twenty-two

[hyuuga]

[ filtered ; Phoebe ]

[For the longest while, it's left blank. Hinata isn't quite sure how to say it, or even what she wants to say. Telling friends someone had left is one thing, telling their family is another.

It has to be like removing bandages, right? Just a deep breath, and...do it.]

Um, I...I know we don't know each other too well, and so. Um. I. I'm sorry. But, um. I don't know how to say this, so I just will. I-I...I think Piper's gone. Home, that is.

[ /phoebe ]
[A little after alerting Phoebe, she'll once again find herself staring at a blank page, trying to figure out how to tell others that yes, Piper has returned home. And that she's just so unsure about this and everything. To keep admitting it is something she's not sure she's comfortable with or will be. How does one even become comfortable with the fact that their (best) friend has left the castle for a world she will never visit?

She sighs and does her best to speak clearly.]

Um, for those...those that knew her. Piper, that is. She's...returned home. I'm sorry. And....I-I think she'll be happy there..happier than she was here.

Comments

[spongetastic]

[Peter doesn't respond, but he does get prepared to comfort. This castle sucks]

[Hinata]

[ino]

[awww, hinata ... bb ... :( ]

Hey, are you okay?

[Ino]

[hyuuga]

I'm... ['OK' almost manages to be said, but it catches. She's not. She's really not. But it's her problem.]

...I'll be all right, Ino-chan. Um, at least...it's OK if I spend more time at the house with...with you and Sakura, right?

[Hinata]

[ino]

Eh? Of course you can! It's your house too, you know.

[even if she's not doing that great now, ino's hoping spending some time together between the three of them will help cheer her up a little]

[Ino]

[hyuuga]

...Thank you.

[She meant more so on a permanent basis, not the spending every other night or so there like she has been. It's just...it's too empty and full and quiet.

And she is honestly hoping that spending more time with them will help, too.]

Um, I...I'll probably be by later. I need... ['some time alone.' Some time to make it look like I haven't been crying.'] ...I just have some things to...to take care of.

[shrugs_a_lot]

[Maybe it's his idea but does she sound sad?]

What about you?

[hyuuga]

[She does, but she's trying to hide it. Along with the fact that she might have cried. After how many friends she's had leave, you'd think it would get easier...]

I...I'm...happy, too. She was never really happy here, but...maybe at home.

[shrugs_a_lot]

... Wanna do somethin'? [Excuse him he's not good at comforting people.]

[hyuuga]

[It's cool, most people she knows aren't. So she does recognize it for what it's worth.]

Thank you, but...but you don't have to offer if you don't want to go..

[shrugs_a_lot]

Who said I don't wanna?

[hyuuga]

I...I just-- ['assumed'.] Um, never mind. I-I think...it would be nice to.

[demontobeloved]

Piper...? Piper Halliwell?

[Well, crap.]

[hyuuga]

Mm, yes. Piper Halliwell. I'm sorry...

[demontobeloved]

...Have you told Phoebe?

[hyuuga]

Yes, um. I...I filtered the news to her. Since I'm not...too sure where to find her. [Or even if being told in person would be better.]

[demontobeloved]

Thanks. For telling her, and us.

[hyuuga]

You're welcome. Um, again, I'm sorry... Hearing these things, it's never good.

Hinata 1/3

[kungfuwitch]

[There's silence for a loooooooooooooong moment as this sinks in.]

gone...

Hinata 2/3

[kungfuwitch]

They're both... gone.

[She takes a shuddering breath. Having only one sister here was one thing. Even if they didn't talk as often as she'd have liked she was still THERE. She could just open the journal or walk down town and she'd be there. Piper... would be there. Even when she'd moved to New York she could call Piper on the phone. When she moved to Hong Kong they were just a phone call or an orb away. Now nothing. There's just... nothing. No sisters. No Power of 3. Just Phoebe and her broken heart.

Paige... Piper. I'm... I can't... I don't... she can't...

[She struggles to find words. She knows Hinata must be hurting, too, but she can't push past her own anger and sorrow to even begin to help someone else. She collapses in a chair, covering her mouth to stifle a sob]

Hinata 3/3

[kungfuwitch]

[And then it's like a switch being flipped. She freezes, silent for a moment before taking another breath and straightening. Somehow everything seems okay. Piper was okay. She was home, she was going home to Leo and even though Prue had just died they were going to find Paige and she'd have Wyatt and Chris and everything would be okay. So what is there to worry about?

Her voice takes on a decidedly cheerful tone and she smiles]

Thank you for telling me, Hinata. Oh my, that means you're in that house all alone, doesn't it. Just give me a little while and I'll make you some cookies and come to visit. Oh! I should bring you some of those beautiful flowers I saw in the shop the other day.

((ooc: Welcome to Phoebe's loss, Hinata. She'll... apologize later for being weird.))

Phoebe 1/2

[hyuuga]

Phoebe-- [There's something she was going to say. An apology, an offer for comfort (however unknowing she is of giving it), something, anything. Losing a friend was hard enough, losing family was entirely different. And she could easily hear the signs of loss as it sank in.]

Phoebe

[hyuuga]

[But...but that reaction.

It's Hinata's turn to stare at her journal in silent shock for more than a few seconds. Has Phoebe lost it? Hinata knew about coping mechanisms, but this...this is beyond that.]

Y-y-you... Are you--? [She takes in a deep breath. Trying to figure out if it would be healthy for her to indulge her in this.] Please, you...you don't have to push yourself to do that.

Hinata

[kungfuwitch]

No, no, it's no trouble at all. I pass the flower shop on the way to the house, after all.

[Because, clearly, that's what Hinata meant by pushing herself, right? Right.]

Phoebe

[hyuuga]

That's not-- [But she catches herself. Because if this was Phoebe's way of coping, then...it isn't entirely her place to say if it was wrong or not.

She sighs. Breaking Phoebe was not what she intended to do..]

I'm just... Um. If that's what you want to do. The house is also yours, too, after all.

Hinata

[kungfuwitch]

[It's okay, Hinata. It's not your fault the castle's a dick]

Well then that's all the more reason for me to come and visit now, isn't it?