6th Inversion [Vine - Text/Accidental Video]

[ritsu_kouyou]

[The Vine unfurls to show the following letter:



A minute or so after the letter is sent, the mirror opens to show Akiha's bedroom. The fireplace is roaring and Akiha is sitting on the floor before it. Her knees are pulled up and she has her face buried in her arms, black hair pulled back in a ponytail. If one looks closely, her shoulder's shake every now and then.

Clearly, she's oblivious to the mirror's activation, but the Vine and Akiha never did get along...]


[Sent privately to Gal]

Comments

[ritsu_kouyou]

Perhaps it's better if you don't.

[cobbledtogether]

[That doesn't seem to help any. She just stares, puzzled.]

[ritsu_kouyou]

[Akiha gives a soft sigh.]

Gal left because of me and I don't know if she'll come back. Kohaku is in the Clinic recovering from a severe injury and when she's well, she may choose not to come back. Hisui has already been returned to Misaki City. All that's left here with me is you and Kris. Kris won't leave... and I was afraid you might since I'd made you uncomfortable.

[cobbledtogether]

You did not harm me.

[The fact that she could have is not lost on Lambda, but Akiha has said that she wouldn't, and she hadn't. For her, that is enough.]

[ritsu_kouyou]

There are some that would leave over insult or other non-physical reasons. But you're right; I didn't harm you.

[cobbledtogether]

I was not insulted.

[Confused, maybe, but she hadn't taken anything Akiha had said as anything more than a little strange.]

[ritsu_kouyou]

...good.