[ her answer comes quickly enough, but it's a quiet, noncommittal tone. her eyes shift back to the lumps of people still huddled around together, lingering a little on iwaizumi in the far corner.
there is no "going back to sleep" if she'd never actually slept at all. ]
I'll probably stop by the cafeteria or vending machine... See if there's anything to eat.
[Rubbing the backs of her hands gently, so careful about those bandages, Oikawa shuts his eyes and just relaxes like this for a long minute - he's trying to think. She needs something to do with her hands to keep her busy, to keep her from chewing on them, if she's really this scared.]
When your fingers heal up, do you want Iwa-chan and I to show you some neat volleyball tricks? [As if they aren't already showing her bits and pieces when she visits - but maybe something as simple as having a ball around to toss and play will could help her.] I can give you one of the volleyballs if you want, so you can try it even when you're with Touka-san.
[He'd have gone with her back into trying to sleep too - she's stuck with him now. Following that look her eyes gave to the rest of the group, ending up with a kinder smile himself, Oikawa fishes his phone out of his pocket to hand to her to hold onto for him.]
Wait for me, Dal Dal-chan, it'll be like a midnight snack date! [Teasing softly, he shifts the items in his arms and starts off to the bathrooms, disappearing behind the door as quickly as he moved.]
[ she gives him a confused look when he hands her his phone. obviously he can't have it in the shower with him, but she assumed he would have set it aside, just like she had. she's not really sure what to make of such blatant trust in her...
well obviously you abuse it, don't you?
quietly, she gives into her curiosity and boredom, slowly looking through his phone... ]
[When he returns after only ten minutes, he is shaking out his shirt and walking with still fairly damp hair, but overall he looks like he has more of a spring to his step - showers do wonders for waking people up a bit more than slouching around feeling grimy ever will. Oikawa takes a minute to slip back into the storage room and trade out his shirts - more like steal one of Iwaizumi's because his are dirty, and come back out while buttoning it partway.
It shows too well that it isn't his shirt, with how it hangs a bit short on his torso, but the arms have plenty of room.]
Ready to go? [Winking while slicking his hair back with his fingers, he shakes his hand a little dry while holding out his hand to take his phone back.]
[He really wishes he didn't telegraph the way he felt so clearly, written onto his expression louder and with more clarity than he could even manage if he voiced it. He didn't really want to talk about it, though, the way he simultaneously missed his best friend more than anything and was wounded to his core that that guy didn't feel the same for him.
It wasn't really that he was all that devastated he couldn't hang out with Hajime some. They'd run into one another at some point, or at class. It was just the compounding effect of the gravity of the situation—like Oikawa seemed to perceive, leaning over to catch Keisuke's line of sight even as he was trying to avoid it.
He makes more of an effort to look at the other guy a little more conversationally.] I... don't know if it's anything as - specific as any of that, but that's probably closer...
[He's realizing belatedly this must be him, the guy that Iwaizumi had lost his fingers trying to save from the creature in the doors. For a moment, his gaze turns a little more appraising.]
I was mostly just wanting to check up on him, I guess... Things have been getting a little weird around here again.
Hey! [ He laughs (he sure didn’t promise not to), taking a step back to dodge the missile before Oikawa intercepts it instead. He doesn’t need to sustain any more injuries from you, Iwaizumi, thanks. ]
Y’know… [ —he begins, once Iwaizumi is out of earshot— ] For a moment I thought he meant you.
[Turning slightly to walk backwards while giving Kuroo a curious look, Oikawa tilted his head before laughing a little and turning right back around just in time to push the bathroom door open.]
No way, he wouldn't talk to me about it if it were actually me. Who is dumb enough to do that?
[ there is a tiny twist at the corner of her mouth when she hands the phone back to him, having stumbled upon a rather... peculiar series of texts. she arches a bit of a brow at the sight of that shirt, too, and... well.
please be gayer, oikawa. you're not reaching optimum levels of gay just yet. ]
[Oikawa is rounding the corner to the hallway for the activity room though with his notebook stuffed with volleyball sheets - mostly write ups for hand outs and some basic things for new people to practice and memorize, like hand signals. Not everyone is a ridiculous pinpoint setter, but he isn't about to expect everyone to know what to do if he does end up setting, so.]
lost count. prob when i was around 2 days old i'd guess
[Whenever he makes it to the room he'll find a table set out with the blanket from their spot in the storage room on the table. The textbook he received in his locker is off to the side, propped up on a chair with Iwaizumi half paying attention to that, looking at his phone the rest of the time when it beeps again.]
[Giving the door a knock - just a brief one, Oikawa is opening it and stepping inside before giving that table a curious look, before shutting the door behind him and glancing briefly. Why does this look like something he should lock the door for? Ah, oh well, Iwa-chan will get it if it needs to be locked. Moving to unload his arms into a different chair, he waves lightly.]
I'm here~ also wow, two days? Iwa-chan's life was so hard even before I came into it!
[Only Oikawa's mind would go to needing to lock the door, Iwaizumi isn't considering this as weird at all.]
More like it was utter bliss. [He glances up from his book, leaving his phone next to it on the chair.] I'm trying to memorise different body parts but it's not sinking in without having anything solid to work with. [He indicates to the book, then the table.] If it'll take too long I can ask someone else though.
[But it's probably less awkward with Oikawa (at least for him...)]
How could it have been bliss without me? You clung to me in your sleep just as much as I clung to you, when we were toddlers.
[At least the table makes more sense now though with that explanation, and Oikawa shakes his head, waving mildly as he moves to it and removes his shoes, before sitting up on the edge.] No no, it's fine. I'm not really busy, I have a lot of free time for hardly going to classes.
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Date: 2015-08-05 02:02 pm (UTC)[ her answer comes quickly enough, but it's a quiet, noncommittal tone. her eyes shift back to the lumps of people still huddled around together, lingering a little on iwaizumi in the far corner.
there is no "going back to sleep" if she'd never actually slept at all. ]
I'll probably stop by the cafeteria or vending machine... See if there's anything to eat.
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Date: 2015-08-05 10:20 pm (UTC)but ill look out for him so none of the ghosts will bug him
dont worry ok tooru?
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Date: 2015-08-06 07:34 pm (UTC)[Rubbing the backs of her hands gently, so careful about those bandages, Oikawa shuts his eyes and just relaxes like this for a long minute - he's trying to think. She needs something to do with her hands to keep her busy, to keep her from chewing on them, if she's really this scared.]
When your fingers heal up, do you want Iwa-chan and I to show you some neat volleyball tricks? [As if they aren't already showing her bits and pieces when she visits - but maybe something as simple as having a ball around to toss and play will could help her.] I can give you one of the volleyballs if you want, so you can try it even when you're with Touka-san.
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Date: 2015-08-06 10:01 pm (UTC)[He'd have gone with her back into trying to sleep too - she's stuck with him now. Following that look her eyes gave to the rest of the group, ending up with a kinder smile himself, Oikawa fishes his phone out of his pocket to hand to her to hold onto for him.]
Wait for me, Dal Dal-chan, it'll be like a midnight snack date! [Teasing softly, he shifts the items in his arms and starts off to the bathrooms, disappearing behind the door as quickly as he moved.]
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Date: 2015-08-07 01:32 pm (UTC)well obviously you abuse it, don't you?
quietly, she gives into her curiosity and boredom, slowly looking through his phone... ]
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Date: 2015-08-08 04:19 am (UTC)i can't help worrying, especially about iwa-chan.
please take care of him.
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Date: 2015-08-08 04:43 am (UTC)It shows too well that it isn't his shirt, with how it hangs a bit short on his torso, but the arms have plenty of room.]
Ready to go? [Winking while slicking his hair back with his fingers, he shakes his hand a little dry while holding out his hand to take his phone back.]
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Date: 2015-08-09 02:47 am (UTC)It wasn't really that he was all that devastated he couldn't hang out with Hajime some. They'd run into one another at some point, or at class. It was just the compounding effect of the gravity of the situation—like Oikawa seemed to perceive, leaning over to catch Keisuke's line of sight even as he was trying to avoid it.
He makes more of an effort to look at the other guy a little more conversationally.] I... don't know if it's anything as - specific as any of that, but that's probably closer...
[He's realizing belatedly this must be him, the guy that Iwaizumi had lost his fingers trying to save from the creature in the doors. For a moment, his gaze turns a little more appraising.]
I was mostly just wanting to check up on him, I guess... Things have been getting a little weird around here again.
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Date: 2015-08-09 03:45 pm (UTC)Y’know… [ —he begins, once Iwaizumi is out of earshot— ] For a moment I thought he meant you.
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Date: 2015-08-10 06:44 am (UTC)[Turning slightly to walk backwards while giving Kuroo a curious look, Oikawa tilted his head before laughing a little and turning right back around just in time to push the bathroom door open.]
No way, he wouldn't talk to me about it if it were actually me. Who is dumb enough to do that?
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Date: 2015-08-10 03:28 pm (UTC)please be gayer, oikawa. you're not reaching optimum levels of gay just yet. ]
Yep. After you.
9th backdated b/c i'm slow apparently
Date: 2015-08-10 05:36 pm (UTC)is it already this time 8D
Date: 2015-08-10 07:50 pm (UTC)what's up?
don't look so happy!!! [tsuns]
Date: 2015-08-10 07:55 pm (UTC)I CANT HELP IT
Date: 2015-08-10 07:56 pm (UTC)shakes head atchu
Date: 2015-08-10 07:58 pm (UTC)we need a table
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Date: 2015-08-10 08:06 pm (UTC)you need me for an activity requiring a table.....
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Date: 2015-08-10 08:07 pm (UTC)ill ask sum1 else????
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Date: 2015-08-10 08:09 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2015-08-10 08:16 pm (UTC)[looks at life. looks at life choices. looks at oikawa.]
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Date: 2015-08-10 08:20 pm (UTC)[Oikawa is rounding the corner to the hallway for the activity room though with his notebook stuffed with volleyball sheets - mostly write ups for hand outs and some basic things for new people to practice and memorize, like hand signals. Not everyone is a ridiculous pinpoint setter, but he isn't about to expect everyone to know what to do if he does end up setting, so.]
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Date: 2015-08-10 08:26 pm (UTC)[Whenever he makes it to the room he'll find a table set out with the blanket from their spot in the storage room on the table. The textbook he received in his locker is off to the side, propped up on a chair with Iwaizumi half paying attention to that, looking at his phone the rest of the time when it beeps again.]
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Date: 2015-08-10 08:43 pm (UTC)I'm here~ also wow, two days? Iwa-chan's life was so hard even before I came into it!
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Date: 2015-08-10 08:50 pm (UTC)More like it was utter bliss. [He glances up from his book, leaving his phone next to it on the chair.] I'm trying to memorise different body parts but it's not sinking in without having anything solid to work with. [He indicates to the book, then the table.] If it'll take too long I can ask someone else though.
[But it's probably less awkward with Oikawa (at least for him...)]
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Date: 2015-08-10 08:57 pm (UTC)[At least the table makes more sense now though with that explanation, and Oikawa shakes his head, waving mildly as he moves to it and removes his shoes, before sitting up on the edge.] No no, it's fine. I'm not really busy, I have a lot of free time for hardly going to classes.