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Who: Ginny (hex_you_up), Akaya (phantom_lefty), Kirihara Kaori (NPC), Kirihara Akiya (NPC).
What: Talking, BIG HAPPENINGS.
When: 10/13? The day Mufasa Kiridaddy died.
Where: The Kirihara Household, Kanagawa, Japan.
Why: Because.
Notes: Your character did not see this. ......Unless your character is a squirrel or Akaya's pet monkey. LET'S IGNORE THE FACT THAT I FUCKED UP WITH THIS POST, LIKE, 9027892382938 TIMES.
Three o'clock - It was already three, and Akaya was currently scrambling around the living room of the Kirihara house, picking up a tennis ball here, a wrist band there, some grip tape in that corner - and shoving it into his bag, mumbling to himself the entire time, sometimes pausing to send a quick text. And then, finally, he turned to Ginny, grinning a smile just a little too bright.
"Mmkay. Gotta go to practice now," he said. "You're gonna be okay here without me?"
"'Course," Ginny said, offering him a smile. She reached out and snagged his arm before he could take off, pulling him close enough to hug him. "Play hard, yeah? Love you, Woobie." She kissed his forehead.
"Eew, girl germs." Akaya wrinkled his nose a little and made a show of wiping off the kiss. He playfully stuck his tongue out at her, then bent down a little and patted Ginny's stomach.
"Be good to Mama, 'kay, Aiden-kun?" he said softly - and then to Ginny, as he opened the door behind him: "Seeya!"
She swatted at him. "Be good, you. Have fun," she called after him, though she winced internally at sounding so cheerful.
Akaya smiled and waved back at her, waiting until he was further down the street to let the smile drop off his face. And then all he could to was put one foot in front of the other, keeping his mind so carefully blank that he didn't even notice the sound of a car pulling into the driveway of the house - his mother's car.
She watched him go, keeping the smile fixed on her face until the door closed behind him. Then she dropped the expression and started chewing at her lip, worrying.
Not much she could do until he got home, really, and she'd be damned if she wasn't going to be here then. To give herself something to do she began straightening up -- there was nothing like two teenage boys to make a house look like a hurricane had hit. She didn't hear the car pull in.
Kirihara Kaori let out a breath as she pulled into the driveway of the house that was filled with so many of her memories - especially of the son she'd left months ago. Slowly, she exited the car and made her way to the front door, clutching the key in her hand and hoping that her husband hadn't changed the locks.
And just her luck - he hadn't. She opened the door, stepped into the house, and was greeted with the sight of a pregnant redhead straightening up her living room. Her face hardened.
"Excuse me, but - who exactly are you?"
Ginny spun around, startled, when Akaya's mother opened the front door. She instinctively went for her wand, lowering it again and hiding it behind her back when she realised who it was. "Ginevra Yagami," she said, her voice flat. "You're Akaya's mother." She left the nickname out, knowing the woman wouldn't know what she meant.
Though it was obviously not a question, Kaori inclined her head. "I am." The redhead looked familiar, and the name rang a bell. Yagami... Ah, that was it. She smiled faintly.
"You're Akaya's friend. The one married to Light-san. I thought you seemed familiar. How have you been, Yagami-san?"
"Just lovely." Ginny did her best to hide the sarcasm she wanted to spit at the woman.
Kaori's lips thinned. This was obviously not going to go very well. But still, she would try to be as pleasant as possible.
"I see." She looked around the room. "My... The place seems messier than usual, doesn't it? I'm sorry you had to witness this, Yagami-san." She tried a smile.
"That's what happens when teenage boys are left to their own devices," Ginny replied with a shrug. It could be construed as an innocent remark, she reasoned.
"Boys? Don't tell me Akaya's had friends over. I don't know how many times I've told him not to do that without his father's permission." Kaori shook her head and sighed.
"In case you weren't aware, his father is dead," Ginny snapped, losing finally her ability to control her anger. "And before that, he was gone for six weeks. Your son has spent the entire time minding all your ridiculous rules even though no-one was here to make him. The only person who's even been here aside from me is his brother." She threw the pillow she'd been fluffing back onto the couch and turned to face Kaori, hands on her hips and her best Molly Weasley Glare on her face.
Kaori's hands formed fists at her sides. "I am fully aware that my husband is dead, though I had no idea he - But furthermore, the rules of this house were made for a reason: to keep my children in line," she retorted, as Ginny's glare bored into her and made her feel more and more defensive. "And I'm not exactly sure why you seem to believe that any of this is your business, Yagami-san."
"Because I'm the one who's been here when you should have been," Ginny snarled, taking a step towards her without even realising she'd done it. "You should have been here protecting him and taking care of him, but you? You ran away." Furious tears were gathering in her eyes. "You left your son when he needed you. How could you possibly have justified that to yourself?"
"You don't know anything about my son," Kaori hissed. "You haven't seen half of what he's done. How he's becoming his father! I tried to protect him and I tried to shelter him, but he - That thing, that devil that lives in him!" She shook her head and looked away. "I ran away, I did. But I tried for almost sixteen years. And then to see Akiya, my boy without a demon? Do you know how heartbreaking that was? Don't jump to conclusions, Yagami-san."
Ginny's eyes went wide in anger. "He is not becoming his father," she snapped. "I know him very well. I know the demon terrifies him but he tries to pretend it doesn't, just like he tries to pretend nothing else ever does. He's just a child, and here he is suffering through this all on his own because you're too scared of him to help?" She shook her head. "No. Nothing could possibly make that all right. You're his mother. You don't get to stop trying. You don't get to stop helping him. You get the hell over it because he needs you."
"He is sixteen years old - hardly a child. Each and every one of those sixteen years has been a struggle. Psychiatrists since he was four, medication since he was eight..." Kaori shook her head again, sharply this time. "I am his mother and I love him. I do. But even a mother has her limits. I will not deal with a boy who sends other boys to the hospital with serious injuries, who goes out of his way to hurt himself, who goes against everything I have taught him. I have at least that much self-respect left."
Ginny stared at the woman in disbelief. This was what she really thought, and she dared to say she loved him? "So you're giving up on him because it's too hard?" she asked finally, disgust evident in her voice. "You know he blames himself for you leaving, don't you? He thinks he deserves what your bastard of a husband did to him."
Kaori drew herself up to her full height and gave Ginny as cold a glare as she could possibly muster. "I honestly don't see how any of this is a concern of yours, Yagami-san. Whether or not my son deserved what Mufasa - my husband - did to him is up for speculation. Now if you please, leave my house before the police arrive."
Ginny folded her arms and gave the woman an equally chilly smile. "You'll find the police quite like me, actually, as I'm married to their boss."
Then she realised what Kaori had said. "Whether he deserved it -- how -- you --" she spluttered, so furious she couldn't even form a sentence.
The other woman stiffened. "Children need discipline in their lives," she said dismissively. "Though considering the fact that he deemed it necessary to call the police..." Kaori cut herself off. "No matter. Whether or not your husband is a member of the police force, you have still worn out your welcome in this home, Yagami-san."
"Black eyes. Nearly breaking his jaw. That's what you'd call discipline?" Ginny asked, disbelieving. She ignored entirely the second half of Kaori's statement. She wasn't leaving until her Woobie got home. There was no way she was going to let this woman scare him like that.
"It's true that my husband may have gone overboard, but regardless. He doesn't learn. Ever. He continued to provoke his father. And as such, naturally the punishments became worse as time passed. That is how discipline works in this household."
That did it. Ginny stepped forward and reached out to slap the woman as hard as she could. "There is no excuse for hurting your own child," she hissed, fury in her eyes. "None. Ever."
Kaori's fingertips went up to her cheek as she straightened up and fixed her fiercest glare on Ginny. She tested her jaw for a moment, then shook her head minutely. "I was as naive as you, once. Willing to believe the best of him, willing to give him anything. But you'll learn, Yagami-san. You will." And then, without another word, she turned away and headed towards the door.
"Coward," Ginny spat after her. "You don't deserve him."
Kaori paused with her hand on the doorknob, but did not reply, only glanced at Ginny over her shoulder and shook her head and smiled faintly. And then she was gone, getting back in her car and peeling out of the driveway.
Ginny stood where she was in the entry hall, shaking with fury, for several minutes. Once she felt she'd regained enough control over herself to not start breaking things, she went into the kitchen to see if there was any tea. It would calm her down.
Akiya was already there, in the kitchen, when Ginny stepped in, sitting at the counter and doing what appeared to be his brother's homework. He glanced up when Ginny entered.
"Was that his mom?"
Having been absorbed in her own thoughts, he very nearly scared the living daylights out of her. "Akiya," she gasped after a moment, steadying herself with one hand on the back of a chair. "I didn't know you were in here!"
Akiya raised an eyebrow, then shrugged a shoulder and scribbled something in one of the books open in front of him. "Yeah, I figured. I'm quieter than Akaya." He paused. "So, you slapped her?"
"You're damned right I did, that bitch actually --" She cut herself off. "...How much of that did you hear?"
Akiya hummed. "Just about all of it. Blah, blah, blah, demon, blah, blah, blah, too hard, blah, blah, blah. Just lucky Akaya's a stubborn ass and went to practice when he did."
"...Yeah," Ginny agreed after a moment, her voice flat, and returned to her original task.
Akiya jotted down another answer, then closed the books one by one. "So what're you doing to do now?"
"...Don't really know," Ginny said quietly, her back still to him, as she closed the drawer she'd been going through.
"Hm. You shouldn't worry. I can take care of Akaya." Akiya gave Ginny a cool glance. "I always do. And I won't leave him. Ever."
"I can't help worrying about him," Ginny said, giving up on the tea and turning to sit at the table across from Akiya. "And I'm not going to leave him, either."
"Then you'll have to deal with me, too," he replied quickly. "Or else I'll take him away. I can."
She blinked at him, surprised. "I wouldn't try to take him away from you, Akiya," she said. "He's your brother, I don't have any sort of exclusive rights on loving him."
Akiya's features softened fractionally. "As long as you know that, everything'll be fine." He stood up from his chair and began to gather up the books on the table.
"Akiya," she said, putting out a hand to stop him. "Don't feel like you have to close yourself off from me. I realise you haven't exactly had a great track record with parental figures in the past, but..." She offered him a smile. "I'd like to at least be your friend."
Akiya cocked his head and offered her a half-smile back. "Sure. A friend." He shrugged. "If you like. But Akaya is all I need."
Ginny thought for a moment, looking at him. "You know eventually the government is going to realise you're living here alone," she began.
The boy stiffened. "The government won't care. We have money. We own this house."
"But you're minors," Ginny said gently.
Akiya bit the inside of his cheek to keep his temper in check. "So?"
"So I'm worried," she said. "I don't want you to end up getting sent off somewhere."
"...Then what? What would be your solution?" he asked, trying very hard not to sound contentious.
"...A while ago, my husband I and I discussed the possibility of your brother coming to live with us," she said carefully.
"Really?" Akiya plastered a smile on his face. "That's very nice of you. What did Light-san think about it?"
She recognised the fake smile for what it was. "I said I wouldn't take him away from you, and I meant it," she said. "It'd be both of you."
Akiya stared at her for a moment, trying to decide if he believed her or not. Then he shrugged. "We'll think about it, if that's all right with you."
"Woobie is family. That makes you family, too," she said, meeting his eyes and hoping he realised how serious she was.
"...I see." Akiya picked up the books on the table and nodded at her. "Thanks for the offer, Ginny-san. Like I said: We'll think about it."
"Please do." She smiled at him again.
With another curt nod, Akiya left the kitchen, leaving Ginny behind in favor of solitude and his thoughts.
What: Talking, BIG HAPPENINGS.
When: 10/13? The day Mufasa Kiridaddy died.
Where: The Kirihara Household, Kanagawa, Japan.
Why: Because.
Notes: Your character did not see this. ......Unless your character is a squirrel or Akaya's pet monkey. LET'S IGNORE THE FACT THAT I FUCKED UP WITH THIS POST, LIKE, 9027892382938 TIMES.
Three o'clock - It was already three, and Akaya was currently scrambling around the living room of the Kirihara house, picking up a tennis ball here, a wrist band there, some grip tape in that corner - and shoving it into his bag, mumbling to himself the entire time, sometimes pausing to send a quick text. And then, finally, he turned to Ginny, grinning a smile just a little too bright.
"Mmkay. Gotta go to practice now," he said. "You're gonna be okay here without me?"
"'Course," Ginny said, offering him a smile. She reached out and snagged his arm before he could take off, pulling him close enough to hug him. "Play hard, yeah? Love you, Woobie." She kissed his forehead.
"Eew, girl germs." Akaya wrinkled his nose a little and made a show of wiping off the kiss. He playfully stuck his tongue out at her, then bent down a little and patted Ginny's stomach.
"Be good to Mama, 'kay, Aiden-kun?" he said softly - and then to Ginny, as he opened the door behind him: "Seeya!"
She swatted at him. "Be good, you. Have fun," she called after him, though she winced internally at sounding so cheerful.
Akaya smiled and waved back at her, waiting until he was further down the street to let the smile drop off his face. And then all he could to was put one foot in front of the other, keeping his mind so carefully blank that he didn't even notice the sound of a car pulling into the driveway of the house - his mother's car.
She watched him go, keeping the smile fixed on her face until the door closed behind him. Then she dropped the expression and started chewing at her lip, worrying.
Not much she could do until he got home, really, and she'd be damned if she wasn't going to be here then. To give herself something to do she began straightening up -- there was nothing like two teenage boys to make a house look like a hurricane had hit. She didn't hear the car pull in.
Kirihara Kaori let out a breath as she pulled into the driveway of the house that was filled with so many of her memories - especially of the son she'd left months ago. Slowly, she exited the car and made her way to the front door, clutching the key in her hand and hoping that her husband hadn't changed the locks.
And just her luck - he hadn't. She opened the door, stepped into the house, and was greeted with the sight of a pregnant redhead straightening up her living room. Her face hardened.
"Excuse me, but - who exactly are you?"
Ginny spun around, startled, when Akaya's mother opened the front door. She instinctively went for her wand, lowering it again and hiding it behind her back when she realised who it was. "Ginevra Yagami," she said, her voice flat. "You're Akaya's mother." She left the nickname out, knowing the woman wouldn't know what she meant.
Though it was obviously not a question, Kaori inclined her head. "I am." The redhead looked familiar, and the name rang a bell. Yagami... Ah, that was it. She smiled faintly.
"You're Akaya's friend. The one married to Light-san. I thought you seemed familiar. How have you been, Yagami-san?"
"Just lovely." Ginny did her best to hide the sarcasm she wanted to spit at the woman.
Kaori's lips thinned. This was obviously not going to go very well. But still, she would try to be as pleasant as possible.
"I see." She looked around the room. "My... The place seems messier than usual, doesn't it? I'm sorry you had to witness this, Yagami-san." She tried a smile.
"That's what happens when teenage boys are left to their own devices," Ginny replied with a shrug. It could be construed as an innocent remark, she reasoned.
"Boys? Don't tell me Akaya's had friends over. I don't know how many times I've told him not to do that without his father's permission." Kaori shook her head and sighed.
"In case you weren't aware, his father is dead," Ginny snapped, losing finally her ability to control her anger. "And before that, he was gone for six weeks. Your son has spent the entire time minding all your ridiculous rules even though no-one was here to make him. The only person who's even been here aside from me is his brother." She threw the pillow she'd been fluffing back onto the couch and turned to face Kaori, hands on her hips and her best Molly Weasley Glare on her face.
Kaori's hands formed fists at her sides. "I am fully aware that my husband is dead, though I had no idea he - But furthermore, the rules of this house were made for a reason: to keep my children in line," she retorted, as Ginny's glare bored into her and made her feel more and more defensive. "And I'm not exactly sure why you seem to believe that any of this is your business, Yagami-san."
"Because I'm the one who's been here when you should have been," Ginny snarled, taking a step towards her without even realising she'd done it. "You should have been here protecting him and taking care of him, but you? You ran away." Furious tears were gathering in her eyes. "You left your son when he needed you. How could you possibly have justified that to yourself?"
"You don't know anything about my son," Kaori hissed. "You haven't seen half of what he's done. How he's becoming his father! I tried to protect him and I tried to shelter him, but he - That thing, that devil that lives in him!" She shook her head and looked away. "I ran away, I did. But I tried for almost sixteen years. And then to see Akiya, my boy without a demon? Do you know how heartbreaking that was? Don't jump to conclusions, Yagami-san."
Ginny's eyes went wide in anger. "He is not becoming his father," she snapped. "I know him very well. I know the demon terrifies him but he tries to pretend it doesn't, just like he tries to pretend nothing else ever does. He's just a child, and here he is suffering through this all on his own because you're too scared of him to help?" She shook her head. "No. Nothing could possibly make that all right. You're his mother. You don't get to stop trying. You don't get to stop helping him. You get the hell over it because he needs you."
"He is sixteen years old - hardly a child. Each and every one of those sixteen years has been a struggle. Psychiatrists since he was four, medication since he was eight..." Kaori shook her head again, sharply this time. "I am his mother and I love him. I do. But even a mother has her limits. I will not deal with a boy who sends other boys to the hospital with serious injuries, who goes out of his way to hurt himself, who goes against everything I have taught him. I have at least that much self-respect left."
Ginny stared at the woman in disbelief. This was what she really thought, and she dared to say she loved him? "So you're giving up on him because it's too hard?" she asked finally, disgust evident in her voice. "You know he blames himself for you leaving, don't you? He thinks he deserves what your bastard of a husband did to him."
Kaori drew herself up to her full height and gave Ginny as cold a glare as she could possibly muster. "I honestly don't see how any of this is a concern of yours, Yagami-san. Whether or not my son deserved what Mufasa - my husband - did to him is up for speculation. Now if you please, leave my house before the police arrive."
Ginny folded her arms and gave the woman an equally chilly smile. "You'll find the police quite like me, actually, as I'm married to their boss."
Then she realised what Kaori had said. "Whether he deserved it -- how -- you --" she spluttered, so furious she couldn't even form a sentence.
The other woman stiffened. "Children need discipline in their lives," she said dismissively. "Though considering the fact that he deemed it necessary to call the police..." Kaori cut herself off. "No matter. Whether or not your husband is a member of the police force, you have still worn out your welcome in this home, Yagami-san."
"Black eyes. Nearly breaking his jaw. That's what you'd call discipline?" Ginny asked, disbelieving. She ignored entirely the second half of Kaori's statement. She wasn't leaving until her Woobie got home. There was no way she was going to let this woman scare him like that.
"It's true that my husband may have gone overboard, but regardless. He doesn't learn. Ever. He continued to provoke his father. And as such, naturally the punishments became worse as time passed. That is how discipline works in this household."
That did it. Ginny stepped forward and reached out to slap the woman as hard as she could. "There is no excuse for hurting your own child," she hissed, fury in her eyes. "None. Ever."
Kaori's fingertips went up to her cheek as she straightened up and fixed her fiercest glare on Ginny. She tested her jaw for a moment, then shook her head minutely. "I was as naive as you, once. Willing to believe the best of him, willing to give him anything. But you'll learn, Yagami-san. You will." And then, without another word, she turned away and headed towards the door.
"Coward," Ginny spat after her. "You don't deserve him."
Kaori paused with her hand on the doorknob, but did not reply, only glanced at Ginny over her shoulder and shook her head and smiled faintly. And then she was gone, getting back in her car and peeling out of the driveway.
Ginny stood where she was in the entry hall, shaking with fury, for several minutes. Once she felt she'd regained enough control over herself to not start breaking things, she went into the kitchen to see if there was any tea. It would calm her down.
Akiya was already there, in the kitchen, when Ginny stepped in, sitting at the counter and doing what appeared to be his brother's homework. He glanced up when Ginny entered.
"Was that his mom?"
Having been absorbed in her own thoughts, he very nearly scared the living daylights out of her. "Akiya," she gasped after a moment, steadying herself with one hand on the back of a chair. "I didn't know you were in here!"
Akiya raised an eyebrow, then shrugged a shoulder and scribbled something in one of the books open in front of him. "Yeah, I figured. I'm quieter than Akaya." He paused. "So, you slapped her?"
"You're damned right I did, that bitch actually --" She cut herself off. "...How much of that did you hear?"
Akiya hummed. "Just about all of it. Blah, blah, blah, demon, blah, blah, blah, too hard, blah, blah, blah. Just lucky Akaya's a stubborn ass and went to practice when he did."
"...Yeah," Ginny agreed after a moment, her voice flat, and returned to her original task.
Akiya jotted down another answer, then closed the books one by one. "So what're you doing to do now?"
"...Don't really know," Ginny said quietly, her back still to him, as she closed the drawer she'd been going through.
"Hm. You shouldn't worry. I can take care of Akaya." Akiya gave Ginny a cool glance. "I always do. And I won't leave him. Ever."
"I can't help worrying about him," Ginny said, giving up on the tea and turning to sit at the table across from Akiya. "And I'm not going to leave him, either."
"Then you'll have to deal with me, too," he replied quickly. "Or else I'll take him away. I can."
She blinked at him, surprised. "I wouldn't try to take him away from you, Akiya," she said. "He's your brother, I don't have any sort of exclusive rights on loving him."
Akiya's features softened fractionally. "As long as you know that, everything'll be fine." He stood up from his chair and began to gather up the books on the table.
"Akiya," she said, putting out a hand to stop him. "Don't feel like you have to close yourself off from me. I realise you haven't exactly had a great track record with parental figures in the past, but..." She offered him a smile. "I'd like to at least be your friend."
Akiya cocked his head and offered her a half-smile back. "Sure. A friend." He shrugged. "If you like. But Akaya is all I need."
Ginny thought for a moment, looking at him. "You know eventually the government is going to realise you're living here alone," she began.
The boy stiffened. "The government won't care. We have money. We own this house."
"But you're minors," Ginny said gently.
Akiya bit the inside of his cheek to keep his temper in check. "So?"
"So I'm worried," she said. "I don't want you to end up getting sent off somewhere."
"...Then what? What would be your solution?" he asked, trying very hard not to sound contentious.
"...A while ago, my husband I and I discussed the possibility of your brother coming to live with us," she said carefully.
"Really?" Akiya plastered a smile on his face. "That's very nice of you. What did Light-san think about it?"
She recognised the fake smile for what it was. "I said I wouldn't take him away from you, and I meant it," she said. "It'd be both of you."
Akiya stared at her for a moment, trying to decide if he believed her or not. Then he shrugged. "We'll think about it, if that's all right with you."
"Woobie is family. That makes you family, too," she said, meeting his eyes and hoping he realised how serious she was.
"...I see." Akiya picked up the books on the table and nodded at her. "Thanks for the offer, Ginny-san. Like I said: We'll think about it."
"Please do." She smiled at him again.
With another curt nod, Akiya left the kitchen, leaving Ginny behind in favor of solitude and his thoughts.