A new mission

[culbutiri]

Characters: Nesir and Ryoji
Setting: Incinerator room
Format: Any
Summary: Ganondorf gave Nesir the task of spying on Ryoji, so it looks like these two are friends again
Warnings:

It had taken a few days for Nesir to approach Ryoji, she figured she didn't want to move to quickly, it would look suspicious. And so she had waited, it wasn't like she had seen Ryoji during that time anyways.

She didn't mind the mission too much, though she was still angry with him. He had been her friend once and he was interesting, being part of a god of death and shadows and yet... somehow wishing to ally himself with the light.

She knew he had the same job as her, and though that work took them all round the tower there was a central place they must come to. And though Nesir hated that floor that's where she waited. Not straying from the staircase, Ryoji wasn't worth waiting in a room with a fire that size.

She sat on the stairs, not caring if she was in the way and waited.

Comments

[notsogrimreaper]

It isn't long before Ryoji is heard trudging up the stairs, dragging along a big bag of trash. He had been taking his time, collecting trash from the other floors, so he could avoid both of his co-workers. Minato would want to talk to him about recent events, and Ryoji couldn't let his best friend get involved, and Nesir... well, Nesir still despised him, even though he tried to apologize and explain himself.

When he spots her in the middle of the staircase, he falters, looking back and wondering if he should go wait on another floor until she was gone. It was too late, though. She'd already seen him, and he couldn't just backtrack for no good reason. She would know he was avoiding her.

He heads up the stairs slowly, and when he's close enough, he mutters quietly.

"Excuse me."

[culbutiri]

She moved out the way as he approached her and let him enter the incinerator floor, she watched him for a moment before she spoke, not entering the floor itself.

"I do be sorry... About what I did be saying, I did be being drunk..."

[notsogrimreaper]

Ryoji pauses just before he enters the room, shocked. Nesir was apologizing to him? He was certain she would rather die before even speaking to him. He turns around, hesitant, still looking at the ground instead of her.

"I'm sorry too. I did some stupid things, and I should have thought that through better."

[culbutiri]

"Yes you should have been." Nesir said, "But I should have no been so angry, you did be doing what you did be thinking best and even if that do be no what I would be wanting you to be choosing..."

She scowled, "I did be liking being your friend."

[notsogrimreaper]

"...You liked it? Really? I thought you found me annoying."

Ryoji is shocked. The way she had talked before, he was almost certain she wanted nothing to do with their friendship. If she had changed her mind... could Ryoji let himself become close to her again?

[culbutiri]

She shrugged, "I did be finding my friend at the temple annoying too, and Lotte did be telling me every other day that I did be being a pain, I do be thinking that do be being part of friendship."

She smiled and shrugged again, "I did be angry, and I did be hurting and drunk, I should no have been saying those things."

[notsogrimreaper]

That actually gets a bit of a small laugh out of Ryoji, as he remembers how often he and Junpei teased each other.

"I guess I can see why that would be true. Anyways... it's really okay. I forgave you before you apologized."

The question is if that actually means... no. She just wants to end their friendship on neutral terms. That was all.

[culbutiri]

She smiles as well when he laughs, that was better than him looking hurt and sad. "Well... if you have been forgiving me does that mean we can still be being friends?"

[notsogrimreaper]

"W-Wait... you really want to be friends again?"

Ryoji stares at Nesir in clear shock, stammering out half sentences that don't really give Nesir any indication of what is answer is going to be. He's just amazed this isn't some sort of joke.

[culbutiri]

Nesir nodded, "Only if you do be wanting to..." She raised her eyebrow, a little surprised actually at his half sentences. She had sort of half expected him to just walk off, leaving her mission failed.

[notsogrimreaper]

"I... of course I want to. I asked you before if that was possible, but you said that we never were friends, that our bond was easy to break..."

Why did she change her mind now?

[culbutiri]

"I did be telling you I did be sorry for what I did be saying, I did be being drunk. People do be saying stupid things when they do be being drunk. And I did be hurting, I had been being hit by lightning magic, I did no be being in a good mood."

She shrugged waiting for an answer.

[notsogrimreaper]

"I guess I can understand that... I wasn't really thinking back when I tried that alcohol at the meeting."

And Ryoji knew that he definitely didn't make good decisions while he was inebriated.

"Then... if you want, we can be friends again."

[culbutiri]

She nodded, that meeting seemed a long time ago now, when she had trusted him, thought she'd found someone like minded who didn't think himself far above her.

"I would be liking that." And she smiled, this was almost too easy.

[notsogrimreaper]

Ryoji grins back. Maybe he doesn't entirely trust her yet, but it seems like she wants to change. He's glad they're getting another chance.

"Okay. Um, then, after work, maybe we'll see each other around?"

[culbutiri]

She smiled at him, "Okay, we can maybe be doing something fun."