( closed ) nightmare

[techblessing]

Who: Gumi, Lily (Aiko and Reki later)
Location: Inside Gumi's Nightmare | Reki/Aiko/Gumi's Apartment, Tokyo, Japan (XI!AU)
When: The night after returning to Japan after this log. (4 years post-XI)
Content: Gumi has a nightmare and a hangover.
Format: ... action.
Notes: post formatting taken from Avie's musebox and stuff. 8O
Also, this log involves stabbing and blood. Just saying.


[ the flight back was okay. kinda awkward, still. they made it back home safely, though. it was night time by the time they returned to the apartment, and Aiko was so tired that she was put to bed almost immediately. Gumi had said she was a little tired and gone to her room soon after.

That was a lie. She was wide awake. Wide awake, and alone with her thoughts. After a few hours of laying in bed with no results whatsoever, Gumi got up. Maybe a snack or something would help.

She made her way to the kitchen as quietly as she could, so she didn't wake the other residents of the house, and looked around the kitchen for whatever she could find that seemed like it'd help. Among the hidden things, there was a bottle of sake.

Gumi stared long and hard at it. She'd gotten it a while back. It was being saved, just in case she needed it.

She only wondered for a few moments whether or not now was a good time before taking the bottle and a shot glass to her room. It didn't matter that the sake was warm. It was better than nothing.

She sat down in bed again once she got back to her room and downed a shot of the sake. And another.

Before she knew it, she was asleep.

Unfortunately, it may have been better for her if she'd stayed awake.

It was night time. The moon was full, and it was very bright ... Gumi didn't even need the city lights to see where she was going. She was walking the streets of Tokyo, not quite sure where she was going, only that she was going somewhere ... ]

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[ Gumi stops, staring at her. ]

Lily ..?

[techbane]

[- she suddenly breaks into a sprint, running past Gumi and down the sidewalk]

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Lily! [ running after her now. something is very wrong here. ]

[techbane]

Quit following me!

[and she keeps running]

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Not until you tell me what's up! [ running running running ]

[techbane]

[nope, no reply. instead, Lily turns left into an alley]

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[ FOLLOWS ]

[techbane]

[standing right at the edge of the shadows. staring silently at you. :|]

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[ finally catches up, panting heavily from the chase. yeeaaaah she's out of shape. ]

Lily, what's ... going on?

[techbane]

[work out more]

Wouldn't you like to know?

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Yeah, I do want to know!

[techbane]

[backs up a bit]

You should've known for the past four years.

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Lily ... [ moves toward her again. ]

A lot has happened in the past four years. You're going to have to be more specific.

[techbane]

Stay away from me.

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Now, you know damn well I can't do that.

[techbane]

[takes another few steps back]

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Lily ... [ stepping forward still ]

[techbane]

... Do you really want to know how I feel?

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Yes. I do.

[techbane]

[She moves with surprising speed, right at Gumi. At first it may seem she was moving in for an embrace, but instead, she jams a knife that she had procured out of nowhere right below Gumi's ribs.]

This was from year one, right when the wound was fresh. [The knife is slowly twisted as she enunciates the last word.]

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[ this wasn't exactly what she was expecting ... she cries out in pain, hands grasping onto the nearest stable object to keep from falling. which, happened to be Lily's shoulders.

... what stability

her breathing became labored, her teeth gritting in pain as she felt the sharp knife enter and twist within her ]

L-Lily ...

[techbane]

[Without even blinking, she roughly pulls the knife out and holds it before her, allowing Gumi's blood to drip down her arm.]

Or maybe it didn't hurt this much. Who knows?

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[ she gasps, looking up at the knife with wide eyes. ]

L-Lily ... w-why would you ...?

[techbane]

You know how I said that not giving a shit makes things easier to deal with? I lied. Sad, right? I even had myself convinced that I didn't care.

Year two. [this time she stabs Gumi in her side, but doesn't twist the knife.] Still hadn't sorted out all that emotional shit, so I thought, why not deal with it later? Or better yet, pretend it wasn't even there. And it actually worked. This year wasn't as bad, but it still kinda hurt. I think you get the idea.

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[ she cries out again. a part of her wanted to push away, to scream at her to stop this, that whatever problems she had, they could figure it out in other ways ... but right now, she found she was in enough pain to hinder any speech. ]