♠ Eighteen | Voice

[urnotafraid]

[ For a few minutes there, the good citizens of Thor are going to get treated with the sound of this song. The guitar is not perfect and there is a decided amount of wobble to Sho's voice but he seems okay until about half way through where there's a snarl of strings and a muttered Japanese curse. And then the Guide gets picked up and the

Comments

[ACTION]

[kendonobara]

[Aya is Aya, and standing behind you.]

It's not so bad.

[ACTION]

[urnotafraid]

Yeah, well, you can go out and enjoy it. I'm staying here.

[ He isn't as dolled up as usual and with exaggerated care he picks up his guitar and fiddles with the strings. ]

[ACTION]

[kendonobara]

I wouldn't go that far...

[Arm in a sling, he goes over and pulls up a chair to sit in. There is some wincing since he's a bit sore.] Any reason for the sour mood?

[ACTION]

[urnotafraid]

It's crazy anyways. People running around like morons, fucking up everything...

[ Manages a strangled chord before he sits it down and picks up his cigarette, taking a long drag. ]

You never dated, right?

[ACTION]

[kendonobara]

I thought that was all the time.

[Is he playing the guitar or putting it out of its misery?]

I have, actually.

[ACTION]

[urnotafraid]

More than normal, then.

[ Just looks at Aya and snorts, leaning back in his chair. He can't really cry like he felt like doing but he can certainly grouse about everything. ]

Yeah? How did that work for you?

[ACTION]

[kendonobara]

Like how dating in high school would be. Awkward, happy, full of naivety...overall, it was simpler...

[ACTION]

[urnotafraid]

...Yeah.

Ever met someone that you just knew had to be the one for you?

[ACTION]

[kendonobara]

[There is silence, because well...there was Takuma, and now there isn't...]

...hn. Yes.

[ACTION]

[urnotafraid]

...People tell me that this is a holiday of giving and sharing, but it never was that way.

Until I got married. [ Studies the cigarette in his fingers and then grinds it out in an ashtray. ] It doesn't seem like a big deal now.

[ACTION]

[kendonobara]

[Aya watched the smoke waft through the air, thinking over those words.]

...this season reminds me a lot of my family, even though this upcoming holiday isn't as important in Japan. [He shifts a bit uncomfortably.] It doesn't mean as much without them, but it's... [He pauses to search for the right words, but not many come to mind.] It's a nice feeling.

[ACTION]

[urnotafraid]

It's annoying. [ He checks for another cigarette in his pack and snorts when he finds that it is empty. Tossing it on the table, he yawns rubbing his face. ]

People expect you to be happy and cheerful and it's fucking annoying when all you want is just to remember.

[ACTION]

[kendonobara]

Hn...I never thought you would be the grinch of the two of us. [Smirks softly before looking somewhere else.]

Be happy when you want to be.

[ACTION]

[urnotafraid]

I want my family, Aya. [ A slight scowl that turns into a pout. ] I want to see Hana and Yi-Che. I want to come home and find them here and...

[ Chokes at that point, looking at the guitar until he can get his throat to stop seizing up on him. ] You'd think I would be over this by now.

[ACTION] I hardly ever get to use this icon...

[kendonobara]

[...now, that hits really close to home.]

[Aya stands from his seat and goes to sit next to Sho, using his uninjured arm to rest a hand on the other's back.]

...no, I wouldn't think that. I would never think that.

[ACTION] leave it to crybaby Sho to bring out all the tears

[urnotafraid]

Christmas... it was one of the few times I put everything aside and just stayed with them.

[ Swallows hard - he remembers that Aya also had lost his family and turns slightly towards him. ]

It was just us this time of the year. It hurts.