[120] Accidental Audio

[urbandev]

Get her into a regeneration tank. Start the triage center in the lobby; I don't want anyone on the upper floors until we've verified the foundation's still stable. Go!

Shalua...

I'm so ashamed. I'm supposed to be a hero of the Jenova War. But look at me.

[OOC: Mmmm, failure. Set during DOC, shortly after the destruction of WRO headquarters.]

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[itachi-kunoichi.livejournal.com]

Yo, man. You okay?

[urbandev.livejournal.com]

Cursed. Memory one.

I'll be fine.

How are you, Misao?

1/2

[itachi-kunoichi.livejournal.com]

Ya sure?

2/2

[itachi-kunoichi.livejournal.com]

I'm rememberin' something myself, but it's fine. It's more embarrassin' than anythin'.

[urbandev.livejournal.com]

[He's laughing a little]

And you aren't compelled to share it? Well done, you.

I'm sure. It's nothing unusual, for this place.

[itachi-kunoichi.livejournal.com]

I am, but I'm holdin' it in!

[urbandev.livejournal.com]

Keep up the good work.

[itachi-kunoichi.livejournal.com]

I'm tryin'.

[urbandev.livejournal.com]

I know you can do it, Misao.

voice

[browning-baby.livejournal.com]

... I think we're all dealing with some bad stuff today.

[urbandev.livejournal.com]

...Where are you, Sweetheart?

[browning-baby.livejournal.com]

In the stockroom at work.

[urbandev.livejournal.com]

I'll be right there.

[browning-baby.livejournal.com]

I'm fine, hon. Promise. It comes and goes.

[ooc: Might not be back tonight. Moooving]

[urbandev.livejournal.com]

If you're sure.

I'm upstairs, love, if you need me.

[OOC: I forgot! Have fuuuun.]

[browning-baby.livejournal.com]

... come visit me on your break?

[urbandev.livejournal.com]

Yes. Of course. [Action?]

[browning-baby.livejournal.com]

Anita leaned against some shelves, eyes distant as she tried to pull herself out of memories better left buried.

[urbandev.livejournal.com]

Reeve slipped into the store room, making sure to close the door and lock it behind himself. He threaded his way through the shelves until he found her.

Without a word, he drew her into his arms, his fingers burying themselves in her hair.

[browning-baby.livejournal.com]

Still lost in her mind, she leaned against him, sighing without really knowing he was there. A moment later, she blinked and shook her head a little, the motion letting Reeve's fingers tug at her curls.

"... I'm fine."

[urbandev.livejournal.com]

He untangled from her as best he could before she got hurt.

"All right."

Despite that, he kept his arms tight around her. He wasn't willing to let her go yet.

[browning-baby.livejournal.com]

She was happy to lay her head against his chest, silently wishing for that soothing sound that should be just under her ear.

"You?"

[urbandev.livejournal.com]

"I'll be fine," he murmured, kissing her forehead. To fill the silence, he began humming softly, slowly petting her hair.

[browning-baby.livejournal.com]

".... what's your memory?"

She knew she shouldn't ask but Anita never had been a prudent woman, after all.

[urbandev.livejournal.com]

"Back home, in the last crisis -- the WRO headquarters were ambushed. We were nearly destroyed."

He sighed, pausing in his stroking. "What's yours?"

[browning-baby.livejournal.com]

"When Richard let Jean-Claude and I to die at the Harlequin's hands."

Her sigh matched his.

[urbandev.livejournal.com]

"He did what?"

Reeve frowned, continuing to stroke her hair gently. "I'm sorry, love."

[browning-baby.livejournal.com]

"It's... not worth explaining, really. It's in the past and long dead."

She shifted to nuzzle into his chest, not wanting to hear that odd silence from him anymore.

[urbandev.livejournal.com]

"What is it, love?" Not the curse, but... he knows there's something else.

[browning-baby.livejournal.com]

She froze, silently cursing her transparency.

"... it's nothing, sweetheart. Really. It's fine. Midnight will be here soon and it'll all be fine."

[urbandev.livejournal.com]

"Anita..." But he doesn't push, even though he can hear the tension in her voice. Instead, he draws her in closer, nuzzling the shell of her ear. "I love you."

[browning-baby.livejournal.com]

She sighed, then slowly pulled in his scent as she leaned in as close as she could with clothes on.

"I love you, too."

Anita wanted to just be able to open her mouth and say what she wanted to say, but she didn't want to hurt him. Not for anything and not after she'd already hurt him enough in the past.

Still, she couldn't help but let a few things tumble out of her mouth before her brain could stop her.

"Reeve... I hated being dead here, but... I think I hate you being dead even more."

[urbandev.livejournal.com]

That's not what he's expecting to hear.

"I... It's not that I love it myself, sweetheart." He sighed, hiding his face in her hair and nuzzling closer.

"I'm just afraid that if I come alive again they'll take me from you."

[browning-baby.livejournal.com]

Her arms tightened around his waist.

"... I know. I just hate seeing you like this since... you deserve life. I've never heard your heartbeat and I guess... I just wondered what it sounded like."

[urbandev.livejournal.com]

"I'll take care of it," he promised her, closing his eyes and breathing in her scent.

[browning-baby.livejournal.com]

She pulled away a bit, leveling a look at him. "Reeve, the price is usually too high. Really, I'm just being silly."

[urbandev.livejournal.com]

He frowned and ran his thumb along her cheek.

"Anita, it bothers you. That's enough reason for me to change it."

[browning-baby.livejournal.com]

"Not if the cost is too high. I know they took something from me and I know I miss it, but I still can't remember it and that drives me insane sometimes."

She reached up and curled her fingers around his wrist, nuzzling his hand.

[urbandev.livejournal.com]

"I have something to offer them."

He pulled her into his arms and held her tightly, his fingers toying with her curls.

[browning-baby.livejournal.com]

She leaned into his embrace, wanting him close.

"... you might regret it later, love."

[urbandev.livejournal.com]

"Not as much as I'd regret abandoning you."

He pressed a kiss to the top of her head.

the iiiiicon!

[browning-baby.livejournal.com]

"Reeve, the city does what it wants to. If it takes you home, that's fine, because I know you'll be alive and where you should be."

Still, as she spoke, she clung to him.

The iiiiiiiiion wins!

[urbandev.livejournal.com]

"Anita, if I went home, a much larger part of me would be missing and I would never know what it was."

It doesn't matter. His mind is made up. He'll speak to the Deities tomorrow.

It does!

[browning-baby.livejournal.com]

She fell silent, arms around his waist as she realized just how much he'd come to mean to her.

XD;;;;;;;

[urbandev.livejournal.com]

As if he could sense her thoughts, he whispered, "I love you" against her hair.

[browning-baby.livejournal.com]

There was a very soft laugh as she hugged him tighter.

"I love you, too."

[dirgingcerberus.livejournal.com]

Shalua make her choices.

[urbandev.livejournal.com]

Choices she should never have had to make.