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[WHAT THE ACTUAL EFF. Shiemi starts hyperventilating, and scooting away from Shu. HE JUST PULLED A SCYTHE OUT OF HIS- actually Shura does something similar, but-]

Shot it out of you?!

[He nods sadly. Shu can't blame Shiemi for being frightened.]

Gai and I have this ability. We can draw weapons from within ourselves. The gun he used took this out of me by force.

I'm so sorry Shiemi.

[This all must be shocking to her. He'd be able to understand if Shiemi didn't want to be friends after this.]

Does it hurt?

It hurt a lot.

You can try holding this weapon for yourself. [He reaches his arm out and presents the scythe to her.]

I wished that my heart took on a nicer form, but I've hurt people too. The fact that my heart's a weapon reflects that. It's okay if you don't want to speak to me after this.

[She keeps her hands pressed against her chest as she stares at the weapon between them. This is the form of his heart? Not simply an enchanted weapon summoned from inside his body, like Shura?]

You trust me to hold your heart?
[It's okay if you don't want to speak to me after this. Shiemi had considered that, however whenever Shu spoke to her she felt as if there was nothing to fear. He always seems so deeply remorseful of anything bad he's done - even if it's a small thing.]

[He nods and remains silent. Shu trusted Shiemi. She has always been the voice of reason to him and that's what made Shu decide that it was okay to trust her.

It's normal for Shu to blindly trust people, as long as they treat him well. He's still naive that way.]

[Shiemi reaches out. Hesitantly she curls her fingers around the staff to feel its texture and weight. Her heart beat fast. She was scared. What if she dropped it? What if she was so clumsy that it fell right out of her hands, and into the fountain. That would hurt him, right? She takes a deep, nervous breath before accepting the scythe from him. This gesture of trust makes only a little bit of sense to her, but she will comply. This - this is her answer. She refuses to stop talking to him. She will hold his heart, or at least the form of his heart, with care. Friends don't bail after a screw up. They pick up the pieces and try to mend.]

Shu? Do you know what a scythe's original purpose is?

[Shu isn't afraid of letting Shiemi hold his Void. He's already come to a decision and he isn't going to fall back on it because he's scared. He's tired of hurting his friends. Gai desperately tried to explain the situation and he jumped to conclusions. Shu didn't even listen to his childhood friend when he needed help the most.

He was trying so hard not to make another mistake.

Shiemi can decide what to do with his Void. He'd be okay with whatever happened afterwards.]

No, I don't. [He shakes his head.] What is it?

They were made to cut grass. Back when there was no tractors or lawnmowers people used scythes. I'm not sure how they got associated as a weapon, or with death. Maybe people thought the god of death "harvested" the souls? Ah, but it doesn't work like that.

[Shiemi gently sets the bottom of the staff on the ground, and the top half - where the blade is - against her shoulder. She doesn't want to risk fumbling what is precious to Shu. What might hurt him more than he may already be hurting. She wraps her arms around the Void, holding it careful and close. All Shu needs to do is ask, and he can have it back.]
So maybe your heart isn't so hurtful? Maybe if used right it can be helpful?

[A scythe that wasn't used for killing? Shu doesn't look entirely surprised to hear that Shiemi knows about this. She loves gardening and she studied exorcism. It seemed like a natural thing for her to know about.

Shu isn't going to ask for his Void back. Not yet at least. He's still trying to wrap his head around the fact that scythes weren't originally associated with death. He had the wrong idea about his heart.]

Will you give me a second chance? I've hurt you so much from all of this and I'm truly sorry. I can't apologize enough for getting you involved. [That includes Cross too. Shu still has to talk about everything with his roommates as well.]

I want a chance to find out if my heart is capable of doing things other than harm people.

[This wouldn't be the first time Shiemi has given someone a second chance. After seeing Rin go berserk in the forest, rejecting him out of fear, and then making up with him later... She can definitely give Shu a second chance ~~it's not like she was the one stabbed anyway~~. The blonde returns the scythe back to Shu.]

Mm, I'd like to see you find that out, too.

[As soon as Shiemi lets go of Shu's scythe it returns to his body. Shu hasn't mastered his ability yet and because of this he passes out. None of this is Shiemi's fault. He's emotionally exhausted and he can't keep his own powers in check.]

[When Shu loses consciousness Shiemi reaches out to catch him. The girl is pretty surprised when that happenes, and she calls out to him. That's when she realizes he's unconscious. She has to make sure he doesn't hit the stone, or worse fall into the fountain. In this chill with the wind blowing? That would be bad. She guides Shu's body to be sitting next to hers. She'll, uh... just let him lean on her all passed out like. A combination of the wind nipping at her face, her allergies, and embarrassment has her face tomato red. Shiemi sighs, and decides she'll give him ten minutes before she'll start making arrangements to get him back to his apartment.]

[Don't worry, Shiemi. Shu will come to eventually. He's taking a nap for the moment. Ten minutes pass and he's still unconscious. Once he wakes up he won't be able to thank Shiemi enough.

He'll be surprised that Shiemi didn't run away in fear after seeing him pull a weapon out of his body.]

[A-ah, he's still not up and it's chilly outside. She fumbles around to try and piggy-back him to his apartment building. She gets exhausted fairly quick, and when Shiemi has to put him down she remembers she has a giant metal mode of transportation. Flying will probably be faster anyway. Shiemi bids Skarmy to come out, and loads Shu on first. She gets on behind him, and it practically looks like their riding double on a horse. She tucks her arms under his, and holds on to Skarmy's neck as they take off. They make short time, and end up at the community building in one piece. She'll keep Shu on Skarmy to haul him up the stairs. Finally they make it to his residence. Shiemi knocks hoping Cross is home.]

[Cross is home at the moment. He ad just been working on his arm when he heard the knock.

He opens up the door to see Shiemi and...a very knocked out Shu and a giant metal bird.]

Uhhhh...I don't remember ordering an unconscious friend.

S-sorry. He took out his, uh, heart and when he put it back in he fainted.

[The seven foot skarmory cocks its head, and looks down at Cross. She's seen you before. She was out at the bonfire party, but mostly stayed where there weren't a lot of people.]

[Did she just say-?

Yup, certainly did say Shu pulled out his heart.

Cue freak out.]

Shouldn't we be taking him to a doctor rather than dumping him on a couch!? HOW THE HECK IS HE STILL ALIVE IF HE PULLED HIS FREAKING HEART OUT?!

[~~this isn't Once Upon a Time guys.~~]

U-um! Not his real heart! He- he just called it his heart! It was actually a scythe! I'm sorry! Sorry!

Wait, what?! HE HAS A SCYTHE FOR A HEART?! HOW DOES THAT EVEN WORK?!

[He can only grab his head and ruffle his hair in fright, 'cause jeez! That's intense!

It's only now that he just catches onto something Shu mentioned to him earlier.]

Wait a sec-! Did he call it a void or somethin'?

Um, I don't remember.

[Shu did say "Void" once in their discussion, but it was in vague relation to Gai and a gun.]

...Uh well, just bring him in. We can figure something out. Hopefully.

[He'll step aside now for her to bring in a very unconscious, Shu.]

[Shiemi is pretty sure Skarmy's girth won't fit through the door way, so she goes to grab Shu off of her back. It looks like she's struggling, though. Unconscious people are so heavy.]

[If he had known the bird wasn't going to fit in those words wouldn't have been the ones he would've said.]

Ah, Shiemi! I meant let the bird do it!

[He's already moving towards the two and picking Shu up himself (bridal style of course).

He'll just carry Shu on inside and put him on the couch.]

Okay, so uh, what's the full story here?

Um he wanted to tell me what happened when he confronted Gai, and then somehow got to talking about how he needed to make it up to me. And, um. Gave me his scythe-heart. When he put it back in he fainted.

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