[ that's fine, he's patient. but when he gets that, he's beelining it over there immediately and busting right in. he's running and running and running and just
smack.
right into him.
tightly, clutching at him. the sort of squeeze that tells him to breathe. ]
[ he's not even sitting down as eiden comes barreling into the exhibit he's standing in. his jacket's been switched out - he was wearing the leather jacket last night, but now he's wearing the one from home.
the one that fei du was wearing during their lockin. it smells like his cologne, like wenzhou's cigarette smoke.
there's no response at first again. but a heaving breath leaves him, hitched up from the pit of his chest like a heart-sized stone, and he buries his face into eiden's neck and shoulder wetly, arms coming around him. ]
[ eiden just holds him tighter when wenzhou breathes out, fingers under the jacket to grip onto his shirt instead. it feels too precious for him to touch, so he doesn't. he lets out a long shuddering sigh not long after and buries his face quietly. ]
Got you... I got you...
[ something hooks into his voice then. they'll do this the way the game wants them to do this, as bullshit as it is. they'll play. ]
They won't slip away. [ wenzhou knows who he's talking about. ] We'll find out what happened to Fei Du. [ resolute ]
[ a choked noise escapes him, and wenzhou - half laughs, a broken noise, wet, before he squeezes tighter. his fists curl in eiden's shirt, almost mirroring him if he's still wearing that goddamn haori.
because they've both lost, haven't they? ]
Nahri knows. [ softly ] Not that it was you that gave us the information, or where it came from, but Fei Du told her froggystyle likely killed Shenhe.
We were right. They had to have done it again. Whether it was - whether it was him, or Lao Fukuzawa, or Shen, or Zelda... they had to have gone after someone again.
[ he is right now, but it'll be gone later. he's returning it home, so to speak after he goes to see kyoko. eiden's jaw is just set tightly at this point. there were two last time, it only makes sense it'd be two again.
why stop?
but now there's even more. it's so hard to breathe, but he's managing it anyways. ]
I know Justice will take care of Yukichi's case. I'm going to chase this one to the root with you. [ he just nods softly. ] Nahri should be in on it at this point. I feel like it'd be unfair to keep her on the outside when she could help. When I know she'd want to help.
[ four. four goddamn deaths, erasures, whatever. four losses, leaving them with twenty-five people grieving their deaths. there are always more victims than the deceased, and while he maintains - even now, this far in - that even some of the killers could be victims...
not this time.
not this week.
not with fei du dead, after he fell asleep with him in his arms. after they spent an hour just being people, enjoying their time together, playing in the snow. sharing memories that were embarrassing and harmless compared to what they had faced this week already. and they lost three people from that group.
but fei du - ]
... thanks, Eiden. [ quiet, a little... lost, really. ] I'll rope Kyoko in on my end, let her know where we should start. I -
[ a beat. ]
Fei Du's an idiot, but he's the smartest person I've ever met. He'd have left behind more than enough for us to go off of. We can figure it out.
[ at four, this is just purely malicious. someone's trying to get the job done and get it done fast. his heart is racing now at the thought and he's lost in more than that as he closes his eyes and furrows his brow tightly. this is such a mess, he has no idea where to even begin or what to think or do or say.
he has to keep gyuhyuk under control too, tomorrow. the thought alone makes him want to fucking peel his own skin off. ]
We just have to make sure we don't stray from the path. No one distracts us. If people want to work on another case, they're more than welcome to, but the sooner we've got an answer for one, the more certain we can be that we do the right thing when it's nine. [ swallowing tightly. ]
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smack.
right into him.
tightly, clutching at him. the sort of squeeze that tells him to breathe. ]
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the one that fei du was wearing during their lockin. it smells like his cologne, like wenzhou's cigarette smoke.
there's no response at first again. but a heaving breath leaves him, hitched up from the pit of his chest like a heart-sized stone, and he buries his face into eiden's neck and shoulder wetly, arms coming around him. ]
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Got you... I got you...
[ something hooks into his voice then. they'll do this the way the game wants them to do this, as bullshit as it is. they'll play. ]
They won't slip away. [ wenzhou knows who he's talking about. ] We'll find out what happened to Fei Du. [ resolute ]
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because they've both lost, haven't they? ]
Nahri knows. [ softly ] Not that it was you that gave us the information, or where it came from, but Fei Du told her froggystyle likely killed Shenhe.
We were right. They had to have done it again. Whether it was - whether it was him, or Lao Fukuzawa, or Shen, or Zelda... they had to have gone after someone again.
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why stop?
but now there's even more. it's so hard to breathe, but he's managing it anyways. ]
I know Justice will take care of Yukichi's case. I'm going to chase this one to the root with you. [ he just nods softly. ] Nahri should be in on it at this point. I feel like it'd be unfair to keep her on the outside when she could help. When I know she'd want to help.
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not this time.
not this week.
not with fei du dead, after he fell asleep with him in his arms. after they spent an hour just being people, enjoying their time together, playing in the snow. sharing memories that were embarrassing and harmless compared to what they had faced this week already. and they lost three people from that group.
but fei du - ]
... thanks, Eiden. [ quiet, a little... lost, really. ] I'll rope Kyoko in on my end, let her know where we should start. I -
[ a beat. ]
Fei Du's an idiot, but he's the smartest person I've ever met. He'd have left behind more than enough for us to go off of. We can figure it out.
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[ at four, this is just purely malicious. someone's trying to get the job done and get it done fast. his heart is racing now at the thought and he's lost in more than that as he closes his eyes and furrows his brow tightly. this is such a mess, he has no idea where to even begin or what to think or do or say.
he has to keep gyuhyuk under control too, tomorrow. the thought alone makes him want to fucking peel his own skin off. ]
We just have to make sure we don't stray from the path. No one distracts us. If people want to work on another case, they're more than welcome to, but the sooner we've got an answer for one, the more certain we can be that we do the right thing when it's nine. [ swallowing tightly. ]