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[monkeyblue]

Who: Fushimi and Xihe’s Temple
When: January 21st
Where:Xihe’s Temple and the surrounding area
What: So Fushimi remembers something he was better off forgetting.
Warnings: Mentions of child abuse, parent death.

[It is eight o’clock in the morning, and Fushimi is not in his room.

He’s not in Yata’s room either, and Sicily is still in his stable. His phone is gone but the GPS is off and he’s not answering messages or calls. There’s no note, but no sign of a struggle either if the missing coat and boots are any indication.

Fushimi is not in his room, but Izumo is no doubt getting lances of terror and pain and loathing from the missing shinki. Following that, at least, should give the temple’s residents a clue as to where he’s gone.]

Comments

[monkeyblue]

[Fushimi shakes his head.]

It's fine. He's dead, I'm dead, so what does it matter what he did when I was alive?

[He laughs, but it's not a humorous one. It's a little broken.]

It's done, it's over. I'm, what, twenty-one? Twenty? He died years ago. It's fine.

[thevanguard]

[ Yata reaches out, curling his fingers to either side of the towel covering Saru's head, to turn the other shinki towards him, leaning close until their foreheads rested together and he could hold Saru's gaze fiercely. ]

It matters.. It's not fine. No one should treat someone else like that, especially when that person's family. That's just fucked up, in the worst sort of way. Would you say it was okay, or fine, if someone was treating me that way? I don't care if it was years ago. That doesn't mean he should be forgiven for being such an asshole!

[monkeyblue]

[Fushimi scoffs and pulls away. He really can't look at Misaki right now.]

It's fine, Misaki. He's dead. If he's still haunting me, that's on me. Not like me going crazy would be entirely unprecedented.

[thevanguard]

[ Yata pauses at that, confused. ]

Haunting you? What are you talking about?

[monkeyblue]

That's who I was hearing on the volcano. I'm not sure it was the volcano doing it, though.

[thevanguard]

[ He cocks his head to the side, confused. ]

The volcano was making lots of people do weird crazy shit. See things, hear things, get all pissy about everything. You saw that, just like I did. What makes you think it wasn't the volcano?

[monkeyblue]

My memories?

[Even if there's something about his memories of seeing his father in Izumo's bar that feels off, telling him there's something important there that he can't remember just yet and shouldn't think too hard about, his conclusion about his own sanity doesn't feel wrong. Those memories were after the one of him yelling at his father's corpse.]

[thevanguard]

[ Yata breathes out through pursed lips for a moment before shifting to face Saru fully on the couch now. ]

Alright. Fill me in. What makes you think you're being haunted instead of seeing things the way the volcano made everyone do? What do you remember?

[monkeyblue]

He's dead. I saw his corpse. And then I saw him in a bar.

[Simple.]

[thevanguard]

[ Yata blinks, leaning back for a moment. ]

After he was dead? Could he have faked it?

[ ....he hoped not. ]

[monkeyblue]

[Fushimi shakes his head.]

No. He was very much dead.

[thevanguard]

Then there's gotta be another explanation for it. Maybe something weird was happpening that day you were at the bar. [ Yata frowns. ] I mean, I don't have many memories, but even I know that weird shit happened an awful lot when we were alive.

[monkeyblue]

It happened in other places too, Misaki. It wasn't 'weird shit', so drop it.

[He's really not in the mood for Yata-logic right now.]

[thevanguard]

[ Yata blinks a moment before relenting, even if his mind is still chewing over it silently. ]

Alright. I'm sorry. We don't have to talk about that. Is there more you remembered? [ That question's hedged a little hesitantly, unsure how Saru will react to it. ]

[monkeyblue]

From the time I could remember until...I'm not sure when. All about him.

[thevanguard]

[ Yata frowns, his head tipping slightly to the side. ]

Huh. And only him? That's different from when we got memories before. Before it was moments, but it didn't seem about just one person...

[monkeyblue]

Only him. There were other people in the memories and I can guess who they were, but I don't remember who was there exactly.

[thevanguard]

[ He makes a frustrated sound. ] And this time it was someone you probably woulda rather not remembered at all. This sucks. I wish I knew who was in charge of this bullshit so I could beat their damned faces in!

[monkeyblue]

Tch. It's not worth it, Misaki.

[Fushimi sighs, finally throwing the towel off his head.]

[thevanguard]

To me it is. [ Yata says with quiet determination, watching him. ] I'd want do it to anyone who fucks with you. Who makes you this upset. They've got no fuckin' right.

[monkeyblue]

...heh.

[Fushimi gives Misaki a look.]

It's cute when you get mad.

[thevanguard]

[ Yata huffs and swats him with a pillow. ]

Shut the fuck up. I mean it!

[monkeyblue]

[Fuku meows in protest at her human being swatted.

Fushimi cracks up (and by 'cracks up' we mean 'chuckles twice']

[thevanguard]

[ Yata just reaches out and scratches her ears in apology, more apologetic about upsetting the cat than Saru, typically. Rolling his eyes, he drops the pillow behind him again. ]

You're a jackass. Stay there and keep getting warmed up. I'm gonna make us some breakfast.

[monkeyblue]

You love me.

[Fushimi pauses.]

I want an omelette.