icarusalsoflew | 003. and in every raindrop... // open post.

I think I'm going to need to make sure that you eat at least three meals a day for a while. And get enough rest.

[You're welcome to fight him if you try to protest. He will tell you as much if you hedge.]

[ He has the sense to look sheepish at that. But he leans in and brushes a soft kiss on the corner of your mouth before saying: ] Okay.

[ He'd noticed his clothes had gotten a little loose, he's also been tired but it's only just catching up on him and he's also been the type to soldier on.

That Yulia had wiped the floor with him ( almost literally, at that ) is something he knows he will also need to deal with. ]

I look that bad, huh?

[ Half-joking, half... not. ]

You could afford to look a lot better than you already do.

[There's an apology in there somewhere. Perhaps its written in the way he runs his hand across your cheek or the quiet look in his eyes before he's standing up.]

So.

[How are we going to do this?

Yes. Maybe he's changing the topic as quickly as he can before you can tell him that he shouldn't be sorry. Give him this, at least?]

[ Leaning into that touch and letting that lie -- for now. Too many apologies don't sit well with him. Especially not when there's no real need now, when the fact is that everything between the two of you has worked out. ]

Well, [ thinking on that now, eyes sliding over to the door. ] Makoto said that Kaz has been up since seven. But I wake up at five because of my jogs and you keep weird hours.

[ Well, Hikaru. You kind of do.

Rising to his feet now and stepping close, hands skimming up your arms as he says softly: ] I don't want to lie to their faces, so I figure that given our habits, we let them assume that we've been up awhile. [ Which you have. ] And just let the cards fall from there.

[ Looking at you now, searching your features, he's realizing that while he really wants you to clear this whole thing with Brianna first -- if his blade mates ask if something's going on between the two of you, he won't be able to tell them there isn't.

Bridging the space between you both then, lips pressing against your forehead before he leans his brow against yours. ]

What do you think? [ You're the expert in deflection. He'd like to hear your take. ]

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That works for me. I'll stick around long enough, I think, to eat and maybe hang around with the two before I go and see Brianna.

[He is... not sure how that will go. Hopefully well. Either way, he's set in what he wants to do. The rest can come later.]

And I think we both keep pretty weird hours now.

[Here's looking at you, Mr. What Day Is It Because Wow Timezones.]

[ Smiling a little because yo, man. It's not as bad as it seems.

( Okay, maybe a little. Just a bit. ) ]

Yours are still weirder.

[ Have a gentle squeeze on your hand, Hikaru. And then he's making his way towards the door. ] Let me know... how it goes?

[ A glance your way, gaze holding yours because you're not the only one nervous over how that particular blademate of his is going to take this. ]

Edited 2014-03-19 18:38 (UTC)

I will.

[Offering a smile in your direction as he's following your lead. He'd like to think that everything was going to work out, and well. They kind of had more immediate concerns to deal with at the moment...]

[ Ducking his head and smiling at that before he reaches for the knob-- ]

Okay, we have to start this conversation in here.

[ Set up, relax -- easy, right?

Leaning against the wall a little now, a brow quirked your way. ]

So. Kitchen duty.

[ Nope. He hasn't forgotten about that little exchange from last night. This is also his way of offering the idea up for negotiation. Given the way things stand, he's actually interested at the idea of how you move in there.

Telling thing you see, how a person moves in the kitchen. ]

[Really, Josh? Really?

He doesn't even bother reigning in the half-incredulous, half-amused look that he sends your way.]

Well, I'm not budging.

[But that twist of his mouth tells you that maybe he'd be willing to share? If you could promise to make it worth his while.]

[ You have to stop smiling like that. It's just cruel.

Okay, so maybe he's looking off to one side and trying to rein his smile in because damn -- no. No. The both of you are supposed to head out of here looking like you were talking.

Making a face at you now, Hikaru. ]

So, you mean to tell me you'll actually be hanging out here enough to cook for the lot of us.

[ There's a hopeful look in his eyes that reads: Please, say yes and I may just relegate myself to prep-duty.

Operative word being: May. As in maybe. ]

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I don't see why not. As things stand, you ought to be honored that I'm considering it.

[Folding his arms across his chest now, with one eyebrow lifted. A challenge has been extended in your direction, Joshua LaRue.]

Rare is the day that the Blade King decides to grace a kitchen with his presence in the name of friendship.

[Only not really, but it's kind of a first for YOU guys, so!]

[ Well, he's going to want to see this. He hasn't seen you cook, doesn't know what it is you can do just yet, but you've lived an incredibly long time and that's enough of an indicator that you've had more than enough years to pick up a thing or two -- or ten.

Reaching for that knob now -- but not before he steals one last kiss in the hopes of maybe distracting you even just for a bit.

He isn't sure when the two of you will be alone again like this, a guy's got to take his shots where and when he can right. ]

Well, I guess we'll see then.

[ He's really happy. Just so you know. Things have changed between you two in the last couple of hours, but it's a good kind of change. ]

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