ledbythewind | APPOINTMENTS POST

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APPOINTMENTS POST

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GO NUTS.

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Is it your home because you wish it to be, or because you feel responsible for looking after me?

Do I look like the sort of guy who goes out of his way to give himself more responsibilities than he wants?

Or is it because of guilt, perhaps?

[Isamu makes an aggravated noise in the back of his throat.]

Don't try to push people away.

Don't try to act like you understand.

[He's being far more defensive than normal, in part because he's still feeling vulnerable from having shared so much of his past with Sanji earlier. He doesn't like that feeling, not one bit, and he's far more short-tempered in an attempt to compensate for his perceived weakness.]

What, the way you understand my actions?

I haven't done anything. You have no reason to be upset with me.

[He doesn't, and he knows it. But he also needs to do something with the jumble of emotions he's feeling right now and Isamu just happens to be the nearest and easiest target. It's either explode at someone else right now or turn that anger inward.]

I just want to be left alone.

You just want to run off again, you mean.

And if I do? Will you come chasing me down again and beg me to come back?

[Even drunk as he is, there's a part of him that's horrified at his own behavior right now, but it (along with his better judgment) is being drowned out by the effects of the alcohol.]

[His expression doesn't change.]

Probably.

Why?

[It's an honest question. Isn't his presence making things more awkward for Isamu right now?]

Because nothing's changed.

[They're still both stubborn idiots, no matter who's shown up.]

Everything's changed.

[Whether it's for the better or for the worse, he doesn't know, but there's no denying the fact that it has changed.]

You're so fucking dramatic. Is it all or nothing for you?

You're my friend. Possibly my best friend, for however weird that is.

[Finally Richard just slumps, looking defeated.]

Even after all these years, after everything Asbel has told me... I still don't know how to be a good friend.

You're just a slow learner, is all.

And in any case, that's not entirely true.

[He reaches over again to rub Richard's back with one hand. His whole manner softens again.]

Let's get you to bed. We can deal with this mess you made tomorrow.

[This time Richard allows that contact, though his muscles still remain tense under Isamu's touch.]

I don't know what to do...

Don't worry about it right now. We can talk things over better when you're sober.

[Richard opens his mouth as if to protest, but the migraine that's rapidly starting to set in is enough to change his mind about that. Instead, he just nods.

Screw pajamas, he's just going to be fumbling off everything but his pants, flopping onto the bed, and curling up in a ball. He can move to the other room tomorrow when he doesn't feel so awful.]

[Isamu will soon lay down beside him soon, wrapping an arm around his waist as though in reassurance.]

[For all the protesting he'd made about being touched earlier, there doesn't seem to be much fight left in Richard on that front now. Instead, he curls into that touch and that warmth with a quiet sigh. He's never been very good at being alone, no matter how much he may try to insist that he's fine with it.]

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