[ this is the cutest possible reaction to this im on the floor
he -- freezes? the pain is a burst of white but it's not unfamiliar, and he's left startled, staring at her with big, wide eyes as he comes back to reality. ]
...Huh? [ oh. oh, right. ] Oh. Oh - hey, hey, Vi-chan, it's okay, it was just a memory...
[ . . . oh, she's covering his ears, he might not be able to hear. she lets her hands drop to his shoulders instead, grip not quite tight but definitely like she's tempted to shake him]
[ that's fine. it was a little muffled! boy she's gonna have a time on thursday
the tight grip is fine, if a little surprising, too?? he can hear fine, it was a really long time ago and jakurai healed him up fine, and... her concern is kind of knocking him out a little bit. he reaches up to kind of half cover her hands with his? ]
...Uh, sorry. I... if I could've stopped it, I would've. The memory.
[ not the stabbing out his own ear drums... well, maybe, because hindsight is 20/20 and now he knows jakurai was right there. ] It's all good, it's okay. I'm okay.
[her brow furrows at that - ] It's not the memory that I wanted stopped. I'm not asking you to hide things from me, I just—
[under his touch, he'll feel how tense she is. it's immediate, every time she sees one of her own in danger. the way that she wants to snatch out and take whatever is hurting them away herself.
but so much of the time it feels like all she can do is watch.]
... I know you feel strongly and that... that seemed like the solution but -
[ ichiro ducks his head, a little bit, very much cowed by this genuine care, and feeling a little guilty about it because she. does have a point. ]
...yeah. [ yeah. he agrees, after a second, muttering - ] It was pretty dumb, huh. People do crazy shit when the adrenaline's high, can't even think straight.
Like two seconds later a couple of guys who we ended up teaming up with showed up, and one of em was a doctor. [ a little snort. ] If we'd waited, we probably wouldn't have even had to do that. I just...
[ his brothers were in danger, and by god, he would do everything in his power to make sure they were okay. he doesn't need to say that, though, and he looses his gentle hand on hers to reach up and rub the back of his neck, under his headphones. ] ...if it helps, I haven't done anything like that in forever.
[ . . . . she sighs a little bit, feeling somewhere between tired and... another complicated emotion. they probably wouldn't have had to do it, but it's not like she means to insult the conviction behind the action. she lets her fingers curl a little bit into the fabric of ichiro's shirt, clinging as if to keep him close and safe -
before she catches herself and lets go very suddenly, pulling her hands back to herself as she flusters]
Oh - pardon my forwardness.
[ . . . but the rest of what she feels is sincere. maybe even that action was a little too sincere for her to manage.]
.... I'm glad you haven't. I understand what motivated you and I don't mean to discount how sometimes your body can move before your brain catches up - [she understands that too, but.]
.... just please stay safe. I don't know what I'd do if something happened to you.
[ oh. he sort of stops, for a second, hands hovering, a little surprised at the way viola's clinging to him - it absolutely makes his heart skip a beat, which is really unfortunate - but he's mostly just surprised. then again, aside from shrinking out of a hug just once, and even then, it was touch week, she doesn't seem to mind being as close to ichiro...? so.
he blinks and looks down at her. ] ...Nothing to apologize for. [ it wasn't forward. he's pink in the cheeks again, though, and nods... when viola says things like that it feels a little bit like he's in a dating sim? almost too sweet to be true. god. he really did not stand a chance.
anyway i'm writing this tag after having him just get severely electrocuted so i think it's EXTRA funny, but he nods, expression softening into a smile. ] I'll be careful as I can be. Promise.
[ (72 hours later: i may have broken that promise a little bit) ]
...alright. I think that's enough serious, yeah? C'mon, we've got some skating to do.
[there's still something worried in her gaze - because now winter has had a taste of loss. two of their own have gone now, and even if it's due to the fact that they were murderers, that apparently makes no large difference to viola. she'll just sigh a little bit and try to offer a smile]
Let's go, then.
[and she'll let her hand brush against his, fingertips just lightly dancing against the backs of his own, before she goes to where the skates are!]
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he -- freezes? the pain is a burst of white but it's not unfamiliar, and he's left startled, staring at her with big, wide eyes as he comes back to reality. ]
...Huh? [ oh. oh, right. ] Oh. Oh - hey, hey, Vi-chan, it's okay, it was just a memory...
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[ . . . oh, she's covering his ears, he might not be able to hear. she lets her hands drop to his shoulders instead, grip not quite tight but definitely like she's tempted to shake him]
... don't scare me like that.
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the tight grip is fine, if a little surprising, too?? he can hear fine, it was a really long time ago and jakurai healed him up fine, and... her concern is kind of knocking him out a little bit. he reaches up to kind of half cover her hands with his? ]
...Uh, sorry. I... if I could've stopped it, I would've. The memory.
[ not the stabbing out his own ear drums... well, maybe, because hindsight is 20/20 and now he knows jakurai was right there. ] It's all good, it's okay. I'm okay.
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[under his touch, he'll feel how tense she is. it's immediate, every time she sees one of her own in danger. the way that she wants to snatch out and take whatever is hurting them away herself.
but so much of the time it feels like all she can do is watch.]
... I know you feel strongly and that... that seemed like the solution but -
Please regard yourself with more care.
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...yeah. [ yeah. he agrees, after a second, muttering - ] It was pretty dumb, huh. People do crazy shit when the adrenaline's high, can't even think straight.
Like two seconds later a couple of guys who we ended up teaming up with showed up, and one of em was a doctor. [ a little snort. ] If we'd waited, we probably wouldn't have even had to do that. I just...
[ his brothers were in danger, and by god, he would do everything in his power to make sure they were okay. he doesn't need to say that, though, and he looses his gentle hand on hers to reach up and rub the back of his neck, under his headphones. ] ...if it helps, I haven't done anything like that in forever.
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before she catches herself and lets go very suddenly, pulling her hands back to herself as she flusters]
Oh - pardon my forwardness.
[ . . . but the rest of what she feels is sincere. maybe even that action was a little too sincere for her to manage.]
.... I'm glad you haven't. I understand what motivated you and I don't mean to discount how sometimes your body can move before your brain catches up - [she understands that too, but.]
.... just please stay safe. I don't know what I'd do if something happened to you.
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laughs in cyoa]
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he blinks and looks down at her. ] ...Nothing to apologize for. [ it wasn't forward. he's pink in the cheeks again, though, and nods... when viola says things like that it feels a little bit like he's in a dating sim? almost too sweet to be true. god. he really did not stand a chance.
anyway i'm writing this tag after having him just get severely electrocuted so i think it's EXTRA funny, but he nods, expression softening into a smile. ] I'll be careful as I can be. Promise.
[ (72 hours later: i may have broken that promise a little bit) ]
...alright. I think that's enough serious, yeah? C'mon, we've got some skating to do.
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[there's still something worried in her gaze - because now winter has had a taste of loss. two of their own have gone now, and even if it's due to the fact that they were murderers, that apparently makes no large difference to viola. she'll just sigh a little bit and try to offer a smile]
Let's go, then.
[and she'll let her hand brush against his, fingertips just lightly dancing against the backs of his own, before she goes to where the skates are!]