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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 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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[info]romanticlove
2016-08-30 12:57 am UTC (link)
Oh.

[He really shouldn't be surprised that their mother had help, or that Ai was that adamant to know him. Both women had that determined streak in them.]

Maybe, after I see mother and father, when the sun sets... we could go watch it together.

[Honestly he liked being able to wake up early enough to catch the sunset with her, but walking about in the day time like this was just as good too. They could rest later, just as they always did - with Ai holding onto him or him holding onto her. Smiling warmly, he squeezes her hand gently.]

As long as it's alright with onee-sama, of course.

[He still felt as if maybe he should hold himself back a little. There were things she didn't know, after all - namely him. She didn't seem to mind and seemed more than eager to rush forward until she remembered, but still he felt as if he should take care to watch her. The last thing he wanted to do was upset his sister by being too eager to spend as much time with her as humanly possible.]

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[info]aiffection
2016-09-04 05:37 am UTC (link)
[Maybe when their mother was older she'd be able to do such things on her own but for now she's only just return to being a pureblood and has so many things on her plate. Ai was raised by Yuuki so it's only natural she got some of that determination.]

Hm, if I'm able to tear you away from mother and papa's grasp, we can. Otherwise we'll have to drag them along too.

[Oh no, now Ai has someone to drag into her plot of getting their parents to not be so stupid. Even if it's only for today.

No. No. Don't think about that part. Her grip on him tightens as Ai tries not to think about what it will feel like to wake up and know that her brother has been taken away. It's foolish to think that if she holds on to him when the day is over that he won't disappear but Ai can't get stuck in that thought or she won't be able to enjoy this day.]


Of course it's alright.

[There's a stiffness in her voice when she speaks, one that comes from holding back a deeper emotion and honestly Ai isn't sure if it's anger or sorrow. Perhaps a combination of them both. Yes, that was definitely it. Truly the wardens are extremely cruel to give her a brother only to take him away.]

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[info]romanticlove
2016-09-04 05:53 am UTC (link)
I'm sure if I tell them I want to spend time with Ai, they'll understand.

[He can feel the tension rise in his sister and it makes him curious, but also worried. Had he said something wrong? He didn't know what to do, with an Ai who didn't know him yet. Trying to let these worries flow away, he decides to rest his cheek atop her head again as they walk together.]

I hope the wardens will help. I feel strange, not being able to know exactly what Onee-sama is thinking or feeling.

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[info]aiffection
2016-09-04 06:10 am UTC (link)
I don't know, they can be pretty selfish too. Would you be upset if they came with us today?

[No matter how much she wants it to just be the two of them all day long, Ai can't bring herself to be that selfish. Especially since today is all they might get with Ren for a long time.

His head upon her is comforting but she doesn't think she should tell him. Ren already has enough waiting for him when he sees their parents - for him to know that he'll leave tonight will only add to it.]


As do I. [Maybe she can demand to have her brother back instead of have memories of him. But then Ai can't wish that on him.] It's nothing.

[It anything but.]

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[info]romanticlove
2016-09-04 08:15 pm UTC (link)
Not at all.

[All the same, being out in the sun like this was making him somewhat tired and he can't help but suppress a yawn with the back of his hand. He was more used to nocturnal habits, after all.]

I don't mind either option.

[But in a way - how many chances would he get to see his parents again? That was important to him, but Ai was his most important person, no matter what.]

If it's nothing, why do you feel sad?

[Smiling softly, he releases her hand only to bring it to the opposite side of her head to rest it against his chest.]

Onee-sama can tell me what it is. I don't mind it.

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