Some Sun

[tastes_of_honey]

::Schu is in a green Speedo and sunglasses lying on a towel on one of his Nexus living room couches. Don't worry, he has sunscreen on.::

::Hey, the Nexus has more sunshine than London.::


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[tastes-of-honey.livejournal.com]

::Schu would love to get hugged and petted. Nobody's offered in a while.::

Thanks. I could use a good break.

[broken-dreaming.livejournal.com]

Since Schu and not Kakyou is the telepath here, he will compromise by moving to the other arm of the couch where he's closer to Schu's head and petting from there.

"Maybe you should take a vacation from your world for a little while."

[tastes-of-honey.livejournal.com]

::That's acceptable. Schu will snuggle his head into Kakyou's petting hand.::

I'm already avoiding my new apartment. I haven't even finished unpacking it yet. This is the third time I've had to move in the last frickin' year.

[broken-dreaming.livejournal.com]

Kakyou smiles, continuing to pet. He defaults to doing it the way he likes being petted, fingers stroking slowly through the hair.

"That is a bit much. If you want help unpacking when you're ready to, I don't mind."

[tastes-of-honey.livejournal.com]

::Schu has no trouble with a slow stroking. None at all. The Hair is pleased.::

Thanks. I'm so sick of it.

[broken-dreaming.livejournal.com]

The Hair should always be pleased. :) The strokings will continue until morale improves!

"That seems understandable."

[tastes-of-honey.livejournal.com]

::Morale is improving a little.::

I got the packing done in a fit of adrenaline, because I knew I had to move fast. ::And Aya had helped a bit.:: I don't have anything pushing me to unpack. Seeing the boxes lying around isn't helping my mood, but having to find another new place to put things just reminds me that I had to flee again.

[broken-dreaming.livejournal.com]

Good. Kakyou doesn't like his friends to be upset.

"...Would it sound horribly cliched if I suggested trying to think of it as a fresh start instead of fleeing?"

[tastes-of-honey.livejournal.com]

When my apartment in Japan was firebombed and we had to leave the country, I decided to see London as a fresh start. When Brad refused to protect me from Farfarello's influence and I had to move out on my own to make myself safe, I decided to think of it as a fresh start. My first apartment all by myself, and I made it my own. I had to leave it behind because I did something nice for Aya. I'm out of feeling the fresh start optimism.

::The petting is somewhat calming and really appreciated, but there's only so much it can do for someone who's lost too much and doesn't have any stable points left any more.::

[broken-dreaming.livejournal.com]

"...Maybe once the unpacking and the finding new places is done, it will stop reminding you and start letting you settle in?"

[tastes-of-honey.livejournal.com]

...maybe. I'll still miss him, though.

::Schu doesn't get to keep anyone or anything nice lately. Doesn't he deserve nice things too?::

[broken-dreaming.livejournal.com]

"Are there really reasons you can't contact him at all? He can't follow you back to your new home if you use the portals for transport."

Schu absolutely deserves nice things.

[tastes-of-honey.livejournal.com]

...you're right. I could visit that way. It's just... we had a bit of a mental link, which is how the scamp managed to track down where I lived even though the time I brought him there I'd blindfolded him and did all kinds of false turns and backtracking in my car. I had to break that to make sure he couldn't find me again.

Brad thought I was braindamaged to think this way, but it was usually cool to me for Aya to randomly show up at my door like a stray cat, a nice surprise. I liked having him around the house.

[broken-dreaming.livejournal.com]

"I'm sorry you had to lose that. But there's no reason you can't enjoy each other's company sometimes without the link, is there?"

[tastes-of-honey.livejournal.com]

There isn't, but it isn't as full an experience. It's like cutting off one of your senses. I guess it would have to do, though.

[broken-dreaming.livejournal.com]

"Better than cutting off all of your senses by not seeing him at all, I would think," Kakyou notes mildly, tilting his head.

[tastes-of-honey.livejournal.com]

True. It's just sad is all.

[broken-dreaming.livejournal.com]

Having nothing really to say to that, Kakyou just goes on petting Schu's hair.

[tastes-of-honey.livejournal.com]

::Schu moves his head closer into the petting touch.:: Thanks.

[broken-dreaming.livejournal.com]

"That's what friends are for."