006 | [Voice/Action] Backdated to Yesterday

[whichwayagain]

[Mihai's made it home, although clearly worse for wear. He's tired, he's achy, and things are starting to itch under the bandages. All he really wants at this point is a long bath and a longer nap, but he doesn't expect it go happen that easily. At the very least, he knows better than to try and sneak inside without anyone noticing. If his

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[manmade_angel]

[The house is still standing! Possibly because Nill came back when she learned everyone had left, and has been trudging around half-heartedly doing chores and visiting with Rokuta and doing his chores too. Though she's always come home to make dinner, then set up her nest on the couch. Because what if Mr. Mihai came back that night? Someone had to be awake to welcome him home and feed him.]

[Of course, she inevitably falls asleep every time and someone moves her back to her bed. This night isn't any exception, but she's still on the couch when Mihai comes home, buried in a mound of blankets.]

[whichwayagain]

[Seeing Nill on the couch where she's clearly set up to wait brings a smile to Mihai's face. That problem seems to have gotten resolved while he's been gone, which is a definite relief. Mihai checks to make sure none of his bandages are showing outside of a single one one his jaw (that couldn't really be hidden), then moves to the couch. The tempation to simply let the girl sleep is there, but Mihai doubts Nill would appreciate come morning. Instead, he'll gently shake her shoulder.]

Miss Nill? Miss Nill, I'm back.

[manmade_angel]

[The shake slowly pulls Nill out of her unintentional sleep. This is new--she'd woken up once when she was being moved, but for the most part all of the cleaning and worrying made her sleep like a rock. But no one had ever actually tried to wake her up.]

[She starts a little at the hand on her shoulder, slowly coming to the realization that she knew the person trying to wake her up. Once she figures out what's been said to her, she's wide awake and scrambling so she can give Mihai a hug. Thank goodness he's back...]

[strayfag]

[It's Badou's turn to carry Nill back to bed, mostly because he's the one who happens to be awake and moving around the house at the time. He's been crouched over his journal most of the week, so he knows the old man's on his way back.

He shuffles out of the kitchen with a plate full of takeout in-hand, planning to take Nill's place once she's moved, but apparently Mihai's found his way home faster than usual. At a glance, he's still in one piece and everything.]

See? We didn't even burn parts of the house down. [He offers the plate. Take-out?] Welcome back, old man.

[whichwayagain]

[Nill's an affectionate girl, so Mihai's expecting the hug, which is good. It keeps him from gasping in pain or even flinching as Nill's hands brush over some of the worst damage he took. Now he'll just hope she doesn't feel the wrappings under his clothes as he returns her hug.]

So I see. I'm amazed at your self-control. [Mihai smiles wider at the sound of Badou's voice, gently pulling away from Nill. He doesn't go too far, however, settling next to the girl on the couch after he takes the offered food.] Thanks. I didn't realize how hungry I was until just now.

[manmade_angel]

[Nill might have had time to feel some bandages somewhere, had Badou not arrived with food. No doubt Badou would want to welcome his friend home, so Nill lets go and sinks back onto the couch. Badou even brought him some food--that gets a grin out of her. Things are slowly coming back together after a rocky two weeks.]

[She scoots over to make room for both Mihai and Badou on the couch, hugging her blankets to her chest. Maybe they'll talk about where Mihai's been, what happened, things like that...]

[strayfag]

It's nice to know you have faith in me. [He may have singed the carpet in his room just a bit but Mihai doesn't need to know that. Badou smiles a quick thank-you at Nill but opts for half-sitting on the arm rest instead. Whether she leaves or stays is her choice, but he's not about to kick her out of the room so they can have Adult Talk Time.

He takes his time lighting up another cigarette.]

Need any help with the bandages? [He can't see most of them but he knows they're there. Even Mihai doesn't go to war and come home with a couple of scratches.]

[whichwayagain]

[Any relief Mihai might have had from Nill's lack of reaction after the hug was successfully killed by Badou's big mouth, and mentally theold man made a note to thank his friend for that later. He might have shown his gratitude then, except he really was hungry. It'd be a shame to waste perfectly good take out on Badou's face.]

I'm good for now, but I probably will after I take a bath. [Which was probably ill-advised given some of the wounds, but Mihai refused to let a few scrapes (or worse) stop him. Old man's perogative.]

[manmade_angel]

[Bandages? Oh no, he was hurt... He was at least able to stand up and walk around, but it still worried her to think of Mr. Mihai being injured in a fight and maybe laying there until someone found him and helped him. How bad were the injuries? Should she go find someone from one of the clinics or ask Rokuta if he could help?]

[Her wings fold back against her shoulders, and she grips his sleeve lightly (he's injured, she doesn't know where and doesn't want to hurt him further). If she had looked worried before, that was nothing compared to how she looked now. Now she just looks like she might start crying again.]