It's Called "Telepathy"

[tastes_of_honey]

"If we had a keen vision and feeling of all ordinary human life, it would be like hearing the grass grow and the squirrel's heart beat, and we should die of that roar which lies on the other side of silence."
-- George Eliot, Middlemarch

Comments

[wireboundheart.livejournal.com]

"Can you just tell him you're going on vacation?"

[tastes-of-honey.livejournal.com]

He'd want to know when I'm coming back! Unless he foresees it and then tries to manipulate it.

[wireboundheart.livejournal.com]

"I suppose 'when I damn well feel like it' isn't going to fly as an answer?"

[tastes-of-honey.livejournal.com]

I've done that. It tends to lead to huge fights until I leave the room. Then he's actually hunted me down.

[wireboundheart.livejournal.com]

Yohji raises an eyebrow. "Sounds more like a possessive lover than a boss, doesn't he?"

[tastes-of-honey.livejournal.com]

He's been that too! He's possessive in general, but since I'm his minion and his occasional lover he's more so about me.

We actually used to be closer until he did some things that really ticked me off and then couldn't even apologize for it properly.

[wireboundheart.livejournal.com]

"And you still don't get regular vacations? I bet you have lousy dental, too."

[tastes-of-honey.livejournal.com]

No regular vacations. The dental and health are good, though.

[wireboundheart.livejournal.com]

"At least he does some stuff right." Yohji is rather miffed on his friend's behalf.

[tastes-of-honey.livejournal.com]

::That's very sweet.::

In his own way, he cares for me. He's just a limited person. ::Frustratingly so. Schu still can't forget or forgive how Brad froze over on him after the threat to his brain had been fixed. Or how Brad chose some idea of what kind of Schwarz he wanted over Schu's mental safety by keeping Farfarello.::

[wireboundheart.livejournal.com]

"I guess people get pretty fucked up in our line of business." Yohji knows he's an incredible one-night-stand, but he's still not totally sure why Aya is so willing to keep him.

[tastes-of-honey.livejournal.com]

Eszett made sure we were fucked up even before they had us killing people. A lot of the people I see semi-regularly are self-centered and/or can't admit to having any softer feelings for me. It's frustrating. I like to feel loved, just like most people, and it means something to me if the person I'm with is willing to say it.

::Aya being with this Yohji makes a hell of a lot more sense than him being with the other two Yohjis in his life.::

[wireboundheart.livejournal.com]

"Ever try to convince him to see a shrink?" The idea amuses Yohji, but hell, his shrink has actually helped him out.

[tastes-of-honey.livejournal.com]

First you'd have to convince him he has a problem he should work on. I've been working on that for years.

[wireboundheart.livejournal.com]

He nods solemnly. "I hear it's like that with alcoholics, too."

[tastes-of-honey.livejournal.com]

Yeah, you won't make any progress under the person admits to the problem and a need for change. And I can't rewrite his brain.

[wireboundheart.livejournal.com]

"You probably wouldn't want him if you could. Is there anyone he'd listen to?"

[tastes-of-honey.livejournal.com]

True. But I could stand a little more appreciation from him. And, no, there isn't.

[wireboundheart.livejournal.com]

"That's too bad. I kind of thought the wonderbrat might go yell at him for you, but the kid probably did already if there was a chance it would work."

[tastes-of-honey.livejournal.com]

Nagi's yelled at him in the past, but what little progress he makes fades with time.

[wireboundheart.livejournal.com]

"That sucks." Yohji doesn't suggest that there be a regular yelling schedule, if only because it would lose it's impact.

[tastes-of-honey.livejournal.com]

Yep, and it loses its impact if we do it too often.

[wireboundheart.livejournal.com]

"It's just weird that he can be so clever about other things, but so stupid about that."

[tastes-of-honey.livejournal.com]

He's an idiot savant.

[wireboundheart.livejournal.com]

"I would seriously invite you out for a drink, but I should probably be getting back soon." Yohji also isn't quite dumb brave enough to drink in the Nexus so soon after his last disaster.