[It didn't take him long and he wasn't as out of breath as he would have been even a year prior. Two years ago, he wouldn't have been able to meet Hijikata like this. But then, two years ago, Hijikata probably wouldn't have let him run out here.
Souji turned a corner into the village square and froze, the box containing Hijikata's things clutched to his chest. He was here - really here - again. It was like looking at a picture, a moment frozen in time, that suddenly, somehow was brought back to life. After spending two years, reading how Hijikata would die, how they would all die, he was alive and safe here again.
He pressed a smile onto his face, mostly genuine as he tried to hide his shock, and jogged up to Hijikata.]
"Fish out of water" is the phrase, yes? Although I don't think fish have wings, even here.
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Souji turned a corner into the village square and froze, the box containing Hijikata's things clutched to his chest. He was here - really here - again. It was like looking at a picture, a moment frozen in time, that suddenly, somehow was brought back to life. After spending two years, reading how Hijikata would die, how they would all die, he was alive and safe here again.
He pressed a smile onto his face, mostly genuine as he tried to hide his shock, and jogged up to Hijikata.]
"Fish out of water" is the phrase, yes? Although I don't think fish have wings, even here.