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]

Maybe it wasn't? Kippei didn't seem to hear anything at all but Shinji was sure he could. He kept walking and it faded in and out but it was definately getting closer, and the area was getting wetter. Shinji kept looking over his shoulder, waiting for Kippei to slip up and think about it but he was being stubborn. Still, the closer they got the more obvious it was and Shinji's smile turned into a wild grin as he finally turned and wrapped his arms around Kippei excitedly.

"It IS! Where is it? Is that where we're going? How much farther? It cant be that far coz its really loud here. Can we drink from it? Is it a big one? Can we swim under it? Can we jump off it?" He suddenly had a thousand questions.