[Open] too many cooks

[alephbet]

Characters: Catch-all post for Mini's characters (Aleph, Katsuya Suou, Zett Takajo, V/V, Ryuunosuke Uryuu) and you!
Setting: Arouund the tower.
Format: Starting with action brackets, will match anything.
Summary: The weather keeps changing and it's a jerk :|
Warnings: Ryuunosuke's threads with Kariya and Waverhave blood, violence, mutilation, and death.

[Spring, Aleph, meadow]
[Hiding under a tree, Aleph tries to dry out his Arm Terminal, which is starting to go on the fritz. His demons are out and surrounding him - too dangerous to keep them in a malfunctioning device.]

It's no good...

[He sighs and leans against the tree as the rain pours around them.]

[Spring, Katsuya Suou, sauna]
[Katsuya slides his family photos inside the sauna locker. They're already mostly soaked, but he can't bear to throw them out yet. Maybe they'll dry out and be salvageable?

That done, he groans and paces the floor.]

[Summer, Zett Takajo, space projection floor]
[Zett isn't too concerned about lightning, it being his natural element...

And it looks really cool on this floor.]

Maybe I should try the caverns next!

[Autumn, Ryuunosuke Uryuu, staircase]
[Whoopsy-daisy! Ryuunosuke just slipped on a pile of leaves and fell onto the floor on his butt.]

Owww...

[How dangerous this is depends on the particular floor he just fell onto.]

[Winter, V/V, dorm floors]
[V/V has had a brilliant idea.

See, there are lots of unoccupied rooms on the fifth floor, right? And they have four beds apiece, and those beds have blankets. So she goes from room to room, gathering blankets and piling them all together.

Other people may see her as a giant pile of blankets walking around on its own.]

Comments

[technologic]

Yeah, that sounds great. [She smiles up at him, before she looks rather embarrassed.]

... Um, Aleph?

[alephbet]

Yes? [?]

[technologic]

Um, u-um... [Then she shakes her head with a nervous laugh.] It's, ah, i-it's nothing, nevermind.

[alephbet]

No, really, what is it?

[technologic]

I-I'm just being silly, it's nothing, really.

[alephbet]

Alright, but... You can tell me anything you want.

[technologic]

... A-anything at all?

[alephbet]

Absolutely anything.

[technologic]

[April nods, her face turning even more red.] This'll sound s-silly, but what do you f-feel when you're around me?

[alephbet]

I feel... warm, and like there's been a weight lifted off my shoulders. You make me happy just being there.

[technologic]

[She's pretty much bright red now, and she nods shakily.] T-that's... I-I'm glad to hear that, s-since I feel the way around you too.

[alephbet]

[Now he's red too.] Th...thank you.

[technologic]

... S-sorry, I just... I-I've been feeling like this around you, and I-I wanted to know if it was the same for you too.

[alephbet]

...They call that feeling love, right?

[technologic]

[She looks up at him in shock, and then quickly looks down at the ground, nodding slowly.] I-I'm not sure, but I-I-I think they d-d-d-do...

[alephbet]

Okay. ...I love you.

[technologic]

[April hides her face against his chest again, her face pretty much burning now. But she does quietly speak up.] ... I-I love you t-t-too.

[alephbet]

[He nuzzles his face against the top of her head, smiling into her hair.]

[technologic]

[And she cuddles against him a bit more, taking a moment to calm down her mental flailing.] I... I-I never thought I would s-say that. O-or hear it...

[alephbet]

You deserve to hear it, April.

[technologic]

I-I used to think that I didn't... B-b-but I guess I was wrong. [Even if he can't see it, it's obvious by her tone that she's smiling.] A-and it's something you deserve to hear t-too.

[alephbet]

Th-thank you. [He hides his face and his blush against the top of her head.]

[technologic]

[She strokes his back gently, still trying to get her blush to at least fade.] A-are you okay?

[alephbet]

Just a little embarrassed.

[technologic]

I-is it the good kind of embarrassed?