generalflirt | IC Contact Post! (Sol Raveh)

[He's teasing her. It's the kind of thing where another day, like the day they met, she'd go along with it, just like a game of chicken. Masaomi's reactions are always fun.

But just moments ago she tried to shut him down, and he's still not getting the hint. And frankly, she doesn't feel well enough to keep putting up with it.]

Kida-kun, let me once and for all make this clear. That's never going to happen.

[ Ouch, that's a harsh rejection. And it's a harsh rejection right to his face - still... who can blame her, under the circumstances. He can take a hint, and so he claps his hands together once he's taken them off her own, taking a step back and folding them together. He doesn't exactly sink, dejected, but he does take a step back, and hang his head a bit.

Still, it wouldn't be becoming for an older person to be the own who is bugged by this.

No, instead, he grins despite the hung head and replies, ]

Probably, but knowing my luck, I'll get to see you as far as your journey in this world's going to go, Rin-chan. So as your senpai, I'll chime in a caution on nevers.

[His body language is at least reassuring, even if his words unnerve her for some reason. What's that supposed to mean? A response like that begs for an explanation, but she's not sure she wants to fall for that trick.

More than that, she (foolishly, perhaps) thinks she knows better.]

Maybe you should be a poet instead. [Smoothing out her skirt, she looks away from him.] I should get back to work.

[After a conversation like that, it's inappropriate for her to be sitting on his bed anyways. So Rin makes to stand then, intending to get back on her way, but the moment she does she's struck by a surge of lightheadedness. Dizzied and looking faint, she sways on her feet.]

[ And after a conversation like that and, more importantly, her dismissal, it would be improper for him to touch her. And yet, he still does. Hyper aware of the room and, for better or worse, of her in this moment, his hands shoot out to ghost around her sides, as if to steady her if needed, crouching to get into position all in one movement.

Honestly, it's a very dramatic affair. He's scarcely sure why he did it.

... ...

No, he's sure. ]

[And given that conversation, it might seem strange that that isn't what she pans him for. Sagged against him, she stirs as if realizing her predicament a moment too late and jolts, red to her ears in embarrassment and attempting to brush him off.]

C-Cut it out! I'm fine. You don't need to do anything like that!

[She's not fine. There's not much strength behind her motions to push his hands away, and she's leaning on him more than he's holding her. Her knees buckle a moment later.]

[ . . . She's not like Katara. She's not really that much like Hilda or Crystal. She's nothing like Saki or Anri. If there was a woman in his life before Rin to compare to, it might be something more like Ino, all things considered. And he has this realization as he's processing this moment met with their whole conversation before now, and trying hard not to dwell on the fact that he knows he' projecting more value onto her than she wants to accept.

She isn't his friend, at least not in the same way anyone he's lived with for many years had been.

And she's certainly not... ]

[ Not really the time. ]

Yes, yes. But it's sort of the impetuous of any man to want to unnecessarily support a beautiful girl.

[ He said, helping her keep herself on her feet. He got into step behind her, offering to allow her the out of the escort, or to get back on either of their beds, without trying to make too big of deal of it. ]

[WELL. She can't sit on his bed again, that would be improper. But hers is all the way over there, across a floor that seems to tilt unsteadily. If her hands instead change tactics to hold onto him tighter, that's just by accident obviously.

Past that she seems stuck, caught between not daring to let go and collapse like a fool and not wanting to rely on him for any more than this, even as he leads her. Mouth quivering, she looks about to say something before her lips clamp down tightly, stubbornly refusing to let those words out.

At a loss, she turns redder and redder by the moment, looking like she could shrivel up and die right there. The composed and stern young lady from moments ago is hard to recognize in the flustered speechless girl that's been left behind.]

[ This is going to be his choice on how to handle this, isn't it? What on earth did she do to vanish for that length of time and come back so weak and disoriented? He frowns deeper, curious. He wants to know, and for a second he feels entitled to know, but he quashes that feeling just as quickly. He inhales, exhales, and then tries as best he can to yank/lead her back onto his bed. He doesn't want to pick her up and embarrass her further, but this just seems practical.

As for the others in the room, Linda has long since lost interest and sort of dozed off atop the trunk. Julia is watching this all as if studying how Masaomi is handling this from her perch on the bed. ]

[She stumbles, but it's not more than a few steps after that. A bit too inelegantly for her sensibilities, Rin finds/half-falls into her bed a moment later, hands braced against the comforter to hold herself steady.]

...Thank you. {Comes the grudging gratitude, but she can't meet his eyes.] N-Not that it's such a big deal. I just stood up too fast, that's all.

[ Right. ]

[ . . . He reaches out and taps the top of her head, patting it and resisting and urge to brush it. Julia all but sparkles from his bed. But then he finally exhales and, ]

Tell you what though, I'll pick up Koo. I was going to get something to eat and probably bring it back to the room anyway, so that'll just save everyone time.

[ And he can get her something then too.

He wasn't going to go get food before. ]

[Her blue eyes widen a fraction looking up at him, before she has to look away, downcast and glistening with some fiercely guarded emotion.

She wants to argue, but she knows better. Koo will be disappointed, but he'd be downright alarmed if she can't even pull herself together for a simple walk between this room and Frisk's. Not to mention what Frisk or anyone else who saw her would think.

That's not acceptable. Masaomi is right, it really works out best this way. It just irks her that she needs the help in this way. Rin Tohsaka could take just about any excuse to be pampered, but not at the cost of her well-honed image.

It's not that she can't be weak, it's that it's unacceptable to shows others she's anything but strong.

But here she is, hardly able to stand and forcing her roommate to take care of her errands for her. To add to the insult, it's her best option. Uncharacteristically withdrawn, she pulls her legs up onto the bed, nodding reluctantly beneath his palm after a moment.]

...Right. It's for the best. [His hand on her head feels warm.] He'll be sad it isn't me, so as long as you're going to the kitchen, you should get him a treat.

[She folds her hands in her lap.] He likes berries.

[She's not ungrateful.]

Koo's a strong young man. And every strong young man wants to be impressive for his number one gal. [ He doesn't even know why he words it like that, but he laughs all the same at it, pulling back from her, twirling and pulling into a theatrical bow, even as Julia, on the other bed, looks thoughtful at that statement. ]

So I'll make sure that he knows he has to be look impressive once we're back.

[ And pick up those berries for him. But all the same, he's trying to give Rin some leeway for her own dignity, smiling and winking as he does, shuffling towards the door. Frisk, right...? He... yes, he did know where that was from the escape from the killer bears thing. ]

[Oh brother. Knowing Koo, he'll take it just to heart too. Any time Masaomi gets like this, he's listened with more rapt attention than Rin can admit she likes. Ever since they've started training together, Koo's had this sparkling image in his head of wanting to be a brave knight.

Resigning herself to that with little fuss, as Masaomi moves away, Rin quietly lowers herself to lie on her bed. It's just a nap, so no need to get under the sheets, but she pulls her pillow to nestle more comfortably beneath her heavy head.]

Masaomi?

[ Most of the way to the door now, he pauses to respond, gently, ]

Eeeeh?

[ Okay, so it was gentle, but still a little bit playful, to keep up with the move he had just set up for his journey out to get the Ralts. ]

I'll be fine. [She might be mad at him, but she's not so mean so as to offer him no reassurances.] I overdid things a little, but all I need to correct that is a good day's rest.

[Real rest, and not forced unconsciousness.]

I hate relying on you in the meantime for something small like that, but... [Legs curled up, she tucks her chin down to her chest and closes her eyes.] Thank you, anyways.

[ . . . Hah.

He closes his eyes. He's not sure if he should be relieved or repulsed by how relieved he is. Had he always been so easy t get to know people, to hold them close to himself? It's strange to think about: he never could have done that in Tokyo, for how approachable he was on the whole. Masaomi Kida was and had fair weather friends for the most part. Even in Luceti, he only was that close to so many people. But, perhaps because of that transitive nature...

It was just easier to be open and helpful.

Even if it was hard to let people in. ]

Well, if you're still up when I come back, I can regale you with a story of a Shift or four. Some of them were pretty amusing, and the ones that aren't are boring enough to put you to sleep!

[ Hehehe. Still, he was thanked. He appreciates that brush on his heart. But he does still leave the rom airily laughing at his own joke to guard the rest of it. LEt's go get Koo. ]

[She cracks one eye open only to roll it at that silly joke. Or is it a threat, maybe? In either case, she thinks cloudily as she drifts off, she should probably be on her guard.]

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