[closed] Da Interaction Z0ne

[glossophobia]

🧙 WHO: sum hypmics and whoever they wanna invite to this mess
⚔️️ WHAT: two idiots got stabbed so it is time for some TLC
🕒 WHEN: post-stabbing
🗺️ WHERE: Somewhere idk
⚠️ WARNINGS: ???

All individuals involved feel free to create your own top-levels and just go to town with tagging!

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mtr bonding time

[capitalismkills]

[Rei, despite outer appearances, was true to his word and brought his injured charges back to the good doctor. Doppo was still passed out, though the numbing of the hex had long worn out, his whale floating behind the pair.

He'd given him the rundown of what happened-stab wound to the mid right shoulder, a slash across his back-and promptly took his leave. He had fairly competent field dressings bound to his wounds, but he was still covered in dried blood and fairly pale. The shirt and jacket were soaked and completely ruined.

The bake-kujira was back to it's normal size, floating mournfully around Doppo's two friends.]

[champagnetower]

Doppo!!

[Hifumi rushes immediately over to Doppo in a panic, cupping his cheek.]

Doppo wake up! Please!

[The only thing that would be more frightening and more traumatic to Hifumi was losing Doppo. He's telling himself Doppo is probably -- hopefully -- okay, but he will only feel comforted when Doppo wakes up and says so himself. Or if Jakurai says so -- No, only if Doppo seems okay.]

You have to wake up! If I lose you, then I will be lost too, never to be found ever again because you're my everything!

[zazen]

[Doppo is probably going to be okay, as long as Jakurai can work on him. He takes a deep breath. He allows Hifumi his moment before putting a hand on his shoulder.]

Help me get him to a bed. I can wash blankets and sheets later, I am not concerned about it right now.

[He doesn't mean to sound overly calm, but, this is what they need in this situation. Someone who is calm and collected, versus crawling out of their skin. Truthfully. If Jakurai could flip his lid right now he would. Rei Amayado would be hearing from him later to get a full story, believe that.]

doppo » nameday care time!

[menphina]

[ She doesn't know the details of what happened, but considering it happened to Doppo, she's been providing whatever assistance she can to Jakurai in helping care for him. Poor Doppo seems to have been through a lot, and it's hard enough to be away from home in a strange world, but to have had conflict on top of it.

Seems to line up with what she knows of Jakurai's world, though- their home is quite noisy now, and she likes it. Even if she doesn't spend much time here when Hifumi is around, she does genuinely care for the two who Jakurai cherishes so much besides Ramuda. And so she does what she can to keep their place as comfortable and home-like, even if she doesn't try and intrude more than necessary.

After all, they might find it awkward around someone like her who is the only one in this residence not from their own world.

But, with the new sun, she's coming in with a bouquet of different flowers this time, as well as a princess cake and cookies and tea on a tray. Fortunately for Doppo, aside from the tea, she's made none of it. And after a knock on his door, she calls- ]

Doppo! Are you decent? I'm going to come in!

[ She'll wait of course, but she doesn't want the tea to get cold! ]

[capitalismkills]

Huh?

[Its true he knew Megumi in passing and when Jakurai mentioned her; they hadn't done more then say hello because Hifumi tried to avoid her as much as possible. It was awkward for Doppo, but not in the way she thought; he felt like he was intruding, as they both clearly had memories of things that had never happened to him, and were in a relationship he'd just barged in on.]

Um, y-yes? I mean, you can come in.

[He was coming over to open the door if she didn't get to it before him.]

[groundzeroes]

[Oy, that was rough. It feels a bit funny to say so when Rei wasn't the one in danger of nearly bleeding out, but hey. Physically carting both Rosho and Doppo to Jakurai-- and occasionally bugging Doppo awake to give him directions-- was a lot of work.

Anyway, they're both safe now. He gave Jakurai all the injury specifics, and the adrenaline of the life or death situation was wearing off, and Rei's just... fucking tired, now. He's always hated hospitals, and while this isn't exactly that... well. It's still not pleasant.

While waiting for Rosho to recover enough to be carried back home, Rei steps outside for a smoke. He stares out across the middle distance, seeing but not really seeing, cigarette held loosely to his lips and expression far away.]

[zazen]

[He will be getting a text a little while later. ]

Thank you, Amayado-san, for saving my teammate.

Would you be opposed to meeting?

[groundzeroes]

[Scrolling up through their previous text history makes Rei laugh. What a turn around from "if you mean to cause harm to me and mine"...........]

Yeah, of course.
Come by the Roost when you have time.

[Rei drops him the live house's location. Whenever Jakurai arrives, Rei will be there, and lets him into the office for more privacy than the cafe section allows.]

I'd hoped our first meeting in person would be in better circumstances... but I guess it can't be helped, heh.

[lollipopdrops]

[This was a wild ride. Ramuda really hadn't expected this or seeing Rei here of all places...though the stab wounds were a little more of a shock. So while Jakurai and company was busy Ramuda saw Rei step out and followed.

Outside with his own cigarette he looks at Rei and his far off look.]

...Busy day?

[groundzeroes]

[Oh... it's Amemura.

...Wait it's Amemura????????? The fuck is he doing at JAKURAI'S HOUSE]

Something like that. [the surprise of seeing his unwilling ward here of all places brings Rei back to the land of the living enough to respond, though it takes him a moment to catch up.] I keep running into that Kannonzaka fellow at his lowest, seems like.

papa rei has scolding to do

[glossophobia]

[ The walk home after the stop to Jakurai's place is strangely quiet, and Rosho wonders if Rei is planning to rip into him verbally once they get back or maybe he's just waiting for the right moment. It's unnerving, and it makes him anxious, and he sort of wishes he wasn't fully conscious right now. His injuries being less severe, he'd made a faster recovery aside from some lingering fatigue. But a lot still sticks with him after the whole incident. The guilt, obviously. And the trauma. But physically he's fine, and that's what matters. So why is Rei still carrying him the rest of the way?

Rosho remains still draped over Rei's back, his familiar curled around the back of his neck to help keep him warm. With his shirt and sweater ruined the only thing left for him to wear was the blanket Rei had swaddled him with earlier. He'd be embarrassed like this, piggybacked in a blanket through the streets, but he's got too many other things going on in his mind to care about that. ]

Rei? [ Finally he tentatively breaks through the silence. ] Sasara doesn't have to know about what happened, right...?

[groundzeroes]

[Rei has enough to think about, burdened so suddenly with the re-realization that yes, getting close to people is still so terribly dangerous for him. And for them too, obviously. Today was just a close call, but it could have been worse, and Rei knows that first-hand. Ugh. How many godsdamned times is Rei going to let himself get all fucked up by sentiment before he...

...ah. Rosho's addressing him.]

Seriously? [Rei keeps his eyes trained ahead, expression unreadable. Rosho's voice sounds so fragile-- so unlike him. The thought of that rankles, somehow.] You're gonna try to bear this yourself? Don't tell me you think that'll actually work.

[Rei can see how hypocritical that is even as he says it, but that's a private evaluation he'll keep to himself.]

[glossophobia]

[ It'd be stupid to think that Rei would agree with him. Yeah, sure, lets not tell their leader that Rosho nearly got killed by a dullahan, lets not tell Rosho's boyfriend he was attacked and nearly could have had his spine severed. Just ignore the fact he just burdened an entire other division with grief by getting one of them members seriously hurt.

But how could he tell him any of those things?

You got yourself in this mess, you did it, what else are you supposed to do other than deal with it?

Stupid. He's so stupid. Rosho's grip around Rei's shoulders tightens. ]

But, I'm okay, ya see? Jakurai's magic was really good. I won't even have any scars. [ What a superficial thing to say. If Rei drops him at this very moment, he know she'll deserve it. ] Just pretending like nothing ever happened, wouldn't that be easier? I got you involved... Hifumi and Jakurai, they were really upset. If Sasara knew, he'd be hurt too. Thinking he should've done something, anything... I did enough damage.

sad boyfwens time 😔

[glossophobia]

[ When Rei drops Rosho off at the front door, he takes off, and Rosho can't blame him if he's gotten sick and tired of babysitting him, but odds are he wants to give Rosho and Sasara privacy for whatever they end up talking about. If they end up talking about anything, which Rosho still doesn't want to, but he's aware now that keeping the whole thing a secret wouldn't be right. Just by protecting Sasara, he'd be hurting him as well, but Rei did have a point earlier that has solidified itself in Rosho's mind during the walk home.

"You're gonna try to bear this yourself?"

He's not weak or anything like that, but... Rosho pulls the blanket tighter over himself. His kuda-gitsune's disappeared, the poor thing's probably exhausted from all the help he offered. It's just him standing there in front of the door, alone.

( He never heard the dullahan approach. He couldn't hear it when it was right behind them. )

A shudder jumps across his back as dread fills him, and his hand shakes as he jostles at the doorknob to turn it and push the door open. Right as the light in the room hits him he directs his gaze to the ground. He speaks without looking at Sasara. ]

'm home. Somethin' happened, it's okay, my clothes got messed up.

[whosaysdajare]

[ With takeout going cold, he's just been passing the time. Only a sort of a not knowing where Rosho's gone off to be late—...r than usual; it ain't like there's a curfew and much less to sneak about an empty home when they live together—Sasara has still found himself able to push some odd sense of a feeling aside.

There's a text that has gone unanswered, though, and after a little while one of those for Rei too.

Some time later, the door cracking open shakes him up and all too suddenly back to these kinds of thoughts. Something more sinister than his partner would try to reassure him of. Head down, shoulders hanging, he's— ]

Huh? R-Rosho... [ He obviously looks roughed up! And Sasara stands much closer than he registered himself jumping up, getting to the door. ] What happened, ya...?

[ His hands are out, almost like he expects him to keel over suddenly. To anyone, but especially to Sasara, Rosho looks rougher than he must think, saying that much. Or that little. And the time... ] It's sorta late, yeah? [ A distinctly uneasy feeling doesn't know how to put itself into words.]

[glossophobia]

[ Sasara's such an anomaly, Rosho sometimes finds it hard to believe he's human. Some strange living, breathing thing that has more energy than a normal person should, who has such animated movement, and he doesn't things you hardly expect. Just like that, he's there, the same way he'd be there when Rosho would come home from work, greeted with that happy, excited smile, welcomed home as if they were sharing the same place, like they were living together. And ever time after when that would happen, he'd say he hated it, when he didn't.

Rosho remembers coming home to an empty apartment, and how cold and dark and quiet the place would be. It never felt like that when Sasara was around. He always brought life everywhere he went. Just by hearing his voice, just by having him here, he makes things... so much better.

Always... always, he wonders, what would he do without him? Would he have been able to get through this by himself?

No, he doubts it. Rei told him he can't do it. He knows he can't. ]

I'm sorry I worried you. I'll, I'll tell you everything, just...

[ It hits him then, just the way when Rei asked him. He's tired. He's so tired. He— he kept wanting to ask for Sasara.

Rosho steps forward into Sasara's offered hands, arms wrapping around his waist, and he pulls him in with a firm tug as he buries his face in his neck. ]

Can ya hold me first, please?

mtr bonding(???): wosho version

[glossophobia]

i'm too lazy to make a starter you can't make me (aka bully me into making starters later or reply here i guess)

hi wosho

[zazen]

[He’s going to help both Doppo and Rosho today. Jakurai isn’t sure who got the worst end of the stick, but they both looked rather rough...to say the least.

At the very least it seemed as if Rosho was more conscious than Doppo was at this moment in time. He’d heard from others that Rosho was a teacher. So at the very least he can level with him in a calmer way.

At least he hopes? ]

Sensei. How are you feeling? I need to take a look at your wounds.

hi jakuwai

[glossophobia]

[ Even with his wounds being less serious, Rosho doesn't remember much about what happened between Rei tending to their wounds and getting here to Jakurai's. The pain and blood loss has put him flittering in and out of consciousness, but the distant sounds of worry and chatter once they arrived have made it difficult for him to not want to be awake. He needs to apologize, after all.

When he finally meets Jakurai (and God, he wishes it hadn't been like this), he's not all that surprised at his demeanor but it's still comforting to experience. He's quiet and gentle, very professional, even referring to Rosho by his title as a teacher. Shouldn't he be more upset though? He got Doppo hurt... unless Rei didn't say anything. ]

I'm, sort of okay, I guess? [ Far from it but he doesn't really know what else to say. ] Doppo's safe now, right? He'll be okay? Did you take care of him first?

bursts into the DH household

[capitalismkills]

[Despite Jakurai and Hifumi being upset, he couldn't just leave things as they were with Rosho. His team leader had assured that the man was okay, but he really wanted to see him in person, to apologize and maybe ask about Rei.

He still wasn't entirely sure about the connection.

This was how Doppo ended up at the door in front of Rosho's apartment, looking somehow even more tired than usual, knocking gently on the door.]

Um, R-Rosho? Are you in there?

[whosaysdajare]

[ The atmosphere is still sorta rattled in this place. Sasara hears the knock and tells Rosho to settle down if he tries to go at all; take it for whatever he'll say, Sasara is treading on that side of the line that's a little more 'fussing' than just 'taking care'.

Ya wouldn't think, would ya, Doppo? But he hasn't heard from him yet, just how important Rosho is to him. He opens up. ]

A–ah! [ It's MTR's "plainest-but-not-so-plain-anymore-after-getting-into-that-sorta-trouble..." member. Ain't there some suspicion in closed eyes? No... more than, it's uncertainty. The door swings a little wider after a moment. ] Rosho's here. Ya wanna come in?

uber eats is pulling up

[champagnetower]

[Doppo can tell Hifumi to do absolutely anything and Hifumi would probably do it immediately without giving it any thought, even if it was something weird. Luckily this isn't weird, and is something Hifumi is perfectly capable of.]

Ding dong! Ding dong! Ding dong!

[He's dinging and donging at the same time he's literally at the door.]

Speciaaaal deliveryyy~!

rei post-traumatic event toplevel

[groundzeroes]

get @ him

DOTSUITARE OICHAN 😎💥

[whosaysdajare]

[ It's not savory to leave Rosho alone, try as Sasara might tell himself that there's nothing to do but let him rest for a few hours, until morning at least. It's been that way for a while, though, that he doesn't just have his partner at his side but there's a third member to their team.

There wasn't much to get out of him regarding Rei and Sasara thought, for the same reason as leaving him at the inn, he wouldn't hear much else for the time being. "Don't use these phones for anything sensitive" or something along those lines the old man had advised at the very first day of being dropped here. It's sensitive, but there's no other way to reach him, he finds; whatever part Rei nags him about that.

It's more important to make sure his teammates—his friends—are alright. Sasara looks more serious than he ever has, and there isn't much relief to replace it even once he finds him. ]

Rei! [ His handshake is smacking him on the chest– ] TEI—!

[capitalismkills]

[Hello Rei, it was another of your semi-unwilling charges coming up to you to thank you for things you did not want. Doppo honestly couldn't remember a lot of the traumatic event, even if a few details still stuck out to him. The fact that Rei had come after them, and despite no attachment-Doppo would argue he probably didn't even care about him-and saved his life.

That deserved a genuine apology at least.

Only he wasn't feeling great and the idea of approaching Rei was scary, so his bake-kujira, ignoring any sort of social decency floated towards him, depositing a dead fish on the ground in front of Rei's feet.

Doppo came running soon after because holy shit, he was trying to thank him and now his familiar was throwing dead animals at the man!!]

I-I'm sorry-I told it not to-I think it's supposed to be a present.....