[ More often than before, Rin has been keeping his phone either in his grasp or in direct line of sight, a change he's adopted to ensure his ability to answer should he get any calls or messages from people he's waiting on. One such person is just who happens to be calling him, and because he'd been otherwise unoccupied he answers almost a little too quickly. ]
Nao? Is that you? [ In a rush of one breath, expectant, demanding. ]
[He says easily with a soft chuckle, though it wasn't the same type he gives when he's happy. Tired, mostly, and probably a reflexive action than anything else.]
Sorry I couldn't call sooner. It looks like I got held up. I hope I didn't worry you so much.
[Goodness knows he made so many people worry already.]
[ His tone is light, carefree, masking (for the most part) the relief that otherwise fills him. There's a soft 'huh?' and then he can't help his own laughter. ]
You're apologizing? Does that mean you chose to vanish off somewhere without your wheelchair or letting anyone know?
[ Rin turns over the new information in his mind, wondering over it and the reasoning behind it for but a few moments before he replies. ]
Huh. I'd say you could've gotten drugged but all this weird magic crap might be the explanation somehow.
[ Is it obvious that he hadn't believed in anything supernatural before this? He sounds bewildered, a tad exasperated - it's a lot harder to figure out things when he can't really wrap his head around it. ]
By all means. I'll make sure to give it to you when we meet.
[He doesn't know if that'll make things better, but at least it would certainly make things easier to understand if he were drugged.]
Where I'm from, the idea of being spirited away into a supernatural world isn't uncommon, but I never really believed it until now. It's a little too surreal. [He pauses for a second though at the words.] Have their names stayed on the phone register?
[ Rin won't really hold him to it but... a hug would be nice, actually. He hasn't gotten one of those in a long number of months. ]
Think lots of people wished that'd happened to them to escape the war. [ He mumbles the words though they're definitely intelligible. ] But I never did either. Hold on.
[ He wants to check to make sure if anything's changed in his contacts. ]
Yeah. Don't know about all of them, but yours and Hiro's were still there. None of my messages would go through to him, it's what made me worried in the first place.
Being spirited away isn't always a better means... but I can see why people would prefer it.
[Ah, that would make sense then, judging by what he's said.] I heard it was the same for me, so I suppose it's a way of this place letting us know that someone's not around but not completely gone either, huh?
[ At least it's a shared gesture, because Rin can't help but smile a little too. Ah... It's hard to convince himself he doesn't actually care about people here. ]
I will, you'll be the first I'll call if he doesn't find you first.
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Nao? Is that you? [ In a rush of one breath, expectant, demanding. ]
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[He says easily with a soft chuckle, though it wasn't the same type he gives when he's happy. Tired, mostly, and probably a reflexive action than anything else.]
Sorry I couldn't call sooner. It looks like I got held up. I hope I didn't worry you so much.
[Goodness knows he made so many people worry already.]
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[ His tone is light, carefree, masking (for the most part) the relief that otherwise fills him. There's a soft 'huh?' and then he can't help his own laughter. ]
You're apologizing? Does that mean you chose to vanish off somewhere without your wheelchair or letting anyone know?
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[He was the one, after all, telling people to watch out for others disappearing. Ironic that it has to happen to him instead.]
But I suppose I wanted to apologize for worrying you, especially after I said I might cause you trouble.
[Like literally after, disappearing like that.]
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I suppose I can forgive you. No chance you'd repay me with a kiss? [ A small pause, and then a girlish giggle - he, of course, had been joking.
Though he wouldn't say no to Nao agreeing. ]
Do you remember anything from when you disappeared?
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[He will never give in, but hey-- at least Rin's joking, right?
... He hopes he is because it's actually weird rejecting someone repeatedly, how do people do that?]
No, not at all. If I were to be honest, I didn't even know I disappeared in the first place. It felt as though I simply woke up from a deep rest.
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[ Rin turns over the new information in his mind, wondering over it and the reasoning behind it for but a few moments before he replies. ]
Huh. I'd say you could've gotten drugged but all this weird magic crap might be the explanation somehow.
[ Is it obvious that he hadn't believed in anything supernatural before this? He sounds bewildered, a tad exasperated - it's a lot harder to figure out things when he can't really wrap his head around it. ]
Lot of people have been disappearing.
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[He doesn't know if that'll make things better, but at least it would certainly make things easier to understand if he were drugged.]
Where I'm from, the idea of being spirited away into a supernatural world isn't uncommon, but I never really believed it until now. It's a little too surreal. [He pauses for a second though at the words.] Have their names stayed on the phone register?
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Think lots of people wished that'd happened to them to escape the war. [ He mumbles the words though they're definitely intelligible. ] But I never did either. Hold on.
[ He wants to check to make sure if anything's changed in his contacts. ]
Yeah. Don't know about all of them, but yours and Hiro's were still there. None of my messages would go through to him, it's what made me worried in the first place.
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[Ah, that would make sense then, judging by what he's said.] I heard it was the same for me, so I suppose it's a way of this place letting us know that someone's not around but not completely gone either, huh?
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[ It'll still bother him when it happens, and he really isn't sure if seeing a contact or not will actually be a comfort but... It's something. ]
Thanks for calling to let me know you're back and okay.
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[He allows a small smile to himself at that, despite himself. It's not like Rin can see it but...]
It's my pleasure. I do hope that we hear from Hiro soon though. Let me know if you hear anything?
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[ At least it's a shared gesture, because Rin can't help but smile a little too. Ah... It's hard to convince himself he doesn't actually care about people here. ]
I will, you'll be the first I'll call if he doesn't find you first.
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