[closed] and we'll talk like this was the toughest love.

[whatagoodgirl]

Who: Nakama and Roxas.
What: Puppies! And discussion.
When: Day 137
Where: Heimdall --> Sigyn 104
Rating: Guessing PG-13 in case talk of the darkness comes up, will adjust if things get any worse.


[Nakama's looking a little bit better than the last time she saw Roxas, but not much - she's visibly losing weight from her already whip-thin frame, and her skin is pallid and pale. She's done her best to hide that, though, wearing her hair down to frame her hollow cheeks and dressing in loose clothing.

She jogs up to Heimdall's front steps, then sits down heavily, gasping for breath; just a few days away from training and without much solid food and she's feeling so weak. She didn't want to be late, though, so she had to hurry. Shading her eyes against the sun, which already feels foreign after so much rain, she keeps a lookout for Roxas.]

Comments

[faints]

Not really. Nightmares. [ He offers an explanation before she can ask, rubbing the back of his neck awkwardly. At least she's familiar with the topic of weird dreams with Roxas ]

[whatagoodgirl]

[Oh. Now she feels badly for lying.]

Me too. [Quiet, almost a whisper.] I'm getting treatments from Dr. Watson, and Euri's working on a sleeping potion that should work. We'll be okay.

[She looks straight ahead as she says this, staring emptily at the road ahead of them.]

[faints]

--Treatments? [ Well, now he's looking at her--and with a great deal of concern. ]

[whatagoodgirl]

Anaesthesia. Do you know what that is?

WOW WRONG ICON roxas

[faints]

No...what's that?? Medicine?

nervous smile? ;D

[whatagoodgirl]

It's what they use to put you under when you get surgery, so that you don't feel or remember anything. It's like sleep, only it doesn't rest your mind. Basically he's forcing my body to sleep so that I'm not completely without rest.

sobbbb

[faints]

Wh...but that's not good for you right?? [ If she's not really getting rest, if it's the only way she sleeps that's....bad ]

[whatagoodgirl]

It's the best he can do right now. Nothing else will block out the nightmares, not until Euri's potion is ready.

[faints]

They're really...that bad, huh.

[whatagoodgirl]

I'll get through it. [She says this through clenched teeth, so determined that she almost looks fierce.] We'll get through it. I won't let any of the higher powers here win over me, whether Asgard's or somewhere else's.

[faints]

Nakama....

[whatagoodgirl]

[Just as suddenly, she looks very, very tired, beyond even her physical markers of exhaustion.]

I'm sorry. I'm not much good to you like this, am I?

[faints]

It's not that--I'm just worried... I should have said or done something sooner. But all I did was mope.

[whatagoodgirl]

You weren't moping, you were upset. [Firmly.] Besides, do you know how many people have tried to help me? I just have to get through this, it's not something anyone else can do for me.

[She hangs her head.] I'm sorry you have to see me like this. But it'll get better, I promise.

[faints]

Is there anything I can do...? [ Maybe some lunch or a vitamin drink or something ): She looks so worn out ]

[whatagoodgirl]

Just be here for me. It doesn't feel so bad when you're around.

[faints]

Um, then...in that case... [ Should he ask her now, when she feels so awful? Maybe he should save it-- ]

[whatagoodgirl]

[She glances at him, concerned.]

What's going on?

[faints]

I met someone--Lucas. And he said there was this cafe people liked if you...wanted to. Sometime. It's okay if it's not any time, I'd understand.

[whatagoodgirl]

[She looks startled for a moment, then laughs - it's a real, cheerful laugh, something she hasn't had many of lately.]

I'd love to. Thanks, Roxas. We can save our big date until I'm feeling a bit better, but this'll be fine.

[faints]

[ He definitely looks relieved--hearing a laugh from someone isn't something he's heard in...well, a while. It's nice and refreshing. ]

Okay.

[whatagoodgirl]

[She squeezes his hand affectionately, guiding him toward Sigyn. It's not too long of a walk, though she still would have preferred to live in Freyr.]

It's a bit weird, living with someone other than my mom. We've had to make some adjustments. [Read: chase them off when they get overprotective and head off arguments.] But so far, it's going okay.

[faints]

It's not...weird at all, moving in with two guys that are older than you?

[whatagoodgirl]

[She shakes her head.] They're just like older brothers to me. They don't seem like "older guys" in that way at all.

[faints]

When did you meet them?