thebastion | [Day 205] [CLOSED] When days seem meaningless don't go and lie

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[Day 205] [CLOSED] When days seem meaningless don't go and lie

WHO: Rin and Bon
OPEN: Closed
WHEN: Day 205
WHAT: It's finally time to go home.
WHERE: Tower Apartments
FORMAT: Prose
WARNINGS: Rin being herself, couple talking about being a couple (Don't look, Yukio)

"I didn't think it was possible to miss this place as much as I did..."

It was hard to think of any place in the Bastion as strictly "home". The word may have been used, but for most it was with a tinge of something missing, something distant and long since destroyed. Right now, though? After spending as long as she did in the hospital, Rin was more than happy to consider this place as something closer to that.

She walked in with Bon (Yukio still at the hospital caring for those who were on the road to recovery) and haphazardly tossed her bag of belongings to the side in the living room, walking over to the couch and promptly faceplanting in to it.

"Mnnn couch..."

Yup. It was good to be back.

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For a moment Bon had been worried that Rin wouldn't make it up all those stairs, so he had walked behind her up them, ready to catch her if she fell. But no, she made it back just fine, so that hadn't been necessary.

Bon was a little tired, but still able to move about. His migraines had been kind enough to stay away during all of this mess, though he was sure they would return soon enough. So much stress always gave him one.

For now, though, he focused on the present, instead of future problems. Rin had made it, they were home safe and sound, and everything was okay. There was a lot to be thankful for.

"It's good to be back," Bon offered, and he picked up her bag and went to empty it on their laundry pile. All of their dirty things had just been left in a pile for the last two weeks (excluding Bon's blood-stained clothes, which were currently hanging in the bathroom. They needed to be washed again before he could use them, and even then they might be ruined for good), and one of them would have to wash it all soon. Probably Bon, since Rin was still sick, and Yukio was still taking care of the sick.

There was still a certain level exhaustion after all that. It was easier to get tired, and she wouldn't be going back to the distillery kitchen just yet, but she was far better off than she had been.

She let him take the bag, deciding the couch was far more comfortable than getting back up again. She wiggled the rest of the way on to it and flopped over on her side, yawning a little.

"It is..."

Once that's taken care of, Bon dumps the bag on the ground next to the laundry pile, and then he moves to go sit on the couch as well. He'll take the last seat, by Rin's feet.

"I know it's only been a week, but it feels like it's been ages. I just want to lay down and not get up for a couple days."

"I've been in bed all that time, and I still wanna do that."

Instead she'll settle for sitting up so she can move over and rest her head in Bon's lap, draping her tail across her middle.

"This is alright for now."

"Yeah, it's close enough."

Without thinking too much about it, Bon reaches down to straighten out Rin's hair a bit, so it's not in her face.

"I'm glad you're better now. I... When we were looking for the medicine, I was so worried we wouldn't make it in time."

"Mnn..."

That should have been reason for her to start in to one of her "I'm tougher than that!" spiels but this time, it didn't come. She lay there quietly, staring at the far wall.

"... I was scared, too."

"...I'm sorry. That I couldn't be there with you, I mean. So many people were sick, and there weren't enough to go with Zahi-"

He still regrets it, though. He knows he had to be there, but he still regrets it.

"Hey."

She turned and sat up, resting her hands on his lap so she could look at him.

"Don't ever apologize for doin' the right thing, okay? You didn't just save me, you saved everyone else that was sick. I was scared, but I wasn't alone, and I knew you were out there fightin' for every one of us back here."

He wants to argue with that. He really does. No matter what is said, he'll always feel bad about just leaving Rin there. But at the same time, with her being insistent like this, it's not worth arguing about. He knows she's right: even though he feels guilty, he did do the right thing. It's just his feelings being stupid.

"...yeah, I guess you're right." He looks away, his brow scrunched down like it usually is when he's thinking deeply. "You were in good hands anyway, Okumura-sensei wouldn't have let anything happen to you."

She knows that look, too. She's seen it plenty of times and can tell when he's trying to over analyze the situation.

So she smirks, reaching up to prod him in the nose lightly.

"He took good care of me, and everyone else, so stop worryin' about what happened and just be grateful we both made it through."

Would a kiss make you stop thinking so much, Bon?

It certainly would go a long way to getting him to relax. Sometimes he forgets how to do that.

The boop on his nose brings him back around though, and the wrinkles are gone from his brow. Now he's focused on Rin, though he still looks worried.

"Mmn...yeah, I guess I've just been thinking about it a lot. But that won't help now, will it? It's all done with."

She knows. Which is why she's trying to get him to relax right now. They're home and she survived.

"It's just another thing we got through together. So breathe a little, okay?"

At that, he manages a weak smile.

"I'll try."

No promises, but trying is a lot for him. Because whenever he tries, he usually pushes through until he succeeds.

But there is something else weighing on his mind, it has been ever since they found the snake-demons, but he just hasn't found a way to bring it up yet. Maybe now would be a good time?

"Say...feeling up for talking about something? Or do you just want to rest."

It's better than not doing anything about it at all.

"Hm? What'd you wanna talk about?"

"Well, remember that one time we talked about families and stuff? After the trip to the temple?"

Yep, that's the kind of discussion Bon wants. Because he's ready to talk about those things now. This whole experience has made him realize a few things.

... oh.

"Yeah, I remember that..."

"Do you feel up for talking about it?"

Because if Rin is tired, he can understand that. Or if she's not ready for it. Or anything.

Her tail swishes behind her back as she nods to him.

"I'm fine with that. I mean, it's... important enough to bring up, right?"

Bon nods in return.

"Yeah, I just... want to have everything our in the open. Because it's a really important topic."

"Okay. I'm fine with that."

She'll just... get out of your space there since serious talk is probably not the time to be there.

Yeah probably not. But he'll still reach for her hand, because he wants to hold on to some part of her.

"Everything that's happened, it's just made me realize a few things. Like how fragile we are, for one, but also how quickly something can go wrong. And knowing that, I don't want to leave anything unsaid, just in case something does go wrong someday, and one of us doesn't make it back."

This is where he starts to look a little embarrassed. Even for a serious talk, it's hard to actually say these things.

"I...well, I love you. And I want to be a part of your life, and share everything with you. Including...some of the stuff I haven't really been so sure about before."

She's fine with that, of course, and even turns sideways on the couch with her legs folded under her, hand turned up to thread her fingers through his. She listens closely, frowning worriedly at his words. She hated to think about it at all, but it was something they couldn't really ignore either.

But it's her turn to flush when he says that, and she realizes that it's the first time he's really said those three words together to her. Her tail even starts to thump on the couch excitedly, a bit of red even creeping in to her ears.

What was he saying? Oh. Right.

"Stuff you haven't been so sure about--... oh. Ohh you mean-- that stuff I was teasin' you about before... ?"

It was indeed a worry of his, especially after they both almost-died in the last week. If anything had gone wrong, one of them (or even both) could have ended up in a funeral pyre. And this wasn't the first time Rin had almost died, either.

But for as serious as the topic is, Bon finds himself feeling small and unsure. This isn't exactly something he's had to seriously discuss before.

"Yeah, that stuff. I'd be okay with it now, I think."

There's a short pause before he quickly adds, "Not right now, I mean, at some point in the near future, instead of like. Years from now."

"W-well yeah, I still feel like crap anyway but--..."

She fidgeted, rubbing her thumb over his fingers in some small effort to calm him.

"Are you really sure? 'cause I mean, I was jokin' that day. I wouldn't wanna push you in to somethin'."

It does help, along with Rin's reassuring words. But Bon is sure of this, so he's going to say as much, even if just saying the word is tough.

"I'm sure. Trust me, I had plenty of time to myself to think it over. I just think that, well, it wouldn't really change that much between us, I don't think. We're already together, and I can't imagine anything short of dying would break us up."

He might be a little naive there, but with the world literally ripped apart, a lot of the troubles they would have had suddenly don't exist anymore.

"And I'd be lying if I said I wasn't curious about it, too."

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