xp log: kippei and shinji

[shattermelt]

Kippei didn't like this, he didn't like it at all. He and Shinji were both unregistered, but Shinji's hair was currently blue and he wanted out of here and he wanted the world to just leave them alone. Was that too much to ask? He growled under his breath as he reentered their room, hoping that Shinji had done as he was told and stayed put, because going out anywhere was really not a good idea for him right now.

"Shinji?" he called worriedly as he came in and shut the door.

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[ayretala.livejournal.com]

Shinji was terrified. People were crazy and it was a non-stop stream of mutant hate right into his brain and Kippei had gone to get hair dye and left him alone and there were people in the institute, doing checks and looking for mutants. Mutants with blue hair who were unregistered maybe. Shinji nearly cried with relief when he heard Kippei's voice and peeked out from under the bed, staring at the familiar shoes. He crawled out with Kii and sat on the floor, looking up at Kippei with huge blue eyes.

"I don't like it here anymore."

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"Neither do I," Kippei told him grimly. "We're leaving. Soon. We have to fix your hair first." He held up the bag he was carrying and pulled out the black hair dye. He reached down to give Shinji a hand up, giving him a quick hug and sighing in relief, because he was still here and still okay. "Come on," he ordered, "bathroom."

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Shinji went to follow but ended up staring at Kii on the floor, then scooped up the kitten and carried him into the bathroom too.

"Kii too," he said, dumping the small cat in the sink. "He's like...mutant cat. I can't let them take Kii either."

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Kippei's jaw dropped a little, and he stared at the kitten. Dye it? Well, he supposed it was possible. "Yours first," he said, frowning, not at all sure how they would do the other.

He shut the bathroom door and then pulled the kitten out of the sink, setting him on the floor with a warning look. "Don't get underfoot," he said, and then he motioned for Shinji to take his place.

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Shinji leaned against the sink and took one last look at the deep blue of his hair, then shrugged and flipped it over his head into the basin. He could just see Kippei's thigh around his side and he reached out, grabbing hold of Kippei's belt, wanting reassurance of the physical kind that Kippei was still here and it was going to be okay.

"I can hear them," he mumbled. "They don't shut up and they hate us and want to lock us up and put collars on us, but I don't want to wear a collar."

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"Shhh," Kippei told him, pushing his fingers into Shinji's hair and rubbing his head reassuringly. "I'm gonna get you out of here. I won't let anyone hurt you." He pulled the dye out and shook it up, mixing it, put on the little plastic gloves that came with it and took a deep breath before he touched Shinji's head. It was blue and it was gorgeous and sexy and Shinji, and he was going to cover it up. He bit his lip, and started pouring black ink on it.

I love you. That's why he was doing this, he reminded himself with every stroke of his fingers. I love you.

[ayretala.livejournal.com]

It was never as fun as it might have been, dyeing his hair, because Kippei never wanted to do it; always felt something akin to pain when Shinji made him do it. It hurt, knowing Kippei wanted something else that Shinji couldn't give him.

I love you, it's okay...everything will be okay... He couldn't say much without more control for fear of others hearing and figuring it out, but he dared that much and nothing could stop him from talking.

"Where can we go? I don't even know anyone. We don't own anything. We don't have any money."

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"We have some money," Kippei told him. "Enough. We'll find a place to live and I can get a job pretty easily." He spoke absently as he focused on making sure he was doing an even, perfect job of covering Shinji's hair, all the way to the ends and every single strand. It was something like pain, but he pushed it aside because it had to be done, and at least Shinji didn't mind it.

"We'll just be normal people living normal lives, for awhile. Maybe people will calm down soon and stop being so crazy." He sounded rather doubtful; it was pretty unlikely.

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"We do?" Shinji hadn't known that. "...huh. Cool. Mmm, I can get a job too you know! Soon as I find out what a job is..." he muttered, sounding a little unsure of the whole idea but taking Kippei's word for it. He sighed and relaxed, eyes closed and turning into putty in Kippei's hands. He loved this part; it was as good as sex, a fact emphasised by the little sounds he made.

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Kippei wished he could enjoy it as much this time as he had before, but the truth was, he was too worried and too upset about what it actually meant, that he had to be doing this, to really appreciate the feeling. But Shinji obviously was, and he smiled a little wryly and made sure his hands were firm and gentle as he rubbed in the dye, saving some out to do Kii with, after.

"There you go," he murmured, pulling it all back and patting it into place so Shinji could lift his head. "Now you wait, and..." He looked for the cat. "I have no idea how to do this," he muttered.

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Shinji stood back and looked at Kii, nibbling his lip and very carefully taking control. It was such an easy thing to do, with Kii. He still wasn't sure he wasn't in some way constantly controlling the little cat, since he was obviously always in it's head in some way, hence the reason the cat was blue to begin with. He made Kii jump into the sink and sit there and soothed its pointless thoughts so it wouldn't panic and try to run.

"Do it now."

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Kippei sighed, and picked up the dye again, eyeing the kitten warily. "Bitch, if you scratch me, I am going to drown you when I rinse this off," he promised, and then he carefully dribbled a thin line of dye down the kitten's back, and started rubbing it in, adding a little more as he went and gradually working it in all over, until he'd used up the last of it and the little blue kitten was a rather sticky midnight black. "Like tar," Kippei noted, grimacing a little.

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"Hey!" Shinji kicked him, not hard, frowning darkly. "My hair is the same. Does my hair look like tar? You don't sound like you like tar...do you not like my hair now?" His eyes were big blue glistening tears as he stared up at Kippei.

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Kippei shook his head and sighed; he couldn't resist the tears. "Don't cry," he murmured, reaching out to wipe them away and then realising he still had the messy plastic gloves on. He stripped them off and threw them away, then pulled Shinji closer and touched his face, brushing the tears away. "I love your hair, no matter what," he told Shinji. "It looks like tar at the moment, but it won't when it's dry. It'll look like mine, remember? It's okay. I'll still like it." He just didn't like that he had to cover up what it really looked like.

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Shinji frowned but the tears stopped and he could feel the sincerity in the words when Kippei thought them, so he sighed and stopped being a baby about it, looking at Kii and grinning a little because yeah, okay, it did look a bit like tar.

"Kii and Shinji can match Kippei! ...That's good."

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Kippei's mouth twisted a little wryly. "Yeah," he said softly. "That's good." Sort of. He ran a hand through his hair in some frustration, rumpling it up. "Have to get you out of here," he muttered. "This place isn't safe." Not that he'd ever really trusted Sakaki, and lately he didn't like the way things were going at all. No, not at all. They'd be better off on their own.

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Shinji's smile faded and he leaned forward, hugging Kippei, careful not to get the black tar on him. He hated seeing Kippei worried.

"Is it really hard, to leave? Is there lots to do? I can do some stuff, if you tell me? I wish I wasn't so stupid...if I knew stuff it would be better because I could help more."

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"Shhh," Kippei tells him, smiling a little because Shinji was just so adorable. "It's not hard. It's not hard at all. You get your stuff packed up and ready to go, that'll be the hardest part. I just need to find a place to rent. We'll be fine," he murmured, rocking Shinji in his arms. "We'll be just fine."

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"Rent?" Shinji just blinked, having no idea what rent meant. Like borrow, he supposed. But Kippei said they would be fine and Shinji believed him.

"When? When do you want me to pack stuff? Soon? I don't like it here...I don't like listening to them and they come and go and come again and each time I want it to be the last time but then they come back again and I hate it." He took a deep breath and then hissed fervently. "I hate them."

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"Yeah, soon." Kippei sighed. "Really soon. Go ahead and pack whatever you can, and then we can put the rest in before we leave. It won't be long, I promise." He touched Shinji's cheek. "Come on, let's get you washed off. You want to hop in the shower? I'll put him back in the sink." He nodded at Kii who was going to get his dye all over everything if he didn't stop wandering around.

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Shinji grinned at Kii and made him stand still for Kippei before he carefully stripped, putting his clothes in the corner before getting in the shower and turning on the water. He sighed happily at the hot wetness and ducked underneath, letting the black dye wash away, pooling down the drain. It was hard to concentrate on Kii and keep him still and obediant when he was in the shower because his mind kept wandering in the steam, wanting to just focus on how damn good it felt.

"Can we get a place with a bath?"

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Kippei actually didn't need as much help from Shinji on this part, because he could hold Kii himself underneath the faucet and wash him off, but it was nice that he wasn't squirming all over or trying to scratch him. Kippei really didn't need cat scratches full of dye that would leave him with permanent marks.

"Sure," he answered absently, wondering vaguely why the hell Shinji thought they might get a place without a bath at all. "Don't worry, it'll be nice." Because it wasn't like he was going to move into a place that sucked when he had Shinji to think of.

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Shinji smiled brightly, delighted by the idea of a bath and finished rinsing the dye from his hair before getting out and towelling his hair dry, inspecting a long lock critically, pleased when it was completely inky black.

"Mmm Kippei coloured hair," he mumbled happily, remembering Kippei's comment about Shinji coloured hair. He looked in the sink at Kii and reached out to scratch his head. "And Kippei coloured Kii."

[flamesword.livejournal.com]

Kippei chuckled as he finished washing the kitten clean and reached for a towel for him. "Yeah," he agreed wryly. "Something like that. Why the hell did you name him after me, anyway?" he asked, forgetting momentarily that Shinji didn't know anymore. "Sorry. Nevermind."

[ayretala.livejournal.com]

Shinji looked from Kippei to Kii and grinned, taking the towel and wrapping Kii up in it, cradling the little bundle against his chest like a baby, amused by the cute little bundle and Kippe's question.

"I can't say for sure...but I would have done it because you're a big cat, and he's a little cat."

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Kippei blinked at him, and then frowned bemusedly, not sure whether he was offended or not. "I am not," he muttered finally, looking rather puzzled as he reached for Shinji's hair and held out a strand of it, letting the newly black length slip through his fingers.

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Shinji shivered, staring at his hair nervously.

"You don't hate it do you? You said you wouldn't hate it, even if it wasn't Shinji-coloured anymore..." He bit his lip, nibbling on it, desperate to hear the answer even when he already knew it.

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Kippei shook his head, sighing a little. "No," he said softly, smiling at him. "I don't hate it." He brushed Shinji's cheek affectionately and slid his fingers back through the hair, stroking it more firmly and the color didn't matter, really. It still felt the same.

"It still feels like sex," he said, smirking just a little.

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Shinji grinned at that and leant forward, wrapping his arms around Kippei's waist and stroking the small of his back, leaning up on his toes to kiss Kippei.

"Pack, find a place to hide, and have sex...sounds like a plan to me."

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Kippei blinked, and then smiled wryly. "It might take a couple days," he warned. "I certainly hope sex doesn't have to wait until then."

He had a few ideas and could probably set it up pretty fast, but still. He'd have to go out and rent the place and they'd have to move and he thought it would take a minimum of two days, at least.

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"Mmmm okay, sex, pack and find a place...then more sex." He nodded to himself, liking this plan even more. "I want to see Kaneda, and try to talk to Yuushi first. I don't know where Yuushi went...I hope they're okay."

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Kippei frowned slightly, wanting to just disappear and not tell anyone, but it wasn't like he had friends and it was only fair that Shinji should get to warn them.

"Yeah," he agreed. "Tell them we're leaving, but don't tell them where we're going, okay? You can come back or contact them later. I don't want anyone, at all, to know where we go."

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"...okay." Shinji felt bad about not telling Kaneda or Kevin or Shishido or Ohtori or especially Yuushi, but Kippei was more important; he was the most important and keeping him safe was the most important thing. Besides, Shinji had no doubts that if he had to find someone he could.

He let Kii fall to the floor from inside the towel and made sure he was dry enough and not cold before turning his attention to his own hair and looking up at Kippei.

"You wanna comb my hair dry for me?"

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"...Yeah." Kippei grinned at him, taking the towel and taking over the drying, rubbing gently at Shinji's head and fluffing his hair with the towel as he dried it.

Sex was first on the list, after all.