there's no place like...

[windup-boytoy.livejournal.com]

[Ri is yawning and bleary-eyed as he wakes up and rolls out of bed. It doesn't take much to get through his morning routine before he takes up a large basket filled with laundry, hoping that if he makes it to the washing machines first, he'll be able to get everything washed and dried before lunch. But that basket falls out of his grasp and tumbles onto the grass when he opens his front door and is faced with a lawn and the ocean in view instead of a hallway, along with the call of gulls and the smell of salt in the air. In the front yard is a paopu tree sapling, its thin trunk already starting to bend in a familiar shape.]

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[endlessxsky.livejournal.com]

[yeah, his morning routine consists of... sleeping some more. Abigail the Destroyer might follow you out too though, and starts snuffling in the grass! yay, things to water! 8D]

[windup-boytoy.livejournal.com]

[he barely notices Abigail, rushing back into the room... house? wait, the bed isn't in the front room anymore and he has to go through a door and find you and]

SORA!

[endlessxsky.livejournal.com]

[it kind of looks like legs and arms just exploded out from under the covers, and Abigail's rushing back inside, her little collar jingling happily! Sora just tumbled out of bed though, and is groaning because he hit his head on the night stand ;;]

[windup-boytoy.livejournal.com]

[Ri is rushing to put his arms around you, before practically dragging you out into the yard]

Sora! Sora, something happened!

[endlessxsky.livejournal.com]

[Abigail is barking her head off as Sora is dragged through the house (!!!). Sora notices things are different, but thinks he may still be dreaming when his butt hits the soft, warm grass (!!!)]

... hunh?

[windup-boytoy.livejournal.com]

Sora, we have a house!

[endlessxsky.livejournal.com]

[it takes him a few minutes to adjust to the light and look around, before he crawls upright and sees... that tiny, baby tree. his expression softens, and he walks over to it, crouching down to stroke its fuzzy little leaves and the thick, woody trunk. it's his baby paopu.]

[windup-boytoy.livejournal.com]

[Ri is just looking all around the yard and the outside of the house, in awe]

[endlessxsky.livejournal.com]

[Sora is looking around as well, but most of his attention is focused on his tree. and Abigail is peeing on a bush.]

... wow.

[windup-boytoy.livejournal.com]

[Abigail can pee on bushes if she doesn't pee in the house]

Do you think it's a trick?

[endlessxsky.livejournal.com]

[she may pee in the house just because everything's new and bigger. :x]

I don't know, but it's beautiful.

[windup-boytoy.livejournal.com]

[DX no peeing in the house!]

It is. But... I can't help but be suspicious. You know how this place is.

[endlessxsky.livejournal.com]

[she's just a puppy :c she can't help having accidents.]

I know. But I just want to... enjoy it. Even if it's a trick.

[grins]

The sun. It's... warm. And real.

[windup-boytoy.livejournal.com]

The sea is, too. And those birds.

[real weather is sort of amazing]

[endlessxsky.livejournal.com]

[incredibly, and he sort of... flops out in the grass and closes his eyes. this is the best sort of thing to wake up to.]

[windup-boytoy.livejournal.com]

[he'll lay on the grass next to you]

... it's... it's almost like home.

[endlessxsky.livejournal.com]

[turns his head to the side and smiles brilliantly.]

[windup-boytoy.livejournal.com]

[he smiles back]

I suppose... it's okay to enjoy this while it lasts, right?

[endlessxsky.livejournal.com]

Of course it is. No use moping around and waiting for it to end. It'll be nice to have a real house of our own.

[there's a little color to his cheeks when he says that.]

[windup-boytoy.livejournal.com]

It is a nice house. And it's ours.

[endlessxsky.livejournal.com]

[he turns over so he can see it better.]

Can we paint it and everything?

[windup-boytoy.livejournal.com]

I don't see why not. I want to renovate.

[endlessxsky.livejournal.com]

Can we paint it salmon-colored?

[windup-boytoy.livejournal.com]

... I don't want to live in a pink house, Sora.

[endlessxsky.livejournal.com]

[flails!]

N-not pink! It's off-red!