#× ▋▏thread one 一「 hopeled 」ﾟ

[vamplyrical]

THE HEAT WAS EXCRUCIATING, REALLY, the way the sun blazes down against him. had he not needed to be out this day, he would be happily snugged up into his bed and resting the harsh heat away... if only his bed wasn't within the streets right now, standing upright on wheels being pushed by none other than himself. to anyone who looked, however, they would see a rather elaborate coffin, coated black and tailored with a small cross on the front.

strange looks were a given, especially since the direction he was coming from was the church. and after some time, the heat finally collapses in on him, causing him to stumble to the ground as the ungodly roll of wheels resounds loudly until it comes to an awkward halt in front of a red-headed woman. he sits there, brushing some bangs and sweat from his face, as he looks up to see what could very well be his savior for the day.

❝ Ah~. Young lady, would you be so kind to help in getting this home for me? ❞ nope, no plans of telling her why he was hoisting a coffin through the searing hot heat to the point of near passing out.

@hopeled

[vamplyrical]

SHE POINTS OUT THE UNSAID FACT. if others weren't looking prior, they certainly were now, especially now that it was said aloud. ❝ Quite astute of you, Young Lady. It is, indeed, a coffin. And also my bed, ❞ he tacks on, as if it were only natural to surmise that last particular part. how was anyone supposed to garner it was something to be slept in when all they could see was the outside?

he finally stands up, dusting himself off a little before shading his gaze from the sun.

❝ A moving service? Kufu. Had I done so, would they also not be out in this atrocious heat? ❞ he's going to say this instead of admitting he hadn't exactly thought that they would be willing to move, well, a coffin. ❝ But I appreciate the concern. I'm fine~. Er... will be fine once I return this to my room after it got its upgrades. Would you care to see? ❞ time was of the essence, rei, and the heat? well, it wasn't going to die down anytime soon.

@hopeled

it's like something out of some B-rated comedy. at first cursory glance, Ritsuka assumed this was just someone crazy enough to be trying to move furniture in this heat all by themselves. she hadn't quite made out that the large item on wheels was anything but some oddly shaped box. but as she stands there, watching the not-to-be-mistaken-for-anything-else-coffin roll to a stop before her (squeaky wheels filling the silence), she comes to a realization.

this might as well happen to her.

" That's a coffin." she states matter-of-factly, hand pointing at the piece of furniture while her body leans to the side to better see the one on the ground. " You're pushing a coffin on wheels. Do– do you know that?" shaking her head, she moves around the object to extand a hand out to the other, head tilted. " I don't mind helping you but, uh.....are you sure you're not suffering from heat stroke or something? Also why didn't you just call a moving service?"