Izumi tol Amulius

(HUFF)

Not okay.

@rejectedambition.bsky.social @asahi.gay @asahisasbrutus.bsky.social @garleantribunus.bsky.social hey

You have to hold my weak little bee wings and use me. We have to repopulate the hive.

Cute.

--you came here? But..."

They furrowed their brow slightly...then reached out towards him weakly.

"...? Asa...hi...?"

Their voice was faint, but he could hear it from a room down the hall.

Izumi was resting in a cot, sitting up with a book in their lap. They certainly looked a little out of it, a little weaker. Their hair was down for once, and their gaze seemed somewhat absent.

"You...--

🎨:112yke_

Asahi: What the...this score is...

Izumi: Ahaha...

Asahi: Since you're such an IDIOT, I told you a month in advance to prepare, didn't I?
How many times has this happened by now?
Are you so incompetent you can't understand words?

I'm embarrassed to even be considered friends with you.

Oh...if you are sure.

Ah. Actually...maybe, could you bring some sake? I want to drink a little. Let's share it, okay~?

See you soon. ....love you.

Are...are you sure? I don't want you to hurt yourself..

...

...just you. I want to see you soon.

O-oh...! It's alright...it isn't something you possibly could have guessed. I am sorry for leaving you guessing...

As for seeing me...I am at the place the Scions used as their base. Perhaps it would be alright...? I...I would like to see you, if it isn't too out of your way...

...can you come?

--nuzzling him affectionately. They wanted a million ways to show their love...]

...it was very frightening. It was painful, but...so long as you and the others are still there, still okay...I can endure anything.

Ugh...gods...!

[They cried miserably for a little longer, holding him all the while. It took a few long minutes for them to settle down enough to speak, still clinging.]

...thank you...you are so kind to me... I-I am so lucky to be loved by you...

[Again, they pressed their head to him,--

M...Mercury, please do not be cold to me...? Aah...I-I have not been able to reach you in forever, and I haven't seen you at home either...

...are you mad at me...? Mercury...?

A-ah...!

Oh...n-no! I...I'm sorry. Oh...gods, that's right...

...I, ah...Jullus, I was...
Nabriales decided to take me somewhere, I...

Ugh. I'm so sorry... let me, I can arrange everything from where I am recovering, would you be alright going without me, just for now...? I cannot move much...

burger

...

...Jullus, are you, um....angry at me...?

[Fidget...fumble...]

[HIS TOMEPHONE BEEP BEEP BEEPS]

Ah....ahaha, what a tense tone...~

...a-are you alright...?

[What a question!!!]

[Sniffing the air.]

Haha. Ehehehe...ahaha...

[Their laugh came out unsteadily.]

I wonder. Maybe...if I had met one of you instead of Lord Zenos back then, if I would have...

[Trailing off, they shook their head.]

Thank you for your kind words. I shall keep them close to my chest~ Ahaha.

[After playing the elimination game of their most anxiety-prone partners, @julluspyrnorbanus.bsky.social received a call by linkpearl.]

...Jullus, are you there?

--
That is what I am.

[They curled their legs up towards their body.]

But...I told Miss Olwen too, that...if things had been different, I think maybe I would have liked it.

...being with you all instead.

...I...viewed it that way myself. I also...thought in such a way, but...

[They tightened their grip on those sheets.]

...I never saved anyone. I never...tried to save anyone, except for selfish reasons. I always did harm...I only knew how to do harm.

Of course...Nabriales wanted to use me.--

--remember everything, but they knew what Nabriales wanted with them. They remembered those horrible thoughts that weren't theirs.]

I was afraid...a-and I thought you'd be mad at me, and not want to see me, and...!

[They were glad he was happy to see them. They were glad he had come.]

Kieren...

[They quickly shook their head, nuzzling against him.]

It's okay...I'm not upset. I...I would have been so scared if you weren't with Regin.
I was really scared... I didn't want you two to be hurt because of me, I...!

[They held onto him tightly, sobbing against his chest. They couldn't--

Ah--!

[STARTLED!! But, they immediately reach for him. Not grabbing, just awkwardly hovering their hands in his direction.]

K...Kieren...! Kieren...! I...I wanted...I wanted to see you very, very much...! Oh...

[Waterworks. They're already crying.]

You came to see me...

I'll call Asahi later...ugh...

Hmm...I haven't spoken to Regin since before all this...

...no. I would just stress him out. Kieren also...would be all sorts of distressed, I think...

...Jullus?

...probably better not to.

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[flops.]