Day 301 [Closed] Soup for you

[scary_music]

Who: Ippo and Ibuki
Open: Closed
When: The day of the core hunt
Where: Ippo and Ibuki's house
What: Ippo caught a fever or something, that's why he's not on the core hunt team!
Format: log, Action
Warnings: Ibuki, sick, and probably a bunch of fluff

[Ibuki had been wondering why Ippo hadn't shown up to the core announcement meeting... or why he hadn't even done his morning jog, for that matter.]

[Maybe she should have checked him before running off, but either way, when she came home ... he was still in bed?]

[She probably shouldn't have stopped for that ice cream and come right home]

Hey, hey, Ippo-chan? Lazy-chan! You can't just laze the day away! Come on, it's time to play with Ibuki!

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[windgod]

[What time was it? He could see the sun filtering in, but every part of him felt sore in the worst possible way and his forehead felt like it was stuck in an oven. He even tried to sit up when Ibuki started telling him to get up, but a wave of dizziness sent him right back down and made him close his eyes for a few seconds before he could actually respond.]

I...I don't think...I'm going anywhere today Ibuki. I don't...feel very well.

[It wasn't anything that felt terribly serious or life threatening, but he'd probably need to rest up for a few days at best. Of all the rotten times for this to happen.]

[scary_music]

W-whoa...

[As soon as Ippo started speaking, Ibuki could hear the sick in his voice]

Um... um... did you want some ice cream-wait no, that's not for sick people.

... is it?

[She leans over him to put a hand on his forehead]

Um... soup! Should Ibuki make soup? Or did you just want water? Or she could get some booze-wait, no, not booze!

[She's just kind of babbling a bit. She's never taken care of a sick person before! That was Mikan's thing!]

[windgod]

J-just water...for now please.

[He could understand Ibuki's hesitation on this, he wasn't any more sure how to take care of someone who was sick than she was...but at least she had an idea and he wasn't too sick he couldn't talk.]

I'll be okay...we'll play double when I'm better...okay?

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Right, right!

Don't worry about playing right now! Ibuki will try to channel Mikan-chan and bring you back to full health!

[She hurries to the kitchen to get a cup of water, before rushing back and-]

Should Ibuki give you the cup or, or like throw it into your mouth??? I mean ... not throw it, that would get all over the place...!

[windgod]

[Ippo managed himself up into a sitting position, making sure to take it slow so he wouldn't kick off his dizziness again and carefully opened his eyes. When a wave of nausea didn't go off, he smiled wearily and took the cup with slightly shaky hands and drank from it. The cool water did wonders for his throat, making it feel much less dry and scratchy than before.]

It's alright...you're doing fine...with your help I'll be better in no time.

[scary_music]

Yeah! Just leave everything to Ibuki!

... Ibuki's soooooo sorry for just running off without you, Ippo-chan! If she knew you were here feeling like this, she totally would've stayed here all day!!

[windgod]

It's fine...I'm sure there was something important you had to do.

[Because hell if Ippo was coherent/awake enough to know what was going on at the moment.]

[scary_music]

Um...

...

... not really?

[well, sure, she'd gone to the meeting but what good had she contributed there??]

[windgod]

No worries then...

[He said, managing to get a thumb up to wipe a bit of stray ice cream off of Ibuki's cheek.]

You missed a little there...

[scary_music]

Noooooooooooo- Ibuki came in here looking absolutely sillyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy and looking totally like a slacker!!!!!!

[...]

[windgod]

It's fine...really, you shouldn't not have...ice cream just because I'm sick, right?

[That would just be cruel.]

[scary_music]

Are you sure? You're not totally jealous of Ibuki for having ice cream without you, are you, Ippo-chan???

[... she's not actually worried about Ippo being jealous, she's just... being Ibuki]

[windgod]

Not at all...we can have plenty later on.

[He'd actually take that as his congratulations you're not sick anymore prize when he got there. He did like him some ice cream.]

[scary_music]

We can have a celebration ice cream party when you're feeling better, Ippo-chan!

[windgod]

That sounds like a plan. Let's...focus on getting there...for now.

[He took one last sip of water and set the water on the stand near the bed, letting out a sigh as he slid back down to a lying position.]

So...what was so important you had...to head out this morning? Aside...you know, from the ice cream...?

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Weeeeeelll...

... there might have been a meeting about... you know, a thing. A big thing. Like a shard, but bigger??

A core thing.

[windgod]

They found a core...?

[Well that was enough to snap his common sense sensors off and send him into work mode. Might wanna stop him from getting up Ibuki because he's going for it without a second thought.]

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W-what?! No stop, Ippo-chan!

[And Ibuki just kind of... gently flops on top of Ippo. That should stop him from getting out of bed right??]

[windgod]

[Well, that's certainly one way of doing it. He could have moved Ibuki easily on a good day, but his arms weren't doing that supporting weight thing so good today. Didn't stop him from struggling though.]

Ibuki...come on, I gotta...I gotta go help...!

[Said the sick man to his tiny girlfriend managing to hold him down solely on the principle of being on top of him.]

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No way! No way!

You'd just fall on your face and gurgle swamp water!!! Swamp water isn't good for you, Ippo-chan!

[windgod]

I'm not...that weak...!

[Says the person who literally cannot lift someone Ibuki's size off of him at the moment. Why are you such a shounen hero??]

I can...I can handle it, I've handled worse!

[scary_music]

Says the person who can't lift the totally skinny and light weight Ibuki off of himself!!!

[windgod]

T...that doesn't count...all that ice cream must be...helping you!

[...Wow Ippo, friggin' rude much? He's had about enough of being pinned down now and despite his illness, he's actually managing to get Ibuki up some. He might be drained, but the kid's got some moxie in him.]

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Whoa!

Right for the sucker punch, Ippo-chan! How ruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuude!

[she lightly slaps Ippo's face. Ippo is lucky his girlfriend isn't overly concerned about her weight]

That was like, totally out of character of you, Ippo-chan!

[windgod]

[The hit was light, but what he'd said hit him like a ton of bricks. He let Ibuki back down and his eyes went wide with shock. Had he really just...?]

I...god I'm...I didn't mean...I'm sorry...

[Just give him a few seconds, he needs to actually process what just happened.]

[scary_music]

[Ibuki pokes Ippo in the nose-]

You're lucky Ibuki is a kind and forgiving Goddess of Music, Ippo-chan!

[windgod]

[I'm glad you're taking this well Ibuki, because Ippo? No, he's actually starting to cry a little like he just kicked a puppy. Not taking this well at all. He doesn't even have words for this. He just openly insulted his girlfriend, as far as he's concerned he's a monster.]

[scary_music]

Um...

...

[Ibuki just kind of hugs Ippo]

[windgod]

I'm sorry...

[He's just going to accept the hug because he's a mess right now. He's been a mess. He's been a slow burning mess since he arrived of his rock. Since Night died. Since being tossed out of a hospital by his neck by something he couldn't see.

Everything here had slowly been chipping away at him and for every step he'd felt like he'd taken, it was more than ever apparent that he'd lost a piece of himself for that step. It was like he didn't care about himself anymore, or anyone else and he knew that wasn't him. He kept trying to hide his pain in the light of making others happy but now...it was just too much for him.

He was lashing out in ways he never thought he was capable of, towards people he'd never even consider harming in a thousand years.

Suffice it to say, he probably needed this cry. He had a lot to let out, more than even he realized.]

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Hey, hey... it's okay, Ippo-chan.

Ibuki's here...

[She gives him a soft kiss on the forehead, before just kind of nuzzling up against him... wait, no, is she going to get sick now??? Oh well.]

[windgod]

No...no it's not...it hasn't been okay...this entire situation...

[He'd never properly had his time to let himself get too down about things here, but...this was it. His world was gone. A lot of his family and friends with it. It wasn't a good situation, it wasn't an okay situation, and it wasn't anything he could find a reason to be happy about. Well...almost. He could think of one thing.]

I'm...i'm sorry I just...I lost myself for a second...I'm okay...I'll be okay. You're here...so I'll be fine...

[This was his life now. There wasn't any going back to the way things were. If he let himself drown in the past, he wouldn't be carrying on the legacy of his world. Worse still, he'd be letting himself be denied what happiness he could find. That was no way to live, and he had every intention of living.]

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[Ibuki's own tears began to gather in her eyes as Ippo spoke. The entire situation...]

[... her world was gone, and almost everything she knew was gone. Sure, there was Aoi and Makoto but... she hadn't even known of them until she'd arrived at the Bastion-]

[... as she thought that, she couldn't help but wonder... did she ever meet them? She was missing some memories, after all, of Hope's Peak Academy...]

... yeah. We're both here, Ippo-chan. We're both here...

[... but those erased memories, a part of her wanted to know what was locked there... but she also dreaded just what may be hidden]

[windgod]

Right...that's right...I need to stay...I need to rest...

[He let himself settle back down, let his emotions calm, let his sense of self return.]

Good thing you're here...I don't think...swamp water would have done...any favors for my breath.

[scary_music]

Count on Ibuki to smack you back to your senses when you get all shounen hero at a bad time!

[windgod]

...I really do have those...tendencies, don't I?

[Damn...great way to get him all embarrassed about his idiot compulsions. Good thing his face was already flushed from his fever.]

[scary_music]

Yup! Totally!

And now Ibuki's here to keep them from going out of control!

[windgod]

I really appreciate it...

[Considering how easily he'd considered walking off to an early grave or at the very least a week in the hospital...it was probably for the best she was here.]

[scary_music]

[Ibuki just smiles, leaning close to nuzzle her nose against Ippo's. It may not be the smartest thing to do with a sick person, but at least she's not kissing?]