Eternal Friends (Discontinued)

Bet On Boredom

"Byakuya. Byakuya. Byyaaakkkuuyyyyaaa.!!"

"What?" Byakuya spoke harshly, still lying in his bed. It was 6 am, and Mondo was as energetic as ever. Being a ghost, sleep was non existent and the passage of time was null. But for Byakuya, that reality was foreign.

"You're so fucking borriinnggg"

"Mondo... Let him sleep..." Chihiro spoke, sitting at the edge of the bed, comfortably.

"Look, I haven't slept since the game and I honestly don't remember why you need to."

"Shut. Up."

"Because people need energy to function... Well- living people."

"Just drink energy drinks. Come oonnn I wanna fuckin do somethin!!"

"Didn't Mukuro say she'd get you something??"  Byakuya mumbled, his face shoved into a pillow.

"She hasn't come back yet!"

"Am I interrupting something?" A voice came from the other end of the room. It was all too familiar to them, as they had seen the girl many times before.

"Celeste! Finally someone to talk to!" Mondo jumped up, leaving the still half asleep Togami alone.

"I'm right here..." Chihiro mumbled.

"Mukuro asked me to deliver something for you, she said it would 'help with your boredom'" Celeste extended her pale hands to reveal a nintendo switch.

"You fucking didn't." Mondo smiled widely, his excitement shining through his usually aggressive demeanor. His strong hands took the device from Celestia's petite ones, earning a delighted yet curious look from Chihiro

"Don't worry Chihiro, I got you something as well." This time, she pulls out a laptop from seemingly no where. Ghost pockets must be big... Of course that would make sense.

"Oh my... Thank you, Celeste!"

"Of course" She smiled, as the programmer took the laptop from her hands.

"Finally these idiots have something to distract them..."

"Oh, I didn't see you there, Byakuya."

"This is my room..." He spoke, his voice muffled from the pillows and blankets he had shoved his face into. "And my mind."

"I see Mukuro explained the planes of existence to you." She looked at the other two for any sort of response, but they were too absorbed in their new devices. Turning back, she held her hands together in a proper manner

"Mhhmm.." Byakuya turned over, still keeping his face submerged into his pillow. His head hurt and he honestly just wanted to go back to sleep. But that was nearly impossible now, as he was already awake.

"You look tired. Those two keeping you awake?"

"No duh, they're like little parasites inside my mind."

"I can hear ya'" Mondo chimed in, not bothering to look up from his game.

"That's the point."

"I guess I'll leave you three be, I wouldn't want to wake you up this early in the day."

"Thanks." He replied sarcastically, shuffling in his bed. Mondo was too focused on whatever he was playing to say anything of note, besides a few mumbles that were obviously directed towards the device.

"Goodbye, Celeste!" Chihiro waved, before getting back to their program. It had been so long since they'd used a computer, the last time being to program Alter Ego. Given that wasn't the most enjoyable experience, it was nice to have something more leisurely to work on.

"Au revoir" She disappeared, leaving the three in silence. All you could hear was the tapping of keys and faint mumbling coming from Mondo. Byakuya didn't mind the quiet. In fact, he encouraged it. It left him to his thoughts.

That wasn't always a good thing- being left to his thoughts, that is. He usually had loud chatter to keep him distracted, or the occasional sound of a game of rock, paper, scissors. But it was finally gone. It felt like he was alone again. Without Makoto, or Asahina and Kirigiri. Without Mondo and Chihiro.

The thought of that past made him less excited than he thought it would, but he chose to ignore that. His mind raced with thoughts and questions and issues. Every answer just brought more questions, none of which he could answer himself. But he kept making up scenerio upon scenerio to find the most realistic options. That failed, of course, because killing games, the end of the world and talking to ghosts were all unrealistic on their own.

But of course, he thought away. Of how to get rid of his worries and doubts. How to fix his problems. Philosophical questions included, like the meaning of life and what's after death. All of this things he would normally think about, if he wasn't distracted from his thoughts every ten minutes. Although, today was no exception as an interruption soon came in the form of a knock at the door.

Byakuya grumbled, rolling out of bed to get the door. With a quick glance at the clock, he noticed it was 9:00 am. Three hours had passed since Celeste's visit, and it all flew by faster than he'd liked. Not wanting to keep his visitor waiting, he opened the door.

He expected Makoto, but instead he was met with the hyper swimmer known as Aoi Asahina. She spoke frantically, as if something terrible had happened. "Byakuya..!!! I need your help!! Please please please-!"

"What?? What is it?"

"No time to explain!! Just follow me!"

That statement confused Byakuya, but he had no time to ponder it as he was dragged away. The swimmer held his wrist as she ran off, pulling him along. This better be important... He hadn't even changed yet, let alone taken a shower.

Lets just say... It was important.

((I didn't proof read, we die like men