to her just now... Before I fell asleep.

Sora, you've been asleep for days...

[ She didn't know? Or was it simply that she hadn't checked the date? Jade wasn't quite sure what to do, so her arms are outstretched halfway, like it might help something. ]

I couldn't wake you up.

[ she slumps, having never considered that she might miss something like this, and sits next to Jade on the bed. ] Again?

[ Finally finding something to do, she carefully hugs Sora with those awkwardly outstretched arms. ]

Yeah. You keep falling asleep and not waking up. I keep thinking you-- [ You've disappeared, but she doesn't want to say that. She doesn't even know what would happen if Sora left. Mostly for other people, but deep down she knows she probably wouldn't do well if her friends disappeared on her. ]

I wish this place didn't steal people away. Especially the important ones.

[ on the bright side, Yuki's probably perfectly okay and home right now. She'll believe that. ] She wasn't being bad, or breaking the rules... She's a prefect. I don't get it.

I don't think this place follows any rules. I think they made it to hurt us.

[ Jade believes that too. ]

I... [ she doesn't want to think that. ]

[ She has nothing else to say, so she just buries her head in Sora's shoulder. ]

I'm glad you're still here. I thought, when you weren't asleep, you'd gone home.

[ that breaks her out of her thoughts, and she shakes her head vigorously.

Or, starts to, and then realises Jade's head is set against her collarbone and that would be a bad move. So she lifts a hand to rest against her hair... and pauses.

Realisation hits, and she's effectively distracted. ] Your hair!

[ That makes her look up. ]

Do you like it? I got it cut.

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