paradisa | twenty-two

[ 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.

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[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.

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.]

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.

[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?

[Yeah, she would have to agree there. Even with the language used.]

Ah, yes... I suppose it is. But you don't have to bring anything...if you don't want to.

Oh don't be silly. If I'm coming to visit I've got to bring something

You-- [But then she sighs. Something still seemed so entirely wrong about this, but she couldn't put her finger on what. And really, it is not the time to argue a point like this.]

If...if it's what you want to do, Phoebe-san. But please...don't feel like you have to go out of your way for it.

Oh don't be silly, it's no trouble at all. I'll be there in a jiffy

Ah, all right... [She's uncertain, if only because Phoebe sounds...way too chipper. If this is how she copes or if this is the castle interfering, it still is difficult to deal with such happy emotions. Even over someone getting to go home.]