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[Video] - You can blame it all on me

[It's been over a week and Zelos still hasn't been able to locate Zelda. He'd even tried Shizuo's place again but found it empty, his texts to the blonde coming back as undeliverable. He had to conclude that he'd somehow left the bubble. Fine, good for him, but that still left Zelos in a jam. He had no idea where Zelda was and now he had the additional good and bad news that he'd need to impart. He's certain Zelda will miss Shizuo..

So he makes a network post.

His expression is not one of his usual jocularity or even the irritation he normally uses to cover up any uncomfortableness. No, he actually looks downright remorseful, not to mention weary. His body may not need sleep but his mind certainly does and he hasn't gotten enough of it for awhile. It looks like he's spent at least a little of that time he could have been sleeping packing instead; a small travel bag is visible in frame behind him and the room is bare save for the furniture it had initially. There aren't even any roses in the vase on the bedside table anymore.]

[First part: Open, but filtered away from both Links (they can't see)]

Hey Vatheon. I know a lot of you know Zelda and I need your help. I know she's probably fine but we had a bit of a spat and I haven't seen her since. If you could just let me know if she's alright if you have seen her and that I'm sorry and need to talk to her, I'd appreciate it. You don't have to say where she is, I just wanna make sure she's okay. Thanks.

[Second part: Closed, filtered only to Zelda]

Look, I've packed up and I'll get out of here so you can have the house to yourself again. I shouldn't have meddled and I'm sorry for that. You do need to know, though... Shizuo's gone. I think he left the bubble, I can't get a hold of him via SFC or anything. He told me about Link, the other Link, before he disappeared though. I guess I'm sorry about that too. It's hard seeing someone you're that confused about...

Ahh, I'm rambling. [He runs a hand back through his hair and lets out a slow breath.] Just... lemme know you're okay and I'll get out of your hair after that.

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[Zelda heads to Shizuo's house to confirm that Zelos is right. All his things are there, save the charm against dark magic that she had given him on New Year's. She senses for it, but there's no trace of it within the city.

He must have managed to take it home with him, somehow. The thought lifts her heart out of the depths that it's been submersed in ever since she found out Link had died. Maybe he won't remember her, maybe he won't even keep it with him now that he's home... but someday, when she figures this place out like she promised, she'll find him again. She'll teach him that Izaya cares again. They'll be family again. She only wishes that she'd told him her intentions more clearly before he'd vanished.

Zelos, at least, is still here. Determined to actually tell him how she feels, the princess gets ready to head back. She gathers up Shizuo's things and heads back home, stopping Zelos at the door with a sudden, gentle hug.]

I don't want you to leave, Zelos. I don't ever want you to leave. Don't you see that? I want to figure this place out so that things like this don't have to happen, so that we don't have to be separated, so that we don't have to forget. I want you to believe in me.

Edited 2012-04-07 23:46 (UTC)

[He'd seen her coming up the street from his window and had made a mad dash for the door, but stopped himself in an effort to build up composure and had even thought of a few nonchalant lines to belay exactly how worried he'd been.

And it all flies right out of his head when she hugs him. Heart in his throat, he's frozen for a long moment, aware she's speaking but unable to process. He breathes in slowly and slides his arms around her too, working her words around in his mind.

It clicked, then, just why he'd been so angry in the first place. He'd thought he meant something to her, as friends, as confidants, and when she continued to speak of leaving he felt betrayed, like whatever relationship they'd forged meant next to nothing to her and he'd lashed out. He hadn't even realized that's what he'd been feeling, he'd simply been hurt and angry and...

Now she's telling him why. That she doesn't want them separated either, he means something to her, and that in turn gives him value. He feels like a child, having thrown a tantrum without knowing all the facts, and in his embarrassed relief he hides his face in her shoulder. His voice comes out muffled and husky.]

I'm such an idiot.

Perhaps. I've been rather foolish too, though. I should have explained myself to you.

[She's smiling as she places her hand on the crown of his head, but it's bittersweet. She should have told Shizuo, too. She should have told Link before trying to send him back. Zelda does so many things without ever telling people the reasons, finding it too painful to explain herself... or fearing that she'll fail and disappoint them.

Maybe she can learn to be a little more honest while she's in Vatheon. She runs her hands through his hair lightly, not saying anything else. She can tell that he's embarrassed, and now does not seem to be the time for a confession of familial love. Zelda thinks it silently instead.

I love you.]

[He swallows everything down, getting a hold of himself enough to pull back and step aside to allow her entrance to the house. Really, he's just not certain he won't break down completely if she keeps running her hand through his hair like that. It's soothing and comforting and that scares him.

That same jaunty grin he always has creeps it's way across his face as he motions for her to come in.]

No kidding. You could have saved both of us a lot of grief, y'know! And now I have to do all this unpacking too, what a pain.

I will endeavor to be a little more transparent from now on, then.

[She lets him pull away from her, lifting the box of Shizuo's things and taking them into the house. The princess sets them down in the living room, then turns to Zelos.]

Zelos... the charm I gave Shizuo against dark magic isn't here in Vatheon anymore. I think that it's with him.

[It takes Zelos' sleep deprived, sluggish brain a moment to process what that might mean and he blinks twice blankly before realization dawns.]

How could he manage to take it with him? Did you put any other magic on it?

I didn't.

[She smiles at him, almost as brightly as she used to smile when she was a child.]

But that means that this place isn't infallible. This doesn't have to be the end, we don't have to be at its mercy. I am not sure how it happened, but I will discover why. I promise.

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[She doesn't see his expression very well at first, but she recognizes his voice, and that's pretty much enough. She's already paying attention, though she almost wishes she weren't, because then she wouldn't know how worried he looks. How sad, and how empty--just like the room behind him at the moment.

It hurts to watch.

But when she turns the feed on, there's nothing to indicate that.

Just her voice. A low voice, with very little feeling, because she doesn't know which feelings she's supposed to show.]

...I have not heard from her. I'm sorry.

[Tsubaki...

He manages a smile, for her. It's still weary but it's a smile nonetheless. He doesn't want her to worry about him, knowing how this sounds, and internally he damns the oversight of not filtering the post further.]

Don't worry about it, Tsubaki-hunny. She's probably just staying with a friend for a bit and got too lost in her books to remember to poke her head out. She does that sometimes to unwind. Still, I can't imagine she's not tired of me so I figure it's about time I give her the space back, anyway.

[Tsubaki's not the best with feelings, but she isn't quite stupid, either. She does know how to read people to an extent; because how else could she manipulate them? She'd had to learn and pick up on things--

Though luckily, manipulating isn't an issue here. It surprisingly hasn't been.

And so her tone remains the same as before.]

I think if you truly believed that about her, you wouldn't have made such a broadcast in the first place. These are some rather drastic actions you've taken in her absence.

[Where was he going to go?]

Ahhh well I was kinda stupid and stuck my nose too deep in her business. I just wanna know she's alright before I get out of here.

[He leans back in his seat with an uncaring air. He assumes he'll just crash with Lloyd or get his own place. One of the main things he'd be worried about is feeling like he'd have no place of solace away from all the hunnies but that hasn't been a problem here in Vatheon. No one's clamoring for his touch or fawning over him...

He's still not entirely sure how he feels about that...

Still, problems aside, he doesn't want to cause Tsubaki concern and so his grin doesn't slip.]

She'll be happier this way.

...

[The broadcast itself is already pretty worthy of concern, so it's a little late for that, sadly. She, of course, eventually comes to realize that he probably has other friends to stay with--so perhaps that's not exactly what she should be worrying about.

At the very least, he doesn't seem worried about it. More about Zelda...

Her business, her well-being. He wants to know if she's all right, yet then he plans to leave...and he says she'll be happier about it?

Heh.]

You don't know that.

I'm a good guesser, Tsubaki-hunny.

[He's not entirely sure why he keeps grinning when he knows the girl can't see him. Maybe to keep his tone even, maybe because he's even trying to fool himself. He does know that this conversation could get very awkward very fast though and he should end it while he can.

He can't quite bring himself to do it though.]

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video; sorry he's a cranky butt :|

video; the cranky butts are the best ones though \o/

true, lol

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