Five, in which Angel touched the wrong railing

[birdkiddie]

They should have strawberries in the forest by now. Does someone want to go strawberry picking with me?

[ooc: She's affected by this and will be obsessed with your character for a few hours should she see them now (action or video). This will be creepy, but it won't entail any of the other options. Voice and text won't trigger anything.

Also, Permission Post.]

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[hurricanebomber.livejournal.com]

[And they're done at the mansion's entrance now. Gokudera heads toward the forest, still holding Angel's hand.]

D'you know where it is we should be looking for strawberries?

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[talks-to-fish.livejournal.com]

Over there!

[She points to a patch a few hundred feet away.]

...You have siblings, too?

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[hurricanebomber.livejournal.com]

[He heads in that direction. The question makes him think of Bianchi, and he frowns.]

Yeah. I have an older sister.

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[talks-to-fish.livejournal.com]

What kind of perosn is she?

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[hurricanebomber.livejournal.com]

[It's a minute before he answers. He's trying to think of something to say that isn't terrible, because as much as he doesn't really like her most of the time, he does kind of miss his sister.]

She's the kind of person who doesn't always realize what's going on around her.

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[talks-to-fish.livejournal.com]

Do you tell her?

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[hurricanebomber.livejournal.com]

She wouldn't listen.

[Which is assuming he could find the words for it, or that he could be around her long enough to tell her without getting sick. He tended to avoid her unless he absolutely had no choice.]

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[talks-to-fish.livejournal.com]

Why not?

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[hurricanebomber.livejournal.com]

She's older. [And she thinks she knows better than him, especially since their father favored her. At least, Gokudera thinks he did.]

I don't see much of her anyway, most of the time. [She hadn't shown up for the storm ring battle--or any of the other battles at that time. He's more disappointed by that than he would ever admit.]

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[talks-to-fish.livejournal.com]

[She nods slowly and tilts her head.]

Are you angry with your parents because of that?

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[hurricanebomber.livejournal.com]

[he looks at her out of the corners of his eyes. He initially starts to deny being angry with his parents, but...yeah. If she can read his mind, there's no point.]

...Kind of.

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[talks-to-fish.livejournal.com]

Have you tried to talk to them about it? It usually helps me if I talk to the others about it, when something is wrong in the flock.

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[hurricanebomber.livejournal.com]

I haven't talked to my dad in seven or eight years.

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[talks-to-fish.livejournal.com]

Why? because he likes your sister better?

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[hurricanebomber.livejournal.com]

[Gokudera's quiet for a little while, as they reach the spot Angel pointed out. It's not that he doesn't have an answer to the question, it's just something he's never talked to anyone about, not even Tsuna. But knowing she can pick up on his thoughts at least somewhat, he eventually does answer, since he'd rather tell her what he thinks than have her draw her own conclusions.]

...My sister's his wife's child. I'm not.

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[talks-to-fish.livejournal.com]

...that is very important to him? If the mother of his children is married to him or not?

[Trying to keep the anger and confuion out of her voice.]

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[hurricanebomber.livejournal.com]

At home it matters.

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[talks-to-fish.livejournal.com]

Why? It doesn't make you less healthy.

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[hurricanebomber.livejournal.com]

Illegitimate children aren't tolerated.

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[talks-to-fish.livejournal.com]

But the children didn't do anything to become that.

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[hurricanebomber.livejournal.com]

He hid it from me for a long time--who my mother was and how she died.

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[talks-to-fish.livejournal.com]

Why did he hide it? Didn't you need a mother?

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[hurricanebomber.livejournal.com]

[He sighs.] They pretended aneki's mother was mine.

Y'know, it's really not that important.

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[talks-to-fish.livejournal.com]

It sounds like it was important to you.

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[hurricanebomber.livejournal.com]

[He's quiet for a minute. She doesn't even have to be able to read minds to know that it is important to him, and has been for a long time.]

...So, where are the strawberries we're looking for?