What: Badou stayed after his conversation with Heero, paranoia twitchy and sucking down coffee. Genkaku comes back from errands, surprised to see him still there. This is namely for tracking purposes.
When: Post- Thor's Black Out and after Badou gets
"let down" by Heero.
Warnings: Nothing particularly.
Where: Genkaku's place.
Genkaku:
/kicks door open
/irritable
/spots a Badou
/ALMOST DROPS SHIT
/clamber clamber
Eh??
Badou:
/eyes snap to over cup
Hey.
Genkaku:
... /blinks a bit
/clearly confused
... Hey.
/shrugs to himself
/puts stuff away
Gotcha some shit.
Badou:
Smokes?
Genkaku:
Y'gotta ask? /tosses two cartons
Badou:
/catches
/knocks over two or three cups
/derp
/rights them
/...rakes them to his chest in a big clatter
/dumps them in the sink
Genkaku:
/tries not to make obvious on watching as he cabinets things
... There's more. Out on the craft. Gimme a hand?
Badou:
/flicks the old cigarette into the sink after sucking the last centimeter off
/sticks one of the new ones between his teeth, grunting and complying
/mosies out, snags a bunch of bags
Genkaku:
/uses the leave to look around
/guide, coffee, too much smoking ...
/nothing out of the ordinary
/hm
/... follows
/grabs his arm just outside the door, face Earnest
What happened.
Badou:
/looks up from screwing around with a bag which (of course) broke on him
/...jams the protein shakes and freezepops back into the hole-less part of the bag before answering
-- Nothin'. It's all g...
/trails off, seeing the face
/screws with the bag more
...I let myself get let down.
Genkaku:
... Nn.
/doesn't ask about who or how or why because it just isn't important
/he doubts Badou would tell him anyway
/but it does point to one thing
See? S'why I can't get wrong. I don't ever want you even this fucked up cuz'a me.
/pushes him lightly away from the bags
/collects the stuff himself after a vague shooing motion
Badou:
/a brief, mildly pained face, like he can't decide between gratitude and discomfort, before taking the freezepops and the stupid protein shakes inside
/and he stands dumbly in the kitchen for a couple seconds, before turning around abruptly
/and the second Genkaku comes through the door again, he blurts
You wouldn'a. You would'a known.
/and then turns right back around, jamming the goods in the fridge
Genkaku:
/his steps slow when he hears the first part, and then all together come to a stop when he hears the enunciation, and he wonders just how calculated the statement is
/Badou had time to think about it, but it seems so ... unguarded
/with a shaky determination, he slides the bags onto the counters and grabs him, spinning thinner limbs until he's facing him, trapping the lithe body in his own arms with his palms resting on the counter (a new kinda cage, maybe)
I wanna know. I wanna help.
Badou:
I know.
/the cabinet doors clack as he twitches against them, the proximity unwelcomed
Genkaku:
/his mouth is tight and moving, like he's chewing the insides of his own lips, clear red on muggy green
/the gears slowly turning are evident in his eyes, a brighter truth than the second-hand-hurt in them
... Not yet, then.
Maybe.
/and pulls away, returning to the groceries (inanimate objects are easier to house than foxes)
Badou:
/after a moment (after a deep drag), he dumps a bag upsidedown
/and helps.
Genkaku:
/smiles, if only to himself, and nudges elbow into bicep, playfully
/when he chances a glance, the smile is a smirk
Badou:
/twitches, seems to make himself scowl instead of just scowl
/freezepops to the face incoming
Genkaku:
/catches the wrist, expression just getting shittier
/plucks freezepop from grip
/shoves in mouth, next to smoke
Badou:
/DEADPAN STARE
...
/omnomnom.
Genkaku:
/laughs
At least take the cover off first, asshat.
Badou:
/a ticktwitchy, hesitant and crooked smile back
/before he grabs the end of it and RRRIPS it with his teeth
/omnom x 2
/cool as a cucumber puts away a gallon of milk
Genkaku:
/the laugh disintegrates into a chuckle -- if the timing were right, it would turn him on
/but it isn't, so it doesn't
/and he reaches over to ruffle already-tangled hair, handing over fresh fruit to be refridgerated with the other hand
Badou:
Aw knock it off -
/SHAKES LIKE A WET DOG under the fucking retarded hair ruffles, snatching the fruits
/gives a ew what look to the pears
Genkaku:
/somehow, both of those are so fucking adorable
/shrugs stupidly and finishes putting the last of it in the cabinet and tilts his head in a beckoning sort of manner
Let's check out the new tube, yeah?
Badou:
/he was going to leave before, wasn't he? before he got all caught in caffeine
/stares dumbly at him for a few seconds, before deciding abruptly
Yahhh, alright.
/and snagging two more freezepops