[Closed] Pick Up The Pieces

[demureshift]

Title: Pick Up The Pieces
Characters: Horikita Maki, Ninomiya Kazunari, possible Oh-Monster later.
Location: Ohmiya Abode
Week: Week 10, Monday, October 15, 6:43pm
Rating: I have no idea.
Warnings: Mild, well not violence- injury, possible talk of violence? Will edit if there's anything else

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[faysounds]

Nino felt Maki coming closer before she'd reached the door of the apartment. He'd been reading the last pages of the Marie Antoinette biography, and since he'd thought it conincidence, he didn't pay attention until the buzzer rang. Nino looked up and put his book down, frowning. Maki felt... off. Like, he realized, she had that one night they'd seen Ohno perform. But worse.

Nino jumped up and pressed the intercom and buzzer at the same time. "Come on in, Maki-chan. The door's open."

He waited five seconds to give Maki the time to open the front door, then unlocked their front door and pulled it open. Pearl came to wind around his feet, though she eyed the open door suspiciously and stayed to the far side of his ankles.

[demureshift]

Maki jumped that Nino had known it was her. She knew he had abilities, but he'd never sat her down and laid them all out. That he could know it was her before she announced herself was a surprise, but it also made her smile.

It was sort of a comfort just to hear his voice again. The door clicked unlocked and Maki slipped through it. She eyed the staircase with a wary look and took it at a slow-ish pace so that when she did get there she didn't look completely wiped out.

Nino was waiting for her at the door. Maki smiled to see him and she spotted Pearl and tried to project calm, un-threatening vibes, on the off-chance the cat could sense the wolf still so close to the surface in her. "Hi," she said quietly, pausing in the doorway, uncertain. "Sorry to drop in on you like this. I went to Bluebell but you weren't...there." Well that sounded lame. She blushed a bit.

[faysounds]

"I dropped Monday's double shift. Strictly morning, now," Nino chuckled softly.

He reached out, took Maki's wrist gently, and pulled her into the entrance - and subsequently into his arms. Pearl wound around both their ankles, and Nino urged the door shut with a flick of his fingers.

Nino held Maki carefully. She felt tired. Worn. Little spikes of pain flared and faded. Nino drew his hand through her hair.

"You can drop in whenever you want."

[demureshift]

Maki nodded absently at the explanation, why Nino hadn't been there. She would make a note of that, when she wasn't so glad just to see him.

She gave a quiet 'Oh!' of surprise when he pulled her not only into the apartment, but into his arms.

There was nothing she could do but melt into it, against him. Her arms found their way to winding around his waist, her cheek to resting on his shoulder. The scent of Nino (and Ohno there with it, always), surrounded her. There was the comfort she'd needed, even if she couldn't have admitted it to herself.

It was embarrassing, the surrendering sigh that slipped out when he started brushing at her hair. "O...kay." Some part of her seemed to register, that part of the restlessness that had been irking at her since she'd been locked away in the facility began to settle. Whatever it meant, Nino helped. "I will."

[tsuribakasami]

Nino's text had come as a surprise, though not an unpleasant. Simply unexpected. Instead of staying too long after his show got out, he rushed home, navy blue pea coat wrapped tightly around him.

He thought as he walked. Why was Maki stopping by like this? Them it hit him: the full moon. When he realized this, his footsteps grew quicker and in no time he was shucking off his shoes in their entry way. He didn't see them, but he could feel them.

"I'm home," he called out, dropping his bag and jacket on the sofa. He had a feeling They were in the bedroom. He could almost taste Nino's lingering magic and it made him worry.

[demureshift]

Maki was looking a little skeptically at Nino, worry. She was still in faint disbelief that he had actually just healed her, completely, so...seemingly easily. It was also niggling at her that she wanted to know what it meant, what he was calling her, but she felt she would sound stupid to ask.

She did manage a small smile when his hand brushed her cheek, eyes closing briefly once more until she heard the call of Ohno's voice and her head whipped around to the door of the bedroom when she sensed his approach. She was so caught up, it didn't occur to her that it might be prudent to untangle herself from Nino for the moment.

[faysounds]

Ohno was bright and flaring - moreso than he might be on any other night, because of the amount of magic that Nino had used. Nino looked up at the sound of Ohno's voice and smiled. He didn't attempt to change their position. Ohno wouldn't judge first and ask questions later. Of that Nino was certain. And anyway, moving quickly - or at all - was not something that Nino looked forward to.

"Welcome home, Satoshi," he called back, hoping his voice didn't sound as tired as he felt. He settled Maki more comfortably against him. "We're in the bedroom."

[tsuribakasami]

He'd figured as much when he'd not found them in the obvious places, but he still smiled softly. He stepped into the room, seeing the two of them cuddling on the bed and Maki wearing one of his large shirts. He frowned, his first thought immediate concern for Maki - had something happened? He crossed the room to the bed and sat down on Maki's other side, a comforting hand on her back. "You okay?"

It was then that Ohno felt Nino's weariness - he'd felt it before, when the fay had healed Pearl. Ohno had a funny feeling he'd done the same for Maki.