Sigma, for some reason, has decided that Kaoru's developing Magic. I don't think so. The whole money thing is a reference to current threads in dinohouse.
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"Leo? This was delivered for you."
Leo looked at the envelope in his mother's hand before taking it. He didn't usually get mail, not that way. Mio was the closest to writing letters and even she prefered text messages.
"Oh, okay."
"What is it?" Sigma asked, leaning over. He had insisted on hanging around the engineering lab after school, as if to make sure Leo stayed there. He was back to the whole "expose Leo to Magic" thing. Well, that and trying to manipulate Kaoru-san into staying longer as well. Which was hard, but he had Mio's support, in a way. Sigma had told him that he was right, that it looked like Kaoru-san might be developing magic, and so she fell under Sigma's field of interest.
Kaoru-san was going to hate Sigma for it, Leo was sure. And he dreaded the day when she did develop magic and had to deal with Sigma nosing in on things. And he was equally at fault for mentioning it to Sigma. If he hadn't said anything, Sigma wouldn't be paying attention to Kaoru-san's possible magic.
"I don't know." He sat down at the table and opened it, and money fell out, as well as a note.
He read the note carefully. It was from a Shiba Takeru, with deep apologies for what he had done, and some money to make up for what he had done. The language was stiff, and extremely polite. "Who's sending you money?" Sigma asked, curiously.
"I don't know." He shook his head. "Who would-"
A form, a man in uniform. Stiff language, stiff figure. Being held down by computer cables, pain going though his body, his magic rising up and trying to get out.
Had this person, this man, been the uniformed figure? Had he been brainwashed? Was he a good person?
Maybe the school was safe for Leo now, if it was true. Nobody else besides Gentarou, Sigma, and Mio knew that he had magic. Of course, there were always others, the Zodiarts, but nobody would single him out now.
He hoped.
"You know something you're not saying," Sigma told him.
"I want to make sure that what I'm thinking's true," Leo responded, not wanting to get the man into trouble. He looked at the letter, realized that it didn't have a return address. But that didn't matter. Mio might know who it was. It was the kind of thing she would know. "But if it is, I'm safe now."
"Does that mean..." Sigma was looking at him. "Does this mean you're going to be staying at school more? Without me making you?"
"I want to make sure, but yes." Leo was looking at the money. There wasn't much to do with it other than repay the bracelet.
"Oh, good. I'll ask mom to save some for when you start dating." Sigma was grinning.
Leo groaned. "Marie-san is not interested."
"Kaoru-san is. I heard her tell someone."
Leo wondered how much stalking Sigma was doing and if he should warn Kaoru-san. It would be only fair to her. She'd been learning sign, so he might teach her under that guise. "Sigma...."
"She will be a Mage, and you will be dating her, Leo, and that's final!" Sigma shook his head. "But I think you should make sure that the two of you are safe, first, too. So, do what you need to do."
"I will." And then he'd warn Kaoru-san that she should probably transfer schools.
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Date: 2012-07-09 06:02 pm (UTC)--------------
"Leo? This was delivered for you."
Leo looked at the envelope in his mother's hand before taking it. He didn't usually get mail, not that way. Mio was the closest to writing letters and even she prefered text messages.
"Oh, okay."
"What is it?" Sigma asked, leaning over. He had insisted on hanging around the engineering lab after school, as if to make sure Leo stayed there. He was back to the whole "expose Leo to Magic" thing. Well, that and trying to manipulate Kaoru-san into staying longer as well. Which was hard, but he had Mio's support, in a way. Sigma had told him that he was right, that it looked like Kaoru-san might be developing magic, and so she fell under Sigma's field of interest.
Kaoru-san was going to hate Sigma for it, Leo was sure. And he dreaded the day when she did develop magic and had to deal with Sigma nosing in on things. And he was equally at fault for mentioning it to Sigma. If he hadn't said anything, Sigma wouldn't be paying attention to Kaoru-san's possible magic.
"I don't know." He sat down at the table and opened it, and money fell out, as well as a note.
He read the note carefully. It was from a Shiba Takeru, with deep apologies for what he had done, and some money to make up for what he had done. The language was stiff, and extremely polite. "Who's sending you money?" Sigma asked, curiously.
"I don't know." He shook his head. "Who would-"
A form, a man in uniform. Stiff language, stiff figure. Being held down by computer cables, pain going though his body, his magic rising up and trying to get out.
Had this person, this man, been the uniformed figure? Had he been brainwashed? Was he a good person?
Maybe the school was safe for Leo now, if it was true. Nobody else besides Gentarou, Sigma, and Mio knew that he had magic. Of course, there were always others, the Zodiarts, but nobody would single him out now.
He hoped.
"You know something you're not saying," Sigma told him.
"I want to make sure that what I'm thinking's true," Leo responded, not wanting to get the man into trouble. He looked at the letter, realized that it didn't have a return address. But that didn't matter. Mio might know who it was. It was the kind of thing she would know. "But if it is, I'm safe now."
"Does that mean..." Sigma was looking at him. "Does this mean you're going to be staying at school more? Without me making you?"
"I want to make sure, but yes." Leo was looking at the money. There wasn't much to do with it other than repay the bracelet.
"Oh, good. I'll ask mom to save some for when you start dating." Sigma was grinning.
Leo groaned. "Marie-san is not interested."
"Kaoru-san is. I heard her tell someone."
Leo wondered how much stalking Sigma was doing and if he should warn Kaoru-san. It would be only fair to her. She'd been learning sign, so he might teach her under that guise. "Sigma...."
"She will be a Mage, and you will be dating her, Leo, and that's final!" Sigma shook his head. "But I think you should make sure that the two of you are safe, first, too. So, do what you need to do."
"I will." And then he'd warn Kaoru-san that she should probably transfer schools.
It was the least he could do.