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Aii, dear-

[ It's the first time he's called Aiichiro dear, or contacted him privately in awhile... But Zexion sounds weary and a little bit apprehensive]

I just wanted to let you know personally, before you heard it from anyone else, and to ask you to take extra care of Genesis for me tonight. I probably won't be in at work.

I've been feeling... off, since yesterday morning... and I'm checking myself into the hospital, to see if there's anything they can do to help me.

But I'm all right, really. I don't want you to worry. It's... just something that hasn't gone away, and I need to get it looked at.

Edited (Calender rigging) 2015-03-13 03:08 (UTC)

Wait, what's going on? Did someone hurt you? Did something happen?

[ He'd heard about the sushi thing, but hadn't really thought much of it, and was far too busy to go by there himself. As for the aftermath, he hadn't really heard it at all, and he's just confused now, and trying to reconcile his urge to bask in that "dear" and his fear for Zexion's well-being. ]

Of course I'm going to worry!

[ He's not crying at least, he's grown that much. But his voice is cracking pretty hard.]

No one hurt me. [ He sighs patiently, sounding more than a little weary, and guilty now, that he's made someone else upset for it. ] It's all right, Aii, it's just gotten a little too uncomfortable for me right now.

I woke up this morning with soggy sheets. I mean... soaked, it was altogether silly, and them... ehem, my balls are a little... enlarged? To a troubling degree? And nothing I've tried so far is making it calm down, so I suspect it's just, er... some kind of bad endocrine reaction to a powerful aphrodisiac?

So I'm going in to get it checked out, and hopefully back to normal.

Oh, okay.

[ Loud breath of relief. Then he realizes that he probably sounds like he's dismissing it, and he doesn't mean to do that. But... ]

I'm sorry you're uncomfortable, but that's... not as bad as what I was imagining. Are you sure you don't need anything? I can... I can go to Genesis, but if there's anything I can do for you other than that...

You'll keep me posted either way, right? Not... well, it's not that I want details because obviously if you're uncomfortable it's not as sexy as it sounds, but I mean about your wellbeing.

It sounds sexy to you?

I assure you it's not! It's about as sexy as having a runny nose, after the first few hours, my testes feel like waterballoons, and some idiot decided to mock me about wetting myself on the trolley.

[ Is Zexion sulking and pouting over this? You betcha.]

At least it looks like it's been a minor epidemic, by the looks of the waiting room. Hopefully they've already worked out a treatment.

I said it probably wasn't! It just... you know, at first. That's all.

[ Look, he's not the most eloquent. ]

Waterballons though. I don't even think I want to try to imagine that. I really hope they figured something out for it already.

Did you make the idiot feel the same thing you were feeling? That's what I would have done if I were you!

Oh... what, you mean with my powers? [ He blinks dazedly... Aii has a good point, and perhaps an even wickeder mind than he does, today.]

You're right. I should have just done that. But I was in such a terrible mood and wasn't even thinking straight.

And what do you mean, 'at first'? If you woke up from a wet dream, with eight times the mess than usual, you'd be alarmed more than anything too!

Oh, well, maybe if you ever see him again, you should do it.

[ He doesn't even realize he's being wicked; he just thinks that someone who would make fun of someone in that kind of situation ought to be punished. ]

I... you know I worry about you, Zexion, it's not like I was saying you weren't in pain or upset! I hope they can get it straightened out soon. And if there were anything I could do, you'd tell me, right? Anything you needed?

I'll... keep that in mind.

I just need you to be there for Genesis, so that he doesn't worry overmuch and feel the same way. I already told him there's not much to be done about it, unless you're some kind of specialist of this strange condition?

A few hours ago I might've asked for your best milking hand? But we're quite a bit beyond that now.

He's probably really worried right now, isn't he?

[ Aiichiro sighs, then takes in a deep breath. ]

I guess I'm more used to not being able to do anything about a situation than he is. But you're seeing the professionals, so you'll get better, right? And if you get scared or it hurts or anything is really bad, you can send me a message. And I'll sing you a lullaby or tell you a story.

[ He says it firmly, like it's an order, not a suggestion. ]

I'd... like that, Aii, thank you.

[ There's a small pathetic noise, like a little whimper ] I'm just so afraid they'll have to stick it with needles or something, to drain it, or cut into them, and I don't-

[ He swallows, throat sounding dry and a little strained.] How can they expect me to keep being... doing, what's expected of us, integrating, if I can't... if something's seriously wrong with it?

That won't happen.

[ Aiichiro pauses for a moment, and there's a bit of shifting about. ]

Their medical... they can do things that I wouldn't have even imagined in my own world. I know you're really scared and I can't promise you that it won't hurt or anything like that, because I don't know. But I've woken up in that hospital before, and trust me... they won't leave you out of service.

"Out of service."

Hnh. Like a broken, bulging vending machine that just keeps... [ whoops, here goes the nervous hysteria giggling, hands over his face.] leaking.

Oh Aii, I'm so completely Out of Service right now.

[ That's probably not a good laugh. But it's better than being angry at him for having stuck his foot in his mouth, and better than sounding really scared or whatever. Sometimes laughing helps, right? ]

Well, see, that's why you're there. But they're going to want to get you back in service because you're one of their best citizens, right? So all you have to do is hang in there, and I'm sure they'll have you ready to go again as soon as they can.

And then we'll all be scrambling over who gets to put our dirty hands all over your goods first.

[ Zexion doesn't dare admit how completely unappealing the idea of hands on his prick it, at this very moment. He just holds arm across his stomach and feels his jaw tremble and tries to push through the tension headache. ]

Right. Right, in no time...

[ He smiles wanly rocking a little on the plastic seat to try and relieve a little of the heavy pressure, babbling.] Maybe they'll go ahead and give me a 'virtual' heart, too, while I'm in here.

I don't know if I'd go that far!

[ No, that's probably not a good sign after all, Zexion joking about that. Or at least, he doesn't think so. But Aiichiro isn't really an expert either. He's never known the right thing to say to people, he just does his best. ]

But you know what's definitely true? Even if you were out of service forever, heart or no heart, I'd still be waiting for you. So you don't have to be scared.

I know you would. [ Zexion sighs solemnly, and he does find small and warming comfort in that. ]

You're right, even if I became completely useless to the rest of this world...

Your heart is kind, and you'd still be there for me, smiling just as ever.

Of course I will. So don't forget, okay? If it gets really scary or you just need someone to talk to, or to have talk to you, you can call me. Even if it's the middle of the night or whenever.

[ He says it again just to be sure Zexion understands, that he means it, that he'll definitely be there for him even if it's only over the chip. ]

And I'm going to call Genesis and check in on what I can do for him right away. We'll be a team, even if we're not in the same place, and get through it.

[ A team?

Never since six apprentices decided to go rogue together in all their dangerous discoveries, and Xehanort declared them all in together, has he felt so much swell and relief and belonging wrapped into one word.

Even the Organization had always felt hollow, but this on Aii's lips in particular, 'We'll be a team', was the sort of thing that left Zexion more touched than he ought to be, and leaking even further from places even more out of the ordinary.

He sniffs, wiping at his cheeks.]

Okay! [ Zexion whispers fiercely, nodding into space as he gazes across the waiting room and breathes in big gulps that try to contain the overflowing feeling. ] We'll get through this together. You and I, and Genesis. Thank you.

[ That sniffly sound? And that breathing? Aiichiro blinks in confusion for a second, but it's no good to say anything, not really. Not now when Zexion is vulnerable, and he already knows better than to whack him with things that are complicated at times like this. It's much better to just store it away in his own heart, for now.]

You're welcome, always.

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