6/24: waver

[randori]

[ It's hard to find a place that isn't full of people, but if he had to choose one where he doesn't think people would be able to find him very easily, it'd be the library. No talking in the library. No running in the library. Rules he always used to hate and so avoided the library on principle, he's glad for, now, because that means he can pick his way in between the bookshelves, ducking behind a row if he sees somebody coming, making his way towards one of the far corners where he sort of... paces back and forth, staring at the wall like he's waiting for something, or trying to figure something out.

He gives the wall a swift kick.

Nothing happens. ]

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[londonstar]

[ waver has basically taken today to live in the library. first comforting ion, and now...not relaxing, he never relaxes. much less today. in fact, today waver is a mix of emotions, even if he doesn't appear that way on the outside.

natsuo is fine. ion is fine. sandalphon is not, but waver makes a quiet promise to not forget him.

he's aware that, at some point, he's going to have to talk to natsuo. to yell at him, chide him, leave him again within an inch of his life...possibly all three things.

so when he sees natsuo, the decision of what to do is easy.

he smacks him upside the head. hard. ]

[randori]

[ HE DOESN'T EVEN HAVE HALF A BRAIN CELL IN THERE AND NOW THERE'S NONE

I always imagine Waver with a thick hard cover textbook that he just pummels against the back of Natsuo's head, but then I reread the tag and it's probably a hand slap. Still takes Natsuo by surprise but maybe won't knock him out cold. ]

—-!!

[ He bites down hard, gritting his teeth through the pain to keep from shouting out loud, but that's a moot point because he's shouting anyways. ]

WHAT WAS THAT FOR?! IT HURTS!!

[londonstar]

[ honestly, it could easily be either of those. but let's say hand for simplicity's sake.

that said, waver glares at natsuo, yelling right back at him. fuck the fact that this is a library, he has more important things to say. ]

What did I tell you?! What did I warn you about?! You fucking idiot! Running around and trusting anyone like the idiot you are! I'm pretty sure I lost ten years of my life due to these past few days!

[ smacking him again!!!! ]

[randori]

[ His hands don't do much to protect his head while cowering when Waver can smack the back of his hands and it hurts just as much, but he tries to put as much space as he can be between the two of them, as much as backing into a bookshelf would let him. ]

Stop it! Stop!! Trusting had nothing to do with it! I think!! I don't remember what happened, so maybe they were just super super smart or strong and it had nothing to do with trust!

[londonstar]

Oh, shut up!

[ waver's not going to tell natsuo the culprits. if he doesn't remember, then maybe that's for the best.

he seems to have stopped wanting to smack natsuo, too, and instead crosses his arms close against his chest. his expression looks less angry and more...concerned. ]

You know that won't happen again, right? You won't get a third chance.

[randori]

[ Waver seems to have withdrawn for now, but Natsuo keeps his hands up on his head for protection all the same. A third chance... but really, it's the fourth, divine intervention gracing him the first time against Shirasu's blade, again when he was partnerless, and now bringing him back after he supposedly died— he still can't believe that he died. ]

Maybe I'll be lucky again... it's not impossible. And I'm not trying my luck either, you know! It's not like I went out there planning to die!

[ He'd just gone out there, and had happened to die. ]

[londonstar]

You're trying your luck by not thinking!

[ he groans. there's no getting through with this child. ]

My point remains, however. You simply...need to take care of yourself, Natsuo. Many people care about you here.

[randori]

[ He was thinking!! It just... takes a lot out of him to think, and the quality of those thoughts aren't all that great either, so it's not something he does very often. He's felt like this for the past several weeks, but not so much as he does now- the feeling that he's in over his head and completely out of his element here, between murders and trials and him just trying to do what he can. ]

I do take care of myself! But I'm not just going to be good and sit in my room and do nothing! I don't care if it's safer— I want to be useful too!