vulpesvivus | ☮ 052; [text]

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I don't know how many people knew him, but it looks like Huey Emmerich went home.

[It was strange--five years ago, he remembered this situation had sent him into a near-total breakdown. Now, he just...quietly accepted it. Whether that was due to the fact that he wasn't quite the same now or the fact that he knew his father could come back somehow, Otacon wasn't sure.]

[Of course, just because he accepted it didn't mean it hurt any less. That sentence was the only message he sent, and he couldn't even quite manage to say it.]

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_{[... w-what? .... Well... at ... at least he'd come back for a little while... maybe he'd come back again. ... Heather hopes so. Both for Otacon's sake and because she'd been really fond of Huey, too...]}

where are you?

Outside the Pokemon Center.

[Heather and Liquid were probably the only ones he'd really talk to in person--they already knew his history. There was nothing he'd have to explain to either of them anymore, as far as his family went.]

_{[That's good enough for her.]

[She doesn't reply. She doesn't need to. Not with Hal-- he probably already knows she's coming.]

[Needless to say, when she shows up, the first thing she'll be doing is wrapping her arms around him wordlessly. Not in that vigorous, playful way she'd pulled him into a bearhug when she'd first gotten into town, no... this was a different situation, and called for a different kind of embrace.]}

.... M'sorry...

...it's okay. [He put an arm around her shoulders, managing a small smile.]

I can't really say I'm happy about it, but...it's okay.

_{[At least it's not as bad as the first time, but... still.]

[She pulls away just enough that she can look up at him, brows peaked.]}

Maybe he'll come back.

He came back once already.

Yeah, I know. I'm not worried or anything--he's got things to do back home the same as I did.

[And it wasn't like Otacon didn't know exactly what would happen after that. But he'd had more than enough of crying over it. If that made him seem colder than he used to be...well, he didn't really know if it could be helped.]

So...y'know, I shouldn't be worried. Right?

_{[He's older and a little more numb. It's... normal.]}

Don't worry.

Just... _{[BE HAPPY? No, she wasn't that mean.]} ... hope. I guess.

Yeah, I can do that much. [He'd been doing a whole hell of a lot of it in the past few years.]

It'll be alright.

_{[Yeah... she'll just be giving him another squeeze now.]}

[Hugs were not at all unwelcome at this point.]

Sorry--hope I don't sound too depressing.

_{[She goes ahead and rests her head against his shoulder.]}

You're allowed to.

...yeah, I know. But I'm okay, Heather. Really.

Yep, I know.

Don't care.

_{[Sorry, Hal. Hugs forever.]}

I can't say I'm surprised by that much.

[~hugs forever~]

_{[AND SO THEY HUG. Heather's in no rush to stop.]

[Eventually, though, she does pull her head away a little.]}

So... you wanna get some breakfast or something?

I hear waffles really help with stuff like this.

Breakfast wounds like a really good idea. I guess I am a little hungry.

Let's go, then.

_{[AND WITH THAT she will be hooking her arm through Otacon's and starting to tug him gently down the street. She HAD been going to eat later with Henry and her father, but Otacon takes precedence on account of losing his dad.]}

Okay, okay.

[He stumbled a little less than he might have before, laughing quietly as Heather pulled him along.]

_{[Looks like he's outgrown a little of that awkward-puppyness... TOOK HIM LONG ENOUGH, AMIRITE?]

[Heather doesn't quite notice, though-- she's more preoccupied with finding a decent place to eat.]}

Hey, how 'bout that one?

_{[CHEAP DINER AHOY.]}

[Damn skippy.]

[And having survived far worse cooking both his own and Sunny's by this point, Otacon could probably eat just about anything and not complain.]

Sure, looks good to me.

_{[AND IN THEY GO. Heather lets go of his arm so that she can pull the door open properly, heading inside. The restaurants here are quainter and more homey than they are in Violet and Goldenrod...]}

...wow.

[A small laugh.]

I'd honestly forgotten just how quiet it was around here.

_{[She slides into a booth, finally letting go of his sleeve.]}

I know, right?

It's so disorienting after getting used to the big cities...

_{[Of course, he's probably talking about Johto as a whole vs. his own world, isn't he...]}

It really is. Even more so knowing there's no bipedal robots running around.

... Still going through all that war stuff back home, huh?

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[Action] wow lj can i finish a tag plz

[Action]yeah lj, GOD.

[Action] /punts it >:C

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