Day 24: Kanan Reboot
Feb. 23rd, 2012 09:54 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
obsolete_theoryUgh. Short on brain cells and energy, so it's a small update today. Same warnings etc. as before.
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"Are you going to tell me your story?" she said.
Gojyo choked on his breakfast. He coughed a few times, his eyes watered, and he ended up spitting the half-chewed mouthful out. He looked at Kanan looking at him and sighed. He took a sip of his coffee and scalded his tongue.
"Not much to tell," Gojyo said. "Youkai dad, human mom, got dumped with Dad's real, youkai wife."
Kanan nodded. He felt the words bubbling up inside and tried to clamp down on them.
"She hated me," he said. "And then, one day—"
He nearly jumped out of his skin when Kanan's soft hand brushed against his scarred cheek.
"These were hers, weren't they?" she said.
He didn't say anything until after she took her hand away.
"I had a brother too," he said. "I guess he looked just like dad. Mom—she—"
He thought about it for the first time in a long time, how to explain the tangles.
"He saved my life," Gojyo said. "Only Jien could calm her down. And when he couldn't, when she did this, he…"
Gojyo sliced a finger across his own neck. He remembered the blood all too clearly, and he let his hand drop into his lap. He tried to tell himself he wasn't shaking, but all the telling himself in the world didn't stop him from slopping his hot drink all over one hand. He blew at it futilely, then gave up and licked the coffee off, finger by finger. His hand was hot and pink and it cooled slowly. The kitchen was quiet enough that he could hear her breathing.
"So anyway," he said. "That's it."
"I'm so sorry," said Kanan.
Gojyo shrugged.
"What can you do?" he said. "Time I got over it. Nothing I can do about it, either."
"Let me see to your hand," she said. "It must hurt."
So he let her wash it, smooth some cream on it, and bandage him up.
Her green eyes were dark with what Gojyo imagined was guilt.
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Also, I should probably add that I worked on Other Fruits, but I wasn't close enough to done to post it. Sigh. Maybe tomorrow?
~later
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"Are you going to tell me your story?" she said.
Gojyo choked on his breakfast. He coughed a few times, his eyes watered, and he ended up spitting the half-chewed mouthful out. He looked at Kanan looking at him and sighed. He took a sip of his coffee and scalded his tongue.
"Not much to tell," Gojyo said. "Youkai dad, human mom, got dumped with Dad's real, youkai wife."
Kanan nodded. He felt the words bubbling up inside and tried to clamp down on them.
"She hated me," he said. "And then, one day—"
He nearly jumped out of his skin when Kanan's soft hand brushed against his scarred cheek.
"These were hers, weren't they?" she said.
He didn't say anything until after she took her hand away.
"I had a brother too," he said. "I guess he looked just like dad. Mom—she—"
He thought about it for the first time in a long time, how to explain the tangles.
"He saved my life," Gojyo said. "Only Jien could calm her down. And when he couldn't, when she did this, he…"
Gojyo sliced a finger across his own neck. He remembered the blood all too clearly, and he let his hand drop into his lap. He tried to tell himself he wasn't shaking, but all the telling himself in the world didn't stop him from slopping his hot drink all over one hand. He blew at it futilely, then gave up and licked the coffee off, finger by finger. His hand was hot and pink and it cooled slowly. The kitchen was quiet enough that he could hear her breathing.
"So anyway," he said. "That's it."
"I'm so sorry," said Kanan.
Gojyo shrugged.
"What can you do?" he said. "Time I got over it. Nothing I can do about it, either."
"Let me see to your hand," she said. "It must hurt."
So he let her wash it, smooth some cream on it, and bandage him up.
Her green eyes were dark with what Gojyo imagined was guilt.
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Also, I should probably add that I worked on Other Fruits, but I wasn't close enough to done to post it. Sigh. Maybe tomorrow?
~later
