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

[kyotoprincess]

Oh. Right.

[Yeah, he should do that too. Jeans do not make for good jammies.

By the time Rin comes back, Bon will be in shorts and a t-shirt, because sleeping shirtless with a girl in his bed is not a good idea.]

[hellpyre]

[That's perfectly acceptable, considering Rin's nightgown is practically floor length. It's way too big for her, and not even really a nightgown in the conventional sense, but they found it during one of the supply runs at random a couple of weeks back and she's been using it to sleep in since it's way more comfortable than anything else she has currently.

She forgoes dragging her own blanket with her this time, though, unsure if she's going to be alright without it. It's not like her room is far though, if she has to go get it.]

[kyotoprincess]

[See, this is the first time Bon really notices what Rin is wearing. And it actually helps with the whole 'oh noooo feelings' thing, because it's pretty much the unsexiest nightgown ever.]

That looks like something my grandma would wear, if she were alive.

[hellpyre]

[Probably for the best because anything else she has to sleep in would only make things worse.

She fidgets with it at the comment, turning faintly red once more.]

I found it before you showed up. Clothes ain't exactly easy to find here and no one else wanted it, so I figured I could at least sleep in it.

[She tugs at the bottom of it, lifting the hem off the ground. It really is too big for her. Whoever wore it before her must have been a pretty tall, fuller-figured woman.]

I think this is one'a those things that go under those old dresses with big skirts that people in like... England or wherever would wear.

[kyotoprincess]

[See, a normal boy would be thinking lewd thoughts about how easily that nightgown could be slipped off. But Bon is not a normal boy at all. Hearing the comment about gowns just makes him think about the people he's seen on the Skyway.]

Now that you mention it, all of the clothes I've seen on the statues looked like they belonged in a foreign country.

[hellpyre]

Hey yeah! I noticed that, too! Like... another country or another time or somethin'. Hell, even the clothes I got after my uniform got trashed look like somethin' out of an old west movie or whatever.

[She flops on the bed, letting the fabric fall back down with her movements. Luckily even though it's too big for her, it doesn't seem to be slipping off too much right now.]

They don't talk about the people that were here before much, do they... ?

[Meaning the other people that were around when the Calamity happened.]

[kyotoprincess]

[He sits down on the edge of the bed as well.]

Yeah, they don't. Maybe it's too painful for them.

[hellpyre]

Maybe... can't say I blame 'em.

[Even the ones they lost after the other survivors arrived don't come up in conversation much anymore. Everyone seems to think that moving on and not looking back is the best path.

She rubs at her chest again, letting out a tired sigh.]

[kyotoprincess]

[It certainly is the least painful path, to move on.]

I don't think they've forgotten, they just grieve in their own way. Everyone lost someone.

[hellpyre]

I hope not. I worry... about forgettin', I mean. The longer I'm here the more I get used to 'this is how it is' and I've had moments where I forget I was ever a student at the academy.

[kyotoprincess]

[Now that is a little worrying. Sure, Rin has been here for longer than most people, but it hasn't been that long compared to her time at the academy. He regards her carefully before speaking.]

Why do you think that's happening? Is it because everyone's been so busy here?

[hellpyre]

I think... 'cause we all try not to think about it. Our homes are gone. It's not like we can get 'em back.

[She's always said "all I can do is keep moving forward" but in this situation it's almost literal. There is no going back. The past is a place and people that she'll probably never see again.

She doesn't want to forget, but remembering is almost as painful as anything else they've had to deal with.]

[kyotoprincess]

[Well, Rin's right there. Bon had been trying to avoid thinking about home as well, though he hadn't gone so far as to forget about things yet. Moving forward in a place like this was almost impossible.]

...I guess we have to make new memories, then.

[hellpyre]

[Rin also has a finite level of brainpower she can dedicate to any one thing, and unfortunately being either a depressive lump of demon or falling in to neurotic tenancies because the entire fucking world exploded and she keeps almost dying tends to be both physically and emotionally taxing.

Bon's comment does make her stop, though. They had a lot of good memories, sure, but make things hurt a lot less. It would still hurt, but anything to dull the pain of all their losses.

She smiled then, sitting up with her tail wagging under her nightgown.

Sorry, Bon. You're getting hugged.]

[kyotoprincess]

[Whoops being hugged.

It makes him blush, but he doesn't fight it. Actually, after a moment he reaches up and hugs her back, because hey hugs feel nice.

Even if he's still having trouble admitting his feelings, he's not going to deny that he's glad Rin is here. At least there's someone here he can rely on, someone he trusts. He'll take that over thousands of other people any day.]

[hellpyre]

[She wasn't expecting to be hugged back, but once it happened she found it oddly calming after a day of legitimate upsets and emotional turmoil.

She didn't know how much Bon truly trusted her, but there was enough feeling in that embrace for her to guess that if he was doing it at all, it meant a lot.

It doesn't erase the nightmares completely, but that night, sharing the same bed, she sleeps better than she's slept in the months since she arrived. In the morning, she wakes with enough energy (though her chest is still sore) to slip out of bed before Bon wakes and get breakfast prepared. There's a few more breaks than she'd normally take while doing so, but once she's done she leaves the majority of it for the rest of the Bastion to get to once they're awake, and takes two plates back to Bon's apartment, dropping on to the bed with enough force to make her bounce a couple of times.]

Oi. Wake up.

[kyotoprincess]

[Well he HAD been sleeping soundly, up until Rin has just almost launched him out of the bed. He sputters as he shoves himself up into a somewhat-sitting position.]

What was that for?!

[hellpyre]

[Oh please she's not that heavy.]

Food, that's what.

[kyotoprincess]

[He would be grumpy, but hey, food! So yeah he scoots over to the edge to grab the plate from her.]

What did you make?

[hellpyre]

Lessie... scrambled eggs, hashbrowned potatoes, little bit of meat. Not a great breakfast but I tried to make it passable.

[Yes good, food will make you forget about being grumpy.]

[kyotoprincess]

[It's not the kind of breakfast he's used to, but he's long since learned not to complain about it. It's better than starving.

He's nomming on it and talking in-between bites.]

Got any plans for today?

[hellpyre]

[Rin had to be taught some of these recipes and styles by the other chef in the Bastion, since there really wasn't anything available that could even come close to a Japanese style breakfast when they first arrived.

But she's hoping for more supplies soon because if she can find things like oil and a few other supplies she can at least do some fish and rice next time.]

Mn... I... kinda wanted to go back on the Skyway.

[Never mind that she almost died there less than a week ago.]

[kyotoprincess]

[Whoops he nearly spits out the bite that's in his mouth.]

Now? But you're not even completely healed up!

[hellpyre]

[Yeah she was kind of expecting that reaction. Her shoulders hunch up a bit at his tone.]

Y-yeah but I hate just sittin' around doin' nothin'...

[kyotoprincess]

If you need something to do, we can find something to do around here. You can't be running around the Skyway when you're still hurt.

[He's not yelling, but he is disappointed. Rin just relax geez you can go fight monsters later.]