( something he'd normally find appetizing, but that he's having a hard time thinking much of, right now. something changed in you — like a switch turned.

natsume pulls some bread off the sandwich and squishes it between his fingers, rolling it and rolling it and rolling it... )

The last time I saw her aLIVE, she fulfilled my silly little wish of wanting to go on a date on Christmas EVE. ( his voice is quiet and slow to come, but he's talking. ) We went to her world—we took the elevaTOR.

( bad end. )

There wasn't anyone THERE. The worst possible outcome for Maya Arisu is a world where she's the only person that exISTS. How nice ( natusme continues with a little mirthless chuckle ) that I helped alleviate that Hell for her with my compaNY.

( isn't it sweet? isn't she? ...wasn't she? )

It was summer and unbearably HOT, but she still kept her jacket ON. ( dummy. ) It feels a little wrong that I know how many tallies she has now when she took such precautions to keep me or anyone else from learning it in LIFE.

( but how could he Not see, checking over her body? she matches with hiro. it's funny, but not in a way that makes him want to laugh. )