[closed] When Lassie Goes Missing

[takenwithhim]

Who: Rin Matsuoka sharkmaid and Sousuke Yamazaki takenwithhim
What: The God of Love has heard his first prayer request. The Dog of Water has his first job.
Where: Various locations in the Near Shore
When: May 1st, throughout the day
Warnings: None to be had, save for awkward and amusing moments.


This would be day five of his new life as a shinki. Sousuke knew at some point he’d stop counting the days. They would blur into the “normal” and what he had previously been completely hostile towards would defuse into something acceptable. Odd that on his first day here he’d been completely against subjugating himself to the role of some god’s personal shinki. To willingly give someone the ability to control and change him, much less to admit to himself he needed to rely on someone else for his own success, failure, well-being even, made him feel irritated inside and scoff at the notion. While he still had that streak of rebellion and his desire for personal freedom, Sousuke couldn’t bring himself to say his partnership with the God of Love, Eros, had been a detriment.

Rin wasn’t the kind of person who wanted to control him or make use of him like a weapon or a tool. He was always fast to remind Sousuke that he was a human (even if he was, albeit, both shinki and dead), and never once tried to force him into something he didn’t want to do. Of course, it’d only been four complete days. Though Rin had already professed a desire for the two of them to be truthful and open to each other, Sousuke still wasn’t sure just how “open” he wanted to be with Rin. Embarrassingly enough, though, it was a little hard to be worried about how “open” to be with someone when that said someone had barged in on him stark naked in the shower. (Rin had a good reason at least, but Sousuke wasn’t about to let him live it down. Yet.)

Routine days they’d been. Sousuke stubbornly refused to sleep in a separate room from Rin (be that meaning he spent the nights on floors, couches, cots, or whatever else, just not in the same bed, thank you), so they ended up waking together. Morning practices, washing and talking, breakfast, and then, joy of joys, getting lost in the castle again. Rin said he knew where they were going and always had an excuse, but Sousuke professed his god didn’t have everything mapped out yet. Getting lost became “exploring” and off they went again, Rin flying ahead and Sousuke following behind. Some arguments here and there…

Beyond that, Sousuke was starting to become a little more adjusted to the idea of turning into a canine. A little more adjusted to the fact he could make some kind of strange barrier with his hand (which is definitely didn’t use to get back at Rin a few times for teasing him, of course not). A little more adjusted to the idea that Rin was a god, and not just a god, but his god.

Now, as he stood by the fountain, gazing at the water swirling within the basin, Sousuke wondered just what sort of things gods were supposed to be doing anyways. They had four nice, peaceful days here… but even he could tell the two of them were getting a little antsy. The idea and urge of getting out and doing something wouldn’t leave Sousuke alone.

Che, where was Rin now?

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[sharkmaid]

Quiet. That's how the past few days had been. Quiet, still, uneventful. Save for the casual talk and running around he and Sousuke did--"bonding exercises" he liked to call them--life here continued to be so far from his expectations of heaven. Because despite all that quiet, his mind was far from at peace, and he spent many of his waking moments expecting something to pop up and startle him all over again. All that talk of ayakashi, the dread he felt when he learned more and more about a shinki's fate and purpose... He knew he told himself and Sousuke that he wanted their relationship to be as open as they could make it, but for the past couple days he continued to keep this information buried and out of sight. He hated it. Hiding things. Staying still, staying quiet.

Not surprisingly, having Sousuke so close to him lately did little to ease his nerves. He didn't trust himself not to crack if given the opportunity. Even lying in bed watching the peaceful, sleeping figure below him became less of a relaxing routine and more... unnerving. He wished he could look at his best friend again and be nothing but comfortable and confident. Happy as he had been learning and discovering all these little facets to the castle and themselves, his heart wouldn't sit still, running around and around, becoming more and more tangled and lost than himself.

He took some time to himself today, that being said, sitting outside on the front steps in thought while Sousuke stayed in the foyer doing who-knew what. He told him he could wander if he wanted and that he'd come find him if he ended up lost (which he would), but, as if he had eyes at the back of his head, Rin saw the other boy standing behind those double doors practically as he left him. Honestly... and he couldn't bring himself to wander far even if he tried. So much for "time to himself." Although... he did notice something beginning to shake free in his head, disturbing the quiet, and in response he focused a little harder at the blossoming trees in the distance. What was that? A thought and a voice that wasn't his own--

--help me find him.

Moments later, the front doors slowly pushed open and Rin stepped through. Hopefully they wouldn't be sitting around for much longer. "Hey," he started, one hand on the door, the other tucked away in his pocket. Had to keep it casual... especially for something like this. "I've got something for us to do."