Oᴘᴇɴ Pᴏsᴛ; Yuuko Ichihara Fʀᴏᴍ xxxHOLiC

[granter]

character; Yuuko Ichihara
canon; xxxHOLiC
strength; ✦✦✦✦✧

default canon point: Chapter 130
notes; ---

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[soulectomy]

[ they've met numerous times before by introduction of Lady Sumeragi. ]

[ The name Yuuko Ichihara was commonly brought up when mediums were discussed, the field was small - it wasn't at all surprising that there was three degrees of separation between mystics. But this is the first time, he comes to her with a wish. ]

[ Subaru is not good at adapting or moving forward. He doesn't even own a mobile phone. So the call comes from a pay phone in Kyoto. ]

- Ichihara-san?

[ Subaru is always so polite. ]

[granter]

[The shop phone rings, and as always, Yuuko smiles. It seemed to be there as a formality, and Watanuki-kun had remarked before on how he rarely heard it or saw Yuuko using it. To this, she would always laugh and brush away his worries with a whimsical comment, because it something that he would realize eventually, she was sure.

She picks up the old-fashioned phone, bringing it slowly to her ear. Before she even hears the voice, she knows who's calling, and her tone isn't quite as cool and distant as it is for other customers, at least. Call it a bit of sentimentality.]

Good afternoon, Sumeragi-san. It's been quite a while, hasn't it?

[soulectomy]

[ a while. is perhaps cutting it. it's been what feels like years and the form of address - the careful indication in Yuuko's words: 'Sumeragi' - make him feel off balance and distance. Somewhere at his core there is still that nervous sixteen year old, it manifests itself in idle twirling of the pay phone's chord. He is Sumeragi no longer - the name feels distant and like a jarring stab against his heart. He is a shell of the man Yuuko had referenced. ]

It has. I hope the years have treated you kindly.

[ He hopes, silently, that they were better to you then they were for me. ]

[ Subaru is delightedly fond of small talk. ]