29 CHimera Court, Sunday Morning

[mouthy_merc]

Well...

He wasn't in a hotel room. This was good.

And there was still a husband. And a hungover minion downstairs.

Interesting.

He wanted waffles now. So, he was in the kitchen. Making waffles.

"Mmm, waffly goodness."


[[OOC: Open for folks who might be in the house or stopping by]]

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[the_merriest]

"Oh, right," she nodded. Slowly. "I went to your ... uh. Wedding-thing? At Caritas. Not wedding. Some kinda party. Yeah, 'm Rikku."

She took a hesitant sip from the glass with the floaty balls in it. "Sorry for, uh." She gestured vaguely in a way that hopefully encompassed 'passing out in your home and puking in the very convenient bucket.'

[konoha-flash.livejournal.com]

The stuff in the glass, was very thick, spicy and salty. Not really in the good way either.

"It's okay, everyone has to learn sometime," he chuckled. "I know that stuff doens't taste very good, but does really help."

[the_merriest]

She gasped, choking a little on the concoction, but kept it down. "Stuff that helps usually doesn't," she said, shaking her head. "X-Potions taste like something died. Maybe making them taste good would make 'em weaker."

[konoha-flash.livejournal.com]

Arashi lauched. "Yeah, probably and there's always the bucket there if you need to get sick again," he pointed out and sat down ont he coffee table. "Was there any particular reason you had to drink so much?"

[the_merriest]

"Everything kinda ... all piled up," she said softly. "It, uh. This friend of mine died, and now he's an Unsent and I don't know how to help him. Then my boyfriend skipped town. And I got my skull cracked open by a vampire, and then yesterday some crazy lady pulled a gun on me. It just goes on and on and I just kinda wanted it to stop for a minute so I could ... breathe."

Rikku shook her head, not sure why she'd said all of that. "Sorry. Long month. Something just snapped, I guess."

[konoha-flash.livejournal.com]

Arashi shook head head. "No, those are perfectly good reasons to need to step back and take a break from," he said, giving her and assuring smile. "I know people who had done worse, for less. Do you need help with any of it? I don't have any minions or mentorees to take up my time."

[the_merriest]

"You don't?" she said curiously. "We're down to two, kinda, except I think he's adopting more just for the heck of it, 'cause yay, minions."

Rikku considered. "I just ... wish I knew how to make it stop. I used to be able to get through things without feeling them, and then someone ... taught me to feel it, instead, because it's healthier and all that, which is great, right up until the point that he leaves."

[konoha-flash.livejournal.com]

"Mine all left the school," he explained with a nod. "And whoever taught you that was right. It is healthier to let it out. I'm going to guess that it was your boyfriend you taught you that then?"

[the_merriest]

Rikku nodded. "I ... I lose people. Most of my tribe is gone, it's just what happens. And he was all, it's okay, you can just come here and I'll hold you and you can fall apart, it's safe. And then he had to leave, and ... I don't have a safe place, now. I mean. Where I can fall apart and ... I don't know. This sounds stupid, I know."

[konoha-flash.livejournal.com]

"No, it's not stuped, so stop thinking that it is. It's just human nature to need other people for one reason or another. And you might have more safe places than you think, friends are usually good for that sort of thing. Family too."

Arashi sat back. "I know it's hard to loose people. I've lost quite a bit on my life as well. Nothing will make it any easier, but eventually you learn better ways of coping than alcohol."

[the_merriest]

"My friends are awesome," she said, nodding. "I didn't want to call them again all, hi, sorry, I need to cry on you again. I ... I knew it was stupid, like, that it wasn't really a way to cope. I just thought I'd stop feeling for a while and that was good enough."

[konoha-flash.livejournal.com]

"True, but you don't want to get into the habit of doing it that way," he smiled. "Tell you what, next time you feel like you need help coping. Come over and Deadpool and I will help you out. Okay?"

[the_merriest]

"You don't mind?" she said, flushing a little. "That ... that'd be really nice. I don't wanna ... you know, be a bother or whatever."

[konoha-flash.livejournal.com]

"Nah," he smiled and shook his head. "It'll give Deadpool more experience with kids, in case my son ever comes to school."

[the_merriest]

"You have a son?" she said with a smile. "He's, uh. He's really good with us minions. He kidnapped Jude for me once and everything." She blinked. "That was a good thing, at the time."

[konoha-flash.livejournal.com]

"Yes, I have a son probably about yuor age now. He's a ninja like me back home," he explained with a smile. "When Wade and I went to visit I don't think he made the best impression," Arashi laughed.

[the_merriest]

Rikku laughed. "Maybe he was nervous. I mean, you're his husband and all, and that's your son, so it's ... you know. It's a huge thing. That's gotta be scary."