[ the pocket watch suffered a cruel and quite sudden death. It will be resurrected on Day 1, week 16. And sport bandages because it was brutally cut in half with a sword for making very loud, sudden noises on day thanks to getting his first real text message.
But, Saitou's in luck. Kazama has enough restraint to not kill harmless pocket watches. Especially when they are tucked away on one's persons. He does, however, suffer from a near heart attack and takes a full ten minutes of staring blankly at his screen before he can manage to type up a response. ]
have you grown so bored that you wish to speak to me?
[ because yes, he has forgotten that earlier text message. he as sure he had deleted it, not sent it off. ]
[It's funny how easy it is to mentally assign tone to a text message that carries none of it. Saitou doesn't read confusion or surprise into that; all he can hear in it is that same cruel arrogance that was all over their fight back home.]
you sent me a message two days ago.
[Like hell does he want to speak to Kazama about anything.]
[It's so easy to be a smartass through text, even though his heart is going at a hundred beats a minute and something in him is still struggling to believe that this is even happening.]
[Petty threats are for people with poor priorities in life.]
how long have you been here
[...priorities like asking questions whose answers will either make him feel worse about himself for not realizing it, make him feel worse about his relationship with Hijikata for not having been told about it, or both.
[ and more than that, Kazama has no intention of stating. It ill pleases him to know it's been a month and counting already. Now, if only he could turn off this foul thing he'd have no more need for pretty words. He would simply ignore Saitou altogether. ]
[That's all Saitou really wants to know, so Kazama won't have to worry much about that. Once he sees that reply he passes his watch off to Souji, to let him see what's happening...and as much as telling anyone what his problem is right now isn't terribly appealing, talking to Souji is infinitely preferable to trying to pry anything else out of Kazama.]
[ he waited a full fifteen minutes, staring at the watch and daring it to make that awful ringing tone yet again. When it didn't, he slowly shifted to put it away, tucking it into the breast pocket of his jacket. Once out of sight, he breathed a sigh of relief because, in truth, that could have gone much, much worse.
And then he made a vow, to never again use this thrice-blasted thing until Hijikata texts him and then it's on ]
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But, Saitou's in luck. Kazama has enough restraint to not kill harmless pocket watches. Especially when they are tucked away on one's persons. He does, however, suffer from a near heart attack and takes a full ten minutes of staring blankly at his screen before he can manage to type up a response. ]
have you grown so bored that you wish to speak to me?
[ because yes, he has forgotten that earlier text message. he as sure he had deleted it, not sent it off. ]
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you sent me a message two days ago.
[Like hell does he want to speak to Kazama about anything.]
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and did this message require a response? i think not
[ can't saitou take a hint? back off, because Kazama has no intention of admitting he'd made a mistake in sending that message at all. ]
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[LERN 2 TYPING, gawd.]
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perhaps you just lack the ability to compreh&emdash;[ spoke too soon. But it's hardly worth correcting the tiny mistake and so he leaves it be.
The watch, after all, cannot sense his ire. ]
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[It's so easy to be a smartass through text, even though his heart is going at a hundred beats a minute and something in him is still struggling to believe that this is even happening.]
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seek me out in person and you will have all the words that matter
[ which is none. The shinsengumi had always spoken better with their actions rather than their words. ]
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how long have you been here
[...priorities like asking questions whose answers will either make him feel worse about himself for not realizing it, make him feel worse about his relationship with Hijikata for not having been told about it, or both.
These are great priorities.]
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[ and more than that, Kazama has no intention of stating. It ill pleases him to know it's been a month and counting already. Now, if only he could turn off this foul thing he'd have no more need for pretty words. He would simply ignore Saitou altogether. ]
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And then he made a vow, to never again use this thrice-blasted thing
until Hijikata texts him and then it's on]