Crestfallen Soul, Rest For This Night [Closed]

[a_meebo]

Who: Mikleo a_meebo & Sorey unwaverings
When: OOC - 2/6; IC - 5/18
Where: Zestiria Apartment
What: Mikleo returns from his unexpected disappearance with a lot on his mind.
Rating/Warning: Spoilers for Tales of Zestiria and the DLC content, Rated E for Everyone

[Unlike Sorey's reappearance, Mikleo's goes much smoother. He finds himself in the Gardens, which isn't as jarring as suddenly finding himself in the PowerPoint presentation after looking back to where Sorey rested. Still, the water seraph is kind of lost in his thoughts. For him, it's been a while and yet the memories of this place are fresh. It's a curious sensation.

For a few minutes, he just stands there with a hand covering his mouth. Eventually, though, it sinks in that his best friend might still be here. Awake. The thought makes his heart clench.

Three months. It's been three months since Mikleo last saw Sorey as he was. He's been coping, being strong and not mourning over someone he hasn't lost forever, but...it's still hard when sometimes he catches himself turning to say something to someone who should be there and isn't. Sorey won't be there for a long time in his world.

The water seraph's instinct tells him to run straight to the apartment and see if Sorey's there, but he doesn't. Mikleo forces himself to calm down and walk. He needs to think about what he'll do if his closest friend isn't there...as well as if he is there.

Despite the time he gives himself, he's still not sure what to say as he enters the apartment. He sees that everything is where they've left it. Maybe it's a little messier, but....]

Sorey?

[Mikleo tries to keep the hopefulness out of his voice, but he doesn't succeed as well as he'd like. For once, he's just not sure what he'll do or how he'll feel if he sees Sorey.]

Comments

[unwaverings]

[ Well that's quite a bit of information he wasn't expecting to get. Still, he takes a moment to take it all in, thinking about it. The world really is continuing on without him — even though he is there, he's not experiencing any of this. Or at least he doesn't think he'd be, considering he'd be cut off entirely. It's to be expected those who're malicious would want to go after where he's sleeping, though ...

So the first thing he needs to say is: ] ... Thank you, Mikleo. [ A pause. ] For ... keeping me safe while I'm there. It must be hard on you. [ It's important that he thank him. And he feels he should thank Edna at some point, too. Does she even know about this, he wonders. Ah, well he should keep on the subject at hand. His friend is clearly feeling badly here.

He'll give him a soft smile. ] But a stream of light, huh? Sounds ... cozy.

[ He guesses ... It's not like he'll be aware of anything, considering the closing of his senses. But he's not sure how else to feel about that. ]

[a_meebo]

[He shakes his head at the thanks.]

It's no different than what I've always done.

[As for whether it's hard on him or not, Mikleo doesn't say. The first century or two he knows are going to be the hardest on him. As long as the water seraph keeps himself busy and doesn't give into the loneliness, he thinks he'll be alright. He just has to keep the thought that Sorey will wake up and will find him close to his heart.

It's his friend's comment on the stream of light that gets Mikleo to chuckle a little.]

Certainly looks like a star hit the place and decided to stay there. [The seraph turns to face Sorey again, but the traces of his tears are mostly gone, now.] I'm just hoping you won't move around too much while you sleep.

[It's a tease, even if it's a weak one.]

[unwaverings]

[ He keeps up his smile at that. A star hit there, huh? That's a kind of neat way to see it, and he doesn't have any problems with that. Sounds like he looks pretty cool from outside, honestly. But he recognizes Mikleo's teasing when he sees it. ]

Hey, I doubt I even can in that state. [ Considering he's so cut off. At least he hopes he can't. Rolling in his sleep without being aware of it for who knows how long would kind of suck. For everyone involved.

But, even though Mikleo's tears seem to be mostly gone, he feels he needs to check. ] ... You feeling okay now?

[ He was pretty upset moments ago. And he doesn't want Mikleo to be upset. Still, even if he is, Sorey's not sure what all he can do for him. All they really have that can help is the time they spend together here in Cerealia. ]

[a_meebo]

Probably for the best.

[Sorey rolling all around that huge open space would be pretty funny, though.

Mikleo's quiet at that question. The answer is...kind of complicated. On the one hand, yes for the simple fact that Sorey's here and he feels complete for the first time in months. On the other, not really. They have to go back to that eventually. Yet....]

Not exactly, but I will be.

[It's the best he can promise.

The seraph looks up at Sorey with a more thoughtful expression. There's something he wants to say to his friend, a phrase he's been pondering on all this time even in Cerealia. He's been saving it for when the Shepherd wakes up, but...he doesn't think he'll mind saying it again back home.]

There was something I wanted to say to you when we went back to Elysia.

[It's a prompt to see if Sorey remembers.]

[unwaverings]

[ Well that's good. He's glad he'll be okay, then.

But that last bit gets him to look a little interested, thinking for a split second before he remembers what Mikleo means. ]

Oh, yeah. Did you remember what you were going to say?

[ Honestly, thinking about it, he's still rather curious. ]