( Immediately after stopping the ritual there is sunlight, washing over the Lighthouse and all of Shiokawa. Ayaka isn't awake to see any of it. From what she hears later, they have to drag her outside and that is when she awakens. It's not by much, though: her body feels like its finally giving out.
It doesn't, though. She's much tougher than that. Running on fumes until the rest of the crew is gone, save for Toshiaki.
He's been crashing here on the couch alongside Miku, but Miku needs to get back to her grandmother now that, you know, the world has been saved.
So its just them.
She's not banking on some big romantic moment with Toshiaki now or any time soon, not so quickly after the world has been saved. Seated in the living room with him, the both of them finally bandaged ... Ayaka has to laugh. )
I didn't think it'd be this quiet after ... after all that.
[ That laughter sounds tired, but its welcome to Toshiaki's ears. He's at the kotatsu, feeling physically sleepy and mentally sluggish. There's a sense of accomplishment in tandem with the feeling of waiting for the other shoe to drop. For another monster, another fight, another cultist gone rogue trying to kill them.
His smile is one he can't help, even if it might look a little sardonic. ]
Kind of lucky we get an 'after' in the first place. I don't mind the quiet one bit.
[ That's not to say it isn't weird, however.
Toshiaki sits up a little, leaning his forearms more solidly on the kotatsu. ]
Is there something on your mind that you need to talk about?
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Date: 2025-12-10 05:07 pm (UTC)It doesn't, though. She's much tougher than that. Running on fumes until the rest of the crew is gone, save for Toshiaki.
He's been crashing here on the couch alongside Miku, but Miku needs to get back to her grandmother now that, you know, the world has been saved.
So its just them.
She's not banking on some big romantic moment with Toshiaki now or any time soon, not so quickly after the world has been saved. Seated in the living room with him, the both of them finally bandaged ... Ayaka has to laugh. )
I didn't think it'd be this quiet after ... after all that.
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Date: 2025-12-11 12:04 am (UTC)His smile is one he can't help, even if it might look a little sardonic. ]
Kind of lucky we get an 'after' in the first place. I don't mind the quiet one bit.
[ That's not to say it isn't weird, however.
Toshiaki sits up a little, leaning his forearms more solidly on the kotatsu. ]
Is there something on your mind that you need to talk about?