[Emi couldn't fault him for looking like he was worried anyway. He knew how that went, finding out about shit long after anything could be done. It didn't matter how badly you would have wanted to help, things had already kept moving forward. All that was left was to move with them, but that didn't change the hurt that would creep into your heart.]

Yeah...

[Thoughts drifting back to Eiji (and Chou, too), Emi's glowering expression softened considerably with immeasurable fondness. No one had had to show up, but they had. And if there were anyone that would have been able to find him amongst all those blossoms... He would. He did. Emi almost smiled a bit, the notion flickering on his lips before settling into something that was just calm.]

It was a tsubaki spirit. She thought we'd be good companions, so she tried to make me part of her tree. [He gave a vague shrug, not really specifying why she would have thought that was a good idea. Honestly, she hadn't been that terrible once he'd stop putting up a fight and let her talk.] Eiji found me though, before she finished, even though he... Well. Doesn't matter. He found me.

So I've just been sleeping for forever and puking flowers sometimes. It's. Definitely a way to pass the time.