whoops wanted some hurt-comfort

[paladaddy]

Just say which of mine you want in the subject header o/ If you don't want to make shit up here's the list of prompts form a random h/c meme. Dice-thingy is here.



1. INJURY. You've been injured. Broken bones or bleeding out or maybe just a tiny little papercut. The choice is yours.
2. SICKNESS. You're sick and laid up in bed, at home or in a hospital. The severity is up to you.
3. FEAR/ANXIETY. Something is happening and you're scared beyond belief.
4. LOSS OF SENSES. Sight, touch, taste, hearing, smell, etc. You've lost some important sense or ability and now you're left to deal with it.
5. DESPAIR. Nothing is good or right anymore and you can't shake the depression. Maybe that friend of yours can help though...
6. BREAKUP. You've been dumped. You need someone to comfort you, possibly by the one who dumped you.
7. MAKE UP. Fight or break up, it's time to makeup.
8. RESCUED. You've just been held captive and/or tortured for however long and finally, someone has come to the rescue.
9. BAD ROMANCE. Fight, cheated on, abused, whatever the case is, someone else can clearly see you need comfort from someone who isn't your terrible lover tonight.
10. LOSS. You've experience a loss of some kind and need help getting through it.
11. INSANITY. You're seeing things that aren't really there, hearing voices, or you're just convinced you're at your wit's end finally and you're going to crack. Maybe someone can give you a helping hand.
12. TIRED. You've had a heard life recently and you're just worn too thin to really care anymore. There's no fight left in you anymore. Can someone help change your mind?
13. ADDICTION. Drugs, alcohol, sex, gambling, or any other type of addiction has got you in its grasp. First time or relapse. Will someone be able to save you?
14. INSOMNIA. You can't sleep anymore, no matter how hard you try. Maybe someone can give you company.
15. NIGHTMARES. Or, on the other end of the spectrum, you can't sleep without gruesome, horrible nightmares. Either someone is stuck in your dream with you, witnessing it or they're just waking you up, soothing you out of it.
16. BLACKMAIL. You've been caught doing something you shouldn't and you were blackmailed because of it
17. SEPARATION. You're going to be separated for awhile or were separated for a long time. Either make up for lost time or try to spend every last moment together.
18. VIOLATED. You've been violated in some way. Can include sexual overtones or not. Can someone help you through it?
19. STRANDED. You've been stranded somewhere remote, with no help of anyone finding you for awhile. Can you survive this together?
20. SINS. You're feeling the weight of your sins and guilt clearer than ever. Can someone give you absolution or lessen the ache any?
21. SECRET. It's difficult having to keep that secret of yours, be it a relationship or something you just don't want to share with anybody else. Maybe it's okay to talk about it now though...
22. ADDITION. Babies should be joyous things unless you're in a situation where you know you won't be able to care for them. Either you've adopted or found out you're pregnant.

Comments

at least we aren't meduca? =D;

[hellpyre]

[Time was an ill described concept for her. Sometimes she was simply hovering in nothingness, but there were other moments where it was closer to lying on her back floating in an inky black ocean, adrift, lost and so far from shore but without the strength needed to swim in any given direction.

But those three long days passed and, just as what would have been considered evening had it not been for the constant light on the Bastion, her fingers twitched. Her tail followed suit, slipping off the edge of the bed and curling. There was no groan, no noise as she opened her eyes, blinking slowly as if uncertain that what she was seeing was really there in front of her.]

They COULD be meduca

[kyotoprincess]

[Bon had been drifting off to sleep despite his best efforts, so he doesn't notice Rin waking up at first. His arms are crossed in front of him, and his head hangs low, partially obscuring his face. If Rin looks over, though, she can easily see that his eyes are closed.

Whoops he had totally meant to be awake when Rin woke up.]

I have a feeling that would horrible

[hellpyre]

[Sitting up takes more effort than she was expecting it to, and with it plenty of wincing and hitching breath. Once in something of an upward position, she touches a hand to her chest, looking down at the loose too-big shirt she was put in. Pulling the collar down found her bandaged up, from collar bone down nearly to her hips.

Her lips moved in a swear, but no voice came out, throat dry and scratchy from three days without speaking. Her hand released the shirt only to dig in to her hair, head shaking harshly as she mentally berated herself for such a sloppy move. She should have known better, to let her guard down so easily...

It was done and over with, but she had a feeling there would be more than one person who was going to fuss at her, or yell, or make some big deal over it.

I should go let them know I'm alright...

With that thought she started to get up, swinging her legs over the edge of the bed, every move slow and achy. It was then that she finally spotted Bon. She had been so wrapped up in her thoughts and waking presence that she hadn't even heard him breathing, but it made her stop and stare, lips slightly parted in a faint expression of surprise.

How long had he been there... ?]

Bon... ?

[Hesitantly, a hand reached out, fingers tapping his knee.]

It would be

[kyotoprincess]

[Bon wakes with a start, going from asleep to wide-awake in no time at all. He sees the hand on his knee first, and his eyes follow along it up to where Rin is.

For a moment, he doesn't know what to say. She's awake, and it doesn't look like she's in pain, which is good. He wants to yell at her for not paying attention, but he feels too relieved to be angry.

Plus she might not be fully healed yet. Fast healing or no, she just had a huge hole in her chest. He really should check on that first.]

How are you feeling?

[He tries to sound neutral as he says that, but his voice cracks near the end, betraying his feelings. For a while he had really thought she wasn't going to pull through.]

[hellpyre]

[She would accept the yelling. She knows she deserves some sort of reprimanding for what happened.

Her hand moved back to rub at her chest about where the bandage starts, making a face. She's healed, yes, but it still feels strange. Tender, almost. Bruised maybe? She can't tell, she's never had an injury that extensive before.]

Sore. ... how... long have you-- ... how long was I out?

[kyotoprincess]

[Bon looks away.]

Three days.

[Technically that answers both questions.

Though really, it might be a little more or less than that, since they don't really have any way of keeping track of time here. Even sleeping isn't reliable, since everyone sleeps at different times.]

[hellpyre]

[It did answer both questions, but she has a moment of doubt.]

... you've been here that whole time?

[kyotoprincess]

[Whoops. He didn't mean to admit to that.]

Well someone had to watch over you, so I figured I was the best choice for the job.

[It's not like he actually wanted to stay there or anything!]

[hellpyre]

[Sorry, Bon, your tsun is going to be ignored. She's actually touched. She really hadn't expected him to do something like that.]

Ryuuji...

[Oh shit, she did not mean to say that. She slaps a hand over her mouth, face going a very interesting shade of red all the way to her ears.]

[kyotoprincess]

[Wait.

What?]

What's this all of a sudden?!

[Seriously Rin, it's not like they're on a first-name basis or anything. Way to make him embarrassed, he looks up at her in shock and then goes beet-red.]

[hellpyre]

I-I'm sorry! I'm sorry I was just surprised--! I won't say it again!

[You know how male Rin's voice can sometimes go up an octave and sound oddly squeaky? Girl Rin is doing that right now, only about two ranges up from that. Complete with flailing her hands before covering her face completely with both of them and hunching over. God why did she do that?!]

[kyotoprincess]

[See, Bon is starting to get all yell-y already, partially from embarrassment and partially because Rin keeps making it worse.]

I don't care what you call me! Just don't go getting yourself hurt again!

[Because clearly calling him by his first name will keep her safe. Clearly.

Teenage logic here, people.]

[hellpyre]

[Rin is a master at making things worse.

She lets out a whining groan and hunches over, face still in her hands because there is no way she can look at him after that.]

Okay... 'msorry...

[kyotoprincess]

[Aww geez, Bon forces himself to look away again. Why does this have to be so awkward and difficult?

But Rin's apology does get him to quiet down. He's still upset, but he's not yelling anymore.]

Just...we already went through this, remember? Back in Kyoto?

[hellpyre]

[That also gets her to quiet down, and for her little distressed noises to stop. Her tail shifts, curling around her midsection and her hands fall away to her lap, though her gaze refuses to come up again. Her hair is a mess from three days of not brushing it, and it hangs heavy over her face.]

Y-yeah... I remember... I thought we were ok. I brought that Gasfella down and I was so damn happy it was a lot like Kyoto again...

[kyotoprincess]

[He really can't be mad at her about that, nobody was expecting that random pincushion. At least it was Rin who had gotten hit, and not somebody without the amazing healing.

Still, Bon's words sound heavy as he speaks.]

I thought you were dead.

...Everyone did.

[That second part is a thought after the fact, to try to draw the focus away from his own feelings.]

[hellpyre]

[It was harder to ignore this time, especially recalling how she had seen his face above her, how he had been screaming... she couldn't read lips, but thinking back on it now he hadn't been screaming 'hang on', he had been screaming her name. It was too short to be anything else.

She felt a lump rising in her throat, her heart aching in a way that had nothing to do with her injuries. Her fingers curled in to fists on her lap, and before she realized what was happening, tears had started to fall on to the backs of her hands.]

F... for a little bit... I thought... I thought I was dead, too...

[kyotoprincess]

[Fuck, not the tears. Bon can't handle the tears.

He doesn't mean to get angry like this, but he's really bad at emotions. He doesn't know how to handle hurting like this besides to get angry.]

Well don't be so careless next time! What are we supposed to do, if you go get yourself killed like that? There's already so few of us, we can't just lose you like that!

[Shit shit shit he's standing up suddenly now and walking across the room. Not to leave, but because walking and pacing helps him calm himself. Movement is good.]

[hellpyre]

It's not like we knew it was there...

[What should have come with the same raised voice that she always brought out to match his yelling only left her lips in a mutter, voice thick with tears and hitching on the verge of sobs. She didn't want to cry in front of him. She didn't want to cry in front of anyone but least of all him.

She was supposed to be the strong one, the goofy grinning half demon humming in the kitchen and kicking ass out on the Skyway. But every day there was already a god awful struggle to keep how broken she really was a secret from everyone, and knowing she had been so close to death because of a careless misstep sent her too close to that edge.

She doesn't bother to stop him from getting up and moving. She can hear his heavy footsteps enough to know that he's just pacing, not storming out in anger. She tries hard to hold her composure, what little she has left, but it's already frayed and that last string has finally snapped. She puts her hands over her face and hunches over, sobs silent but causing her shoulders to quake regardless.]

[kyotoprincess]

I know!

[He knows it's not her fault. Nobody had seen it coming. That's what made this so scary: it was an unknown danger. Rin getting hurt from her own stupidity? Bon could handle that. He could yell at her and get her to stop being so careless. But something like this? There was no way to prevent it, it just happened.

When he speaks again, it's a lot quieter. He can hear Rin crying, and it makes his chest hurt. She just woke up, she shouldn't be crying like that.

He shouldn't be making her upset like this.]

I know, I just...

[He stops pacing and sighs.]

Come on, don't cry like that.

[hellpyre]

[A vocal sob escaped as soon as he said that, hands starting to rub furiously at her face. The tears wouldn't stop. She wanted them to stop but they just wouldn't. She had been holding back so much for so long that it was like a dam had exploded in her aching chest, shoving more emotions out than she could conceivably handle.]

I can't-- I can't stop--...

[It was too much, and asking her to not cry was asking the impossible. There was no way to hold back anymore, not after what had happened, and any attempt to be silent with her tears shattered, voice coming out in a pained, terrified wail.]

[kyotoprincess]

[Bon jumps a little at that, because he definitely had not been expecting that. He quickly looks around, though that is more of a reflex than anything else. Usually a demon wailing like that will attract more demons, but hey, no demons in the Bastion!

But he's mentally kicking himself, because he's just making this worse. Damn, he's really bad at this whole 'comforting' thing. He shifts nervously in place for a moment, trying to figure out what the hell he should even do.

Eventually he settles on moving over and hugging her, because that's what people did when someone was crying, right?]

[hellpyre]

[She was already hating herself for what happened, but it's more so now that she's completely lost any ability to keep her emotions in. Fear was commonplace where they were, but to actually be that close to death and know it scares the hell out of her. In that moment she's not a demon, not the daughter of Satan, but a terrified teenage girl who's been forced to deal with the end of the world and the haunting realization that regardless of her strength and power she could still very well die out there.

Not just that, but the idea that she could never see Bon or any of her new friends again hits her like a train. What if she had died? What would that have done to the people she cares about? It's too painful to think about, but it's there, and it only serves to make her tears all the more present.

There's no hesitation, no surprise when Bon hugs her. She turns and clutches at his shirt, burying her face in his chest as sobs wracked her entire body, making her seem tiny and vulnerable in his arms.]

[kyotoprincess]

[He had been hoping that the hug would make Rin stop crying, but if anything it makes it worse. Bon thinks about pulling away, since hugging doesn't seem to be working, but with the way Rin is holding onto him he doesn't think he would be able to pry himself away even if he wanted to.

Which he doesn't, even though it's making Rin cry more.

That is also a startling realization for him.

He doesn't say anything right now, but instead tries to pat her on the back while hugging her. It's a little awkward, but he's too worked up to really notice it. He'll just hold onto her until she cries out all of her tears, since it seems that's how this is going to go.]

[hellpyre]

[Unfortunately, he's right about that. But getting it out is what she needs, and even if her head hurts and her eyes sting after she'll feel better.

Better, but marginally embarrassed that this happened in front of Bon of all people. Damn. Why couldn't it have been Night... ?

But she does quiet, slowly. From sobs to quiet noises, to sniffles and a faint hiccup here and there. Even when she's done with the majority of it, though, she doesn't pull away. Awkward as it is... it's kind of nice. Only her father ever held her when she cried, and that ended after a certain point in her life when she proclaimed loudly that she was "too old" to be crying to anyone, least of all the old man.

She'd forgotten how much of a comfort it could be, just to have some one's arms around her when she needed to let everything out.]