Desperation.

T: This is the second fic in my little 'seven sins' project and as such it is a little lax as far as plot goes! It is also ANGSTY, something that shall be of no real shock to those used to my work! I do not own anything you see here other than the premise behind the fic.

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For the first week after his sister had 'vanished' she allowed him to remain in the chair.

She gave him this 'curtsey' because she was hopeful still of a swift recovery and also in order to allow his broken arm the chance to heal.

Eventually her disability, as well as the wasting of his muscles, means that he had had to be moved into a bed, something that a part of her had hoped that he would resist.

Yet even when one of the aids accidentally knocks his arm he had not flinch.

Despite this she came to see him each day, hopeful always that, somehow, they would break free the 'rut' they had fallen into…

…that they would, finally, be able to deal with the matter of the Sakurazukamori.

She would go through the motions of tending to him, of bathing his skin and purifying his soul as best she was able, her eyes watching always for even the faintest show of life.

Once, when the despair had gotten too strong for her to control she had vented out her anger and frustration onto him, had shouted at him and had even pinched his skin hard enough to leave a mark.

Still he had simply lain there.

She had cried, after that, whispered a thousand apologies to him and kissed the skin that she had marked. Once her tears had been spent and the weight lifted a little from her shoulders she had finished her task and, a smile on her face, she had talked to him of the 'better life' he would be able to leave if only he came back to her.

The words had lifted her heart a little and, though he looked at her still with blank eyes, she felt again hopeful of a recovery.

Felt sure that, one day, he would break free the idleness that had fallen onto him.

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T: The 'him' is, for those still curious, Subaru and the 'she' his Obaachan. This is based about the sin of SLOTH, something that I know is not overtly clear on the first read and yet, hopefully, when you look through it a second time you'll see this! R+R