00110011 | And so I cried my pain and sorrow [Action]

[cutestprogrammer]

Characters: Chihiro Fujisaki and YOU!
Setting: On 17th October (the day his boyfriend, Mondo dies); Dorm hallways; Daytime
Format: Both styles are fine~
Summary: Mondo dies because he's been giving his candy away, mostly to Chihiro. Chihiro feels guilty about being alive at the cost of Mondo's life and thinks about giving up on his candy search... Help him find the will to live on?
Warnings: Suicidal thoughts?

Here is Chihiro dressed just like Mondo, pompadour, gang jacket (Though he has his all buttoned up so you still can't really tell his gender.) and all, though he also has floppy, brown bunny ears and a matching fluffy tail.

Chihiro sits on the ground of one of the dormitory hallways, his hands covering his face as he sobs as quietly as he can manage. His small body shakes with grief. Mondo is dead. Mondo is dead because of him... If he hadn't taken Mondo's candy... But his boyfriend had insisted on giving him the candy, saying this was part of protecting him....

Chihiro hates himself so much right now. He hates himself for being so powerless physically. He glances over at his bucket. He doesn't feel like collecting any candy at all today. Maybe he should just give up on collecting them. Dying isn't so bad, is it?

Comments

[terreifying]

Hee~ey!

[Rei's smile is as big as ever.]

What'cha doin'?

[cutestprogrammer]

Mn? [he sniffs and rubs at his eyes a bit] N-n-nothing...

[terreifying]

[Her smile shrinks a bit when she realizes that the child is crying.]

What happened? Aren't you having fun with this game?

[cullscuttlefish]

[It's the sight of someone crying that catches Feferi's eye. As she approaches, she recognizes the voice. Oh no...]

Chihiro? What happened?

[She takes a seat down next to her friend, opening her arms and offering a hug.]

[cutestprogrammer]

[a hug is very much appreciated! ;; He willing goes into her arms and cries against her]

Mon-mondo is-is dead... because of me...

[cullscuttlefish]

Oh, Chihiro...

[Feferi pulls him close, rubbing his back gently.]

The person you were so worried about telling how you felt, right? I'm so sorry...but I'm also sure it wasn't your fault. This place makes horrible things happen to everyone. Whatever it was that happened, I'm sure it was the fault of this place, not you.

[pengeen]

[Kidou had been wandering around the tower, getting used to his new vampire self. He wasn't looking for people to drink the blood from, luckily. He's been able to fight off the urges easily enough.

And as he was going to head to his room for a nap (being awake during the day was making him sleepy for some reason), he noticed Chihiro sobbing. He stops and stares at the other for a moment, before walking over and kneeling next to him.]

Hey, are you alright?

[cutestprogrammer]

[Chihiro quickly wipes his face with his sleeve] I-I'm... alright... [So clearly not...]

[pengeen]

[Kidou's brow furrows with worry, and he gently places a hand on Chihiro's shoulder.]

What happened?

[tsunball]

[ At first Leon doesn't even notice Chihiro is crying - when he's doing it softly, after all, it's difficult to even spot from a distance. But then he seems to notice just faintly as he gets closer, and he raises an eyebrow. He looks pretty ridiculous, actually, in his own rooster outfit.. ]

... Fujisaki? .. H-.. hey, what's up?

[cutestprogrammer]

[He looks up tearily, eyes red from crying.]

Ku-Kuwata-k-kun! Mondo-Mondo's d-dead!! And... and... it's all my fault...

[And bursting into tears again.]

[tsunball]

Oowada-- [ .. Huh? He's.. dead..? First Naegi, and now Mondo too-- no way, were all of them slowly dying off one by one? He has to swallow, and even then he still can't fully process it yet in his mind, he just ends up staring in shock at the other boy.. but then again, ack, he's crying and-- this is so awkward all around. What is he even supposed to be when he himself is freaked out by this too? ]

H-.. he died..? But.. there's no way that's your fault, right?! [ How could Chihiro even kill Mondo.. ]

[savedbyasong]

Shion heard the crying and made his way towards it; crying people weren't exactly unusual in the tower and often the things that were wrong were too huge for anyone to help with. But Shion wanted to help anyways.

Even more so when he saw who it was; the girl who had helped him in the infirmary all through June. "Chihiro? What's wrong?"

[cutestprogrammer]

Chihiro looks up, trying to control his heaving, tears streaming from his eyes.

"Shi-shion-kun..."

[savedbyasong]

"What's wrong Chihiro? Are you hurt?" He saw her almost empty bucket and took a handful of his own candy to put in hers, not wanting her to be killed.

[rewindingly]

Homura slipped another piece of candy into her bucket. Close to the requirement, she noted. Hunting for rewards was an average part of her life, so this challenge was no particularly troublesome to the witch-dressed girl.

What was troublesome was the shaking body. Grief struck and looking almost pitiable. Even without knowing the situation, Homura felt pity for Chihiro. Involving herself with others at this time would distract her... she knew it wasn't practical. Wasn't necessary. Wasn't even smart. But she turned away from logic anyway and walked to the boy, leaning lower to put herself on eye level.

"Get up." Her words weren't soft. She'd been caught between practical and kindness. "You have a bucket to fill. There is no time for this."

[cutestprogrammer]

"Eh?" Chihiro stopped crying for a moment and looked up in confusion, then he shook his head. "But... but..."

[rewindingly]

"Your bucket will not fill itself." Homura felt a sigh pass through her lips. Sounding almost annoyed. Then she held out her hand, a kinder gesture than she was used to making. "Get up."

This'll go well...

[forgetbeam]

There was considerably less candy to be found by the day. Ishimaru had long since given up on hoping it would start replenishing itself, but he hadn't let go of his determination to keep looking. Not only for himself, but so that he could stockpile some for the less observant candy hunters, too.

But it was becoming clearer and clearer that in the end, there wouldn't be enough for everyone. People were already dying. He didn't know who was behind operations at the tower, but they definitely weren't as benevolent as their welcome letter made them seem. What should he do? Should he make sure to keep meeting the assigned quota... or put the survival of others first?

He just so happened to be debating that when he came across Chihiro, who seemed to be lacking enough candy of his own. Not only that, but even Ishimaru could tell that crying like that meant he was upset about something.

"Fujisaki-kun! Are you hurt?"

Maybe he couldn't walk, and that's why he hadn't collected anything yet.

Very well...

[cutestprogrammer]

Chihiro looked up, eyes red and swollen from crying. "I-Ishimaru-kun..." Then he shook his head. "No... I'm not hurt." His heart is just in a million pieces now, that's all.

[forgetbeam]

"Then you must get up! Haven't you heard about what's been happening to those who don't meet the collection goal in time?"

He didn't really know how to deal with crying people. Distracting them with being productive helped, right?

[deathboss]

"Hey." There was a blue-haired boy dressed up in a plasmahunter (totally not a Ghostbuster) outfit, sitting down near him. He had no idea what was happening, but considering the hell that was happening right now, he was going to do all he could.

[cutestprogrammer]

"..." Chihiro looked over, not recognizing this person. He rubbed at his eyes a bit and tried to calm down a bit. "Y-Yes?"

[nemophila]

"Chihiro?"

It'd been awhile since he'd seen the kid around, but... Seeing anyone breaking down and crying in the middle of the hall was concerning, even moreso given the current, um... circumstances.

He pushed the glasses from his Ghostbuster Plasmahunter costume up the bridge of his nose, and cautiously kneeled down next to crying boy. "What's the matter?"

[cutestprogrammer]

Chihiro tried to control his sobbing and rubbed at his eyes before looking up. "... K-Kurosu-sensei." He took a deep breath to calm himself a bit more. "I... My-My boyfriend just died..."