Who: Niou Masaharu, Sanada Genichirou, NPC Yoshihide
What: Sanada finds out truths while Niou makes his final choices.
When: December 23rd
Where: Niou's house
Rating: PG (for a punch, lol)
Comments: Yoshihide played by our lovely Ari.
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Niou: *home sweet home. not so sweet when all you could do was to wait until said otherwise. Usually home was freedom, to Niou it was something else. the only thing good about it? it wasn't his parents' fault. not at all.*
Sanada: *shows up at Niou's house, exhausted and still pissed off, but at least he's not as irrational as he was* *dressed in a winter kimono as is tradition in his house, the top of his tattoo peeking out at the base of his neck*
Niou: *well, getting informed about Sanada coming was not something he had been expecting. he got up from his chair and walked to greet him before anyone else other than his mother would* Genichirou.
Sanada: ....*glares, but not at him, just the world in general* We're leaving, Masaharu.
Niou: Leaving?
Sanada: Yes. *plans on taking him back to the sanada family house where he can keep an eye on him* *possessive bastard under the serious exterior*
Niou: *uh, great. stuck between rock and a hard place* Uh, right... I should probably tell everyone about that, then.
Sanada: ........*eye twitch* Hn, fine.
Niou: You can wait in the living room... I'll just check on dad and others. *he quickly flees from the scene, to visit the part of the house his older sister and his husband lived in*
Sanada: *about to aruge, but niou's already gone* *frowns and looks around*
Niou: *walks into the room his sister is supposed to be at... only to find her being away... typical* Where's neesan?
Yoshihide: Out. What do you need?
Niou: Oh, nothing. I was just going to tell her I'm going out...
Yoshihide: You think you're doing what now? *frowns and stands*
Niou: Like I said, I'm going out *sighs* Because someone came to pick me up.
Yoshihide: Who?
Niou: Take a guess?
Yoshihide: *starts for the door* You're not going anywhere. *is going to tell the annoying brat to get the hell out--he's not taking Niou anywhere*
Niou: *covers the door* Wait. You'll blow my cover.
Yoshihide: So what? You're obviously not doing your job. Those bruises and injuries are from him, aren't they? And from what I see, he hasn't gotten any weaker. You haven't given us any useful information lately either.
Niou: Well... *think about a good excuse, a good excuse* It's hard to deal with Sanada. It's not like he's the easiest guy to mess with.
Yoshihide: That doesn't change the fact you're failing.
Niou: That's true... but I'm the only one who can pull it off.
Yoshihide: You're not pulling anything off. You're done. We'll find some use for you here. Now move.
Niou: ... I won't.
Yoshihide: *glares at him and pushes him out of the way* I said, move.
Niou: *grabs his hand* Let me chase him out.
Yoshihide: No. You're done. You stay here. I have some things to settle with the cocky brat. He's got quite a mouth on him.
Niou: .... fine. *lets go... but then quickly hits him in the face* Or not. *then closes the door and quickly runs back to where Sanada is* Genichirou, let's get the hell out of here.
Yoshihide: *stumbles for a moment, taken aback but now just pissed off* *runs after him, nearly ripping the door off it's hinges as he throws it open*
Sanada: *blinks and stares at him* ......did something happen?
Niou: I'll explain in a bit, just hurry.
Sanada: A---ah.....alright....
Yoshihide: MASAHARU! *comes barrelling around the corner*
Niou: ... family matters.
Sanada: *eyes widen at the familiar voice* That's---*glaaaaaare*
Yoshihide: *glaaaaaares back* You're not taking him anywhere.
Niou: ... oh right, you talked through the phone.
Sanada: I'm taking him with me. You had no right to take him in the first place. *grabs niou's wrist, though his grip isn't rough* He's mine.
Yoshihide: He's not yours. He's never been yours.
Niou: Errm... *what kind of an argument is this, feels so off...*
Sanada: What the hell are you talking about? Of course he's mine. *looks to Niou* Tell him.
Yoshihide: *laughs bitterly* Yes, Masaharu, tell him where your loyalties actually lie.
Niou: ... .... My loyalties... *swallows a bit, nervous at this point* My loyalties lie with Genichirou. Not his family. Not your family *looks at Yoshihide* I guess there's no point in hiding that I'm not going to participate in this game anymore.
Sanada: ......your....family? *looks to yoshihide, confused and getting antsy as well, a bad feeling growing in the pit of his stomach* Masaharu....what do you mean?
Yoshihide: What? You cocky little brat. *glares*
Niou: ... Genichirou *looks at Sanada with a completely honest look in his eyes* I'm sorry. I've been deceiving you from the very beginning about my loyalties and purpose...
Sanada: ............*slowly lets go of niou's wrist* .......you.......what? Masaharu.....this...is a bad joke...*mumbles*
Yoshihide: It's not a joke, idiot. He's part of our family. Not yours with your old fashioned idiotic ideals.
Sanada: *ignoring him*
Niou: It's not a joke. I joined yout family because I was told to by them... and I was meant to deal information and hurt you. But I never could.... and I know it may not seem much, but about my feelings I can't lie about.
Sanada: ............*sets his jaw and starts for the door, chest aching and head hurting more than he ever thought was possible* *hopes this is all some kind of twisted nightmare*
Yoshihide: See? You told him the truth and he's abandoning you. He doesn't care about a little liar like you.
Niou: Shut up, Yoshihide. *walks after Sanada* Genichirou.
Yoshihide: *glares after him but doesn't persue him, he'll come back, it's just a matter of time*
Sanada: .............you lied to me.....*mumbles*
Niou: ... I did.
Sanada: ...........what.....did you tell them?
Niou: Nothing too important. Just things I learned while I was training... nothing after that.
Sanada: ..........*nods a little and keeps walking toward his house*
Niou: ... so is this it?
Sanada: .........hm?
Niou: ... What's going to happen now? I'm not going back to that family anymore. At least not willingly.
Sanada: .....No, you're not. *hurts, a lot, but reaches back to niou with his left hand which is bandaged a lot* *doesn't look at him though, can't right now*
Niou: .... *takes the hand gently* I'm going to repay you everything that made you feel bad. Just wait and see.
Sanada: ..................*nods**too damn tired to get mad right now* *just leads them back to the family complex then takes niou to the building that is all his* *slips off his geta then walks in to take off the coat like part of his kimono and respectfully fold it, on autopilot* ....I'm going to lay down...*mumbles*
Niou: Mmh. Is there still a spare futon in the back?
Sanada: Yes, but you're not getting it out. *gestures to one side of the futon* You're staying with me. Lie down.
Niou: ... Are you sure?
Sanada: Yes. The worst you could do to me now is kill me.
Niou: ... I couldn't do that.
Sanada: .....*snorts* ....it would be less painful then what you did..........*strips down to his under kimono then lays down under the comforter, looking up at the ceiling*
Niou: .... Mmh. *lays down on the futon, looking away*
Sanada: ......Come here......*holds an arm out so niou can lay against his side*
Niou: ... *moves to Sanada's side*
Sanada: *wraps his arm around him and closes his eyes* *has been so damn worried about niou he couldn't sleep at all and almost immediately he's asleep, body reminding him that it's been far too long since he's gotten rest*
Niou: ... *kisses Sanadas forehead as a goodnight and then closes his eyes*
Sanada: *will sleep deeply, though his sleep is plagued with painful dreams that remind him over and over of what niou did* *eyes look even more tired in the morning when they blink awake, though at least the body seems refreshed*