"Happy" Mayfieldversary

[splashpuppy]

[Action: 1331 Benny Road]

[Hajime is sitting in the living room, a pink... bird thing next to him. He's talking to the creature.]

Do you remember? It's been a long time...

[Something is pretty obviously bothering him]

[Action: Park]

[Eventually he moves to the park, where he can be found in his favourite spot by the fountain. Just... sitting by it, quietly communing with the water]

[Action: 5720 Cunningham Lane]

[When he's feeling down, there's only one place he wants to be: Ukraine's. Which is where he can be found, sitting holding a picture from home]

[Phone]

D-does anyone ever feel like they're forgetting what it's like to not be in Mayfield? Two years is a really long time...

Comments

Re: phone;

[splashpuppy]

Not everything but... more and more. All the little stuff. What people sound like.

[imoutos]

But that's.. s-still so sad.. you shouldn't have to forget. Home is.. s-supposed to be a nice place, right..?

[splashpuppy]

Home is... I miss it.

[imoutos]

T.. then l-let's hang in there. If we don't do that, t-then.. we can never go home..

[splashpuppy]

We... we have to be brave.

[Which is always easy to say]

[imoutos]

A-.. at least.. w-we can try our b-best together, right..?

[splashpuppy]

Yeah... we can. That's all we can do, right?

[imoutos]

O.. o-of course! I want to be just as brave as the older people..

[splashpuppy]

I'm supposed to be a Knight... I guess that comes with it.

[imoutos]

.. Huh?

[ but.. he sounded so young, right? ]

Y-you're.. a knight?

[splashpuppy]

Mmhmm. The Leafe Knight of Water.

[imoutos]

I.. I-I've n-never heard of that title b-before, but.. um.. i-if you're a r-real knight, then you must b-be pretty impressive..

[splashpuppy]

I can't really do much now, but when I'm bigger I'll be as good as the other Leafe Knights.

[imoutos]

So.. i-it's more like.. being a knight in t-training, maybe?

[splashpuppy]

Kinda, I guess... I was born to be this though.

[imoutos]

It's still amazing, being able to f-fight for others..

[splashpuppy]

Kei says it's our responsibility to protect everything that's alive.

[imoutos]

Hmm, t-.. that's what k-knights in stories do too, I think.. l-like in fairytales.

[splashpuppy]

Yep! Himeno's told us about all sorts of fairytales with princesses and knights. She's way cooler than any of the girls in the stories though.

[imoutos]

Huh.. [ Nadeko's inclined to believe anything she's told, so she's already trying to imagine this super cool girl by now.. ] S-she's really that cool?

[splashpuppy]

Yeah! She's brave and good at fighting but also so nice!

[imoutos]

S.. she sounds like an amazing person. I.. I wouldn't m-mind meeting her someday..