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Ren Kiryuu | 錐生 恋 ([info]romanticlove) wrote in [info]marinanova,
@ 2016-08-28 00:24:00

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Entry tags::4th wall, ai kuran, haruka kuran, yuuki kuran, zero kiryuu

Day 390| Open Action
[Waking up in a strange place was bad enough but without Ai's presence he felt nothing but worry. He could smell her somewhere, like something sweet that drew one to it. There were other smells - human and vampire alike. It was almost overwhelming, were he not so focused on Ai and only Ai.

As he wandered towards her scent he began to distinguish others, making him stop in surprise. He could smell his mother - that soft smell of sunlight that had always been hers - and his father. It made him press the back of his hand to his mouth as he tried to calm himself. Where was this place? Why was he here? Sure, he'd gotten the introduction upon waking up but it didn't make him feel all that assured until he heard everything from Ai.

Around him others moved about and he decides to stop in front of a food stand, picking up a neatly packaged sweet for his family to share, should they like. Anyone who might look at him from afar might mistake him for his father. He and Zero were quite alike, after all, but then if you could sense those differences - Ren was definitely more like his mother, as an aristocratic Vampire.
]

Apartment Building

[Ren found the source of his mother's scent easily, overwhelmed by it and that of his father's that lingered in the air with hers. He would find Ai with her, surely. Where his family was, he would find all of them. Still he found himself pacing, wondering how to process seeing his father again. It had been some time, after all. He wouldn't want him to see it on his face - how he had missed him, how upset he was that their mother had given her life for their other father to live peacefully. He wished they could have all lived together, but that had not been the hand their lives had been dealt.]

Ah- you're here.

[He smiles, looking up as someone familiar approaches.]

Stables

[Ren could recall stories his father had told him as a child, stories of his days at Cross Academy with their mother. He'd loved horses and that was where Ren knew he too might be able to quite all the overwhelming senses to hit him, the thoughts that came with them.

Quietly, he moves towards one of the closest horses, smiling as he reaches to touch it's snout. It was rare that creatures could relax around vampires, but he hoped that his presence would not be a bother to them.

With the other hand, he holds up treats for the horse before him.
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[info]aiffection
2016-08-28 01:37 am UTC (link)
[Onee-sama. One word that answered all of her questions and brought up so many more. At the moment only one comes to the front of Ai's mind.]

Why aren't you my imouto-san?!

[She points an accusing finger at him even as he moves closer and this male is most definitely a member of her family. The younger sibling Ai wanted out of her mother and Zero. Her pout is childish but she does it anyway.

Another step down towards him puts him in reach and Ai reaches out to touch his hair. Gentle but curious, it's silky smooth as she suspected.]

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[info]romanticlove
2016-08-28 01:42 am UTC (link)
[At first he feels shocked that she doesn't immediately call him by his name. It stung, but her touch made up for it. Ai, despite being so Ai was gentle. He liked that side of her, when she chose to show it. He liked every side of Ai, even the bullying.]

I can only be me, unfortunately, onee-sama.

[he laughs a bit, stepping closer to her until he could reach out to touch her as well. He wanted to lean in and smell her but he was worried how she would react.]

You wanted mother and our father to be together, didn't you? I'm proof of that. I was born because onee-sama wanted me to be born.

[Male or Female, it didn't matter to him. He fit Ai and she fit him.]

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[info]aiffection
2016-08-28 02:03 am UTC (link)
[All of this is going to be hard for him, Ai knows that because she's been in a similar situation. Neither one of her parents knew her when she first arrived and it hurt. Then they'd both forgotten her and that had hurt. Now her brother would experience that as well - not just from their parents but also from her because she doesn't know him. Doesn't even know his name.

So while Ai's words might be rough, her touch was meant to soothe. It might not be enough to stop the pain altogether but all she could do was try.]


I'm going to call you imouto-san anyway. [Huffily as if that's really going to change anything. Of course she'll call him by his name but she's also going to say he's her little sister.

When he steps closer, Ai lifts her other hand to his hair too, running her fingers through it. Right now it isn't about how she feels but how her brother feels. Things are going to get worse from here on out.]


How much longer are they going to make me wait for you?

[He's right in front of her now but there's something about seeing her sibling all grown up that makes her impatient.]

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[info]romanticlove
2016-08-28 02:11 am UTC (link)
[Still, she doesn't call him by his name. He wanted to hear it, but it was obvious as the seconds went by that she wouldn't. She didn't know him and it hurt like a hundred knives, but he accepted it all the same. He would accept anything Ai said to him or otherwise because he loved her.]

Mm... well, they were together for a while, after Wakaba-san... not long after that, I think...?

[It honestly felt like less time than it actually was. Ai had been a sleep, yes, but when he'd been born and she had been awake that seemed to be when time truly started for him. Closing his eyes, he inhales her scent and his shoulders relax. He hesitates to touch her so familiarly when she doesn't know him but the instinct is there, to wrap his arms around her as he had for as long as he could remember. He was holding himself back for her sake.]

Does it make you angry not knowing?

[The corners of his lips curl, knowing just how much it did make her angry that she'd had to wait for him.]

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[info]aiffection
2016-08-28 02:27 am UTC (link)
[If she knew it, she would. It's a sad fact that this place was making a habit of bringing their family here from such different points in time that no one knew who was in front of them. Even mother. Zero was different from the person their mother knew.

"After Wakaba-san..." Ai doesn't know what that means for sure. The girl is only in her mid-thirties from when Ai is from but she knows that it could be quite a while before her parents stop being stupid. Especially if "After Wakaba-san" is followed up by "passed away".

Which means:]
Anywhere between sixty and eighty years...

[Spoken mostly to herself. Would she really have to wait that long to have a sibling? Were her parents that bad? ... Yes, they were.

Another step down brings it so that she is not too much shorter then him and she proceeds to lean in to press her forehead against his. If he knows her well, it's pretty much a sign that he can do whatever he needs and wants when it comes to touching.]


Yes! [Oh wait, she's pulling her head back to be angry but the silent offer is still there.] If the wardens weren't suspiciously absent today I would be marching over there and demanding them to fix this right now!

[Let Ai be angry on both of their behalf. Despite that feeling, she keeps her hands gentle against Ren's head.]

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[info]romanticlove
2016-08-28 02:35 am UTC (link)
[So she was from before... much longer before he was born. It hurt, having it confirmed, knowing he kept Ai waiting for so long. When she touches him, he feels himself growing bolder, slipping one arm about her waist at last while resting his cheek against her shoulder as she pulls away from him. He was close enough to speak right into her ear now.]

How would you get them to listen?

[Eve as he asks it, he knows its silly. When Ai wanted something she made sure it happened.]

Besides... there's nothing to fix. Onee-san is here and I am here.

[He sighs, pressing his lips together before speaking again.]

Ren... my name is Ren. Mother decided to play a cruel joke on us, I think, when she named us.

[He finally gives in, wrapping both arms around her while resting his face close enough that her hair tickled his nose. It might be strange for her but he couldn't hold himself back much more than this. Ai was Ai. She could accept him or deny him and he wouldn't complain.]

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[info]aiffection
2016-08-28 03:03 am UTC (link)
[Even sixty years was much longer than the nearly twenty between her and her parents. That was only to her brother's potential birth - not counting for the time he'd been in their mother's womb and all the time it took for him to grow up. Only he knew how long had passed since his birth. It could be hundreds of years.

He's moving in and his scent is so much closer now. Familiar and new and maybe a little painful considering the feelings she'd been harboring for Zero. But this isn't about her right now.]


The wardens give us rehabilitation points for behaving or playing along with their idea of prison. I haven't used any of them.

[There is something to fix even if what he says is true. They're both here now and she can get to know him but it's not good enough in Ai's opinion.]

I would use them to become older. [Not something she would have considered before now.]

Ren. [She uses it because she knows. Knows what it feels like to love someone and have them not know her name. Like his scent, it's new and yet familiar at the same time.] It could have been worse. You could be the one named Ai.

[And then he's properly holding her. It was strange to be hugged by someone -- anyone, really -- who wasn't her mother. Ren is so much like Zero in appearance that it does hurt a little but she pushes that feeling aside. In return Ai wraps one arm around his neck while the other remains threaded in his hair.]

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[info]romanticlove
2016-08-28 03:15 am UTC (link)
[It feels a bit lonely, standing before his sister but knowing she doesn't know him the way he knows her. They'd had a thousand years to know one another and many more ahead of them. It was almost worse than their other father not knowing her.]

I see. Onee-sama is kind, thinking of me even when she doesn't have to.

[He wasn't trying to be mean, but it couldn't be avoided that it hurt. Still, her comments about their names make him laugh against her shoulder, shoulders shaking a bit when he does.]

Ai will always be Ai. There's no getting around that.

[And he loved her. He felt safe with her, safer still when she finally brought her arm around him too.]

Is mother here...? I could smell her when I was walking through town. And father. But I wanted to find you first.

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[info]aiffection
2016-08-28 03:42 am UTC (link)
[She knows it won't be the same but Ai will offer up the same thing she has with her mother - the exchange of blood that brought memories and feelings too. It helps to not feel so lonely. At his words, Ai almost scoffs.]

Ren is ridiculous. I've been thinking of you before you were ever born. It was my idea first for mother and papa to have another child.

[Maybe Ai wanted to have a little sister to dote on and dress up (though she would not hesitate to do the same to her brother as well) but she was the one who wanted a sibling long before their mother did at least. And papa was only too willing to wait for her to be ready for it.]

I will always be you onee-sama.

[Whether she's older than him or not. At his question, Ai does push him back so she can look at him with a little frown.]

They're both here but you can't meet them looking like that! [Not with the orange jumpsuit.] I'm taking you shopping for something decent to wear.

[While it's true that the jumpsuit is absolutely terrible, Ai also has to prepare him for meeting their parents. She hefts her schoolbag higher up on her shoulder and moves to wrap her arm around Ren's. Then proceeds to start down the stairs so they can go to the store.]

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[info]romanticlove
2016-08-28 04:09 am UTC (link)
[Having her so near him, behaving as she always did... it made his heart swell. Even when she picked on him for his clothes, he was content to be swept up into her. He followed her, being left no choice but to do so, and smiled as he watched her.]

But you got over me not being a little sister.

[He smiles warmly, reaching with his other hand to lay it over hers as it rested against his arm.]

Onee-sama knows best, though. I guess I'll let you pick my clothes for today.

[Tomorrow he'd have to go on his own and find something more to his tastes, not that he didn't enjoy letting his sister dote on him.]

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[info]aiffection
2016-08-28 04:28 am UTC (link)
[As he said - Ai is Ai and all she can do is behave like herself around Ren. It makes things better, to be open with him when she would typically hold back around other people. Down the stairs they go and out into the sun. She already knows where she's going to take him so Ai heads in that direction.]

How many dresses did it take?

[And were there pictures? If so she might have to use rehab points to collect them.]

Onee-sama always knows best. I suppose I can forgive you for not getting something else on the way over since you were trying to find me.

[Excuse you! She has excellent taste in clothing. Ai reaches up to tug on his hair lightly for implying she won't find something he looks good in and would be comfortable wearing - pouting at him too.]

I'll pick something you won't have any complaints about, just you wait.

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[info]romanticlove
2016-08-28 11:22 am UTC (link)
[He lets her pull him along, far too used to it and falling into step easily beside her.]

Hmm... a few? I know mother and father laughed about it later on.

[He had been too young, of course.]

I-!!

[He winces, his words cut off by her tugging his hair. Her pout was adorable as always.]

I am in onee-sama's care, as always...

[Please let go of his hair, sis!! ;o;]

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[info]aiffection
2016-08-28 05:44 pm UTC (link)
[She wonders if she went through on her threat to sleep until she got a sibling. Ai might have done it here if not for the fact that her parents were suddenly younger. They hadn't known her and Ai couldn't take away their opportunity to be with her.]

Were they angry at the time?

[Only a few. She was slacking if it was only a few.

Satisfied with his answer, Ai does release his hair and leans into his side a little more fully.]


I will take good care of you.

[It's a promise - to him and herself. She only has him for today in this place but back home she will have him for a while.]

There is something I should tell you about before you see mother and papa.

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[info]romanticlove
2016-08-28 06:32 pm UTC (link)
[Even though things were different, some things seemed to stay the same. Ai accepted him, despite having not met him yet. Without hesitation, Ren takes her hand as they continue walking together. When she leans against him he, being the taller of the two, rests his cheek to the top of her head. He felt at peace once more, walking like this with Ai.]

Does father even get angry?

[He laughs, trying to imagine it. The Zero Kiryuu he had in his mind had never been strict with them. He'd always been gentle. He liked to carry him on his shoulders too.]

Mother wasn't upset, she thought it was cute, I think.

[He closes his eyes, humming a bit when she continues speaking.]

What is it?

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[info]aiffection
2016-08-28 07:06 pm UTC (link)
[Admittedly it was hard to accept him - with her only just having given up on her feelings for Zero and now being faced with a sibling who looks so much like him. One who clearly loves her so much that he put aside everything else just to come find her.]

Hm, sometimes but not towards us.

[Zero would get angry on their behalf towards others but it was never directed at her and Yuuki. She can't imagine he'd be any different towards his own son. Still, someone has to be the disciplinary parent.]

Did she take pictures?

[Clearly the most important question in this conversation.

Ai does hesitate now, trying to prepare Ren for what she's about to say... what he's about to experience is not entirely possible. Not even if she had all the time in the world. It was sort of how she felt towards her own father that she might meet someday.

She tilts her head down and if her hair weren't pulled up, it would conceal her face but it doesn't. Ren will be able to see the way her eyebrows furrow a little in concern, the downturn of the corner of her lips, the sadness in her eyes.]


Mother and papa are... extremely young. They aren't going to know you. Mother is from a time when father was still awake and papa is from shortly after father was encased in ice.

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[info]romanticlove
2016-08-28 07:45 pm UTC (link)
Hmm. Maybe? I would have been too young to remember them, wouldn't I? She probably gave them to you.

[Or would, he reminds himself. This Ai doesn't know him, but it's his sister... he loves her so much that unconsciously he wants to be next to her, always. As he listens to her voice, he can feel the note of concern which causes him to stop and look at her. He didn't like the way she frowned like that.]

They don't... know me? Ai... and mother and father too...

[He frowns too, looking away from her. It hurt. It hurt less than Ai not knowing him but it still hurt him deeply. With Ai it felt as if a part of his heart had been carved out of his chest. With his parents he could feel it sink into his stomach.]

Would it be right for me to even see them? If they don't know me... that means they- they aren't together. Because Ai wanted them to be together like they were meant to be and then I was born.

[It hurt. He felt as if he was venting to a stranger and somehow he couldn't find the right words to vocalize his feelings. He was good at vocalizing Ai's but his own were kept locked up safely where only she could see them.]

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[info]aiffection
2016-08-28 08:10 pm UTC (link)
Did she...?

[Clearly Ai is thinking about this - thinking about how she can get a hold of these pictures from the future of her little brother in dresses.

That thought is derailed when Ren suddenly stops next to her. Due to the way they're hanging on to each other, she is forced to stop too. Ai turns to face him more fully and watches his expressions change. She doesn't know her brother as well as he knows her but Ai can understand what he's feeling. Better than their own parents can - even with mother getting Haruka back.

So without saying anything at first, Ai pulls her arm from his only to wrap them both around his neck and hug him tightly.]


It hurts, I know. [The feeling of not being known by a parent is all too fresh in Ai's heart. They hadn't known about her twenty days ago but it was only two when they forgot her.

She knows what it's like to have someone you love not know anything... not a name, not the memories of childhood, not their laughter or tears or anything in between. None of it had ever been there to start with. At least Ren wouldn't have to go through the experience of having them forget what they'd managed to learn about him in two weeks.]


I could be selfish and keep you all to myself today. [It was a possibility that Ai would do for him if it was what he wanted.] But I think seeing Ren would make mother and papa very happy, even if they are surprised at first.

[And she will make sure their parents never forget Ren.]

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[info]romanticlove
2016-08-28 08:43 pm UTC (link)
Mm. It wouldn't be selfish. I don't mind if onee-san wants me close. It's how we've always been.

[Her hug is met easily with his arms wrapping around her and he presses his forehead to hers, closing his eyes and smiling as he does.]

It is onee-san who doesn't remember... but I can remember enough for the both of us.

[Pressed against him, she was warm and inviting, like going inside after standing out in the cold snow. He melted with her so naturally it came as second nature to him.]

But you're right... seeing mother and father... I want to confirm it for myself.

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[info]aiffection
2016-08-28 09:08 pm UTC (link)
It would be selfish, not sharing you with mother and papa. [Especially since she is so sure that today is all she's going to get with her brother. Tomorrow he'd be gone and all she'll have of him is a memory.

It isn't fair! Ai squeezes him but remains aware of the fact that her brother is fragile at the moment.]


Everything will get better, I promise.

[She will make it better. It will be better if Ren ever comes back. Already she's writing down the day's events in a journal, now Ai will draw Ren's face in it.

The way he molds against her so perfectly, she has to wonder if he loves her the way papa loves mother and the way mother loves father. And if maybe the Ai who knows Ren loves him the same way back. It's not something she can ask or a role she can fit into at the moment but the thought is there - in the front of her mind.]


Do you want me with you? I will definitely be there if you need me after.

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[info]romanticlove
2016-08-28 09:48 pm UTC (link)
He was aware that this Ai did not remember some things the two of them had shared over the years together, but staying by her side was instinct. Truly, it had been all the two of them had left lately, but he won't tell her that. He treasures this Ai who is so like the one he holds dear that he can't separate the two.

She was worried about him and it was more than he could dream to ask of her as things were between them. She wanted so desperately to make it right and he felt guilty for it.]

Yes. I would feel better if onee-sama spent more time with me after. I don't know how mother and father will feel... but you are here and I'd be happy to see this onee-sama who isn't much different from the one I know.

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[info]aiffection
2016-08-29 02:43 am UTC (link)
[She doesn't share them the same way he does, but she could share them all the same. Ai can get to know their life together through his blood until she could live through it herself. Seriously she would be approaching the wardens about the matter of becoming older just so that she would have memories of him.]

Mother and papa will be sad they don't know you but they will be happy to see you. [They'd been the same way with Ai. Yuuki might be surprised considering her point in time. But Ai will still take care of him after.] But later I will show you around the dome and tell you about all the things that have happened since I arrived here.

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[info]romanticlove
2016-08-29 04:33 pm UTC (link)
[He was relieved Ai was here. He couldn't imagine a world where she wasn't with him and despite the situation she was still here and could easily fill in the gaps between them whenever she wanted. His blood was hers as she saw fit.]

I hope that someday they'll know and you'll know. I'll admit I feel a bit out of place.

[He was being good natured about it, sure, but he could always admit to his sister when he felt lonely and she accepted it. She accepted him.]

You said these... Wardens... that they could help somehow. Do you think they could help mother and father remember too?

[He didn't like that they didn't know her either. Ai was so precious to him that the thought that someone could easily have forgotten her by some sort of magic or otherwise was awful to him. But before that... she had promised to steal his time for the moment. He takes her hand and coaxes her into walking with him again, not caring where they go in particular.]

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[info]aiffection
2016-08-29 07:06 pm UTC (link)
[It might have been easier on him if she wasn't here - especially since she doesn't know her little brother at all. Being without her might be hard but surely this was more painful, wasn't it?]

Mother and papa will make sure you don't feel that way. I, on the other hand, intend to get these memories.

[Ai will make it happen. Tomorrow she will go to the warden and find out what it takes to do this.]

Maybe. Unfortunately the wardens are unavailable for the day but I will go talk to them tomorrow. If they can do something, I will inform our parents.

[It will be up to the two of them to decide what to do after that. Mother will probably be... the most difficult one. She is still very attached to father and even if that never really goes away, it is a decision to not take lightly.

Ai doesn't need much coaxing to get going again. She threads her fingers through his and points to a flower shop they're passing - Nine White Orchids.]


Mother started and runs the flower shop when she's not attending classes at the education center.

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[info]romanticlove
2016-08-29 10:04 pm UTC (link)
[For a moment he's struck. Ai was determined to know him, regardless of their parents. It made his heart swell in his chest. It was enough that she was even here at all but if they could be as they always were he would be happy.]

Of course... I should have known that onee-sama wouldn't sit idly.

[He couldn't help but smile, color flushing his skin.]

Oh? Somehow the thought of mother having a green thumb seems a bit frightening.

[He's joking, of course. She already was a terrible cook but he couldn't picture her growing plants, even if it was a sweet thought. He wanted to imagine her surrounded by flowers, smelling sweet like the soil and the plants. He was nervous seeing her again, not knowing how she would react to a person like him whom she did not know.

As it was, it occurs to him that this should be about the time when Ai had feelings for his father, if memory served correctly.

Ah. Clearly he had some steep competition from his own father. How unfortunate.]

Is there anywhere else onee-sama likes to go? I want to see all the places you like.

[For now he could be patient.]

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[info]aiffection
2016-08-30 12:42 am UTC (link)
[If she didn't know how it felt to not be known by someone who had always loved her, Ai might not be so adamant but she did. It wasn't just going to happen to her once but it had happened twice and she knew there was once more definitely waiting for her when father woke. There wasn't anything Ai could do about not knowing Ren when he first appeared here, but she can try to know him now.]

Not when it involves something this important.

[She sees that flush out of the corner of her eye.]

Papa helps her out and she has two other employees so if mother has problems, there are others to help her out.

[Later Ren will see the single flowerpot in Ai's room that was a gift from mother. Chances are that he'll end up with one too but mother was definitely happy among the flowers. Really though, Yuuki was the most loving person ever despite that she was still so young. She accepted Ai after the situation had been explained to her.

!!!! Don't say a word on that matter, Ren!

Unless he wants to see his sister flustered.]


I like to go to the beach even if it's not the real one. The sunsets are still very beautiful there. Mostly I just like trying out everything available to us here.

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