he's already snapped his laptop shut and slid its bulk away from him; now he sits with his arms crossed over his chest, lounging back against the wall.
because birthdays are the sort of days that you spend on self-reflection, in rin's book. looking down the ladder of the past year to see how far he's climbed.
and heine has taught him a lot about survival, being in this city has taught him a lot about himself, but rin's treading water. there's no past and no future in this place, where his own world has fallen to death and destruction. the only certainty in the future is waking up in this bed, seeing his friends, feeling the restlessness rise and choke him and choke him.
so, yes. the distraction is welcome.
he tosses a pillow at heine's face, overhand. if not intercepted, it will hit him squarely in the face. ]
I just turned 18. Aren't you, what, 30? And you act like you're 80. Should you be talking shit?
[ a generous estimate, just to see if it'll make heine bristle. so few things actually piss heine off, surprisingly - he dons the whole i'm-always-angry act most of the time, but it's apathy more than anything else.
plus, getting a rise out of him is fun. he can be rin's entertainment, since he didn't bring a gift along with him. ]
we can find a padded bra for him
he's already snapped his laptop shut and slid its bulk away from him; now he sits with his arms crossed over his chest, lounging back against the wall.
because birthdays are the sort of days that you spend on self-reflection, in rin's book. looking down the ladder of the past year to see how far he's climbed.
and heine has taught him a lot about survival, being in this city has taught him a lot about himself, but rin's treading water. there's no past and no future in this place, where his own world has fallen to death and destruction. the only certainty in the future is waking up in this bed, seeing his friends, feeling the restlessness rise and choke him and choke him.
so, yes. the distraction is welcome.
he tosses a pillow at heine's face, overhand. if not intercepted, it will hit him squarely in the face. ]
I just turned 18. Aren't you, what, 30? And you act like you're 80. Should you be talking shit?
[ a generous estimate, just to see if it'll make heine bristle. so few things actually piss heine off, surprisingly - he dons the whole i'm-always-angry act most of the time, but it's apathy more than anything else.
plus, getting a rise out of him is fun. he can be rin's entertainment, since he didn't bring a gift along with him. ]