[APPOINTMENT POST] suit and tie

[complexing]

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[floralprophecy.livejournal.com]

[Continued from this thread (http://guardiancomplex.livejournal.com/3331.html?thread=78595#t78595)]

[Lab is out in his garden in the afternoon on the day after Touya said he'd make him a boxed lunch and help him with his plant nursery.]

[guardiancomplex.livejournal.com]

[Touya walks in tentatively, looking around to make sure he has the right place. Looks definitely like a nursery... Obviously, he's carrying the promised vegetarian boxed lunch.]

Labrador-san? [He calls, not particularly loudly, but a polite volume.] It's Kinomoto Touya, I'm here to help?

[floralprophecy.livejournal.com]

[Well, one part of the garden has been set aside as a nursery, the rest is in the greenhouse. Lab is in the nursery part of the garden, checking on his baby plants. Then he stands up when he hears his name and smiles.]

Ah, Touya! Good afternoon.

[guardiancomplex.livejournal.com]

Good afternoon... [He looks around, proceeding to the nursery part of the greenhouse. There are some plants in here he's never seen before, and his curiosity is starting to get to him. But his job comes first.]

Sorry if I'm a little early.

[floralprophecy.livejournal.com]

Oh, it's alright. I was expecting you. So... is that the 'bento'? [Looks curiously at the boxed lunch]

[guardiancomplex.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it is. [Touya looks down at the bento he brought for Labrador--braised spinach, rice with furikake, and a few varieties of pickles (all arranged very carefully and artistically, of course). He holds the box out for Labrador.] I've got more vegetarian recipes if you don't like any of this. It's pretty basic.

[floralprophecy.livejournal.com]

[carefully takes it] Thank you! I'm sure this will be delicious! Have you eaten yet?

[guardiancomplex.livejournal.com]

A few hours ago. [He hands the box over.] Just take the lid off. I wasn't sure if you needed a fork or chopsticks so there's both in the bag.

[floralprophecy.livejournal.com]

I see. [opens the box] It looks delicious!

[he looks curiously at the chopsticks then takes the fork instead and tries a bit] It really is very good! Let's go inside the house for a bit some I can eat properly, shall we?

[Action, August 30]

[winged_moon]

[For an instant after awakening Yue isn't sure why he had been sleeping beneath one of the trees behind the house— if he'd dozed off outside then Touya would have woken him up, wouldn't he? And then it all comes back to him: the kidnapping, the time spent in the Malnosso facility, and then returning to the village altered, his memories changed as though he'd been himself of the long-ago past.

He rises swiftly to his feet, cheeks flushing with both anger and embarrassment at how he'd been acting, then pauses. There was another who likely had more right to be upset than he, given that he'd been left essentially in limbo during that time, entirely forgotten by his other self. And yet he can feel nothing from Yukito but reassurance and... perhaps a touch of wistfulness. In silent answer the guardian wraps his wings around himself and allows the change to happen as it hadn't in weeks.

Though Yukito is quite glad to be himself again, he doesn't spare any time to think about it: he simply hurries into the house, heading for the room where Touya should still be asleep at this hour. And there he is indeed, likely exhausted after the last little while, and Yukito can't help the faint pang at how tired he looks. He kneels beside the bed, gently brushing hair from Touya's forehead before leaning in to kiss him.]

[guardiancomplex.livejournal.com]

[With Yuki all but completely gone, and Yue refusing to believe that Clow wasn't in Luceti, Touya had been left with a lot of time to himself. Time that he didn't want to spend too much time thinking during. Thinking only made him hate his situation, and feel even more lonely. It was best to keep busy and hope that soon, the effects would undo themselves.]

[Which meant Touya was always working overtime, both at Seventh Heaven, and at Labrador's nursery. He was always either working, or eating, or sleeping. Now, he happens to be passed out in his (really his and Yue and Yuki's) room. On his back, still half dressed.]

[He's half-aware of someone coming into the room, but his subconscious dismisses it as Yue coming in to ask another question about Luceti or where he might find Clow or why he might not be able to feel Clow--Clow, Clow, always Clow. Even dead this guy was a pain. Though once he feels soft warmth on his forehead, his eyes open and he's awake. Wide awake after the second it takes him to register that Yuki's over him.]

Yuki-- [He sits up and immediately pulls Yuki to him, holding him tightly.]

[winged_moon]

[Yukito gives a soft, startled laugh, sounding both delighted and somehow relieved at Touya's reaction, and relaxes against him. It's so nice to finally be here again for real, his senses alive with Touya's warm presence.]

I missed you, too.

[guardiancomplex.livejournal.com]

[Touya, however, doesn't relax at all. He's still holding Yuki tightly as though his boyfriend will disappear if he even thinks about letting go.]

I was so scared you had disappeared. I was so scared they had erased you.

[winged_moon]

Erased...?

[Now Yukito is starting to sound a little puzzled, and a bit worried himself.]

How long was I gone?

[guardiancomplex.livejournal.com]

Twenty-one days. [Touya counted. And he might just hold Yuki for another twenty-one days, just to make up for it.]

[winged_moon]

...twenty-one?

[His voice is soft, disbelieving; it can't have been that long, could it? But Touya certainly has no reason to mislead him, especially not when he sounds so exactly certain.

But because Yukito is Yukito, the smile is audible in his voice when he recovers and continues.]

No wonder I was so happy to see you again.

[guardiancomplex.livejournal.com]

I think I'm the one who's supposed to say that. [Touya reluctantly lets go of Yuki, separating them slightly but keeping his hands on Yuki's shoulders.] Are you hungry? I made some food for you, I just have to heat it up.

APRIL 14 / MORNING / ACTION

[heartofahawk]

[ as soon as he wakes reyson can tell that he's slept far longer than intended, given the slant of the sun streaming through the windows.

oh goddammit he'd wanted to make a quick, easy escape - but the house seems quiet.. perhaps yue's roommate is out? he can only hope. of course, reyson could just squeeze out of this window and fly away, but.. well, that's rude.

so instead he slips soundlessly out of the room and into the corridor, trying to recall the layout of the house - but it was so late the night before, it was dark and he was tired. it can't be that difficult to navigate, right? he just has to make it down these stairs and after that finding the front door should be easy. so down he goes on nearly silent feet, pausing only momentarily at the base of the stairs to glance around --

-- where is the door ]

Re: APRIL 14 / MORNING / ACTION

[complexing]

[Rough luck, buddy.]

[Touya comes out of the bedroom, in his robe, scratching his head and holding a slip of paper. It's still early enough that Touya thinks that whoever this 'guest' is, they aren't up yet. After all, not everybody has a job to get to.]

[It's a little annoying though. This was his house as much as it was Yue and Yuki's. What was so dire that this person couldn't go back to their own house?]

[God he hoped he wouldn't be mopping vomit out of the bathroom, but Yue didn't seem to have the patience for that. Touya looks over at the door to the bathroom though--]

[And he nearly drops the note because okay really big wings suddenly and Yuki's still in bed, he's sure he was just there. It's just the last vestiges of sleep confusing him though. Obviously this 'guest' is blonde. And male. And beautiful.]

[And suddenly yes, Touya is wishing Yue had woken him up to ask first because this feels a little underhanded...]

Hi. [He turns the note around. It reads, 'There is a guest in the upstairs bedroom.'] I'm guessing this refers to you?

[heartofahawk]

[ askjndafsjfsksf

reyson nearly leaps out of his skin at the voice, whipping around to face the source and oh, this guy doesn't look too happy. not that reyson can blame him - he just woke up. to this.. big winged guy in his house. that isn't yue.

if only he had risen five minutes earlier this would not have happened. ]

Err.. yes. I apologize if I woke you-

[complexing]

You didn't. [Touya looks at the guy--which, to everyone but Yuki and Yue, looks like he's angry or cold, but it's just the way Touya's face is.]

[Not that he wasn't annoyed. What was so special about this guy? Aside from the blond and the wings and the pretty and the magic (most likely). Besides all of those things, Touya was just as good a companion, probably better. They had kissed after--]

[...was this stranger now in their house because Touya couldn't get it together and 'show them the depth of his feelings' if you know what I mean? And now Yue was feeling unfulfilled and had to go to some pretty, nancy-boy, stick-with-wings--]

[A muscle goes in Touya's face.] Do you eat?

[heartofahawk]

[ oh jesus. reyson generally doesn't use his thought-reading powers for evil, but it's not really something that he can turn off either.

and this guy's feelings. wow. um. reyson's eyes flit toward the front door. why don't herons have magical evaporating powers? this is all very awkward, but reyson is too courteous to just go storming out without answering his ques--

-- wait what kind of a question is that. ]

.. Pardon?

[ THIS GUY..... ]

[complexing]

[...HAS VERY RATIONAL REASONING FOR ASKING SEEMINGLY RANDOM QUESTIONS.]

Do you eat? Food. [He holds up the note again.] Yue doesn't eat, I was asking if you do.

[Because honestly, it isn't this poor guy's fault that Touya is now officially a terrible boyfriend BUT HE PROBABLY DIDN'T DISCOURAGE ANYTHING EITHER. And Touya wasn't petty enough to throw one of Yue's friends out because he was upset and jealous.]

[He'll feed him, then throw Wingstick out. That was polite, kind of.] I was going to make breakfast.

[heartofahawk]

[ n-no wingstick is just going to. politely. decline. because wingstick knows when wingstick is not wanted okay. ]

Oh! Um, yes, I eat, but.. ah, that's all right. I won't take up any more of your time, and my diet is - well, very strict.

[ why is everyone in this place so cranky all the time.. is it a beorc thing? ike was never this crabby, even in the mornings, and he was practically raised in a barn. ]

But thank you, for the offer.

[ the door.. it's so far......... ]

/DIVES IN

[winged_moon]

[It's the sound of voices that rouses Yukito, and he blinks a moment before remembering— last night. Yue. And his friend, talking up on the roof. That's right.

And apparently Touya had run into him? Oh, dear.

He heads out of the bedroom in his pajamas, not even bothering to find a robe, and absently pushes his glasses into place as he stifles a yawn. He doesn't have far to go to find the pair, and his vaguely sleepy expression quickly turns into a bright smile as he nods to Reyson before resting a light hand on Touya's arm.]

Good morning, Reyson-san. Did you sleep well?