xp log - kippei and shinji

[shattermelt]

Shinji wasn't blue anymore. At first, Kippei felt a bit guilty for being a little sorry about this, and then, as Shinji got more tense and restless by the day, he stopped feeling guilty but also stopped enjoying the idea quite so much, because it really sucked for Shinji all the way around. It was hard to appreciate any part of a situation that made your boyfriend miserable. At least while he'd been burnt out Shinji didn't have to worry about hearing too much, but now that the quiet room was under construction to repair the damage from Ryuhana's attack, he didn't have a place to go to get that bit of relief now that his powers were back.

Kippei didn't know what it was like to have to hear everything all the time, but it seemed to make Shinji tense and unhappy, and that was definitely bad.

"Come here," Kippei told him, holding out his hand. He'd been stretched out on the bed, attempting to read, but that wasn't working so well. He kept getting distracted by the restlessness and general air of moodiness that Shinji was wearing lately. Distraction time. Except distracting him was getting less and less effective, and Kippei was a little worried. Okay, more than a little.

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[ayretala.livejournal.com]

Mmm...it sounded nice, the way Kippei thought about it, and he wasn't going to get tired which was a relief. He was already dead tired, the last thing he needed was to have to actually walk that far carrying two packs that were kind of heavy, but they were fine for now. He squeezed the fingers in his and skipped a step to catch up to Kippei, passing Yuushi's door and feeling a little guilty for not leaving a note, but Yuushi hadn't been there the last three times Shinji went to visit and he hadn't heard much from him either, so maybe Yuushi wouldn't really mind the oversight. Then they were outside and he really couldn't think about it, fingers tightening wildly around Kippei's as nothing stood between him and way too many brainwaves.

"Kippei..." he whimpered a little, clenching his eyes shut and moving closer. "Fly. Can we fly? Can we go fast?"

[shattermelt.livejournal.com]

Kippei shot him a worried look and hesitated; they'd only practiced that once, and not over any very great distance, and.... Shinji looked very miserable.

"Yeah," he said softly, with a little half smile as he cut their gravity and pushed away from the ground, holding Shinji's hand and taking them straight up, high above the school. Easy. The next part, maybe not.

"Ready?" he asked unnecessarily, and somewhat absently, focusing as far ahead of them as he could and testing this 'flying' thing. He didn't know about fast, and it would be tricky to keep moving his focus farther ahead as they went. At least it was good practice.

[ayretala.livejournal.com]

Oh thank god, they were flying. Shinji clung to Kippei with one arm while his other wrapped tight around the backpack on his chest with Kii in it. And the voices were softer, fading. Shinji sighed in relief and a recently rare smile turned up the corners of his mouth.

"Kippei is so cool, isnt he Kii?" He stroked Kii mentally and closed his eyes, feeling sleepy and relieved, as if someone had stopped hammering at his head with a mallet.

[shattermelt.livejournal.com]

Kippei glanced over at Shinji once or twice, keeping an eye on him, but he looked fine, if sleepy, so he turned his full concentration on trying to keep their fall smooth and even as he kept changing the point they were falling to, farther and farther 'down' even though he knew it was ahead of them. He didn't bother telling Shinji that he didn't really have to hang on, because the field would catch him and pull him along anyway, but Kippei liked it when he did.

This way of travel was faster than walking, because they could go in a straight line. He took them all the way to the beginning of the trail that led up into the mountains, and then dropped them carefully at the head of it; he wasn't sure he could find the spot he was heading for from the air, and he was looking forward to walking this trail again--he hadn't been here for awhile.

[ayretala.livejournal.com]

The ground came up and Shinji opened his eyes with a lazy smile as his feet touched the earth. He settled his bags again and checked Kii was okay, then squeezed Kippei's fingers again.

"It's quiet here. It's really quiet..." He marvelled at that small fact, reaching out and hearing only a muffled gibberish of wild animals and laughter creapt out of his throat. He reached up and kissed his cheek. "Thank you, beautiful."

[shattermelt.livejournal.com]

Kippei muttered something that wasn't really words, shaking his head and trying to ignore the rising heat in his face. He wasn't going to object, he never did, but it was still the weirdest thing when Shinji called him that.

"You're welcome," he managed finally, shaking off his disconcertion, and the lingering disorientation from turning the world on it's edge again when down became sideways and sideways was down as his focus shifted back into alignment with Earth gravity.

He looked around, smiling a little in appreciation. This mountain was mostly forested, up to the timberline, and the trail led through it, shady and cool and green with the occasional stream or rocky patch. This was beautiful.

"Come on," he said, his smile growing wider in anticipation as he looked sideways at Shinji. "Let's go."

[ayretala.livejournal.com]

Shinji looked around and took a moment to just let it soak in. They were in the woods...on a mountain. It was green, and there were trees, and the air was clean and empty somehow and it was pretty and perfect. Shinji took a step forward, then another, tugging Kippei forward with him while he started to enjoy himself. This was just what he wanted. Just what he needed. And he got to have it, and be alone with Kippei and Kii, and that was just the best thing ever.

"Yeah."