[DDD | 052 | Video] And he'll dance, dance, dance...

[redheadcarrier]

[The video opens to show Asuka's face filling the screen. She's adjusting her webcam, glancing down at her own screen a couple times before she's satisfied. She gives the screen a grin and a wave and then flops back into the couch in her little living room.]

Hey everyone! Asuka here!

[She seems suspiciously chipper today.]You know, Naoto's post

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[redheadcarrier]

[Asuka knew he was always hard to get out of bed. And at least this time she knew he was going to stay alive. So, she'd contented herself with going out and getting a kitten. Kaworu would approve. Well, he'd learn to approve if he didn't. Either way, she was just cuddling the cute little ball of fur, despite the grumpy yawn it gave.

She glanced up at him and grinned.]

His name is Socrates. And he's staying.

[redheadcarrier]

[Asuka watched him for a moment, a half-smile on her lips. She could almost see the thoughts flitting around in his brain. After a while, you could read Kaworu (as far as he could be read, of course). Which meant that she understood him the best out of anyone, she supposed. She smiled softly and held the kitten up for his examination.]

Isn't he cute?

[The cat looks at Kaworu, irritated.]

[redheadcarrier]

[She draws the cat back to her lap, where she dotes some more attention on it. It gets some pets, some scratches and it settles down (albeit a bit sulkily, as if to say, "You still have your finger because I like you."). She laughs up at Kaworu.]

He does, doesn't he?

[redheadcarrier]

[Asuka comforts Socrates with some more petting. It doesn't seem to improve his mood that much, but at least he's not clawing and biting. In fact, he's even purring a bit. Asuka smiles at Kaworu.]

...how've you been? Has it been getting better at all?

[redheadcarrier]

[She watches him think, can almost hear the gears turning around and around in his head. It's a bit of a touchy subject to bring up, but she wants to know, good news or bad. She wants to hear that he's at least, that there might be improvement. She wants to know that he won't end up relapsing. It's as much for her as it is for him - security, knowledge, power. She shrugs her shoulders and nods, playing with Socrates a bit more as she glances away.]

That's good to hear!

[redheadcarrier]

[She doesn't catch his glance, but she does feel his gaze settle on her, as paradoxical as that is. Kaworu still has a way of looking through people with those crimson eyes of his and Asuka could tell when he was looking at her. Probably dissecting her emotions and reading her like a book.

Surprisingly, she didn't mind that much anymore. It was comforting to have someone who could understand her (in a way) around. She set Socrates on the floor to let him scamper about the apartment (he curled up under the window in a patch of sun lazily). She turned to look at Kaworu again.]

What's on your mind?

[redheadcarrier]

[Asuka eyed him a moment longer. She didn't quite believe him, after all. Then again, with Kaworu you could never tell what he was thinking (or not thinking) at any given moment. She'd learned to read him to a reasonable degree, but there were still many times when she was left wondering what was really going on inside of that head of his. She finally shrugged and turned towards him.]

Good.

[redheadcarrier]

[She watches him again, trying to see through the silence and the unsaid words. It was difficult enough to read Kaworu when he did talk (although she'd become adept at that). Trying to figure out what all of his silences meant was something else. She settles for a moment and then drapes herself over him, curling against his side as she plants a kiss against his cheek.]

It's good that you're back. What would you do without me?