( 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 ... ]

Comments

[historycodebook]

[Reki fights off the urge to facepalm at her throwing up again. How much did she drink and when did she do so? She knows this happens when she drinks too much.]

Lily wouldn't stab you, especially not four times. You know that.

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[ she could make a comment about Bleedy being a Lily, but she's really not in the mood to throw back a comment like that right now. ]

I know ... it just really hurt to see someone so important to me acting like that.

[ her hand moves to cover the area below her ribs where Lily had stabbed her. ]

... It felt so real.

[ her tears are slowing down, but still not completely gone. ]

[historycodebook]

[Well, he's assuming that this was their Lily to make Gumi so upset. He knows about the stabby Lily from Lily.]

[Reki sighs and rubs her back a little more]

Dreams usually seem like that when you're in them, but you're not anymore. It's okay. You weren't stabbed.

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... [ wipes her tears away again ]

I think I'm more worried for Lily than I am for myself in that nightmare ...

[historycodebook]

[reaches over to get more tissues]

That Lily is also just part of a dream. You can talk to her yourself to see that's the case.

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[ nods and continues to try and calm down ]

I-I'll do that ...

[historycodebook]

[hands her the water Aiko brought at some point]

Here. Drink this and rehydrate yourself after that.

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[ nods and takes the water, drinking it as quietly as she could manage. ]

... you should go back to sleep. I'll be okay now, I think. [ actually she's not sure, but she doesn't want to keep Reki from sleeping. ]

[historycodebook]

[after a moment of deliberation]

... Okay. Make sure you drink the whole glass. A second if you feel up to it.

[He pushes himself up to standing]

I'm going to check on Aiko. ... Good night.

[He stops at the door]

... Remember, it's just a dream.

[continues to go looking for Aiko]

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All right ... Good night.

[ it doesn't take long for her to decide that she's done throwing up for the night and she stands, cleaning up as much as she can before heading back to her room. she gets into bed and turns out the light again, then takes her cell phone into her hand and stares at the screen for a few moments, scrolling through and finding Lily's number.

she hesitates for several moments before pressing the button to call her, holding the phone between her ear and her pillow. ]

[techbane]

[so guess who totally decided to go nocturnal and party all night and crash all day]

[YEP. just. try to ignore the really loud music in the background.]

Heeey, Gumi! What's up?

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[ hearing that she's up to her usual antics brings a little smile to her face. ]

Just wanted to call and see how you were doing, I guess ... I can call back later if you want me to.

[techbane]

Nah, I ain't busy!

... No idea where the hell I am, actually!

[:|b]

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[ okay, now she's smiling. ]

You sound like you're in a club somewhere.

[techbane]

Well, duh! The question is, which club.

So why the hell're you up this early?

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... no reason.

[ there is a reason, I'm not not telling you what it is. ]

[techbane]

No reason my ass! C'mooon, "just wanted to see how you were doing"? Worst excuse ever.

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Might wanna start accepting that as fact. It's true.

[techbane]

Nope. Still not convinced.

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What'll convince you?

[techbane]

A legitimate explanation as to why you're calling me at this time of night. Uh, morning. Yeah.

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Do you really want to know?

[techbane]

Lemme get outta here first- MOVE IT, ASSHOLES!

[there's quite a bit of shouting as Lily shoves her way through the crowds, eventually making it out the back]

Alright, talk.

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How do I know you won't think I'm a pansy or something?

[techbane]

Perverts can't be pansies. I think. Well, most of 'em, anyways.