video ● tenth reflection

[straying]

[At first, she's quiet for a little while. She opens her mouth as if she knew what to say before but now that the camera's rolling, she's second-guessing it. And so there's a pause before she starts talking.]

Matthew's gone.

[... and she looks a little confused, as if she never expected to say those words. They sound so foreign.]

... sheesh. Can he ever leave without causing me problems?

Well, now you know.

[A bit of a shrug and she ends the feed.]

Comments

[princessmayor.livejournal.com]

... I'm sorry, Saya.

Will you be all right? You two seemed pretty close.

[sweeperesque.livejournal.com]

[The response is automatic.]

We weren't, really. It wasn't anything out of the ordinary.

[Because sharing apartments (in the barest sense of the word "sharing") and seeing each other every day and weekly fancy dinners are totally the norm.]

Look at it this way! There won't be any more messes to clean up for a while.

[princessmayor.livejournal.com]

Haha, you're right! [ Hime smiles, not totally believing her, but hey, that's cool. She's just worried Saya might be more upset then she's showing. ]

You up for some ice cream?

[sweeperesque.livejournal.com]

[... what are these sudden offers for food? Does she really look that pathetic? She should be the one offering them food!

There's a sound that's a cross between a laugh and a sigh. Then she grins.]

Yeah, sure! Always up for some good Rocky Road.