backdated to mid-morning yesterday, oops!

[fading]

[if anyone has attempted to contact Nami to wish him a Merry Christmas, they'll have been informed that the number is currently not in service. this might have something to do with the fact that, inside Nami's trashed apartment, his phone is sitting in a puddle of paintwater, sparking. Nami's nowhere to be found!


there's a frantic Kai calling for Nami as he makes his way through the park. he can feel that Nami's still in the dressing room, but there's a wall between their connection so solid he can't sense anything other than that.]



(ooc: Nami got a heart for Christmas. unfortunately, he's had a lot of negativity 'bottled up' so to speak, and the sudden onslaught of proper emotion wasn't taken well. he's in hiding, having taken a portal straight from his apartment! responses will be from Kai, at least at first, despite the fact that the post is from Nami.)

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[dawnrise]

[She frowns, then shakes her head.]

The same way I did. That doesn't mean it's not dangerous.

[fading]

Fine.

[he frowns as well, and lets the darkness disperse. they're taking the long way, then.]

[dawnrise]

[Maybe it will do some good. She drops her hand down and offers it for him to take, but she won't be offended if he refuses.]

[fading]

[are you kidding, he's definitely not refusing that contact. in fact, she'll even get a tiny little halfhearted smile for it.]

[dawnrise]

[She smiles back at him, a real smile, just small. If he'll let her, she'll start leading them off.]

[fading]

[he'll follow obediently, feeling a little better now that he's had that cry and is in the presence of a friend.]

[dawnrise]

[She hopes it does help. After they start walking, she looks up at the sky again, then back to him.]

I'm going to call Kai and let him know I found you so he's not still out there looking.

[Yes, still.]

Do you want me to let him know what's going on?

[fading]

[he cringes guiltily at the mention of Kai and considers.]

I guess.

[dawnrise]

[She caught that, and it makes her hesitate to reach for her phone.]

...do you want to talk to him?

[fading]

...not yet. I'll talk to him when we go back.

[so... in a few hours, probably!]

[dawnrise]

Alright.

[She nods, because that's fine, and then pulls out her phone to call him herself.]

[seasides]

[and of course he answers immediately, sounding out of breath.]

Did you find him?

[dawnrise]

I found him. He's safe.

[She looks at Nami, now worried about Kai as well as him.]

[seasides]

[he exhales shakily, but sounds relieved when he speaks again.]

Good. What happened?

[dawnrise]

[She's quiet, only the sound of her breathing as she considers what to tell him. There really only is one thing, though.]

...Nami has a heart.

[seasides]

What?

[Kai sounds so startled. but then he sighs.]

It definitely could have been worse. Alright, let him know that he'll be welcome home whenever he's ready, and I'll be cleaning his apartment up for him.

[dawnrise]

Got it. I'm going to be with him for a while, so if you need to call us you can.

[And if something bad happened to Nami while Riku was with him and they couldn't call, Kai would know, because Axel would know. But saying that is Riku's way of also saying "don't worry, I'll make sure he's okay, you staying where you are would be for the best".]

[seasides]

Okay. Take care of him.

[as if he even has to tell her to do that.]

[dawnrise]

I will.

[She's smiling when she hangs up the phone, and turns back to Nami.]

He said you're welcome home whenever you're ready.

[fading]

[Nami looks sort of guilty after she says that, but nods.]

Thank you for telling him.

[dawnrise]

Sure.

[She pockets her phone, looking out ahead of them.]

He also said he'll be cleaning up your apartment for you.

[fading]

[okay, definitely cringing now.]

Did... you see it?

[dawnrise]

[She shakes her head.]

No. Kai gave me the gist of it.

[fading]

[he sighs, feeling bad that Kai's taking it upon himself to clean up his mess. he would have done that once he'd gone back and calmed down.]

[dawnrise]

[She gives Nami's hand a squeeze, shaking her head.]

He'll feel better if he can do something to help. Even if it's just cleaning your place up.