entrancelogs | [Incomplete] Robin & Linali

Who: Robin & Linali.
Where Random corridor; window.
When: When Allen left.
Rating: PG.
Summary: Linali emo-es over Allen's disappearance; Robin to the rescue!
the Story:

He was gone. He was really gone, this time. Linali stood, staring out of a window - she wasn't quite sure which one - as the emotions within twirled round and round each other, entangling and knotting. No one seemed to know what had happened to Alle- she heard a sob, and looked at her surroundings to see who it was, only to realize that the alien sound had come from herself. Her knuckles were turning white from gripping the window sill too hard; her lips threatening to bleed as her teeth sank down upon them again.

Once had been enough; losing Alle - tears threatened to spill again - great, now she couldn't even think of his full name without crying. Losing him once had been a terrifying experience. She'd even been prepared to send herself to death with the battle with that AKUMA - she'd been a total wreck at that point in time, causing trouble to Anita, to Miranda, to Rabi. It would do no good to crumble to pieces this time, again.

But she couldn't help it. The mansion was cruel - she didn't know if he had managed to get home safely, or died again or sent into another crashing world or, or... there were too many possibilities. Either way, he had disappeared out of her life again.

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Robin walked down the corrider when he saw Rinali standing by the window, crying. He frowned. It seemed his friend seemed to be devastated that his doppleganger was gone. Silently nearing her, he wondered what he could say to comfort the girl. He hadn't even met Allen face to face.

"Rinali-san...are you alright?" he asked, placing his normal hand on her shoulder.

Linali jumped a little when she felt someone put their hand on her shoulder. She turned towards the voice but couldn't tell who it was because her eyes were filled with saltwater that was threatening to spill, blurring her vision. The voice seemed quite familiar though. Almost identical to his. No, it couldn't be.

"Allen-kun...?"

Robin looked guiltily at her while handing Rinali a handkerchief. "I'm sorry..It's Robin.." he answered quietly, lowering her head and looking down at the ground. "I'm sorry.."

"I'm sorry..It's Robin.."

Rubbing an arm across her eyes to rid them of the tears, Linali blinked and looked up again. Robin... Ah, Robin-kun. The one who looked so much like him. She accepted the handkerchief thankfully, although her sleeve had done the job. It would come in handy later on, she was sure. She winced a little as her fingers left the window sill when she dropped her other arm to her side - her knuckles hurt from the pressure she'd been applying on them earlier on, before Robin came.

She sucked in air, then attempted to speak in complete sentences. "Don't apologize, Robin-kun." It wasn't his fault - it wasn't anyone's fault. She just hoped that he was safe, wherever he was, she just hoped that nothing bad had happened to him.

Robin looked up at Rinali's face. "But....I..I look so much like him..and.." he trailed off. Maybe it had been an bad idea to talk to her right now. So soon after the girl's friend disappeared. "I'm sorry..Do you want me to go?"

They were just too alike. In both appearances and personality. Although, Robin-kun seemed to have this feminine quality to his expressions and speech which he didn't possess. But it really wasn't Robin's fault, so she didn't want him apologizing for something he hadn't done.

She breathed in again. "No no, it's all right. Thank you for speaking to me," she began, then trailed off for the lack of anything better to say.

"Are you sure? If I am making you uncomfortable, please tell me," he said, taking Rinali's hand and holding it, looking at her worriedly. It was rather forward of him, but right now he was more worried about his new friend's feelings to care about being forward or not.

Tensing a little because of natural instincts - exorcists had been trained to be on guard all the time, whether they liked it or not, and Linali had only met Robin once, maybe twice. In fact, the only person she could be fully comfortable with was probably Komui-niisan, whom she was missing quite terribly now, especially with the disappearance of Allen. But she knew Robin meant no harm, and merely wanted to help her. Chiding herself inwardly for being overly cautious, she forced herself to relax in Robin's hold and attempted to smile.

It was a bad attempt, and she knew it, but trying to smile was better than holding back tears. "You're too kind, Robin-kun." Just like Allen-kun, she added silently.

Robin frowned inside at Rinali's attempt to fake a smile, but didn't want to comment on it, fearing that he would hurt Rinali's feelings or something. "Um..is..is there anything you would like to do right now?" he asked, letting go of one hand, but still holding the other.

When Linali saw Robin frown, she wondered if she had done something to upset him, but let the matter rest when the boy asked her a question. He was really trying to hard to cheer her up, and it wouldn't do to keep moping about. If there was one thing she wanted to do now, it would be to look for Allen-kun, but that was probably out of the question. She could already visualize Robin's crestfallen expression if she voiced out her thoughts, and decided to let those remain silent.

Instead, she tightened her previously limp hand in Robin's hold and looked him in the eye; something she had not been able to do earlier on because Allen and Robin were so similar.

"Taking a walk in the garden would be nice," she said, all the while praying that her voice wouldn't crack despite her fake cheer.

Robin smiled an encouraging smile. He knew Rinali was trying to worry him, and he really wanted to make her happy again, so she could smile for real. "Alright then! Let's go to the garden!" he said, pulling her towards the staircase. "The weather is a lovely for a walk!"

[Incomplete] Robin & Linali

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