Departure (Suoh)

[Yuki]

Yuki left his house early, carrying a rather large back pack over his shoulder that almost looked like sattle bags. It was mission day, and he had a long trip ahead of him. He was sure Baoh wouldn't be at the docks waiting for him, but figured he should go all the same. He might be able to gain a little more information before he left if nothing else...

Leaving the mansion, he walked down the still dark, still quiet streets of Konoha towards the exit, and heading for the sea...

[Suoh]

Suoh was sitting at the end of the pier. He had been awake most of the night, walking, and had found himself here as the light had break on the water. He was worried, and he didn't like the feeling. He didn't normally worry about anything, let alone people, but Oki was beginning to worry him. She had been too upset to stay for the second movie the night before, and hadn't wanted him to stay with her when he took her home. He also wasn't accustomed to having a woman tell him no, let alone his sister, and he had spent the night trying to figure her out. He had a few ideas, and he didn't like any of them.

[Yuki]

Yuki stopped and looked at the end of the pier at Suoh... "I didn't think your type woke up this early," he said thinking Baoh had sent him to deliver some sort of message to him...

[Suoh]

"Haven't slept," Suoh grunted, turning around to face Yuki. "You mind telling me what the hell's going on between you and my sister?"

[Yuki]

Yuki's brow furrowed a little and he regarded Suoh cautiously for a few seconds. "Is it you asking, Oki, or Baoh?" he wanted to know before he said anything...

[Suoh]

"Whot he hell doe sit sound like I'm asking for?" Suoh snapped. "I'm not some damned errand boy, but I'm not blind either. She's not talking about it, so I figured if I wanted any answers they'd have to come from you. Now what's going on?"

[Yuki]

Yuki set his sattlebags down and sat beside Suoh. "I think she's starting to trust me again," Yuki said and tossed loose pebble into the water. "And maybe that means that both Baoh and I can't be telling her the whole truth. Gives her a lot to think about I imagine..."

[Suoh]

"And what half truths did you tell her when you were supposed to be teaching her to summon?" Suoh asked angrily. "She came back from that and I didn't see her for three damned days! After last night, I figure it's going to be more of the same!"

[Yuki]

Despite it all, Yuki smiled fondly. "I didn't tell her anything," Yuki said reflectively. "No truths, no half truths, no lies... I just stopped trying to impress her..."

[Suoh]

"Oh yeah? Something happened, and whatever it was it wasn't good."

[Yuki]

"How do you know it wasn't?" Yuki asked, knowing Suoh knew. "Maybe it was just... different..."

[Suoh]

"Different?" Suoh spat. "Different she'd talk to me about! Different wouldn't have her this damned upset! Now you're taking off, and Baoh's taking off, and I'm stuck here trying to figure out what the f**k is going on and how to put her back together. You think that's good? That it's different?"

[Yuki]

"Give her time to think Suoh," Yuki said, not getting anxious or upset. "I don't know where Baoh's off to, but I'm off to find his fiancee," Yuki said, showing Suoh his mission scroll, detailing how he was to find Otomeken and Akira and report back. "I shouldn't be more than a week, tops, probably not that long..."

[Suoh]

"And then you're back to play some more?"

[Yuki]

Yuki looked at Suoh, actually a little offended by this. "One day you're trying to convince my what I'm feeling is love, and the next you're trying tell me all I'm doing is playing with her... Well, at least you don't land on that pointy white picket fence when you hop from one side to the other..."