[OKAY, THAT GETS HIM TO LAUGH INSTEAD OF RUN. Yes, he should really not be in the vicinity, but he would pay to see the look on his brother's face -- just not at the expense of his own face.]
Th-They wanted to be reunited! [INTO ONE GIANT CONSTELLATION.]
[ And before he can speak, he's drowned out by that cackling laughter again and a crash. Seems that Kizamime's laughed himself into a drawer. But he doesn't care. This is too good. Coupled with Rin's comment, that Noivern's having the time of his life. ]
Knock it off and get me something to wash this off!
[ The cackling finally dies down and there's a muttered "thanks" from Yukio when Kizamime comes back with a handtowel and a basin. You can probably hear the water going in the background. ]
[Rin should feel more danger, but over the phone he can't detect as much bite to his brother's words as he normally should would. He shouldn't be laughing his butt off at a silly prank.
And he should really not laugh when his brother sends death threats like that. For some reason, it only gets him to laugh even more.]
[IT'S EARLY'O'CLOCK. The sun is shining, the birds are singing, and LUCKY RIN, the ringer on his 'Gear is going off, piercing the morning air like a bayonet. Assuming he doesn't do what most people would probably do at this hour and ignore it, he'll find himself looking at one (1) Yusuke Urameshi when he checks it. Yusuke is visibly seething, scowling into the screen like an angry bear. That in of itself isn't unusual for him. What is unusual, aside from the fact that he's calling Rin in the first place, is that he is absolutely dripping wet. His hair's loose and plastered against his forehead, and his shirt is completely soaked through. Basically, he looks like the world's most ferocious drowned rat. What on earth happened, and why is he calling Rin of all people...?]
Hey, Botan! Pick up the phone!
[... ah. Because he dialed the wrong number, that's why. WELL, THAT'S ONE MYSTERY SOLVED...]
[Okay now T-Bone may be yipping and trying to drag Poochy away from Rin so they could play, but Rin was sure he heard a human voice just now. A very young human sounding voice. Kinda girly, maybe a little scared. Hmmm...
This time he picks up the gear and flips it to video. His hair is a bigger mess than usual but in general he looks pretty okay.]
[Mickey waves and waves and waves at Minnie. Can she see him? Can she? Will she play with him again? Oh boy, he'd love to play with her all day and share poffin and play tag and nap in the sun...
oh man, napping in the sun! WILL MINNIE NAP WITH MICKEY IN THE SUNNY SPOT RIGHT BY THE WINDOW????]
I'm as good as ever. I pro'lly need a haircut, but nuthin' else.
[Oh Molly... She must have been so worried. That wouldn't do! He didn't know her story, but -- she was definitely Not Cool with people sleeping for a long time. ...Maybe she lost someone already. Maybe someone close to her passed away.]
How 'bout this? If I ever do fall asleep for a very long time, I'll leave a note for Yukio to let you know right away. ...And when I'm asleep, you should work on making the best omurice ever, so that I can eat it as soon as I wake up. And there better be a lot of it!
And if you fall asleep, I'll make sure to have your favorite ice cream stocked up.
[And she can't help but smile back. Because he's reassuring her without really talking about it, which she doesn't think she wants to do, so she'll gladly be lightly bossed around in favor of really knowing that he's okay.]
[Even if she's not sure yet if he fell asleep too, cause he didn't really say. But she'll make sure of that too, soon.]
Okay. Thanks.
[And she's super sincere in that thanks, cause if anything happened to Rin, she really would want to know right away.]
[WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU ARE? Rin isn't one to wake up early. Most of the time it's a miracle he gets out of bed at all. He almost ignores it until he realizes that
a) if it's Yukio he's probably going to scold him for not reacting fast enough or b) maybe it's someone who might need an ear to rant to at... ungodly hours in the AM.
Rin eventually picks up and stares bleary-eyed into the video screen - there's not much time between him staring and him cracking up a smile that slowly but suddenly erupts into full-blown laughter.]
[She doesn't have to talk about it. These are things to talk about when the time comes for them, especially if they're painful memories. Rin returns her smile. It's a touch warmer than the ones he's shared with her before.]
Anytime! I'm glad to see you looking well.
[if she ever wants to talk about it, he would be glad to listen.]
I, ah... I believe I've arrived to the correct city. [Somehow. He's not really sure how or why, but he had to take the ferry back.] Are you still in Olivine?
Yeah! It's really easy. You put in everything in the mug, and you stir it around with a spoon, and then you microwave it a little. It's good cause you don't have to do dishes. I can send it to you if you want!
[She reaches for the journal he sent her way back and flips through a few pages, landing on a hand-written one she's decorated with some drawings of stars and flowers and mugs. She exits the video for a moment to take a picture of it, and then resumes the video after she's sent him the image attachment.]
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