pygmalion_perv: (The one and lonely (shock))
Hachibe Maeda ([personal profile] pygmalion_perv) wrote2011-03-21 10:05 pm

32nd Candid Photo

[Action for 1250 Williams Road - backdated to the morning of the 21st, the day after his death on the highway.]

[Hachibe wakes up in his bed at 1250 Williams gasping for air and screaming himself awake from a fitful nightmare of being mauled to death by thousands of cats.  He clutches at his chest, trying to slow his breathing and calm his heartbeat as he gets his bearings and remembers the events of the previous day.]

Damn it!

[Crying out in frustration, he reaches for the nearest object - his alarm clock - and throws it at the opposite wall of his bedroom.  It hits the wall with a loud thud as the glass on the face shatters before falling to the floor.  He spends the next several hours just sitting in bed sulking, not even giving the first thought to bothering to attend school today.]


[Action; around town, Monday afternoon]

[Having gotten most of his anger and depression out of his system, Hachibe's out for a walk to try to calm himself down.  He's keeping his head down and staying quiet, though.  Every time he passes by a cat or hears one meow, he jumps in place nervously and gives it a wide berth as he continues his trek through town.]

Gah!  Don't scare me like that!

[Action; around town, Monday evening - outside 1245 Williams]

[Later in the night, after the sun has set, Hachibe finds himself standing in front of 1245 Williams Road - the house where Japan and Taiwan live.  He walks up to the door, reaching out to knock before sighing and turning away.  Even still, he ends up back there several times throughout the evening, looping around the block to repeat the process.]

...I hope you're okay.  I'm sorry.

[identity profile] pygmalion-perv.livejournal.com 2011-03-23 08:36 pm (UTC)(link)
[Hachibe steps in, taking his shoes off at the door and nodding briefly. There's a few more seconds of awkward silence before he speaks again.]

...So, uh, what happened to you guys back there? I tried to come back, but...

[identity profile] politerudeness.livejournal.com 2011-03-23 08:39 pm (UTC)(link)
... We are alright. Please do not worry. More importantly, Maeda-kun... thank you. If it weren't for Maeda-kun... Lion-san and Taiwan-san would have...

[identity profile] pygmalion-perv.livejournal.com 2011-03-23 08:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, they were about to wreck. I just couldn't stand by and watch that happen! It was really just lucky that I got both of them, though, to tell you the truth...

[He laughs a little, rubbing at the back of his head.]

But those cats... they didn't get you too, did they?

[identity profile] politerudeness.livejournal.com 2011-03-23 08:44 pm (UTC)(link)
[ shakes his head ] ...Even so, I am grateful. However...

[ And at this, he lowers his eyes and avoids looking Hachibe in the face. ]

... Would it be possible at all, for Maeda-kun to forgive me?

[identity profile] pygmalion-perv.livejournal.com 2011-03-23 08:45 pm (UTC)(link)
[He looks relieved to hear that, but then confused at the next part.]

...Forgive you? Sure, but what for?

[identity profile] pygmalion-perv.livejournal.com 2011-03-23 08:54 pm (UTC)(link)
[It's not, actually. This is just how his mind works. But after a moment, the realization dawns on him.]

Don't tell me you're blaming yourself for what happened to me?