Fukurou
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Post by Fukurou on Sept 30, 2009 19:41:10 GMT -4
About fifteen minutes later, Fukurou once more returned. He had seen the cub, and was much more prepared to be attacked this time. He walked down the hallway, stopped at Oki's door, and gave a light knock. "Shall we try this one more time?" he asked...
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Oki
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Post by Oki on Sept 30, 2009 19:42:47 GMT -4
Oki looked up, still holding her hair back out of her face and then looks up at the clock. "Oh no... Is it really that late already?"
Kovu lifted his head and yawned, but made no move to attack. Instead, the tip of his tail gave a small twitch before he laid his head back down.
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Post by Fukurou on Sept 30, 2009 19:49:45 GMT -4
Fukurou walked in. It was still two hours shy of when he said he would pick up Oki to go to the show, but two hours didn't appear to him as though it would be enough time for what Oki apparently had on her plate. "You could use this," he said, trying to set any judgements aside, and placed the tea beside Oki, glancing down at her gradings...
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Post by Oki on Sept 30, 2009 19:53:38 GMT -4
"Thanks," Oki mumbled, pushing the essays aside and rubbing her face with her hands. "I'm so sorry, Fukurou. We had a teacher get assigned to a mission, and we've been trying to divvy up the work to make sure the class is seen to..." She looked at him apologetically. "I'll be at these half the night."
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Post by Fukurou on Sept 30, 2009 19:55:17 GMT -4
"Perhaps then, I should have found you coffee instead?" he asked as though he was offering to return to the market for her at once.
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Post by Oki on Sept 30, 2009 19:56:59 GMT -4
"I don't drink it, but thanks," she said again, picking up the tea and taking a sip. "This will get me through."
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Post by Fukurou on Sept 30, 2009 20:01:09 GMT -4
Fukurou brushed a little lint from his clothes, feeling like dressing up, in retrospect, had been a waste now. "Well, Ms. Oki, I hope that it serves you well, as you endevor to serve your students well..." He sounded a little put out by Oki's work load, but would not say so explicitly...
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Oki
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Post by Oki on Sept 30, 2009 20:07:12 GMT -4
Oki bit her bottom lip lightly, guiltily. She was really batting a thousand lately, it seemed.
"I was trying to get it done early," she said quietly.
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Post by Fukurou on Sept 30, 2009 20:10:03 GMT -4
"That which falls to each of us to acomplish, is rarely of our own volition Ms. Oki. You cannot be held accountable for the deeds of your superiors, nor should you feel guilty for not following through on a promise that was never made..."
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Post by Oki on Sept 30, 2009 20:15:02 GMT -4
"Oddly enough, that doesn't make me feel any better, Fuk. Especially when you come back dressed for the evening."
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Post by Fukurou on Sept 30, 2009 20:17:41 GMT -4
Fukurou forced a smile, but couldn't help but be disappointed none the less. It wasn't for Oki's work, or her cancelation, but truely, he had simply been very much looking forward to the performance. "I contend, you should not feel saddened... Ok... Why would I truely wish to subject myself to sitting amongst that many people. I had only intended to get you free from your bonds in your house...." It felt weird for him to be lying, but he hoped he was doing a good job of it to spare Ms. Oki's feeling in the matter...
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Oki
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Post by Oki on Sept 30, 2009 20:20:45 GMT -4
"Why don't you go without me, Fukurou? You had seemed really excited about the singer. It would do you some good to get out, and it's an opportunity you shouldn't miss. Otomeken's back. Why don't you ask her to go with you? She might welcome the distraction, if Akira's doing better. It sounds like she had a bad mission."
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Post by Fukurou on Sept 30, 2009 20:23:22 GMT -4
"So it is true then," Fukurou said to himself, and seemed even more disappointed now in the fact that his sensai hadn't come to see him since she'd returned some days ago. "I'm affraid I really am not much of a people person Ms. Oki. I do not believe it would do me well to be stuck in a crowded auditorium. But I thank you for your thoughts. I suspect I should leave you to your work then, shall I?"
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Post by Oki on Sept 30, 2009 20:27:42 GMT -4
Oki frowned. "You mean she hasn't contacted you? Things must be bad..."
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Post by Fukurou on Sept 30, 2009 20:31:16 GMT -4
Fukurou couldn't even force a smile to counter that. He tried, and it faded faster than it formed. "Things must be at that." Fukurou didn't know what to think of things. He had too many ideas of what could have possibly happened to be able to even pick one that he believed.
"I apologise for casting a gloom on your evening, Ok," Fukurou said and rose to his feet again...
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