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Post by Neku Sakuraba on Sept 9, 2012 2:37:35 GMT -5
My smile widened and softened, hearing the significance behind the words. "I love you too," I whispered back.
Curled up against each other, just like that, we fell into sleep... I don't think I had any nightmares that night. If I did, it was easier to get through them, because she was there for me. I just hope it was the same for her.
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Post by Namine Joy LeBeau on Sept 9, 2012 2:49:22 GMT -5
Sighing I fall into a peaceful sleep, dreaming of the future... And oddly of planning a wedding with Shiki, Tifa, Aqua, and Sini to help... Its wonderful~.
-- The Next Day, Mid Afternoon --
I skip into the apartment, humming and dropping a couple shopping bags off in the kitchen. Putting away the canned items and other such stuffs. Skipping around I then set about doing the dishes, humming still.
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Post by Neku Sakuraba on Sept 9, 2012 2:54:20 GMT -5
I heard her come in, so extricated myself from my laptop and came into the kitchen to greet her.
"Hey," I said, smiling. "You were gone when I woke up, I was beginning to wonder if you'd gotten so in the habit of disappearing before I woke up that you'd done it without remembering I already knew you were there."
I'd slipped on a shirt when I woke up this morning, loose and baggy. The tight ones hadn't been feeling right lately, I guessed my fashion sense (debatable as it was, I admitted) had changed.
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Post by Namine Joy LeBeau on Sept 9, 2012 3:03:59 GMT -5
My head shakes quickly as I wash another dish by hand, rinsing it before setting it on a towel on the counter to air dry, "I wouldn't mind you helping... Then I can finish this all before the water goes cold and gets slimy." Turning to glance back at him I smile softly. "Mmmmkay, Neku?"
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Post by Neku Sakuraba on Sept 9, 2012 3:39:55 GMT -5
"Sure," I said, then laughed as I picked up a towel, ready to dry as she washed so that she could clear the loads more effectively. "Y'know," I told her, "the first job I ever had was doing dishes."
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Post by Namine Joy LeBeau on Sept 9, 2012 3:41:34 GMT -5
"Oh really? Then why do I find them in the sink then?" I ask playfully as I continue to wash. "Who'd ya work for? What was it like...? Were you scared? I know I am... I've never actually ever been employed."
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Post by Neku Sakuraba on Sept 9, 2012 3:55:39 GMT -5
"You've heard me talk about Mr. H before, I'm sure," I said to her. "He's the guy who used to own that little cafe down in the Labyrinth. Back when I lived on the streets, I used to go raid his trash every night, but he kind of took me in. Scouted me for the Network - well, the organization, back then - and told me he knew what I was. I tossed the dishrag at his face and stormed out, didn't talk to him for a week." I laughed.
"But... after Tifa took me in, he let me keep a job there and gave me kind of an allowance. Nothing on payroll that would get either of us in trouble, but I earned a decent amount to do what I wanted with, and of course, Tifa helped." I smiled at her. "As for being scared... after that initial shock, not really. And what it was like... well. There's a reason I don't do dishes voluntarily. It's boring stuff."
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Post by Namine Joy LeBeau on Sept 9, 2012 4:03:14 GMT -5
I listen to what he says, making an occasional humming sound at certain things he says. When he's done I playfully splash some soapy water at him, "No duh, Neku~!" But I just smile and rinse another cup. "Despite some of the things I'm sure you went through... I'm sure you had a beautiful support system... Makes me happy, thinking about that."
Not that I didn't have my own, slightly twisted, support system and never once went with out... Mostly...
"Hmmm... So... You've been busy while I was gone?" Why can't I seem to talk about anything, but work... I could of sworn I wanted to say something about something else. Meh, must of just slipped my mind~
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Post by Neku Sakuraba on Sept 9, 2012 4:09:18 GMT -5
I shrugged. "Somewhat. I slept in a lot, I guess you must've left early. Izaya's been on my mind all day, though."
I caught the hint of forgetfulness, important information slipping away, and my mind resonated with it.
"I... it's weird. Weirder than weird." I thought second, trying to explain it. "Something's missing. I don't feel it as badly as before Izaya did... whatever that was. But because I don't feel it as badly, I feel it worse." Then I sighed. "I'm not making any kind of sense. But... it's like... I missing that feeling of missing something. Because whatever it was hasn't been found - the feeling's just been removed, too, so I'm missing even more. Even though I"m back to as complete as I was before I even met you, before the ball started rolling." I let loose a growl. "Like I'm that kid from Harry Potter, who keeps feeling like he's forgotten to remember something."
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Post by Namine Joy LeBeau on Sept 9, 2012 4:16:14 GMT -5
"Hmmm... Yeah, I don't know the feeling, I got an echo of it, but yeah," I nod. "Its weird... But... This IS what you wanted right? To stop quote becoming someone else unquote."
My eyes roll, "And... Izaya is a troll, NO ONE can get him outta there brain... especially not after a visit like that." My voice growing smaller at the end, loosing any edge it may of had. After a moment I finish with a controlled tone. "So... Try to not let it keep getting to you so much... Worrying and stressing in large amounts isn't healthy."
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Post by Neku Sakuraba on Sept 9, 2012 4:19:55 GMT -5
"I don't know what I want anymore," I said, 'putting' another stack of plates in the cupboard while starting on the bowls. "I thought I wanted to be normal. But.... there's a part of me.... that knows that normal isn't what's really right."
Then I sighed. "And that part is gone. But I still remember it Namine, and it's been bugging me, because it might be right."
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Post by Namine Joy LeBeau on Sept 9, 2012 4:28:55 GMT -5
I pause in washing, tilting my head to my side, some... thing failing me. So I grasp onto my next thought, "Well... Of course Neku, its right... Only you know you after all."
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Post by Neku Sakuraba on Sept 9, 2012 4:33:05 GMT -5
I tilted my head to the side, mentally closing the cupboard door.
"You alright?" I asked. "You're the one who's changed today, Nami. Where'd you go when you went out, anyway?"
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Post by Namine Joy LeBeau on Sept 9, 2012 4:35:49 GMT -5
"Hmmm... Check up on an appointment... and All-Mart," I finish scrubbing the pan we used last night to make stir fry... Hmmm... Fish sounds good tonight, did I buy any? I turn my head to watch Neku as I rinse off said pan. "Nothing weird, why? And do we have fish? Did I buy fish?"
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Post by Neku Sakuraba on Sept 9, 2012 4:38:06 GMT -5
"No real reason," I said, checking the freezer and pulling out frozen fish filets she'd brought home. "It's just you're really spacey. Spacier than usual, anyway. And..." I shrugged. "There's usually some kind of undercurrent up here." I tapped my temple. "All I'm geting is static and air. not like you." I shrugged again.
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