I believe in you Complete/Closed

[sleepy_fire]

Characters: Ace, Machi
Setting: Moving around, then Cricket Bedroom
Time: Day 14 about midway through
Summary: Ace find clothes and a little bit of plot before returning home. Startish point of weird CR.
Warnings: Machi, Ace. Though Ace is unlikely to say a curse word in this

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[sleepy_fire]

He felt better.

It really was odd how the addition of a few layers had really helped to improve his mindset, and how much the quick trip outside of the bedroom that had filled his world for the past few…days?

Time was weird here, it was hard to keep track. He still felt better than he had since the sun had risen again, and it was at least mid afternoon by the angle.

He patted his pockets down, fishing out the little box and winding it gently. The music was..weird. He hadn't had a wide experience with them, but Makino's had played something light and airy. This...if it wasn't so pretty, he'd say it was creepy. He snapped it closed returning it to his pocket.

He was only a door way down from the bedroom when Machi woke up. The sudden panic made him flinch. Damn he hoped the kid was alright, but he didn't rush into the room. He had only known Machi for a few weeks, but he knew that would only make it worse. He was very glad that over the past few days he had gotten better at sectioning out 'Machi's emotions and 'Ace's emotions' or else he would have probably panicked too and been not been of any use to anyone, much less Machi. “Machi? It’s me. You alright?” He glanced at the desk, Machi’s favorite hidey hole, only to find it empty…must be under the bed then.

He resisted to urge to crouch down, worrying about crowding the kid. He only got close enough to the bed to drop his blankets, then retreated to the other side of the room to give Machi his space. There was coffee in the pot, but the little machine had turned off and it was cold now. Disappointing.

Machi was doing that weird emotional sending right now. Closest he'd be able to explain it is imnotheredontseemeleavemealonegetoutgetoutgetout. Which was harder to push away from himself than wild, uncontrolled panic. It was quite, and it was invasive, and subtle as fuck. He'd caught Yukimi in the jaw once because of it, not even realizing what was happening until Machi had completely overwhelmed him and Yukimi started yelling at him.

So the trick was getting close enough to Machi to give him the box without Machi completely overrunning his brain or lashing out or running, all of which seemed like likely outcomes judging by Machi's current state of mind.

He'd kill for friends with normal issues right now.