[001] working after hours

[complexing]

[Here's a place you wouldn't expect Touya to be: on a roof.]

[He's looking a little different today, too. Specifically, he has a rather large pair of black wings in addition to his small ones, and his hair is significantly longer (read: it drags). He's surveying the village, looking for anyone who looks as though they may need help, protection, et cetera.]

[And, of course, he's looking for his dearest Yue. Touya can sense him, certainly, but he'll wait to make his presence known after Yue realizes he's there. They shared the same blood, after all--it was only a matter of time before Yue came to see him.]

[But until then, he's content to talk to anyone at all. His strength has rapidly returned since his illness, after all.]



((Touya has been AU'd from a fic where Yue turns him into a guardian. Have fun kids. ♥))

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[winged_moon]

[Wat.]

[winged_moon]

[Seriously, why does this get creepier and more disturbing the more Touya keeps talking.

That's more than enough.]

I'm going back inside now.

[And fitting action to words, Yue folds his wings and turns his hover into a controlled dive for the ground by the front door. He has no intention of discussing this any further.]

[guardiancomplex.livejournal.com]

But Yue--!

[He watches Yue descend to the door, realizing that for whatever reason, Yue just doesn't want to see him right now. Touya doesn't understand, though. Why? What did he do to make Yue so angry and so indifferent to him?]

[He's obviously met someone else here, hasn't he? Someone who had their powers from the get-go, and now he doesn't want to be with Touya anymore. He's just a burden now: something that Yue has to teach and be tied to. But they had loved each other! They had given everything to each other and now Yue was just pushing him aside? How could he? How could he?]

You could have just said you didn't want me anymore. You didn't have to make me feel like a monster too. [He uncurls his wings and takes off for the forest. Guess he's not going inside too.]

[winged_moon]

[Seriously, what is going on, Yue isn't even sure any longer. He entirely ignores the sulky little speech because he wouldn't have any idea how to react to it anyway and simply concentrates for a moment to dismiss his wings before entering the house. Touya will be back whenever he gets cold or hungry enough for it (if he still gets hungry, now that someone apparently tried to turn him into a pseudo-clone of Yue himself) and he isn't terribly concerned.

Yue is more worried about what's been done to Touya, and how to get him to go back to normal. This is... entirely too awkward to deal with. And deep down, where he'll barely admit it to himself, he misses the real Touya.]

[guardiancomplex.livejournal.com]

Woah, a year? [Touya blinks in surprise. He supposes that it is indeed possible to be here for as long as these Malnosso people want them there.]

That's pretty long... What's Seventh Heaven?

[guardiancomplex.livejournal.com]

Hey, wait! [Touya stops dead at the trees and lands. It takes a bit of concentration, but Touya eventually dismisses his wings and gives chase into the forest. Dang, this kid moves fast.]

[The child is moving away rather quickly, despite being a little kid. The book catches him on the side of head, but it didn't hurt him so much as make him stop to pick up the book.]

I'm not going to hurt you, and you dropped something!

[Threw it, really.]

[Action]

[guardiancomplex.livejournal.com]

[Touya crouches down on the roof, smiling as he watches the child in his front yard making a snowman. He looks so happy...]

[He spreads his larger wings and glides down off of the roof. Even though he isn't wearing shoes, the snow doesn't seem to bother him.]

Did you need a carrot for its nose?

[Action]

[eternallysinned.livejournal.com]

Yeah! Maybe a scarf too. What do you think?

[oda-hates-me.livejournal.com]

I know people who have been here for three or four.

And it's my restaurant.

[guardiancomplex.livejournal.com]

You own a restaurant? [Touya's expression brightens.] I used to work in a restaurant. [Or seven.] What sort of cuisine do you serve there?

[oda-hates-me.livejournal.com]

[His interest in wing man has just skyrocketed]

Whatever man can dream up. [wide grin] But I specialize in East Blue cuisine.

[sly-little-fox.livejournal.com]

[Unfortunately, he's still a child. Childlike steps, childlike endurance, and there's still snow on the ground. Not exactly difficult to track, even if he loses sight of him.

Luckily though, the book seems to have caught the guy, slowing him a bit. Gin's a ways off, stopping behind a tree to catch his breath.]

[guardiancomplex.livejournal.com]

East Blue... I haven't heard of that, but it sounds interesting. Where is it? I'll try to stop by!

[Going out to eat might help Yue unstick his memory. They did it all the time, after all--lunch, work at the same restaurant sometimes...]

[guardiancomplex.livejournal.com]

[Touya slows his pace and looks down at the snow to figure out where the child ran to. He wouldn't last very long alone in the forest when it was so cold...]

[He tracks the footprints to behind a tree, and decides that the best way to catch the boy is to sneak up on him. He floats up through the tops of the trees and floats over to the tree the boy's hiding behind--and drops down in front of them.]

Hey there, you're pretty fast.

[Action]

[guardiancomplex.livejournal.com]

[Touya tilts his head at the tiny snowman, smiling at how adorable it is that he and Yue have children making snowmen in their yard--like they were a kind married couple.]

Wait here, I'll be right back. [Touya dismisses his wings and heads inside the house.]

[oda-hates-me.livejournal.com]

One of those buildings near the fountain. Between the bar and the clinic.

And you've got nothing but shitty time here. I'd be surprised if you couldn't.

[Action]

[eternallysinned.livejournal.com]

[sly-little-fox.livejournal.com]

[He chances a glance behind, just to see if he's still being followed, but there's no sound of footsteps. However, when the flying man drops outo f the air right in front of him, he's stuck with his back to the tree.]

Whadda ya followin' me for?! I didn't steal nothin'! They said I could 'ave these shoes!

[guardiancomplex.livejournal.com]

Yeah, well... [Touya laughs nervously.] I've just gotten here, so my boyfriend and I are trying to set up our house and all the furniture and things. But after we're done I bet I could come by!

[guardiancomplex.livejournal.com]

Hey, hey, calm down! [Touya holds up his hands in a somewhat defensive position--even though he knows this kid isn't a threat to him.]

I don't think you stole anything, I'm just worried about you running around by yourself when it's so cold out... [He frowns with the utmost sympathy and holds out the book he picked up while chasing the child.] And in the forest no less. It's dangerous in here.

[sly-little-fox.livejournal.com]

[Worried. About him. Gin's expression says anything but belief. He snatches the book and holds it tightly to his chest.]

Ain't any more dangerous n' the town.

[oda-hates-me.livejournal.com]

Huh... lucky. [his brow darts up] You both arrive at the same time?

[guardiancomplex.livejournal.com]

About that, yeah. I think I got here a few days after he did. Guess that is lucky, huh? [He smiles.] Do you have anybody here?

[guardiancomplex.livejournal.com]

[Touya smiles a little when he takes the book so forcefully, though he has to wonder if something happened to this kid to make him run into the forest thinking he would be just as safe here than he would be in an apartment or house.]

Why do you say that?

[oda-hates-me.livejournal.com]

[Sanji stuffs his hands in his pockets]

Yeah, my crew. We all came at different times, but we're living together now.