♰ 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐂𝐀𝐋𝐋 : @kagedzuki
careless as he could be, it was rare for rei to be caught in moments of fatigue. unlike his dear brother, he did not often faint in the public campus, being very strict at maintaining his sleep in the quiet, dark band room. however, he had clumsily neglected himself : exhausted by lack of nourishment, and supplements foregone as time became confusing, promises of starting those medications the next day that never coming to fruition… and with the summer heat settling upon yumenosaki, he had become quite childish. now, in the humid dusk, with a storm settling above, the elder was slouched over the cafeteria table outside, arms folded against his chest and hands tucked into his pockets to keep himself tucked-away like a shrouded corpse. and torso flopped over the table-top, as cheek, pressed to the surface, grew puffy and red from laying there so long… quiet snores interrupted by a loud snorting of dry nostrils, before a muted whimper of irritation. his sleep was shallow, but unyielding.
oh my god, is that guy dead?! oh, wait, no, that’s just ritsu-- no, the other one, rei. mika gets so dazed, especially when they are both comparable in appearance sitting down like that, dead to the world. mika stands there, misplaced at first, before feeling his over-heated and battery-drained phone resting in his jacket pocket, unable to do much without his cellphone to call shu and relay him of today’s anxieties -- much less the conversation relating to mika and his adoptive parents' visitation weighing over his head. the doll shifts on his feet, biting at his lip; if he should really check if the guy has kicked the bucket or not, should he tell ritsu? maybe get the shovel? does it compare to which brother he has to make a grave --
oh, he’s alive. the snoring can be heard from the four feet distance, and he takes the plunge into social hell; he’s gotta be good to wake him up, right? the darkness that dances in the sky, the scent of the oncoming humidity, the ozone in the air -- it’s gonna storm, and mika can’t have rei gettin’ drenched. that, and rei has a connection to shu, automatically putting him on high priority.
❝ mmmn, uh, sakuma-senpai? ❞ silence, he’s not gonna wake up from this distance, which makes the doll shuffle in closer and doesn’t DARE touch the undead leader. ❝ sakuma-senpaiiiii, oi, ‘s gonna rain. yer gonna get wet, maybe melt, nnnhm no ‘s a witch... uh, helloooo~! ❞