Who:
barkingninja and
nightrayseweratStatus: Closed
Style: Prose
Where: Amesato, starting at their home and wandering outward!
When: Week 30, Day 6, late morning
Rating: PG-13 at most
Warnings: possible bad language and murderous thoughts
Summary: Vincent invites Kurogane for a little walk...
It actually took a little while after breakfast for things to settle enough for Vincent to invite Kurogane out for a walk. After all, their household was a boisterous one, and Vincent didn't want to make too big a deal of the whole affair and arouse suspicion. He waited until the twins were otherwise occupied, brushed past the big ninja on the way out of the kitchen, and crooked a finger at him, mismatched eyes smiling up into red ones.
"Let's take that walk now, shall we?"
His tone was nothing but friendly and playful, of course, as he tripped on down the hallway to get his shoes, smiling all the way. His movements were confident, saying that he expected to be followed. What was going on inside his mind, of course, was quite a bit less confident, a swirling mass of doubt. After all, his place in this household had been contingent on being needed, at the time.
This arrangement was supposed to be temporary. And this person reappearing in the world was pretty much the exact excuse one would need to leave, if he so wished to. If Kurogane was here, Vincent wasn't needed anymore, and he could move back to Mizusato to live with his family, with the others from their world.
The only problem there?
It wasn't what he wanted. And wanting something for himself and not for anyone else was a new and different feeling, one that twisted his guts in ways he didn't like at all.
He should run home to Gilbert. He shouldn't even bother 'having a talk' or trying to work things out.
He'd made a promise to Fai.
He'd made a promise of his own accord, to a child.
"Come on, don't be shy," he called over his shoulder, gaily.