Is it any wonder that it has all fallen asunder

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divinewiind:

She suddenly stopped walking. Did she just hear what he said? He’s from her school? He doesn’t look familiar to her, an upperclassman, maybe?

“Wait, you’re from [xxxx] gakuen?” She asked warily, how come this ‘schoolmate’ of hers ended up in Cairo?

He stops as well, then shrugs. “Dunno. Just walked in here through this random door, honestly. One moment I was hanging out with my boyfriend and going to get some ice cream, the next I’m here.”

That he says all of this so nonchalantly might make it hard to believe though, but then he’s waving a hand dismissively. “Never mind that, what’re you doing in Cairo, huh? Who’re you waiting for, if not a boyfriend? Boyfriends?”

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Reblog with your personality results.

Myers-Briggs: ISTJ

Alignment: Chaotic Neutral

Kinsey Scale: (5) Predominantly homosexual, only incidentally heterosexual.

Hogwarts House: Ravenclaw

Temperament: Melancholic

Bending Type: Metalbender 

[divinewiind-deactivated20200613]

“No thanks.” Oh great, her white lie didn’t work.

She groans internally, praying to god that this man would go away. His gaze screams trouble for her. "No, I don’t even have a boyfriend, and I’m already sixteen.” She starts walking briskly, hoping that he wouldn’t follow.

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“Sixteen already...?” He follows after her, of course, arms raised and hands on the back of his neck, posture cocky as ever.

“And here I thought you were just playing dress up with my school’s uniform.”

[divinewiind-deactivated20200613]

She looks at him with a blank face, asking herself why, out of all the people in the street, she has to deal with a stranger. “No. I’m waiting for someone.” She lies, hoping he could go bother someone else.

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“Waiting for someone, huh? How about I keep you company while you wait?”

He finds it pretty interesting that she’s wearing the uniform from his school. Was she a fellow Stand user? Well, that didn’t really matter yet.

“So...waiting for your boyfriend? Granted...you look a little too young to even have a boyfriend. What are you, twelve?”

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divinewiind

“Aww, what a cute little girl! You lost~?”

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platinumstarlet

“...huh, you look pretty familiar. Pretty, but also familiar.”

[ichxival-blog-deactivated202204]

[ she just interrupts him mid-sentence by punching him again. ]    [ no comment, just another punch to the face. ]

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Yeah, he’s down for good this time. Congrats, Chris.

[ichxival-blog-deactivated202204]

“Ever considered realizing how much of a tool you sound like?”

[ and she just punches him straight in the face ]

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And he’s down, yep. She hits really hard, after all.

Even so, he’s shrugged off worse attacks, so he grins at her after taking a long moment to recover, pinching his nose.

“Honestly though, it’s kind of a waste to just let them hang there. You could rack up so many kills with them. Just gotta figure out if you wanna stab with them or--”

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ichxival​

“Hey, you could poke someone’s eye out with those! Ever considered using them to knock people out?”

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“Who wants to go on a panty raid with me?”

[danpxnn-blog-deactivated2022041]

“…you’re doing this because I once told you my love life was practically non-existent because of my job, right?” He sighs, “Well, I suppos – ”

[ …wait a moment. ] It took him a moment, but as soon as that one, particular word clicked in his mind   – he stopped and looked at Utani in stunned silence. 

He can already just feel the second hand embarrassment. 

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He was going to affirm that yes, his suggestion was because Steel’s love life needed some massive meddling, but then Steel had just suddenly stopped talking and was just staring at him now.

What was his problem now? Or was suggesting that they ought to bond some more not accepta--

Wait.

He just turns completely red, the stunned silence extending to him now. He had slipped up, hadn’t he?

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“…I distinctly remember you saying that you weren’t into girls earlier.”

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“Aw, you remembered!”

“But you’re into girls, right? I thought it’d make for some great bonding time, dad.”

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radios1lence

“Hey Steel! Let’s go pick up some girls!”

[danpxnn-blog-deactivated2022041]

“That’s me. Alive again.” A breath, “You’re…Utani.” 

It all clicked together now. His voice had that mischievous, arrogant tone and the fact that he went directly to asking about his love life again – which frankly, was practically non-existent at this point, he told him before – was enough to piece together the clues.

[ He’s also the one that threw him down the stairs at the end. ] He reminded himself, but he’ll refrain from bringing that up…for now, at least. Utani doesn’t seem to be acting like he was before in those final moments.

However, he practically flinches at the touch, before reaching to move Utani’s hand away. The sensation of being able to feel again was…just uncomfortable after being dead for so long. He’s already half expecting to get pocked and prodded at for flinching.

A long sigh, before pinching his nose in exasperation. “I said this before, but my love life wasn’t particularly interesting as you’d like to imagine.” 

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He raises an eyebrow at the flinch, but lets Steel move his hand away. He considers just putting it back on the man’s chest - maybe even lower - but decides against it, instead shoving his hand into the pocket of his jacket to mirror his other hand.

"Well it’s still pretty fun to imagine, more so now that I know what you look like. Hey, ever thought about doing porn? Pretty sure it’d be easy to find an audience with your looks and voice.”

Then he steps closer, a rather uncertain expression coming over his face. He’s wondered about Steel many, many times before, but had always believed this would be impossible.

“But hey, teasing aside...” His usual smugness leaves his entire demeanor, and he raises a hand to rub the back of his neck. When he speaks again, there’s only warmth there. “I’m glad to finally meet you face to face, Steel.”

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“I could ask the same for you.” He replies simply, shifting slightly on his feet in an attempt to hide his discomfort. He felt uncomfortable just by standing up, every single movement he made feeling horribly disjointed and unnatural. 

Even breathing felt uncomfortable to him – it felt like he was controlling a meat puppet than his own body. ‘Suppose that’s what happens when you’ve been dead for so long.

However, as uncomfortable his current state made him, it wasn’t the most important question on his mind now. That can wait, along with all the other questions he planned on asking in the further. 

But firstly, if he can’t first place who exactly this kid is, he’ll just might as well stop beating around the bush and ask directly.

“Well, the name’s Steel. And you are…?”

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He seems to freeze up at his name, staring. Then he looks him up and down, eyes wide and jaw slack, as if trying to wrap his mind around this. Now that he’s said it, his voice certainly does match the name, but--but--

“Steel as in ghost in the radio Steel?” He doesn’t answer the question, not yet. Instead, without really thinking, he reaches over and places a hand on Steel’s shoulder. “...you are not a ghost.”

His hand moves lower, to his chest. He grins, recalling a small conversation they had had sometime ago. “But you’re pretty hot after all, huh? I’m not gonna understand why girls weren’t all over you, even if you were just working all the time.”

[danpxnn-blog-deactivated2022041]

He turns around to face him with hands resting in jacket pockets, raising an eyebrow at the boy. Red hair, relatively short, not somebody he recognized. But then, there was a lot he didn’t recognize at the moment. He didn’t even recognize himself for a moment.

The voice was recognizable at least, so it must be somebody he gave ‘guidance’ to while he was dead.  Couldn’t place who it was though.

…well, not yet. 

“What about you? I doubt this is a place for lost children either.”

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He pauses, trying to place where he’s heard his voice before. He’s not one of Dio’s men, nor is he one of those Slaves of Fate members. Utani remembers all of them well enough, so this man had to be someone completely new.

But where has he heard that voice before?

He offers up a shrug. “Nope, you’re wrong. That’s actually all you’ll find here, a bunch of lost kids.”

A pause, then he narrows his eyes. “Have we met, old man?”

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radios1lence

“Hey, old man! Are you lost? This isn’t a place for lost elders, you know.”