skillspanner | 009 ☀ Action for Ecruteak

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009 ☀ Action for Ecruteak | Video (Backdated to 6/20)

[There was no peaceful waking up. It wasn't the slow process of getting to enjoy a good slumber, groggily waking up, rolling over, stretching. No, it was just the opposite.]

[It was completely abrupt, the way his eyelids fluttered open, followed by immediately sitting upright.]

Wh--what the--- arrrgh!

[Despite days of sleep, Yosuke felt weak. He felt tired, as if he could collapse, and he didn't recognize his current surrounding. His eyes were bloodshot and his head was throbbing, so much so that he could only lean forward to grab his head. All of this was enough for him to even ignore the fact that his shirt still managed to be soaked with Jiraiya's saliva. Never a break from that, ever.]

[It hurt to think, memories of all those dreams still so fresh in his mind. Not cool. Definitely not cool.]

[A while after waking up - and being filled in on everything that happened, Yosuke turns on the video. He looks weak - pale, tired - his eyes are bloodshot and there are dark circles under them. He's lacking his usual energy, only offering a weak smile, but still sounding surprisingly sullen, given his normal demeanor.]

I - well, hey, I guess. I just kinda got filled in on everything that's been going on. So I guess I wanted to know... uh, how many people are still like this? You know, totally not conscious? There was a lot to start - that I know, but ugh...

Dammit, just when you think this place is kind of okay...

Me and Rise -- we're both okay now. The centre's still gonna be closed a bit longer too. Not that it's really important with all this other stuff going on. But we'll all be back in Goldenrod soon too, I guess.

[He falls quiet, hesitating for a second - almost as if he's got something else to say, but instead, he just cuts communication.]

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[ And to be honest, Souji should have been expecting that but he does not, so he quickly gets over to Yosuke's side. Just going to pull him up now by taking his arm over Souji's shoulders. ]

Alright, I'm bringing the food to you.

No - no way, dude. [He's protesting, drawing in a breath before trying to support himself and stand.] I can do this, okay? I just... need a second.

[ And watching... C'mon, Yosuke, show him what you're made of. ]

[It takes him a second, but he pulls away forcing himself to stand on his own two feet. It's shaky, but he succeeds.]

I'll be back in a few.

Call me if you need me to scrub your back or something.

[ light joking. ]

[Face completely paling for a second, and he abruptly turns away as his face and ears flush.]

D-dude! Totally not funny!

[ A small chuckle. ]

Just shout if you need me, partner.

Dude, I can shower by myself!

[Calling that out as he wobbles out of the room slowly.]

[ Another chuckle and he decides to sit back on the bed. Depending on how long Yosuke takes with that shower, he might or might not come back into the room with Souji taking a short nap. Just give him a minute, he's still resting up from travelling so much. ]

[It takes him a while - close to a half hour. Standing sucks, so he kind of sits in there for a while, trying to get his thoughts straight-]

[Between the being practically dead, the lack of real sleep, the weird dreams, and all of his conflicting feelings, he needs a few.]

[He emerges after that pretty shakily, sitting at the edge of the bed. Looking down, he doesn't really want to wake Souji -- he knows his best friend had to have been at least exhausted as he was.]

[ Souji isn't much of a light sleeper. In fact, he can be quite the heavy one depending on the situation and after everything, right now can be the time he'll have a hard time getting up. However, once Yosuke sits down on the bed and the mattress sinks under him, Souji shifts onto his side, facing towards the other. ]

[ He'll get up sooner or later, once he feels at least a bit refreshed. ]

[This gives Yosuke a little more time to brood over things. Well, not for long, because doing all that work on an empty stomach, plus the being totally exhausted... after a few minutes, he nods off while sitting up.]

[Until his balance falters; his "nodding off" is heavy enough for him not to notice his head falling into Souji's lap.]

[ And that's more than enough to wake Souji up since he hasn't really been trying to doze off into deep sleep. ]

[ He lifts his head upward to look at just "what" has fallen to his lap, when he notices that... well, it's Yosuke. Figures with seeing how weak and tired the other has looked like since he has woken up. So, Souji doesn't find it in himself to actually wake him up, but he does slowly sit up and begins to pat Yosuke on the head. Then play with his hair by find a few random strands of hair out of place or just running a hand through, realizing that this just might be only time he can actually do anything it. ]

[ "It's too girly." ]

[ That's probably something he'll say, or some comment of the sort. A hug already has made him tense up, react, how will this go? Souji can probably just avoid all of this by admitting his feelings up front, but instead, he just sticks to his stupid little coffee cups and hides behind those. ]

[ So, he pulls his hand back and stops after a few minutes. He can wait out until Yosuke wakes up, no matter how long it takes. ]

[He's too deep in this sleep to notice; his body is so exhausted... and the biggest thing that kept him from sleeping was here and safe. Yosuke felt comfortable enough to let his body rest at least bit. There's a bit of drooling here and there, and maybe even a few quiet snores. He's really the most exhausted, probably even more than it had showed on his face. Sleeping no more than an hour a day for three weeks, then having your soul taken from you was draining on a guy.]

[He does shift a few times at the various touches, letting out a few sleepy sounds. Once Souji pulls his hands away, he turns, facing Souji.]

[It's a good hour before Yosuke starts to break from his sleep, groggy and disoriented and still not quite realizing where he fell asleep.]

Wh... ehhh?

[ In that one hour, Souji has taken the time to think. He can't remember everything of that disappearing weekend. There's little shards of memories, scattered around, out of order, but he has the basic idea. He really doesn't know what to do now. Does he keep up this coffee nonsense, thinking that just three words can really hold up as a confession (the words aren't even "I love you"), or should he just stop? ]

[ Really, after months of doing this, using up so much money, he's starting to lose hope. Every time he sits at the cafe, he crosses out the unnecessary words with his permanent marker. The first few times, he's been determined, pressing down hard then double checking-- triple checking that everything is correct. Though, after the month and the half marker, he's been feeling less and less motivated. He keeps doing it because he's hoping that Yosuke will just notice the goddamn message already. Now, he just sits, lazily crosses out the words, and stares at it, deciding whenever or not just to crush it up, throw it into the trash. ]

[ It's thoughts like those that keep him busy for the hour, not terribly minding that his legs have gotten numb long ago or having nothing to do. He doesn't dare to touch Yosuke's hair again, but he does smile gently when he turns to him. It doesn't last long though, trailing back to silently muse over everything. ]

[ He doesn't smile again until he notices that a certain someone upon his lap is starting to wake up. ]

Morning.

[He's groggy - very much so. It takes Yosuke a minute to connect what's going on once he opens his eyes. Who's voice is greeting him, where his head is -- and where the hell it's in close proximity to.]

[He lets out another, tired and quiet groan until his vision clear, and when it connects, he jumps as fast as he can. Bad. This was bad. Bad, bad, bad. His cheeks flush a shade of pink, but instead of loudly freaking out, he barely manages to sputter out a couple of words, throat still froggy from sleep.]

W-whoa--! Uh, I... so-sorry, bro.

[ Souji doesn't react much nor does he seem that bothered. He only continues to have that smile upon his face-- because what else can he do --and begins to stretch his legs, twisting his ankles around. Ah, that feels a lot better. ]

Have a good nap?

[He's still looking flustered, but definitely for a reason far different than Souji would probably think. He averts his gaze, ruffling his hair and looking down at the floor.]

Yeah, uh... I guess so.

[ Souji's not going to ask or rub in about that flushed face. He doesn't want Yosuke to snap or anything. ]

Ready for some food now, or do you want to sleep some more?

[He really appreciates that right now. He's definitely not ready to talk about it. So he just sort of shakes his head and ruffles his hair again.]

I'm starving dude. That was like... four days of no food.

Thought so.

What are you in the mood for?

Well, I do owe you a fried rice dinner, don't I?

[ A chuckle. ]

You sure know how to make a guy happy, partner. [ That might have sounded a bit more... erm, well, yeah, take it however you like. ]

[And then a sudden turn away because someone is totally taking it that way.]

D-dude--! Y-you're making it sound...

Sound?

[ Was that the wrong thing to say? ]

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