"There are two children in a kitchen. One boy is told he can't have a cookie, and picks up a teacup, smashing it on the floor with anger.
Another boy, in a different kitchen, he's trying to cook his mother breakfast in bed. He climbs up on the counter and brings a shelf down accidentally, smashing ten teacups.
"Everything is so urgent now. I keep missing things because all I can think about is what I'm going to do next."
He looks at Break, then back at the wall.
"And I can't tolerate people the way I'd learned to do. When I see them now, knowing they hate me, I know they'll help to Cage me. I used to be fine with that."
"They would. They can't here--or maybe they can't yet. Rei can make fire for however long, who knows what else they'd work on if they thought it would work."
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"...You remember that cut I had a week ago. On my face."
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Head not lifting. He's sprawled on the couch, eyes shut.
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"Sick?"
Yes, he's stalling. A little.
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He instructs him, eye cracking open.
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He sets the pitcher aside.
"It was Al. I goaded him, he hit me. And he told you."
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Break agrees, yawning.
"You were being, from the sounds of things, a bit of a snot- but I yelled at him anyways."
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Lucifer sits cross legged on the floor beside him, and cards his fingers through Break's hair.
"It means something to me that you did. It means a lot. ...I didn't hit him back. And I think I should explain--I'm not out to fight with him."
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Fair is fair.
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He sits back on his hands.
"Between that and the spat with the shinigami, it probably looks like I'm axing the work I was doing before I left."
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He admits, watching him.
"But it does hurt."
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"Well you know what I'm going to try with Jyuushirou. And I think I'm on Al's good side again. It was just- a bad week."
The worst.
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Broken coffee cups, two little children.
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And his memories are still shuffled enough that he could use a reminder.
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Another boy, in a different kitchen, he's trying to cook his mother breakfast in bed. He climbs up on the counter and brings a shelf down accidentally, smashing ten teacups.
Which boy gets in more trouble?"
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Whispering the answer loudly to the hellkitten.
"...the real question is which one you think I've been. This week, not in general."
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Laughing, stretching out.
"Tell me when you know why."
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He moves around so his back is against the couch, his head tilted back to rest against Break's side.
"I'm being lazy today; it's my birthday."
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Patting him atop the head.
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Petting is better than patting.
"I'm glad. That takes a lot of pressure off."
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Since he's being honest.
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Prompting, gently.
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He looks at Break, then back at the wall.
"And I can't tolerate people the way I'd learned to do. When I see them now, knowing they hate me, I know they'll help to Cage me. I used to be fine with that."
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Checking his wording.
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"They would. They can't here--or maybe they can't yet. Rei can make fire for however long, who knows what else they'd work on if they thought it would work."
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