Heaven's BBS | Video

[sharkmaid]

Posted: June 21st
From: Eros

[There's a dull clicking sound in the background when the feed starts but judging by the odd lower angle and blurred image it seems this wasn't supposed to start in the first place. Upon closer inspection, and with a bit of shifting, the video focuses and reveals what definitely looks to be a young man's bare back facing the camera. He's laying down on his side in the grass, currently unmoving, but when the clicking sound starts up again he finally shifts to lazily roll over and face the feed with tired, half-lidded eyes.

No, he isn't wearing a shirt. Too hot for that. And even if it wasn't, he'd probably feel too unenergetic to put one on anyway.]

Oi... Put that away. It's too hot for this.

[said as he lifts his hand up, considers reaching over... and chooses instead to drop it atop his forehead which is currently dappled with sweat. He could go for a swim. He could grab a drink, take a cold shower. He could. But he won't.

Whoever's on the other side of the screen makes a noncommittal, almost animal like growl... before finally obliging and dropping the device in the grass so it can eventually pad over and flop down beside Rin in the afternoon shade. Is that... an ayakashi? Seems somewhat tame for one, though there's no mistaking it's features. Bear. Small. Cuddly. Definitely ayakashi. Regardless, Rin doesn't seem pressed to move much, and with a lazy, cat-like stretch he rolls his shoulders before absently wiping more sweat away from his neck and chiseled stomach with the backs of his fingertips.

Well. There's Eros in the flesh for you.]

Tsk... stupid bear. Now I can't sleep.

(( ooc: Rin ran into a bear cub ayakashi and it's made him uncharacteristically tired, lazy, and all around listless! Please help... or take the opportunity to admire. Your choice bro. ))

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[sharkmaid]

[Rin looks over while Sousuke walks to the bridge and as he does it seems like one of the swans is comfortable enough to paddle along after him. They're probably bound to this place, this castle... even to Rin himself. Can't imagine how that would work out, but those are all thoughts for another time. For now he's content to watch and even fool himself into thinking this is all a different reality. They aren't in heaven, nobody's dead or forgotten. They're just as they've always been, standing together on a lazy afternoon...

Hearing Sousuke sigh breaks the illusion though and Rin bites his lip, because he knows what he's thinking. He knows his god's being vague. He knows he's holding information from him for their safety. And really, he wants to tell him more. Every detail, every memory...]

Yeah. It was.

[he pauses before adding,]

My dad was a fisherman before he passed.

[Rin soon follows after him, stepping up onto the bridge to fold his arms over the railing too and stare down at their reflections between the swans. He laughs, but only a little... It's bittersweet.]

I loved it. I still do. ... But I had dreams to follow.

[takenwithhim]

[Sousuke eyes the swan following him. This place is peaceful, as always. The quietness and beauty are sculpted, he’s convinced, to fit his god’s personal tastes. A strong castle, yet still beautiful. The little romantic touches here and there seem like fairy tales flittering in and out of the stone towering behind them. For some people, this place would be a dream come true. For others, it’s a place to wait until what happens happens. Moments like these, Sousuke’s not even sure what he’s thinking about and why he is. It’s simply… something to. Like his brain’s rambling.

Guess it’s not just Rin that got affected by that laze-inducing bear. Wonder if some of that got on his foot after he kicked it… ewugh. It’s a distracting thought from the little ire that needles him at Rin’s vagueness. He knows Rin doesn’t want to be, but has to be in order to keep him safe. How anyone shinki’s supposed to exist in this place without thinking of their past is beyond him. He simply tries to obey the warnings in his gut when something veers towards a “bad” topic.

It’s as frustrating for Rin as it is for him. Strange to take comfort in that thought.]

So ka… Hn, your dad was a nice guy. [Sousuke rests one hand over the other, eyes lifting to the sky.] He must’ve thought the world of you.

[It makes him wonder, makes him think, and those thoughts aren’t fun. He knows he can’t remember anything and he tries not to since it’s dangerous. But… even now the feeling’s creeping into his stomach and it frustrates him that he can’t know. He’s alive, but there’s a price he’s eternally paying for it.]

And those dreams lay outside your home, didn’t they…

[sharkmaid]

[Rin figures it's been long enough for that ayakashi's effects to wear off, and yet here the two of them are, lazy and slow regardless. Ok, so it's not as bad as Rin was, rolling around in the grass and being rude to everyone he remotely felt like speaking to, but it's close enough.]

Mm. You would know, wouldn't you?

[What with being possessed and all. An awkward thing to remember at a time like this (at a time like any, actually) and he clears his throat as if that will make the thought disappear.

Looking out over the pond this time, Rin's silent at first... then he laughs again.]

Actually, I found out I didn't need to look far for them. They were with me all along.

[Turning back to Sousuke, Rin smiles wide.]

I guess that's why I'm not as down as I could be in the end, even being here. As long as I know who's most important to me, it doesn't matter how far away I go.

[takenwithhim]

[He’s not being lazy; he’s simply thinking about things. Lazy didn’t carry someone’s butt halfway around the castle grounds. But yeah, he’s pretty relaxed right now, pensive more like it, resting on the railing and gazing at their reflection in the water below. Funny… they’re normally together so much.]

Hmph. I don’t know that much. He wasn’t in my head, you know.

[And Sousuke definitely wasn’t in Matsuoka-san’s. That had been an… interesting time. But the result was better than what it could have been. Sousuke regrets nothing about his choice, even if it is awkward every time he remembers it.

The change back to the other topic earns a glance to Rin’s reflection and Sousuke studies him in the water. It’s such a romantic thing to say, he’s surprised he didn’t expect it. But at the same time… he furrows his brows a little.]

Aa, but…

[Sousuke trails off as the side of his face practically warms under the beam of that brilliant smile. Whatever he’d been going to say fades away from his lips and he shakes his head lightly, a tiny smile appearing as well.]

You must have someone very important to you back home. I hope they know how lucky they are to have a friend like you.

[sharkmaid]

[Rin turns away at those words and it's just in time to watch the pair of swans rejoin then slowly drift away towards the opposite end of the pond. Someone important... Unconsciously he intertwines and loosens his fingers a few times out of restlessness. It's never easy, being put on the spot like this.

Especially when he isn't so sure how to answer.

It took him a long time to reach out to those important people, he knows that much. So caught up in his selfish goals, his father's dream, his times and records... Having important people didn't even exist for a time.

If only you knew... If only you knew how unfair I really was to all of you.

Rin pushes away from the railing on that note and turns back towards the castle. His smile's gone, but he isn't frowning at least.]

We should head back inside. Before that ayakashi shows up again and all that...

[takenwithhim]

[Sousuke shifts a little on his arms before folding them across the top of the bridge’s banister. This feels… he’s not sure. There’s comfort here standing silently beside Rin over the water. But it’s also uneasy and slightly anxious. Even with things going well for them, there always seems to be a soft melancholy between them whenever things settle and they have time to simply be silent together.

Especially when the conversation turns to things like this. It’s obvious Rin holds people very close to his heart. But sometimes Sousuke wonders what else Rin keeps so close. He knows there are things his god can’t say to him and it bothers them both. This goes beyond those kinds of things. What’s bad about asking Rin about his past? Is that something in the “dangerous” category? Rin’s the only one with a past between the two of them…

But he gets nothing for it and looks to the side as Rin pushes away from the railing. For a few moments, Sousuke’s silent, watching Rin’s back as the breeze licks at the longer strands of hair at the nape of his god’s neck. He could refuse and stay out here till he’s good and ready to go inside…

Not that there’s a point to that. Sousuke lets his arms fall by his side as he backs away from the railing. Hands slide into his pockets and he heads towards the castle.]

Aa.

[Can’t have him kicking more bear cubs now can we.]