Day 260 (Backdated) - Homeward Bound

[windgod]

Who: Ippo and Ibuki
Open: Open
When: Day 260
Where: The Bastion In General
What: Ippo's home and not feeling too hot.
Format: Action
Warnings: Sad feels and happy feels and Ibuki probably

[The entire way home, Ippo had been for the most part, silent beyond a few words in response to things said to him. His heart was still beating in his ears and his chest felt like someone had trapped it in a vice.

How loud had he been yelling? How hard had he been pounding on that creature? Everything had gone by in such a blur, he didn't even notice until someone was pulling him off of the dead body so they could drag Colin out. He'd been fine of course, as Colin was wont to be most of the time, but he couldn't shake that raw terror he'd felt watching his friend get swallowed whole. A fear had gripped him so absolutely that even in the face of saving the engineer, he couldn't shake it even now.

His feelings weighed around his neck like chains and even as he came in off the Skyway, he landed hard on one knee, much opposed to his usual, more solid landings.

Even as lost in his thoughts and emotions as he was, he couldn't not notice the small tuft of brightly colored hair poking out from beneath a blanket near the entrance. Had...Ibuki really slept here waiting for him to get back? It was a shock enough to pull him from his thoughts and into the present as he walked over to the blanket and knelt down, putting a hand on Ibuki's shoulder.]

Ibuki...? You shouldn't sleep here, you might catch something.

[His voice sounded distant, even to him, as if he were listening to someone else speak, but the meaning was there all the same. He might have not been here for that plague, but he'd heard about it, and had his own fair share of sickness as well. The last thing he wanted was for Ibuki to come down with something because she was waiting outside for him to get back.]

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[windgod]

[The sudden clinging sent Ippo onto his backside, but he smiled a faint smile and gave Ibuki a few pats on the back. In spite of himself, there was just something about her that made it impossible to feel too terribly bad, even if he felt awful as of current.]

I promised I'd be back, didn't I? I'm not that bad of a boyfriend, am I?

[scary_music]

Iyaa~

Ippo-chan, no, no, Ibuki wasn't saying that! That's not a thing that flew out of Ibuki's mouth!

[Ibuki's eyes were watering a bit... she was just so glad things hadn't turned out for the worse]

[windgod]

I'm glad.

[Something seemed...off. If Ibuki was paying attention, Ippo was acting normally to be sure...but perhaps a little too normal, almost like he was someone trying to act like Ippo. Not in a fake way, but more in the sense of trying to put a mask of normality over something that was wrong.

Regardless, he rose to his feet...and Ibuki rose with him since she was still clinging to him and he proceeded to carry her towards the apartments. Maybe he'd feel better if he got some rest?]

Sorry I didn't get home sooner...but I think I'm going to bed now, I'm beat.

[To say the least.]

[scary_music]

Ahh... Ibuki was hoping you'd play with her a bit when you came back... but, but, okay...

...

Hey, hey, Ippo-chan, what happened, what happened? Ibuki hears a weird thing... a not-normal thing.

You're being a little weird, Ippo-chan, not normal. Abnormal!

[windgod]

Sorry...we'll play when I wake up, okay?

[He didn't at all look comfortable at the question she asked though, and he could feel that tightness wrap itself around his chest again. He was steady, so he wasn't about to drop Ibuki or anything, but he might have even been shaking a little bit.]

Thankfully nothing serious...it's just that it could have been that scares me...

[scary_music]

Um, um...

It feels serious. Ippo-chan, you feel and sound Super High School Level Serious...

Though, though... maybe we should wait until we're both comfy before we talk about it, right? Right?

And... and Ibuki can make you something delicious, too!

[windgod]

Yeah...probably a good idea. I haven't eaten anything yet, so we can talk about it over breakfast.

[He might have questioned why their deeper discussions so far had been over breakfast, but he was just going to content himself in an impromptu hug instead. Much easier.]

[scary_music]

Yeah, yeah! Just leave everything to Ibuki!

[Ibuki is more than happy to hug Ippo back, of course!]

... well, except for getting to the room! Whoops! Ippo-chan took the initiative and is carrying Ibuki like we're newly weds! Kyaa!

[windgod]

Hey! You did this first if I remember right...twice even.

[It was enough to get some color to his cheeks though and his laugh was a bit more genuine. If only by a bit, but it was something at least.]

[scary_music]

Ooh, that's right, that's right!

We married each other on the first day we met! Amazing! How did it take us so long to figure out?!

[windgod]

W...wait a second, we're married?

[And there's the rest of the color, because he's tired right now and Ibuki has this really cool way of sounding absolutely serious when she says outlandish things.]

[scary_music]

Huh? Huh? We are? We are?

Kyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!

Ippo-chan, you move so fast!!!

[windgod]

But you're the one who said it! W-what about the ceremony? The ring? I didn't even propose!!

[Oh boy, he actually thinks he messed something up here. You've got a real class act boyfriend here Ibuki. A real keeper.]

[scary_music]

The ring!?

The ring!! And the ceremony!

We forgot the everything, Ippo-chan-

Gyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!

[windgod]

I'm sorry! I'm really sorry I'll make it up to you I promise!

[Oh god what did he need to do...he needed to draft up cards and get a ring and set up the ceremony...who would he even talk to about that?? Gahhhhhhhhh, this was an absolute nightmare, how even did this happen??!]

[scary_music]

Ippo-chan... Ippo-chan...

Ibuki has a confession to make...

That other night, when we did 'this' and 'that'...

[Okay wait no, she shouldn't keep this going any longer-]

...

... Just kidding!!!!!

[windgod]

...I walked into that didn't I?

[scary_music]

Ippo-chan...

There's something else you're going to walk into very soon watch out-Gyaaaaaaaaaaaaa-!

[windgod]

[There was indeed, a very sturdy apartment coming up on them and Ippo stopped within a hairs inch of it, to the point he had to get on the tips of his toes. Which put all the weight of Ibuki on his chest. Which sent him toppling backwards.

Weeeeeeeeeeeeeee.]

[scary_music]

Iyaaaaaaaaa~

[And there's an Ibuki on top of Ippo-]

It's like a scene out of a comedy romance!! Embarrassing!

[... guess who isn't embarrassed]

[windgod]

[The grass was soft however, and he landed with no real incident save for another Ibuki brand joke.]

Jeez...if this keeps happening, I'll have to keep a running count.

[He did seem to be a lot clumsier around Ibuki it seemed...maybe he was just easily distracted by her charms?]

[scary_music]

Ippo-chan, Ippo-chan, there's better things to do than keep count of how many times you've fallen on your tooshie!

[She rolls off of Ippo, letting out a small, happy laugh]

Hey, hey, Ippo-chan, should Ibuki carry you the rest of the way?

[windgod]

I think I'll be fine this time...thanks for the offer though.

[He smiled and stood up, holding out a hand to Ibuki to let her join him before he made his way back towards his...their apartment. It still felt strange to say that.]

So...did I miss anything while I wasn't here? Come up with any new songs or anything like that?

[scary_music]

[Ibuki accepted Ippo's hand, letting him help her up]

Huh? Oh, nothing, nothing really. Ibuki tried to play a bit, but she ended up mostly waiting out by the entrance...

She didn't even think about songs at all! Weird and so out of character for Ibuki!

[windgod]

Sorry...I'll try to be home sooner next time, alright? Though I don't think I'll have to leave for a while yet...cores aren't exactly common occurrences.

[He was actually thankful for that, if he was being honest. He could use a break from all that nonsense.]