fierybluebird | Appointment Post 2.0 since the other is pretty full

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Appointment Post 2.0 since the other is pretty full

[Voice]
Hey, couldn't get to the comm right away, probably out kicking things. Since that doesn't last long, leave me a message and I'll get back to you as fast as I can, eh?

[Written]
Have a haiku.

There was a bluebird
Who was too busy for you
Leave me a message

[ooc: This post is a catch-all for threads that have to happen between posts. Start off with the Date & whether it's written/video/action in the comment bar and just start threadining.]

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[Marco awoke pretty easily from the slightest disturbances. It was a bird reflex he had trouble truly curbing and since it would probably save his family's lives a dozen times over, it wasn't one he had a strong desire to suppress either. So it was that he woke up fairly early and tried to check the time via his window. Which was disorienting. Where the hell was he? It wasn't the Moby Dick, but he'd gotten used to sleeping in Luceti, not his burned up ship.

And this was not his apartment.

The window was on the wrong side and while the amount of books was certainly a familiar thing, the locations weren't and--

Oh holy shit he was in Robin's bed.

Marco just froze in place as he the last week flooded him.

....

He'd been snuggled by boobs and too small to understand the glory of that.

He wasn't sure if that was an amazing thing he should just appreciate even happened, or if it was completely fair to be frustrated over the obviously missed opportunity.

And uh speaking of which. What the hell should he do about his girlfriend in bed next to him?

Shit shit shit. This was the Straw-Hat house and he had brothers to look after -- and actually that was okay, because they wouldn't know he was back to adult yet. But still.

He should probably get out of there before Robin's crew woke up at least, right?

Hell if Marco knew. He didn't like the idea of leaving her without saying anything and just disappearing. Especially not given the way he'd last spoken to her when he was an adult. He definitely couldn't do that to her again.

He focused on breathing steadily to calm down and take stock of his situation and bent over to kiss her cheek.]

Thank you for putting up with me, eh? [Quietly whispered.]

[She probably wouldn't hear as she was still asleep, but he wanted to say it anyway. Not just for the week and the way he left, but all the times in between as well. She was the best and damn she deserved better than him.]

[Something was off. She couldn't figure out what but it was pushing her to awareness. It wasn't dangerous. Just different. She wondered if she should even be bothered with it, much preferring to go back to sleep. The weight was different, though. Heavier.

What?

And then the brush of a breath and she startled a little at the kiss and with the whisper she knew. She opens her eyes to look at Marco. As she is used to seeing him. Different emotions surge through her. Far too early to sort them out. Far too early to feel them. He's back. Good.]

I liked you better when you were little.

[that chill you feel has nothing to do with the weather. And she turns over so she won't have to look at him]

[Laughs softly. Honestly, he's too happy to see her again to worry about it.]

I'm sure the Malnosso will be delighted to hear that their experiment was such a success.

Would you like me to get out of here?

[Experiment was a success? That he can treat it so lightly--]

Is that a joke? [She shoves him back because she can and gets out of bed, but keeps her back to him. Folding her arms]

I'm glad you think it's funny.

[Flails and falls back off the bed, though he cushions it with a burst of blue flames so that at least his impact is quiet. And from there he just blinks up at her. Oh, she is really mad.]

You're the one who liked me better that way, eh.

[But that is definitely not what she's mad about. Hm.]

Well considering how keen you are on going along with--

[She stops herself. That's not fair and not true and not what she means to say in any case. She doesn't even know what she wants to say. She wants to hurt him somehow and she doesn't even know why and that thought disturbs her]

Nevermind. Forget it.

I wasn't a willing participant Robin, I just didn't waste my time fighting them when I could use that time to get back here faster.

And if you saw Ace's face at knowing I made it back within a week, you'd know it was worth it.

I know. I'm sorry. You fought hard for it in your own way. [And it's a sincere apology for as hard as her voice is]

[Deep breath and gets up off the floor venturing a little closer to her, though he keeps enough of his distance not to touch her while she's still prickly mad yet.]

But this is hardly what weight on your mind, eh?

[And how he longs to wrap his arms around hers and comfort any fears or heartache away. Perhaps that's part of her concern though. Tricky.] Luffy's back. I kind of fell on him when I was trying to fly before. [He knows she has to know, it's a more a statement of facts to try to figure out why that doesn't cut some of her dismay.]

[No it isn't. She's not sure what is. She knows and doesn't. Can't place it. But it involves him being a complete idiot, that much is certain]

He's back, Chopper's gone, Nami will return in who knows what state, and you have family to take care of. [she flicks a dismissive hand]

And a girlfriend who's awake when my brothers aren't. They can take care of themselves another hour or two, they managed this far.

Talk to me, eh? It's not something I did as a child or you'd have told me then. And... you're too rational to be mad at me for being a child in the first place. Something I did before then? A build up? Something I'm not doing now?

[She wants you to stop talking. Stop asking. Even though they are valid questions--but they are questions she doesn't know the answer to, not precisely anyway, and words are so inefficient. She doesn't even really like the world 'girlfriend' where she didn't mind it before.]

[He'll get taken again, there's no doubt, and she will, and they'll both get twisted in whatever forms the Malnosso choose. They'll forget and remember, relive old wounds or maybe not even remember their own names. And yet...in spite of everything...]

This is a foolish place to love anyone that isn't your nakama. [And maybe that was what Nami had felt. Maybe that was why she'd been so short. Someone gone--and if they returned, perhaps they wouldn't even remember her. All their history had been erased by some cruel scientist.]

You were hurting because you had to remember all over again. You'll hurt yourself even more this way. It's foolish. You're foolish. You're a complete idiot.

[Somehow, his expressions softens even more as he steps even closer. He gently puts two fingers under her chin, as soothing as he can and kisses her cheek. It's still far more restrained than he would have normally done, but he figures she's likely to be mad enough at him for being that forward.]

That's what being in love is, eh. Being willing to be a fool.

You forget. You left here once already and went home. I thought I'd never have another chance like that, like this. That the next time you saw me, you truly would remember nothing. But I realized something else. I'd rather have that pain than the one of holding back, of never knowing. I'm not looking for forever Robin. So our time in Luceti will end, just as it would on the Grand Line. Are you any less alive right now just because one day you're going to die? Or maybe, because it will end, maybe knowing that, you should make the most of every single moment and seize all the life of it you can.

I don't miss the things I did with my father, I treasure them. Every moment, every time he laughed, every story, every drink. I always knew he would die someday, it hurt extra when I was small because I didn't have the fortune I do now to have spent the last thirty years with him making all those memories. [And he was scared of going back to being alone like he'd been before his Pops found him.] I would rather wake up tomorrow completely alone and friendless in Luceti despite all the friends I've made here; than have spent the last year here too scared to live to my fullest.

The first time you were here I could have told you how much I wanted to kiss you, how much I'd have given nearly anything to take you on a date, but I didn't. I kept it to myself until it was too late. And when you went home I figured I just lost that chance. Maybe tomorrow I'll wake up and you'll be gone, but I won't regret chasing you or the time on the beach, or the laughs and books we shared, or any of it. And maybe you'll come right back just like you did before, just like Luffy did.

You don't want me to give into the Malnosso and stop fighting, but you're willing to let them stop you from living the way you want? Who's the bigger fool? [There's a small grin, even though he's quite certain he's going to be slapped -- at the minimum.]

[He talks too much... and she doesn't begrudge him this because all his words have meaning. But there are so many of them and so much to think about and she does grind her teeth about being called a fool even if his words to make sense. She doesn't know how she wants to live. She doesn't know what she wants to do. With greater pleasure comes greater pain. She's overwhelmed with all this. With his feelings. Is she really that special to him? And if she is, what should she do about it? What does she want to do about it? What is the right thing?]

[She wants to sit and bury her face in her hands until her head stops spinning but she can't as long as he's here, hovering, waiting and she wants to lean against him and just accept-- but accepting comes with too high a price and she wants to understand what she has to pay before she does.]

Leave. [And then because she realizes how that sounds, tries to soften her voice]

Please. I just need to think and... I can't while you're here.

[He takes a deep breath, closing his eyes and nods, cheeks flushing a little.]

[Could have gone better, but it could have gone worse too. What did he expect really? Nothing.]

As you wish. Thanks for everything, Robin. [It doesn't take him long to get to the window, but he glances back, his expression as soft as before.] You know where to reach me, eh?

[He doesn't wait for an answer, just switches to phoenix as he jumps and flies on home in a blue flash.]

[He's gone before she even realized it. The word 'wait' is already climbing up in her throat. Though she could have said it before he climbed up, before he spoke. So she just stares out the window and she can hear him singing suddenly in her memory, high and sweet.

one rainy afternoon
yellow bird nest in my grandpa's tree
I have stories to tell you tonight
I have stories to tell you tonight

Robin closes her eyes and shuts the window]

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