[Eddie isn't sure what he expected Ryou's reaction to his disappearance would be. He'd been so caught up in worrying about how he'd respond to the confession that it didn't even occur to him to think about it.]
[Stupid. God, he's so stupid. That stunned, closed off expression-- what must he think, when Eddie just dropped off the face of the earth without so much as a text message? Haruhi said nobody reported him missing.]
[Ryou might have frozen, but Eddie can't stand the distance. He closes it, hands hovering awkwardly like he'd like to touch his friend's shoulders but isn't sure if he's allowed.]
Fuck, they-- dad really didn't report me missing, did he?
[He knows the standard excuse the team's been using to cover their disappearances. Hell, he'd known it before they told him, because his best friend is into the occult and rumors about kids from other schools vanishing and being found on the riverbed with strange bruises and no memories of where they'd been is the sort of thing Ryou pays attention to. The fact that the prior missing kids seem to be finding the later ones is something the police have kept closer to the chest, though.]
[He takes a deep breath. He came here to be brave. He can talk about the stupid situation without immediately breaking down.]
Are you--
[Never mind, not brave enough.]
Please don't be pissed at me, I swear I would have texted you if I could have, I don't-- I don't remember most of it, but I didn't have my phone and...
![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png){kind=small}
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
winterfish
no subject
Date: 2021-06-07 11:51 am (UTC)[Stupid. God, he's so stupid. That stunned, closed off expression-- what must he think, when Eddie just dropped off the face of the earth without so much as a text message? Haruhi said nobody reported him missing.]
[Ryou might have frozen, but Eddie can't stand the distance. He closes it, hands hovering awkwardly like he'd like to touch his friend's shoulders but isn't sure if he's allowed.]
Fuck, they-- dad really didn't report me missing, did he?
[He knows the standard excuse the team's been using to cover their disappearances. Hell, he'd known it before they told him, because his best friend is into the occult and rumors about kids from other schools vanishing and being found on the riverbed with strange bruises and no memories of where they'd been is the sort of thing Ryou pays attention to. The fact that the prior missing kids seem to be finding the later ones is something the police have kept closer to the chest, though.]
[He takes a deep breath. He came here to be brave. He can talk about the stupid situation without immediately breaking down.]
Are you--
[Never mind, not brave enough.]
Please don't be pissed at me, I swear I would have texted you if I could have, I don't-- I don't remember most of it, but I didn't have my phone and...
[He looks like he's about to cry.]