ғɪʀsᴛ ♥ ( ᴛᴇxᴛ )

[compliant]

[ She had gone home, briefly. Just to check, she had told herself. To see with her own eyes that the world – because Ikebukuro was basically a world in itself, spinning ever faster and maybe thrown a little off balance – was the way she remembered it.

She sits in her new room, at the edge of her bed – after having cleared the sharp objects out of it – holding the joyphone in loose hands. Maybe she’s working up the nerve, or trying to put words to feelings when she’s never been good at either of them. Eventually: ]

Kida-kun?

[ Way to go, Anri. You sent that to everyone.

Looking appropriately panicked, her fingers work quickly and clumsily to rectify her mistake. ]

I’m sorry wrong person just ignore that please I’m sorry

[ Again, she sends it to everyone. Phones are very confusing, okay. ]

Comments

[text//actually private]

[compliant]

[ If only Anri wasn't far too habitually serious to go along with Kida's joking. ]

No, nothing happened

[text//actually private]

[mellowyellow]

Well, as long as you're okay!

[He'll just have a "talk" with Bel later.]

If you have any more questions, ask away! Are you still in the same room?

[text//actually private]

[compliant]

[ No piping people, Kida! ]

No, different. 103.

[text//actually private]

[mellowyellow]

[But that's the only way they learn, Anri. D:]

Ah! So close to me~!

Fate has intervened!

[text//actually private]

[compliant]

[ No. :| ]

[ Anri doesn't reply to his text. She has no idea what to say to that, blinking a little awkwardly at the screen. ]

[offline]

[mellowyellow]

[That's fine. Because five minutes later, he's knocking on her door.

...

He missed her, okay.]

ᴀᴄᴛɪᴏɴ.

[compliant]

[ Anri moves her detached blinking at things from the phone to the door, before getting up to open it.

She doesn't smile, exactly. She's still a little too shell shocked for that, too unsettled, too confused. Her shoulders lose some of their tension, as if the weight on her is a little less now, even if she doesn't think to let him in.

Kida-kun had... never been inside her apartment at home, had he? Nor had Ryuugamine-kun. She had never invited them, never thought to, never realised she hadn't. ]

Ah, hello.

ᴀᴄᴛɪᴏɴ.

[mellowyellow]

[He doesn't seem bothered when she doesn't invite him in, rather grinning wide at her simple greeting. A candy bar from his snack bundle is promptly held out to her in offering.]

Welcome back, Anri-chan!

ᴀᴄᴛɪᴏɴ.

[compliant]

[ She accepts the candy bar with only a bit of hesitance, holding it in two hands. ]

[ Now, she smiles. ]

Thank you for, um. For answering me.

ᴀᴄᴛɪᴏɴ.

[mellowyellow]

[After everything that's happened, he feels like he's the one who should be saying that, but hearing her say it is enough for now. He laughs.]

And where would the hotties of the world be if I didn't answer their siren call at any time of day or night? Though if it's you, I'll gladly do more than just answer~