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[diamondo]

[He doesn't remember much about his execution.

Oh sure, he remembers the lead-up to it; he remembers how the others looked on as he was led away and sure, he remembers Ishimaru's screams. He doesn't remember the death cage nor does he remember the sudden pain before it was all over.

It made waking up here incredibly confusing.

"Here" must be some sort of afterlife, but Mondo hasn't been able to figure out what it is, exactly. It's obviously not heaven (he's killed two people, he doesn't belong in heaven), but it doesn't seem to be hell either. Things are monotonous, yes, but they're not bad.

That leaves the option of purgatory, which Mondo is more or less fine with. It's better than spending an eternity suffering. It's probably not right for him to stay here instead of moving on to hell, but he doesn't know how or when that will happen. He's content to leave it at that for the time being.

This place is a rather large city - half of it is full of native English speakers, whom Mondo tends to avoid (his English is atrocious, after all), the other half is full of Japanese speakers. The city itself doesn't seem to be anywhere Mondo has ever seen, but it's large and spread out, with plenty to explore and do. Mondo hasn't seen everything there is to see though; he's only been here for a few weeks, and he knew if he wanted to make ends meet, he'd need a job first. Exploring could wait.

It's convenient that there's a carpenter's shop just down the road from the apartment Mondo woke up in. It might not technically be his, but he's been staying there until he can afford to properly rent it out. No one has complained so far, so he figures it's fine for the time being. The carpenter works him to the bone and he's never been so exhausted in his life when he comes home, but it's a good kind of exhaustion that means he's doing something productive. He can't make up for what he's done in the past, but he can help out here.

He's off work for the day, lounging around in what serves as the living room of his apartment, flipping through the newspaper. The dates here are all screwed up - it's almost winter here and he knows he'll have to put some money away toward buying proper winter clothes. That's only a minor concern though, because he has much bigger things to worry about.

In a city this large, it's possible that he's just missed seeing the others. He hasn't been looking very hard, admittedly. He's not sure what to say to them when he does see them. "Sorry" simply won't cut it for Fujisaki. He doesn't really want to see Kuwata, Enoshima, or Maizono either. He's sure it's only a matter of time before one of them finds him, or before someone else shows up here.

All he can do is hope that it won't be Ishimaru.]

Comments

[diamondo]

[Omg, so cute!!]

'Course! I know that! You don't have to get so flustered about it though!

[blazingspirit]

I'm not flustered - I don't know what you're talking about!!

[fuck youuuuuuuuuuu]

[diamondo]

Uh huh, sure. And you're just yelling because...?

[ c: tho!]

[blazingspirit]

Be...cause...

[..........]

I just am!!

[diamondo]

[Mondo laughs at that, reaching up to ruffle Ishida's hair.]

Alright, alright, I'll quit teasing you. I love you so much.

[blazingspirit]

[That seems to settle him almost immediately; it...may also get him to go back to the nuzzling, damn you.]

Yeah, yeah, I love you too.

[...oh. Wait...]

...Uh. Do you want me to get off of you, or...

[diamondo]

[Well that's good! The nuzzling is always appreciated!]

Uh, yeah. If you would.

[He doesn't mind having Ishida on him like this, but this is kind of awkward.]

[blazingspirit]

[Figuring out movement is a little awkward but eventually he manages, pushing himself up and resettling properly on the couch - for a given amount of "proper", anyway, he's still kind of sprawled on it, but at least he's, you know. Out of Mondo's lap.]

So we're actually going to go on dates and shit?

[diamondo]

[Mondo brightens at the question, nodding enthusiastically.]

Yeah, 'course we are! I mean, we're dating now, right? So we'll do shit like that!

[blazingspirit]

Y-Yeah, well. I'd like that, okay?

[Well, there goes the eye contact; he'll try to resume it in a moment, all right.

...he won't be too successful, but he tried.]

Thanks. For wanting to do this with me, I guess.

[diamondo]

Thank you for agreeing to do this with me!

[Honestly, he thought Ishida would have chosen that girl instead of him, but he's not complaining!]

Don't worry 'bout it!

[And with that, he'll just pull Ishida into a one-armed hug.]

[blazingspirit]

[Well, that's just going to get him to cuddle up against you, asshole. :| You cheat so much.]

Yeah, of course! I just needed to think about it for a while, but this is definitely what I want - so of course I'd agree to it!

[diamondo]

[Playing fair is boring though!]

I'm so fucking glad. I mean, 'course I'd want you to be happy but... but I'm glad it's with me, y'know? I guess that sounds really fucking selfish, huh?

[blazingspirit]

Nah, you're allowed.

[...]

I mean, Kirihara's great and all that, but I'd choose you over her every fuckin' time. That's what it came down to, I think.

[diamondo]

Ah, yeah?

[He's not really sure why he's surprised; Ishida certainly does seem to care about him a lot. It shouldn't be surprising that he'd pick Mondo over Kirihara, but it somehow is.]

Well, I'm glad to hear it! I mean, I'd pick you over everyone else too.

[blazingspirit]

...does it surprise you or something? I don't really need anyone else. As long as I have you, I'm okay.

[diamondo]

Well, not really. I guess I wasn't expecting to hear that. You'll always have me, no matter what, alright? I won't leave you. I promise.

[blazingspirit]

You better not.

[It's not entirely serious, though; he trusts that Mondo means what he says, because Mondo is one of the only people he still trusts entirely.]

Yeah, well, I'm not going anywhere either. You make me happy, kyou-

[...............]

...wow, that's awkward.

[diamondo]

...Yeah... Why do you think I haven't been calling you that lately?

[Mondo laughs, though the sound is awkward.]

Guess we'll have to get used to calling each other by name!

[A brief pause, then he returns to what Ishida was saying.]

You make me really happy too! I'm so glad this worked out!

[blazingspirit]

Me too -

[...wait.]

...What, so you want me calling you by first name or something?

[diamondo]

Yeah! It'd be weird to call me by last name now, wouldn't it?

[blazingspirit]

Huh.

[Just. Kind of headtilting a little before he seems to realize and fixes it.]

I guess I could get used to that - it'll be kinda weird for a while, but it'd be nice.

[diamondo]

Yeah! I'd definitely like it!

[Mondo tightens his grip on Ishida for a moment, very pleased with Ishida's words.]

We'll get used to it!

[blazingspirit]

[jfc mondo you are just going to be getting all the nuzzling tonight]

Yeah, of course we will!

[diamondo]

[For awhile, things were really looking up. Mondo and Ishida went on dates and got used to the whole idea of dating. Things were even going well at work for Mondo; he no longer had to be watched like a hawk and was allowed to work on his own.

They had two weeks of peace, then something awful happened.

The part of town they lived in wasn't a bad part at all, but it wasn't all that far from it. Mondo had been tasked with delivering something to the bad part of town. He had no problems delivering the item and was making his way home when he was accosted by a thief.

Mondo has always been good in a fight and it didn't take much for him to defeat his assailant. What he wasn't counting on was backup - and a lot of it. He managed to take out a few more of them, but ultimately the guys snatched his wallet (thank god there wasn't much in there) and stabbed him, leaving him for dead.

The knife wounds are deep enough to be life threatening, but it's the amount of blood that he's losing that worries Mondo. He passes out while attempting to use his coat to stem the blood flow.

Word reaches his work quickly enough and from there, the older man running the front shop quickly departs to the book store where Ishida works, hoping to get the message across.]