erogappa: (action -- taking a walk)
Sha Gojyo ([personal profile] erogappa) wrote in [community profile] thenearshore2017-10-11 09:47 am

Absorb what is useful

Who: Sharak and Gojyo (guest starring That Damn Rooster)
What: Plot -- yelling about bad dates, to start
When: August 25th or thereabouts
Where: Temple Aditi
Warnings: Will update





[ A week of sink baths is all he can endure. At first he'd justified staying away from the temple -- or, more specifically, staying at the bar -- by citing all the repairs and work that needed to be done. The tables needed sanding. The plumbing in the ladies' was leaking. There was always inventory to process.

But eventually, he just had to admit it to himself -- he was avoiding going back to the temple because he was avoiding Sharak, and he was avoiding Sharak because she'd really hurt him. He'd trusted her. He'd really thought that they were, okay, not equals, but possibly maybe friends? Certainly there had been some mutual respect there, right?

Apparently not.

The more he thinks about it, the more he mentally pokes at that bruise, the angrier he gets (and he can't lie, a good chunk of that anger is directed at himself. Things Gojyo Knows About Gojyo: when he's hurt and betrayed, his instinct is to just take it, slink away, distract himself with the shallow friendships of the regular barflies for a couple nights. That's not the man he wants to be).

It's just dawn by the time he finishes cleaning up, and makes his way back to the Far Shore. Sharak will be up by now, he's sure. The damn rooster will be up, and therefore so will everyone else in earshot. And if she's not up, then that's fine -- he can wait.
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bussounoshima: (Tch.)

[personal profile] bussounoshima 2017-10-11 07:24 pm (UTC)(link)
[That first night when Gojyo didn't come home, Sharak thought maybe the date had gone better than expected. Shizuo hadn't seemed the type to move that quickly, but it's not as if she asked him. She tried her best to stay out of Gojyo's head in general, but side from picking up a little tension early in the day he hadn't seemed to need her concern. Maybe things would work out after all.

The next night leaves her a little more worried. The next night a little more. By the following morning, it's fairly obvious that Gojyo's just avoiding the temple and therefor her. She could hunt him down and demand an explanation but... Well, Gojyo is an adult. He's not obliged to speak to her if he doesn't want to. If he wants to hide like a sulking child, that's his right as a grown man. Damn it.

She's awake by dawn, of course, the damn rooster won't allow otherwise, but she's still barefoot and toweling off her wet hair when she walks into the main room. She only glances at Gojyo when he enters.]


Should I have told him to have you home by ten after all?

[Okay, maybe she's a little annoyed.]