[Rin is a bit startled by Kaeya getting up, and he's starting to get up himself when Kaeya falls to his knees in front of him. So Rin stays on the floor, but his words of 'dude, you gotta rest' are quickly lost when Kaeya pats his head and tells him to listen.
And listen he does. It's something Rin doesn't often do- actually focusing and listening to other people is really difficult for him- but this feels important. Something about how Kaeya is speaking makes him want to listen.
By the time he notices Kaeya is shaking, Rin is biting his bottom lip and blinking back tears.
Rin doesn't actually want to die. He never wanted to die. But he doesn't want anyone to kill unnecessarily, and he had thought that the weight of his bluff would make them stop and think about what they were doing. That even people like Yoo Joonghyuk and Hua Cheng- who Rin just knows would kill most people here for one corn chip- wouldn't do it.
He doesn't think just asking them not to kill will work, which was why he thought up that whole thing in the first place. But he wants to believe in something, and Kaeya is nothing if not convincing.]
...'kay.
[He'll try it Kaeya's way.
But he's also going to hug Kaeya, because he sees how Kaeya is shaking and he feels bad for working him up like this.]
[ he doesn't really expect the hug, but he folds into it pretty easily. he squeezes rin back, not tightly, but just enough.
kaeya can't see anyone in their group taking rin up on his offer.
he's already been through so much. they all have. it's exhausting to actually think about, only part of the reason that he's fallen to his knees like he does. still, he aims to cover him regardless, the sort of way you might when you're afraid to lose someone. ]
[ kaeya will let himself be helped in! he's not really going to turn it away at this point, not when his legs feel awful. being horizontal is nice and he pats the bed for rin to hop up too. ]
Been a long time since someone told me a story. It's about time.
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Date: 2022-07-03 03:31 pm (UTC)And listen he does. It's something Rin doesn't often do- actually focusing and listening to other people is really difficult for him- but this feels important. Something about how Kaeya is speaking makes him want to listen.
By the time he notices Kaeya is shaking, Rin is biting his bottom lip and blinking back tears.
Rin doesn't actually want to die. He never wanted to die. But he doesn't want anyone to kill unnecessarily, and he had thought that the weight of his bluff would make them stop and think about what they were doing. That even people like Yoo Joonghyuk and Hua Cheng- who Rin just knows would kill most people here for one corn chip- wouldn't do it.
He doesn't think just asking them not to kill will work, which was why he thought up that whole thing in the first place. But he wants to believe in something, and Kaeya is nothing if not convincing.]
...'kay.
[He'll try it Kaeya's way.
But he's also going to hug Kaeya, because he sees how Kaeya is shaking and he feels bad for working him up like this.]
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Date: 2022-07-06 08:06 pm (UTC)kaeya can't see anyone in their group taking rin up on his offer.
he's already been through so much. they all have. it's exhausting to actually think about, only part of the reason that he's fallen to his knees like he does. still, he aims to cover him regardless, the sort of way you might when you're afraid to lose someone. ]
It's just been a long night.
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Date: 2022-07-09 01:52 am (UTC)...yeah. I should've waited to even talk about it. You're probably exhausted right now.
[A pause, and then:]
If you want, I'll help you back into bed. And tell you a bedtime story or something.
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Date: 2022-07-11 07:33 pm (UTC)It's alright. Immediate concerns should be addressed immediately. I'd rather have heard it now, you know.
[ at the mention of a bedtime story, he chuckles. ]
A story? Really? I won't turn that down.
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Date: 2022-07-12 03:14 am (UTC)Alright then, I'll tell you one of the ones dad used to tell me and Yukio when we were little.
[But first he'll help Kaeya back into bed.]
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Date: 2022-07-14 07:26 am (UTC)Been a long time since someone told me a story. It's about time.