Another for the "appearances" challenge, betaed by Rune. The title is from the Counting Crows' song, "Round Here."

He can already see Ken's horrified stare, hear Omi's worried, "Aya-kun," and Yohji's furious, "You're advertising your death wish now?" It's not discreet, it's not subtle, it's a long white coat and it's likely to stand out even in snow.

Kritiker will let him wear it anyway.

Aya's awake, told he's dead to protect her, to protect him and this life he's still leading. Kritiker pulled Weiss out of the water; patched them back together and told them nothing changed. But even Kritiker is not that stupid. Weiss' time is almost done.

His time is.

He buys the coat.

~END~