week 2 ( thursday );

[reidentify]

[Lief's preparing what he needs for the stakeout tonight—which isn't much, really. Still, better to be safe than sorry (and with his mind distracted by... other things, it's all the more important that he be careful).

It's as he's doing this that he hears a knock on the door. After a pause, he walks over to open it.]

... Lelouch?

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[chessking]

[ probably later? when the hallucination has passed? but for now?

he's. kind of a mess. there's a gasp of pained, broken laughter. ]

That's what you said after you blinded me.

[reidentify]

[He has absolutely no idea what to say to that, because what kind of relationship does Lelouch have with this Suzaku that he would blind him and then be willing to give him water?]

... I am sorry. [...] I cannot stay here for too long, but do you need to sit down?

[chessking]

[ it's complicated, lief. like. 50 episodes and an ova worth of complicated. don't ask if you don't have the time :/

thankfully, the hallucination doesn't last long after that outburst (thank goodness for a 10 minute time limit), because after that, it seems like he's calming down, and when he finally looks up at lief again, it's like he finally registers his surroundings, and he exhales. ]

...... the hallucinations.

[ it's a question, even if it doesn't sound like one. this isn't the first time today that he's experienced them, so he kind of. roughly knows. ]

[reidentify]

[...]

It seems so. Is your eye all right?

[Also, he'd like his bottle back if Lelouch doesn't need it anymore, because he kind of only has the one.]

[chessking]

I...

[ damnit. he has no use for the waterbottle now, so even though he's spilled a little bit of water on the floor from earlier (oops), there's still a substantial amount of water still in it, which is why he hands the bottle back to Lief wordlessly. ]

It's fine now. I was formerly blinded in that eye, and the hallucinations I've been experiencing today seem to have that as a common thread.

[reidentify]

... By the person you called Suzaku.

[chessking]

[ ... he stiffens. ]

... I mentioned that earlier?

[ when he laughs, it's humourless. ]

My best friend held me down while they did it.

[reidentify]

[While Lief has technically been through the experience of being pinned down by his best friend while his other best friend causes him grevious harm, there was at least a very good reason for it (also, he doesn't have any memory of it), so, uh.

He's kind of staring, aghast.]