straying | video • fifteenth reflection

[It's been too quiet for too long, Vatheon. So maybe that's why-]

I have fooooood~!!

[Saya? Yes. Bouncing? Yes. Holding a basket of... well, food? Yes.]

So apparently I was out cold for weeks, but look! Enough goodies and pastries and sweets to make up for all that lost time! Oh man, oh man! Whoooooo's the luckiest cat? Why, I'm the luckiest cat, thanks for asking!

[giggles and she smiles brightly]

Okay, so! Guys, you've gotta help me! I don't have enough room in my fridge for all this and I've still gotta eat dinner later! Anyone want to lend a girl a hand~?

Yeah, that's right folks, Saya Minatsuki is back in action!

[filtered to Masamune]

Speaking of dinner! Let's go? Later? Maybe~? If you don't have anything better to do.

[filtered to Train]

Never speak to me again.

[filtered to Demyx]

Well hey there, Dem. Didja miss me?

[filtered to Katsu]

Hey... Thank your brother for me, okay?

[filtered to Naoya]

You're good to me, you know that?

Anyway~ Wanna take a walk later? I've seen enough of Matthew to last me a lifetime-

So can I count on you to fill me in instead of him?

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[Less than ten minutes later, there's a knock on the door.]

Safe to come in?

[calling through the door~]

You betcha! Unlocked and all that jazz.

[Oh hey, it is. Walking on in, and he whistles at the display of food, impressed.]

Damn! You weren't kidding - someone left you the hefty welcome back basket.

[s-sob, if this posts twice, I apologize. LJ's being stupid again.]

[pfffft no problem ♥

And she claps her hands happily.]

Tell me about it! Oh man, he treats me so well~ I have reason to believe this is all personally baked~

Oh really? So who's the baker in charge?

[He's just going to flop into a chair and make himself comfortable.]

I dunno if you've met him. He's kind of a grouch.

[Snickering and helping herself to a cupcake, gesturing for him to take some too~]

He's a [A pause to pick up a cupcake as well. He takes a bite and nods approvingly.] hell of a baker.

Isn't he? [A laugh.] Pretty darn impressive!

But hey, what've you been up to while I've been snoozin', Ban? I think you owe me story time~

Enuff [He swallows the rest of the cupcake, then licks frosting off his fingertips.] enough to keep me busy for once. People left, then people came back, then we were all stuck in a fantasy RPG schtick...where should I begin?

... how about we go from the bottom-up?

Who left?

... [He pauses for a moment; he'd been about to grab a cookie, but he sits back instead.] The usual. Some people leave, new people replace 'em... [He sighs.] She came back, but she doesn't remember anything.

[.... she doesn't want to assume so-]

'She'....?

Rider.

[Grabs the cookie he'd been reaching for earlier, and takes a bite.]

... thought so.

You... dealing with that okay?

[He shrugs while chewing.]

She didn't freak out when I told her she'd been here before - though she keeps insisting she wasn't. Other than that...[He's quiet for a few seconds as he takes another bite of the cookie.]...it's a way to start anew, I guess. Be lyin' if I said I didn't miss her when she was gone.

[Heh. She just rubs the back of her neck. Amnesia... This was where she tried to speak for her, right?]

Well, I'm sure she didn't mean to forget you, Ban. But when these things happen... sometimes it's better to maybe.... appreciate the past, but the future's what's important! She's back now and that's what counts for the most, right?

[He nods, finishing off the cookie.]

Yeah, I know. That's what I kinda figured, too. She wanted to know how close we were before, too. Maybe...[A thoughtful shrug.]...I thought about asking her out again. Give her a little more time to get reacquainted with the place first though.

[A nod and a thumbs-up.]

Go for it!

Heh. [Picking up another cupcake, he takes his time peeling off the paper.] She didn't seem bothered by everything that happened the last time she was here, either. How long d'you think I should give her?

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