#nursedespair

☼》 Having a few injuries isn’t really a weird thing for Chiaki. But usually, he was within close distance of the clinic or a first aid kit, and not really in an unknown place where he didn’t know where things were at.

The young man was walking around, clutching his arm--he had brushed against something sharp apparently, that tore through the sleeve of his shirt. He didn’t even know when that happened (maybe when he was practicing stunts? he’s sure getting rusty), nor did he even notice he was injured until he felt a slight sting and also felt his blood dripping down his arm. A hero fails to notice these things in the heat of the moment, ha ha! ☆

Something felt...off, in about as much as Jasper could think anything was normal for the hive.  Things she could have sworn were once in an area were now gone (not a surprise, considering the state of this infested city), and the overall feeling she got as she walked the streets was nothing like before.  No annoying bugs had scurried up to her in an effort to talk.  No one was gathered together in chittering conversation.

Honestly?  She was not sure if she enjoyed this subtle change or not.  Hives were meant to be constantly buzzing and full of movement and life. Now, with stragglers here and there keeping to themselves, it felt more like the remains of a battlefield.

It certainly wasn’t the attitude. From what he could tell, this girl was quiet and anxious. Mahiru went lengths against her family name just to talk to him, and this girl looked like she wanted to disappear. But he noticed she and his ex-lover had some visual similarities; long, straight hair and oddly colored eyes that shone with a hidden, yet twisted brilliance.

Guren was interested, to say the least.

“You okay? You look a little freaked out.” He said yo her, his voice containing an inking of concern.

❤️; She just happened to slightly nudge the other with her shoulder without realizing it, but immediately she was received a thousand apologies by the other for it. What the hell? She didn’t even recognize that she bumped into her with this many people around! But she had to do something about it, otherwise it seemed like there wouldn’t be an end to it at all.

Why am I here?

The gem mused to herself, a bit bitterly, and glanced around with apparent disinterest. Her slim, blue fingers played with the straps that connected the lower half of her dress to the rest, but she wasn’t aware she was doing it.

Approaching the bowls of colorful liquids, she glanced at someone nearby, and decided to speak up. 

“These kind of smell like poison to me.”

“UUUUWAAA-HAAAA!”

Gai simply couldn’t contain himself! He’d only just gotten there, and already the ball was so. much. FUN. For the sake of the other party-goers, he was at least trying to keep his joy to a single location, choosing to bounce repeatedly on the balls of his feet instead of dashing all over and potentially knocking someone over.

He grinned and waved at random people as they passed, ignoring the dirty looks he got from some. He was just too happy to let anything get him down.