After the Beach
Aug. 28th, 2010 11:02 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
seigaku_no_nekoIt's been a day or so since Eiji went home after this, and he's out around downtown Tokyo with his friends.
He still hasn't told Ōishi anything about Milliways yet. His thought process is making the slow transition from "I'll tell him soon, of course!" to "Maybe I just won't tell him…"
But he remembers that he promised Jordan a visit, and now admittedly seems like the perfect time. He has to wait until all of his friends are properly distracted with shopping—which takes forever; it finally happens at a tennis store—so he can excuse himself to "go find a bathroom." There's not one in the shop itself, which is a great excuse to go outside looking for a door.
Eiji's a little nervous. He's never done this before; the only door that's worked for him so far has been the one in the storage shed. But maybe if he can just concentrate…
Damn it! All of the shops have freakin' glass doors. He ducks into an alley somewhere, where he sees a door, but it's locked.
He finally resorts to a department store, when he sees that some of the fitting rooms in the clothing section have doors that cover the entirety of their door frames. It'd be a little weird getting back out with two people, but it's the only thing he could find, and he promised he'd be ready.
The first time he opens it, he forgets to concentrate, and it turns out to just be the fitting room. He closes the door again, looks around sheepishly, and tries to focus.
Milliways. Milliways, milliways, milliways…
Eiji opens the door.
He still hasn't told Ōishi anything about Milliways yet. His thought process is making the slow transition from "I'll tell him soon, of course!" to "Maybe I just won't tell him…"
But he remembers that he promised Jordan a visit, and now admittedly seems like the perfect time. He has to wait until all of his friends are properly distracted with shopping—which takes forever; it finally happens at a tennis store—so he can excuse himself to "go find a bathroom." There's not one in the shop itself, which is a great excuse to go outside looking for a door.
Eiji's a little nervous. He's never done this before; the only door that's worked for him so far has been the one in the storage shed. But maybe if he can just concentrate…
Damn it! All of the shops have freakin' glass doors. He ducks into an alley somewhere, where he sees a door, but it's locked.
He finally resorts to a department store, when he sees that some of the fitting rooms in the clothing section have doors that cover the entirety of their door frames. It'd be a little weird getting back out with two people, but it's the only thing he could find, and he promised he'd be ready.
The first time he opens it, he forgets to concentrate, and it turns out to just be the fitting room. He closes the door again, looks around sheepishly, and tries to focus.
Milliways. Milliways, milliways, milliways…
Eiji opens the door.
