Regret, running out of steam, and atonement

[hoboherooo.livejournal.com]

Characters: Eiji and you!
Setting: Floor Four
Format: Action this day, action this night!
Summary: Eiji finally hits the wall from running about this week, and trying to keep away from people until the lights came back on.
Warnings: Angst!


[After a long, grueling climb up the stairs, Eiji stumbled toward the sitting area - he looked like a wreck. Bruised up, small cuts here and there from wandering in the dark. He hadn't slept much - and when he managed, he didn't sleep well. The panicked faces and cries of the kids he'd run across this week had been haunting him, and they still did.

He wanted to do something to work out the frustration - throw a fit, yell, rant...do something, but he was too wiped. Too much time away from his bed had taken a toll on him, and he couldn't move much more.]

[He'd almost made it to the couch when he collapsed, landing halfway on it.]

Comments

[hoboherooo.livejournal.com]

[There's a smile on his face, followed by a sigh.] Ah, thank you...uhm. I'm afraid I don't know who you are.

[pchaaair]

I don't really, um, know who you are either, but, I'm Tavros.

[hoboherooo.livejournal.com]

[Eiji nods.] Nice to meet you, Tavros. I'm Eiji, and I appreciate the help.

[pchaaair]

It's nice to meet you too, Eiji. Uh-- and it's, no problem, I guess.

Why were you so tired? If you don't mind me asking.

[hoboherooo.livejournal.com]

Just... Just been a long week during the outage was all.

[pchaaair]

Oh. Uh. [Yeah, he understood all too well, considering what had happened.] Yeah, I think that I understand that.

[hoboherooo.livejournal.com]

Hmm. [He sighs quietly, then smiles a little.] At least all that's over, though. And the power's back on, thankfully. Rather hard to find one's way around in the dark in this place.

[pchaaair]

Uh, yeah. I think that I agree with that, kind of, even if I didn't have that many problems with the dark. Because, um, I guess I'm used to being awake in the dark anyway.

[hoboherooo.livejournal.com]

Hm? [Eiji's attention is fully on Tavros now.] Insomnia, or just a nocturnal person?

[pchaaair]

I guess you could say that it's, uh, a mixture of a both, sort of.