22. Last Meal

(Feels Like the First Time)

Word Count: 101

They didn't expect it to be the last time that they would eat together; it just happened that way.

Over tea spiked with alcohol and cards, they had laughed their way through the night. Gojyo hadn't bothered asking what this stranger had done; he knew that it wouldn't make a difference. Who you were then does not define who you are now – he remembered Banri saying that.

You never expect it to be the last time. Laughing and talking, playing cards, thinking it would always be like that.

And then a certain blonde someone comes a-knocking on your door.