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[clockmaster]

His father was talking about something or other. He would usually be paying attention, yet there were times when he did get lost in his thoughts, today was one of those days. He was lost in his thoughts looking to Aoko on the other side of the room sleeping in the bed, even if he was as tired as her, Hakuba was fully awake and couldn't sleep at all.

Kenji stopped talking realizing that he wasn’t paying attention. The silence however brought Hakuba back to reality and he was ready to apologize, but his father smiled and stood up. Kenji kissed his bandaged forehead carefully and murmured something about the case. The guards on the door of their room saluted his father as he went out to attend the paperwork as fast as possible.

Hakuba looked at the ceiling, careful not to move his broken arm much, and sighed.

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[dressedinmelody]

Alize smiled tentatively back. She was still awkward with moments like this, but she was slowly getting used to them, and she could tell Hakuba was just as awkward about them as she was. Plus they were rare enough that she knew to appreciate them when she could.

"Welcome, bro," she replied quietly, using the slang term as she'd picked it up in New York. She slid her arms around him in a gentle hug, mindful of his injuries, and felt a bit of the fear and edginess that had been following her since the kidnapping melt away. They were back and alive. Things were going to be okay.