kokuyoyo: (I don't even know how to be here.)
Chikusa ([personal profile] kokuyoyo) wrote in [community profile] tornheart2017-05-14 12:17 am

001 - brothers who fuss together stay together

Who: Ciro and Gen Bonavita (Chikusa and Makoto)
When: May 13, middle of the night, right after this nonsense // and then May 21 after this
Where: The brothers' apartments on school grounds
What: Exchanging one text and then another, the brothers find comfort with each other.
Warnings: Minor self harm, mental issues

Ciro knows that he doesn't look exactly his best as he waits out the elevator's descent onto the ground floor. Pajama bottoms are bad enough, but he's been wearing his "schrodinger's cat is alive/dead" shirt as nightwear for a straight week without tossing it into his laundry basket. But it's the middle of the night- he doubts he's going to run across anyone who will be able to judge him. Possibly because they might be drunk; he's heard about some of the older students having parties in their apartments with some of the usual nightly haunts now barred to them for obvious reasons.

Right now, however, all he cares about is getting down to his brother's apartment. The halls are quiet when he steps out of the elevator, but he still makes his steps quick and strides long as he goes down it.

Honestly... He almost welcomes it, although he feels a little guilty about it. That hallucination... It felt too real. Even now, although he knows he's walking on carpet through a brightly lit building, all he can think about is the feel of cold grass pressing into too-thin pants and his body burning against the night's chill. More than his surroundings, however, he still remembers so clearly that other boy his age who he had locked eyes with. One blue, the other red with a strange pupil, and the way his heart had twisted....

His feelings for that boy had been stronger than anything Ciro thinks he's ever felt before... And that alone, he doesn't know how to feel about. Either way, he'll really have to talk to Counselor Katsuki... He'd thought his medication was working fine, but if he's hallucinating, well... He guesses they're back to square one.

Shoving away both thoughts- that of the boy, and what he'll have to talk about with his counselor- Ciro stops in front of the oh-so familiar door number that he's known for a good few years now. It's unnecessary, but he knocks anyway before pulling out the spare key his brother gave to him when he first came to dorm at the school.

"Gen?" he asks as he opens the door open slightly, bulging messenger bag bumping against his hip and then the door as he peers in. "I'm here."
transient_specter: (holy shit that hurts)

[personal profile] transient_specter 2017-05-15 02:54 am (UTC)(link)
He shakes his head a little. "Not that I don't like your cooking, but I already had dinner. And I have to get up and go teach some of the lower classes tomorrow morning..." He can't just call out. ... Well, he probably could, but he knows some of the kids won't do as well with a replacement teacher. Gen goes quiet for a few long moments, before shaking his head.

"I saw... someone. I don't know who they were - it was hard to see. I told them I'd keep their hopes alive. But then I felt pain everywhere, like my entire body was shattering... and then it was gone. I... I don't know what it was."
Edited 2017-05-15 02:54 (UTC)
transient_specter: (okay who do i have to punch)

[personal profile] transient_specter 2017-05-15 11:03 pm (UTC)(link)
"I don't know." Other than that app thing... but that couldn't have caused something like that. "Maybe it's just stress... tests and exams at the dojo and everything. I can't really pinpoint anything else that's been going on."
transient_specter: (holy shit that's cute)

[personal profile] transient_specter 2017-05-16 12:24 am (UTC)(link)
He shakes his head a little. "I... no. I just need to remind myself that wasn't real. Something like that can't happen. And I can fight back if things get too tough." Not that he wants to tempt fate, given the news. He sits up a bit more, reaching out to put a hand on his brother's shoulder.

"Just be safe and take care of yourself. That should relieve my stress somewhat." He chuckles, though it's weak.
transient_specter: (look at how glowy i am)

[personal profile] transient_specter 2017-05-16 04:36 pm (UTC)(link)
"I know. I'm... I'm proud of you." And ashamed at himself for feeling so weak and affected by this. He's stronger than this, and he knows it. It doesn't even hurt anymore, even if it felt horrifying. "You're the best little brother anyone could ask for."
Edited 2017-05-16 16:36 (UTC)
transient_specter: (holy shit that's cute)

[personal profile] transient_specter 2017-05-18 01:34 am (UTC)(link)
"... If you want." He's not going to make Ciro, but he also knows he can't tell his brother to not, because he'd do the same thing. "I've still got some of your pajamas from last time. I was going to run them up, but... I kind of forgot. Sorry."
transient_specter: (look i'm brooding)

[personal profile] transient_specter 2017-05-19 06:46 pm (UTC)(link)
"It's all right. We both got busy." So many classes, so much homework he doesn't actually care about. He remembers being Ciro's age, but being higher cycle is just even more suffering. "... Good night, Ciro. Sleep well."

He just has to hope that he does, too.