@cutwarmth
maybe it’s bad for Aichi to flinch when he enters the cabin numbered the same as his key. maybe it’s bad to hold the cards in his jacket pocket tightly, like a lifeline, to make sure he’s where he seems to be. (he doesn’t feel out of the ordinary. he’s here, wherever here is.)
there’s someone else in the cabin. that shouldn’t be…abnormal. of course there would be other people. he’s not isolated.
it’s - just -
the greeting is caught in his throat. (maybe he’s scared.)
“um -”
it’s not exactly a word. Aichi wavers there. there’s a small part of him that really, really wants to run away.
you’re not human. he doesn’t say that, because it’s the first person he’s met and he won’t say that and maybe he’s the only human here! maybe it’s another world entirely. but he thinks it, and then follows that thought with they look pretty, which is easier to prove true than the first statement but something he’s not even slightly going to say.
…they’re about the same height. he’s not going to bring that up, either.
Aichi’s been standing here saying nothing for quite some time now, so he should either run or actually try and say something, and because bravery is still a foreign concept but one he can finally touch, he clutches the key to his chest and says -
“who are you…?”
which, still, isn’t a start. (the key isn’t bravery, after all.)









