Before the first trial

[alchemicalwater]

[You can bet your ass that she is pulling Akira aside.]

I want to help them.

Comments

[alchemicalwater]

[The label is big enough to hide almost all of it so!

And Akira's laugh there makes Undine finally smile too.]

I can't have my reaper-partner going into a trial without his caffeine, now can I?

[purrtagonist]

[GOOD ENOUGH]

I might run out of battery juice halfway through if you did, and that wouldn't help anyone, would it?

[alchemicalwater]

Exactly! So this is just me keeping you fighting-ready.

[purrtagonist]

[his smile softens a bit as he pops the lid off of the bottle and takes a swig, eyes slipping shut. aaaah, coffee. it isn't Leblanc's, but it hits the spot after nothing but stupidly sweet soda the past few days]

[he lets out a breath, soaking in the sudden rush of espresso, before he talks again, voice soft]

Feeling better, now?

[alchemicalwater]

A little, yes.

[She's not really better, but calmer? She can go into this with a clear head at least.]

Thank you, for helping me.

[purrtagonist]

You're welcome.

[always]

. . . you know. [while they're on the subject of their fellow reapers? sort of] Truthfully, I don't really know how much I can trust the others at this point, either. All of us seem to have our own set of goals, don't we?