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]

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."