Come As You Are // Open Post

[therealbrianna]

P.Y.T. [ Pretty Young Thing ]

(Taken during THAT mission that we do not speak of.)

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[mordechai]

Yeah. Besides, he needs more time. I've got plenty of it, and I can be patient.

[Patience is kind of his middle name when it comes to Hikaru Shinta.]

He needs it more than ever now.

[therealbrianna]

[ Oh man yes you BOTH have so much time. SO MUCH. ]

That's very considerate of you.

[mordechai]

Is it? I don't know. Never really thought about it that way.

[He just figured it was... right of him to do this. Sure, it had been awkward. Sure, maybe he didn't have to kiss Hikaru that night --

Right. No. He had to, because that was how they worked. That was probably how they were ALWAYS going to work. Actions, rather than words. Timing. Grace.]

[therealbrianna]

[ Looking thoughtfully at him. ]

Why would you say that? By what I gather, everything you do for him is for like, his own good or something.

[mordechai]

That was what I used to tell myself, even when I ended up hurting him.

[They've had a long and interesting run.]

It's... different now. We're both trying to make it different. So.

[therealbrianna]

[ Shrugging. ]

Well, people make mistakes even if they're like a bajillion years old and are super strong and smart. It's just nice having someone really stick it out with you no matter what, you know?

[ Real sound advice, Bri. ]

[mordechai]

True.

[...Wait a minute.]

We should go back to your training.

[Admittedly, he has an ulterior motive. Talks like this ALWAYS make him uncomfortable.]

[therealbrianna]

[ She's fine with it. She has nothing else to say, really.

And besides, even if she did suddenly want to ask something, there's always next weekend.

Scheduled things are amazing. He. He. He. ]

I'm okay with that!