I have a dream that I want to fulfill with you...

[tsugomori]

[ Well, that was an extraordinary trial to have... it was certainly filled with many things that wouldn't be lost to the memory of most, even for weeks to come. Although, the return to "normalcy" could be something that wouldn't seem like it was wanted, it was better than the alternative to returning to anything at all.

With ease, Mikazuki find himself setting up the usual party in the usual place-- that would be the library of course. Notes have been slipped underneath the doors of others, or hung up on the walls to alert them of this post-trial "celebration" -- which was more like a get-together of some sorts now than a real party. ]


Please join us in the library again. Of course, food and drink will be provided.

- Mikazuki, Orihime, Hanyuu, & Estelle

[ The food and drink has been set out, what with there being tea, vichyssoise, cream puffs, and fish for everyone to enjoy. ]

Comments

[oyashiromama]

[Hanyuu shouldn't be surprised that their conversation went to...this sort of place. She's sad but she shouldn't be surprised. So many of these kids... They have no regard for their own safety.

She quietly leans her stick against the table an walks over to him, enveloping him in a gentle hug.]

I'm very glad...that you didn't die.

[uncouthhatcher]

[He'll return it after a moment, resting his chin on her head.]

Yeah, me too. [...] Really glad. Can't imagine not bein' around them these past years, but it ain't like I was expectin' to be just fine. Last I remembered I was just barely awake, and then...

[... Something happened. Maybe Celebi helped him out, pushed him out of the crack of time, but it's not anything Gold can remember.]

Then I was back out and tellin' off Crys for thinkin' I was dead! I don't go down easy, you know? So there's no reason to worry about me, 'cause I'm always gonna come back no matter the odds. Luck's always been on my side.

[oyashiromama]

[...she hugs him a little tighter.]

I'm always going to worry, Gold. That's just who I am.

[uncouthhatcher]

[... He got mad at Lusamine earlier for worrying over him too, but Hanyuu doesn't feel as... restricting as she did, maybe, or maybe it's because he's looser with the booze in him. Probably the latter, judging from how his mind trails here and there, how he's warmed and starting to lean more on her.]

I'd call you mom-like, but my mom's pretty much like me. The apple didn't fall too far from the tree, or so I hear. [...] Do you have any family? When you were a demon, or when you're a god. Doesn't matter.

[oyashiromama]

[She gently rubs his back. So much taller than her, like so many of the others here.]

I had...a husband, and a little girl, before I became a god. [...The less said about all that the better.] Now... Well, I have another little girl. My descendant. She can see and interact with me, unlike everyone else.

[uncouthhatcher]

What's it like? Finally bein' able to talk to someone after all that time.

[Because he can't imagine it himself; if he could never talk to Crys or Silver again, he'd be devastated. It'd hurt a lot.]

[oyashiromama]

...It's like suddenly, nothing else in the world matters. The injustices, the pain...the last thousand years. The only thing that does...is that little girl's safety and happiness.

[Please let her grow up this time. Please.]

Like suddenly, I'm alive again.

[uncouthhatcher]

[... Lonely...]

I'm glad you've got a lot of people to talk to now, even if it's in a place like this. Sure must be a hell of a change, huh?

[oyashiromama]

Yes, I... all at once, I hungered for attention and yet...it scared me, having so many people around, so many...that could reject me. It still does.

[...She hugs Golds a little tighter. Admitting this is difficult, but...at the same time, she has to let him know just how much his friendship means to her. Especially after the blow he's endured.]

[uncouthhatcher]

But no one really has, yeah?

[He appreciates the hug, honestly, burying more into her. Bringing her as close as he can.]

... I'm glad no one's rejected me either. [it's definitely the drinks this time, why he's even bringing it up.] Back home, I'm nothin' but a troublemaker, even though I've done so much. I'm second-best. A benchwarmer.

[There's good reason for it this time, he knows; Crys is dependable by nature, Silver knows Lance personally.]

My friends consider me their first pick though, even if no one else is lookin' at me.

[But he acts out as a result. Does what he pleases for a little attention, to get someone to look at him, even if he ends up unhappy with what they consider him. Gold's not starved by any means, he's just greedily wanting more.]

[oyashiromama]

[She shakes her head to his question, no, no one has, really- but then she just listens.

He's...very talkative, the drink's really loosened his tongue. She'll let him talk to her.]

Your friends have the right way of thinking. You are far, far from second-best. You... You've a good heart...and you deserve all the affection and attention you can get.

[A hand rubs his back gently.]

[uncouthhatcher]

[He'll probably feel a little bad about spilling all of this on her later, but for now he's warmed and comforted.]

I know. [It's a little smug.] Everyone else has yet to come around to realizin' it.

[oyashiromama]

[She pulls away, just a little, so she can reach up and pat his head, offering him a radiant smile.]

They will, eventually.