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[a2brutus]

[Mind the unfinished look, not done w/ coding yet!]

A2 here. Leave your message and I'll get back to you whenever.

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[a2brutus]

A month! What the hell!?

[A2, is obviously upset about this entire situation here, but she's still offering her hand to help Aqua get out of the pod.]

[theoceanbetween]

A month...?

[Aqua murmurs, peering at A2 as if there's further explanation on her grimy face.

She accepts the androids hand at any rate, stepping gingerly out of the pod.]

You have to be kidding.

[LIKE. TALK ABOUT BEING ASLEEP ON THE JOB? Shameful.]

[a2brutus]

Why the hell would I kid about something like that?

[YOU DID HER A FRIGHTEN.] You just stood up all of a sudden and started walking here like a complete zombie.

[theoceanbetween]

I don't know. It's just...

[Aqua runs a hand through her hair, trying to recall what led up to that.

IT'S NOT LIKE LAPIS ANNOYED HER SO MUCH SHE WENT INTO A SELF-IMPOSED COMA.

What in the world.]

Did you try to wake me up after?

That's a reasonable reaction to lapis though

[a2brutus]

Of course I did! I was worried as hell!

[And A2 is mildly offended that Aqua would insinuate otherwise. ]

as if Aqua would give her the satisfaction

[theoceanbetween]

[Look, she can't accept the fact A2 might care about her? That's dangerous territory from someone who kissed her unprompted.

Aqua, as a result, flushes completely pink, opening and closing her mouth uselessly.

She comes back to herself when she squares her shoulders! See, she's not awkward!!]

No, I know you would. Sorry, I'm...trying to get my bearings.

[Like, she was in a coma. Let her live.]

I feel okay, if that helps? A little sluggish is all.

as if anything can satisfy lapis

[a2brutus]

[IT WASN'T UNPROMPTED!

At least, it wasn't in A2's head. Aqua kissed her first and blabbed at her, and then Alucard ended up giving her some real gay advice.

Naturally, not one to disappoint on disappointing people, followed the advice given.]

Are you sure? You're kind of pink all of a sudden. [Does she feel well? A2 reaches out to check, before remembering that it wouldn't help. She's warmer than Aqua would be normally anyway.]

damn homie...u rite

[theoceanbetween]

[What has Alucard done, honestly.

Aqua tenses a bit when A2 reaches for her, before the android seems to think better of it. But the fact her hand was going for Aqua's face at all has the Keyblade Master turning that much redder.

Was she going for a tender touch? Aqua nearly expires at the thought. A2 isn't even chivalrous, just gruffly polite. A far cry from a true romantic, and yet Aqua is weak.]

I'm sure...!

[Said a tad too quickly. This is the part where she'd fucking escape, but she has no idea where she is?

So she just stands there, looking imploringly at A2.]

But I do think I need to sit down until this [weird grogginess??? mystery coma-inducing medicine?] wears off. Do you know how to get out of this area?

Re: damn homie...u rite

[a2brutus]

[ The thing is, A2 doesn't really appreciate the fact that Aqua is getting redder in the face, and her concern shows that much.

She moves in, picking Aqua up in a bridal carry fast and easy. Which probably looks hilarious considering their height differences, but A2 doesn't seem to mind. ]

Just rest for now. I'll get you back to our room, you can recover there.

AWFUL

[theoceanbetween]

[Aqua is too slow to react to what's happening until she's pulled with a squeak into A2's arms. Which aren't exactly soft -- not much of A2 is! -- but they are warm, and she holds Aqua with such ease...

She's holding Aqua. She had qualms about touching her face but not this?! That's confusing, but it reduces the space between them to nothing, so Aqua's too distracted to really think about it. THIS IS TOO MUCH FOR SOMEONE WHO JUST WOKE UP!!!!!!

Aqua wiggles in A2's hold, but her mouth is having trouble producing coherent sounds and the redness in her face is critical. It's bad?]

I...you...

[Is she dreaming? She must be. Her hands are firmly tucked against her chest.]

I can...walk.

[She insists, though she'd stumble away unconvincingly in such an event. Too gay to stand.]

huehuehue

[a2brutus]

[Unfortunately for Aqua, A2 doesn't let her down, if anything, she holds her marginally tighter as she walks, just in case Aqua tries to get the smart idea of walking on her own, especially with the way she's wiggling.]

It's safer for me to carry you. Just focus on feeling better, alright?

[Her voice is still gruff, but there's a small tinge of worry and softness to it that she tries to not let show as she walks. She's been... Really worried, this past month about Aqua.]

Besides, just because you can, doesn't mean you should.

[theoceanbetween]

[A2's been left to worry while Aqua was blissfully unaware of anything. It's upsetting to her now, at least, since she's missed an entire month with no real explanation for why it happened.

Except she can't dwell on it when she's being held??? Carried like a fair maiden? SHE WATCHED THE PRINCE WHISK SNOW WHITE AWAY JUST LIKE THIS.]

I won't fall.

[Aqua argues, extremely embarrassed and about to explode from a well of complicated feelings.

Aqua decides the walls are more interesting, still wiggling somewhat defiantly. She doesn't like people worrying about her!!!]

I feel fine, really...! The fuzziness is already going away.

[BY VIRTUE OF ADRENALINE, SURE, BUT.]

[a2brutus]

Just let me do this for you. It won't take that long, and if you fall, you might hurt yourself.

[Which is why A2 is insisting, even despite the fact that Aqua would Really Rather Not.]

Please. [She adds on, slightly exasperated by Aqua. Also because she hates? Saying Please.]

[theoceanbetween]

[Aqua is admittedly offended that A2 seems to believe she'll fall so easily. Even if she did, she's had worse scrapes? Fighting Vanitas left her in a similar state, and she was fine eating dirt after the fact. This is nothing!

A2 is acting like she'll break, which would be frankly insulting if she didn't sound so...genuine.

All while holding her.

Was A2 really that scared? The dissonance is killing Aqua, since she's completely ignorant to everything that's been going on. It's like she took a little nap and scared someone half to death just with that.]

...You're being ridiculous.

[Aqua says, without any real bite. She's stopped wiggling though, and honestly ready to expire.]

But I appreciate it.

[So, go ahead. Carry her. She'll die from it, probably, but if it makes A2 feel better! Aqua keeps her eyes trained on her hands at any rate, feeling incredibly embarrassed and awkward and touched all in one.]

[a2brutus]

Thanks. [Is all she really has to say in response? She's glad that Aqua's stopped squirming, since it'll make travelling easier!

Thankfully for Aqua, no one catches them back on the way to their room, where A2 puts Aqua down gently in the bed, and then just kind of... hovers, awkwardly.]

You sure you're alright?

[theoceanbetween]

[The walk back to their room is both brisk and eternal in feeling. The tap of A2's heels echo throughout the hallways, booming to Aqua's ears, and Aqua isn't sure how she'll explain if anyone sees them. Somehow, no one is around.

She has half a mind to offer to walk once she recognizes the path to the crew quarters anyway, but A2 hasn't made any move to put her down, carrying her over the threshold into their quarters. This is a genuine fucking bridal carry.

And like, Aqua hasn't been put in bed since she was very little. This is weird? Embarrassing. She refuses to lay down, either, sitting and facing A2 and feeling just as awkward? It's bad.]

Yeah...I'm okay.

[She told you!!! She's fine!!! Her face still betrays a stubborn flush of pink though. People aren't allowed to worry about her...it's awful.]

[a2brutus]

[A2 eyes her warily for a moment, like she really doesn't believe that Aqua is actually okay. Which, for the record, she doesn't? She was just asleep for a month! Shouldn't she be hungry or something? At the very least extremely wobbly.]

Yeah, well... I'm not all that convinced. While you were out a bunch of people started getting really sick.

[theoceanbetween]

[Cryostasis is weird like that. Aqua is mostly weighed down by that feeling of being tired from sleeping, which is one of the worst nap outcomes ever but otherwise bearable.

She returns A2's gaze with a thoughtful twist of her lips, which turns to a look of surprise.]

They have...? What kind of sickness is it?

[Darkness?

That takes some of the color out of her cheeks. Can't be gay if there's work to do!]

ITS NOT DARKNESS U STUPID PIECE OF TRASH KINGDOM HEARTS CHARACTER

[a2brutus]

[Oh no, A2 knows that look. That's the look Anemone used to get when she thought something needed to be done.]

Like, sneezing and sniffling? [And some were rotting from the inside out and others had copper or whateve inside their skin but A2 blatantly isn't saying that.]

WHEN IS IT NOT DARKNESS IN KINGDOM HEARTS THOUGH

[theoceanbetween]

[Aqua peers at A2, not really suspicious but definitely confused.]

But you said they were very sick.

[Having a cold can be a range from okay to awful, but they're hardly lethal with proper rest!

A2 is just making herself look more melodramatic.]

Humans are a lot hardier than you think, A2.

[Meaning A2 will not put her on bed-rest over the mere threat of the sniffles!]

when its light and your name is eraqus and you try and murder your adopted son

[a2brutus]

Wouldn't know that. I've only met them here.

A lot of them seemed to be downright miserable though. It's probably for the best you missed it.