2459/Unsettling Departures

Unsettling Departures
Date of Scene:	11 February 2017
Location:	Plot Room #1
Synopsis:	Did...Kukai and Nagihiko just break up? And why did that crazy Unmei girl kiss him? This has been a confusing afternoon for Nadeshiko. But at least now Kukai will get some frikkin sleep now that he's given up on looking for the clowns!
Cast of Characters:	Nadeshiko Fujisaki, Kukai Souma, Unmei

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Nadeshiko Fujisaki has posed:
He hears the phone go off. His heart beats a little when he thinks he recognizes the ring tone, but currently he is litterally up to his eyeballs in conditioner. Having long hair and trying to make a mad dash to the phone when wearing nothing but suds and a towel can only spell disaster.

And its not exactly like he can hurry the process up.

So he sighs and after a moment hears the trilling indication of a text.

He really needs to invest in a waterproof case for his phone...

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Nadeshiko exits from the clothing store as her phone rings. She scoots over to one side as she answers it. (Not because she's polite, but if one more person goes 'excuse me' because of reasons, she'd yell at them while on the phone.) She grins.

"Well, if it isn't the cutest guy in all of Tokyo. What can I do for you, Cutie?"

Kukai Souma has posed:
Kukai sighs and dials in for Nadeshiko, putting the phone up to his ear after sending a 'hope you're ok, sorry I missed you, wanna talk to you sometime' text to Nagihiko. "Hey, Nadeshiko. Um." He grins at the sweet talking, and then nods. "Can we meet somewhere and talk? I wanna see you and say something." He sounds tired, which seems to be his common state recently. "Maybe at the cafe? I could use some coffee."

Kukai is already in town as well, and is walking through the park towards the cafe where he and Nagihiko spent many enjoyable days. He's got little bags under his eyes - even his endless endurance seems to be flagging now. A big, strong cup of coffee is his only order as he moves away from the counter, looking for a place where he can sit and watch the door for Nadeshiko to enter.

Nadeshiko Fujisaki has posed:
Nagihiko sighs as he finally gets out of the shower. Having long hair usually isn't that all much of a hassle. Keeping it soft and healthy can be a bit taxing at times. Especially if it means missing phone calls from certain ball players.

As he gently presses his hair in the towel he looked down at his hands. No callouses. Too soft.

With a sigh, he takes out his blowdryer.

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"Sure!" Nadeshiko changes direction toward the cafe and yells at the person who just bumped into her and called her names. With an annoyed sigh, she rolled her eyes. "People. I swear. You doing okay? You sound like you haven't slept since the last time we made you sleep."

Fortunately, the trip to t he cafe isn't too arduous. Retail therapy doesn't always mean buying out a store.

Kukai Souma has posed:
Kukai shrugs. "I'm just tired. I'll see you at the cafe Na-chan." He hangs up the phone, then reaches up, patting Daichi on the head. "Just a little longer, then we're gonna take a nice long vacation. This has been more than I could handle."

Kukai sees Nadeshiko enter, and makes his way to his feet, waving to her. "Hey, Nadeshiko..." He smiles down at her, trying not to yawn, letting the coffee fortify him as he wobbles a bit. "Can I get you something love? I dunno if we'll be here long but maybe for a bit."

Nadeshiko Fujisaki has posed:
A thousand years. That's about how long it takes for Nagihiko's hair to go from 'sopping wet' to 'managebly damp enough for winter.'

After his hair is in a low and loose braid so it doesn't frizz out, he grabs his clothes and dresses on his way to the phone, hopping on occasion so he doesn't have to stop. He smiles at the text before his shoulders slump.

TXT: Sorry, I was in the shower :( Did you want to meet somewhere?

His cheeks flame a deep red when he realizes he's just admitted to having just been in the shower...

While he waits for the reply, he goes to practice his own version of the Nadeshiko Mask. It still...needs a lot of work. But at least he doesn't look five seconds away from breaking down if someone snaps at him.

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Nadeshiko gives a soft squeal and latches onto Kukai's arm. Partly for snuggles, but more for support. "Yes, please! What's the special? You look like crap." She winces. "Sorry, I should have said that last one nicer..."

Temari floats to Daichi and plops somehow gracefully beside him. She's exhausted!

Kukai Souma has posed:
Kukai grins and hugs Nadeshiko with his free arm, then leans over and kisses her forehead. "Mm. I have no idea. I barely looked at the board - I just ordered something strong to help prop me up. And yes, I do look like crap. I've been up at all hours trying to find that damn clown or clowns or whatever for the past couple weeks plus not skip school or anything, and I'm beat. I can't."

Kukai rubs his eyes with one hand and goes to continue before looking at his vibrating, chirping pocket. "Hang on." He pulls out the phone, then goes to texting. "It's Nagihiko, hold on. Gotta tell him too.."

TXT to Nagihiko Fujisaki: Yeah I'm at the cafe. Wanna talk to you about something. Really tired, so coffee yay.

Daichi blinks, looking at Temari, and then hugs her. "You look as tired as me. What's wrong?"

Nadeshiko Fujisaki has posed:
Nadeshiko rolls her eyes and lightly jostles his arm. "It's because you take on too much." She orders her coffee when its their turn and continues to jostle him some more. She also orders him a healthy looking sandwhich before she pays. "If you keep this up, you're going to walk into a fight as a puddle of sleep-walking goo."

Her order comes up when he's answering the text. She rolls her eyes again. "What's he been doing, anyway? Sleeping off the exhaustion of not breathing on anyone wrong?"

Temari just sort of...looks at Nadeshiko before turning to Daichi. "It sometimes takes a lot of energy to keep reminding her when she says something she shouldn't." The small chara fusses over Daichi, petting his hair and pulling out a small piece of chocolate from her sleeve.

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Nagihiko stares at the phone for a moment. Talk about what? There are several possibilities...currently not all of them were good. Most of them weren't. Almost none of them were good.

After a moment of an almost exhausting inner debate, he texted back with shaking fingers.

TXT: Okay.

It took...a lot longer than it should have to come up with that.

"Rhythm? Did you want to come with me to the cafe?"

He bundled up, hair hidden mostly beneath his coat. The hoodie underneath would keep most of his face from view. That way, people wouldn't look at him as much.

Kukai Souma has posed:
Kukai grins and shrugs. "Somebody's got to, but yeah." He eyes the sandwich for a moment before deciding he's too tired to argue, picking it up. "You want part of this? Also yeah." He waits till they're set down before nodding. "I may have found a pack of youma and nearly clobbered myself with my own ball ricochet."

Kukai hmms. "Says he was in the shower. I told him to come on over. Hopefully he'll be here soon." He leans back in the booth and rubs his eyes again, groaning softly. "Ugh."

Daichi ooohs and then grins. "I thought you were the one who got really angry though." He blushes at the attention and eyes the piece of chocolate, before trying to push it back to Temari for her to eat. "Share it with me?"

Kukai's phone shakes and he looks at it for a second, before pocketing it again and leaning back.

Nadeshiko Fujisaki has posed:
Nadeshiko sits next to him. "If you have any left, sure." Then she clicks her tongue and fusses at his bangs. "Your own ball? You need to sleep more."

She sips her coffee before she leans against him, resting her chin on his shoulder so she could look up at him. "Well, good. And if he's not here before too long, I'll go out and drag him here myself if I have to." She tilts her head. "What did you wanna talk about?"

Temari blinks a little before she takes a bite out of the chocolate and hands the rest back. One cheek full, she offers him a not-quite ladylike smile. "I do. But when I'm not, I know when to be a lady."

Nagihiko leans against a wall not too far away from the cafe, trying to catch his breath. He'd run part of the way and also nearly ran into four people and actually bumped into the fifth. The throw-away insults flung at him are still causing his eyes to sting, which only frusterated him even more. After a moment more and a severe mental shake, he starts toward the cafe in a more casual pace.

Kukai Souma has posed:
Kukai nods and munches on his sandwich, leaning against Nadeshiko gently. "Yeah. It was not exactly the most fun thing." He looks down into big purple eyes and grins. "Aww. He'll be here, I'm sure. If he's not, we'll go look for him, you don't go dragging anybody around." He takes another sip of his coffee and then hums. "I can't find the clowns. I have to stop looking."

Daichi grins and takes what's let of the chocolate piece, then hugs Temari's middle, grinning. "OK!"

Kukai takes a moment while he's not eating to lean over and give Nadeshiko a kiss on the cheek, too tired to think about propriety or anything like that.

Nadeshiko Fujisaki has posed:
Nadeshiko nods. "That's probably a good idea. I know I won't be the only one who sleeps better at night if you're not out there being stubborn."

Temari lets out a delicate little giggle as she hugs Daichi back.

Nadeshiko won't be able to say in a few minutes time if what she does is on purpose or not. She turns her head and the kiss aimed for her cheek finds lips instead. But, well, on purpose or not, it's not like she regrets the kiss.

Nagihiko, however, chooses the exact wrong moment to come in. He pulls his hood off against the sudden warmth and just...stares. For a split second he's not even sure what he's seeing. In the rest of that second, he figures it out and it feels worse than when he was torn in half.

The logical part of his brain tries to tell him that it wouldn't matter which Fujisaki was there in that moment, there would still be a kiss.

But Nagihiko's going on clues he'd already been wracking his brain over.

Obviously, he knows what the 'wanna talk to you about' is for. Obviously, there's more reasons than he believed for Kukai to be tired.

It makes sense, though. She's just...better. And even when she says something she really shouldn't, people don't seem to have a problem with it. Kukai doesn't. Past events over the last week or so replay in his mind, and little things he wouldn't have even thought of are exaggerated because it makes sense. Because of course.

Doesn't make it hurt any less, though.

He's not sure how long he stands there for, but when the kiss starts to look near its end, he steps back and turns quickly. "Excuse me."

He ignores the annoyed huff, something to agonize over later, and quickly steps out of the cafe. Breathing hard, he slips into the alley as he fumbles for his phone.

TXT: Running Late.

Well, at least he's given a warning, right?

Kukai Souma has posed:
Kukai nods and then smiles. "Yeah. Everybody I've met has said I need to slow down some and try to rest more in the past week. I... guess I didn't know how hard I was pushing myself." He mmphs as she turns her head, and he finds himself kissing Nadeshiko. He's perfectly content with that, too, slipping an arm around her and holding her close!

All the things Nagihiko is going over are just wrong, even as sweet and pliant as Nadeshiko is, and Kukai would tell him that if he was a telepath. Oh well. A few moments later his pocket vibrates, and he makes a noise, separating from Nadeshiko, and pulls the phone out. Oh. OK. "Nagi's running late. One sec."

TXT to Nagihiko: OK! Nadeshiko is here too, which is good. Have to talk to you both.

Nadeshiko Fujisaki has posed:
After trying the door a few times and bowing to physics, Rhythm floats over to the table and steals a chunk from Kukai's sandwhich. He blinks at what Kukai says and looks at the window before back again. "Who told you that? Nagihiko had to go breathe."

After patting his momentarily large tummy, he flew at Daichi and Temari, tackling them both in hugs! "Yay, I missed you guys!"

Face-splat hugs for Nadeshiko and Kukai, too!

Who is amused by the face-splat hug, of course. "I saw you the other day, Rhythm."

"Yeah, but I usually see you every day!" His cheerful expression suddenly fell, large eyes watering. "Don't you miss me, too?"

Nadeshiko rolls her eyes. "Of course I do, silly."

"Yay!" Another face-splat hug for Nadeshiko!

Kukai Souma has posed:
Kukai blinks, looking at Rhythm, then over at the door. "...Uh.. huh?" He half-stands for a moment. "Lemme go find him, Nadeshiko." He pats Rhythm on the head, then moves away towards the door as Daichi ees and hugs both Rhythm and Temari!

Kukai heads for the door, looking around, and sees Nagihiko in the alley. "Hey, Nagi. C'mon in?" He approaches the purple haired boy, intent on a hug or something, still mostly dozy. "Is everything ok?"

Nadeshiko Fujisaki has posed:
Nagihiko glares at the phone. Of course Kukai has something to tell them. Well, him. Nadeshiko probably already knows.

And then Kukai's there and for a moment Nagihiko looks very much like a kid getting caught doing something he's not supposed to do.

His arms cross over his chest as he takes a step back. "Yeah, fine, great." This is said directly to the boy's chin. "I pretty much figured it out, so...I don't have to come in."

Kukai Souma has posed:
Kukai blinks as Nagi looks furtive and practically suspicious. That's not like him. And then he steps back. What is this? Kukai follows him. "Uh... what? Nagi..." This is followed up by an ambushing yawn, keeping him from continuing for a second. "Nagi, c'mon. I just had an announcement for the two of you."

Nadeshiko Fujisaki has posed:
The yawn is because he's tired, not because he's bored. Of course, thinking this doesn't really mean much when your mind is already taking everything wrong.

"Look, its fine, really. I just...it makes sense. I get it. I mean, she's less of a hassle, anyway. And who knows, maybe it'll be good for me."

Kukai Souma has posed:
Kukai is staring at Nagihiko as he talks and keeps moving away. He steps forward, looking at Nagi, reaching out to try and take his hand. "Nagi? What are you talking about? Nadeshiko's a hassle? No, she's not, she's fine. What's good for you? I just..."

Kukai shakes his head and looks at Nagi. "Look, whatever, I just wanted to say that I'm not looking for the dolls. Clowns. Whatever. I gotta stop. I can't find them. ...What's wrong with you?" It comes out a little more accusatory than Kukai meant, but...

Nadeshiko Fujisaki has posed:
How is he not making sense? The more Kukai's confusion grows, the more tense Nagihiko becomes and the tighter that ball of panic gets.

The clowns? What do they have to do with it?

That alone would have had him stopping, leave him blinking in confusion, but that last question is asked and he just...

"Everything is wrong with me! You're just too damn Kukai to see it!" Too damn nice, too damn sweet, too damn good.

Crap crap crap shit fuck crap damn his voice is still echoing in his ears who all hear that--

"Look, I should go, I'm glad about the clowns, you need sleep, I've been out too long."

He jerks forward, scuttling to the other side of the alley.

Kukai Souma has posed:
Kukai sees Nagihiko getting more panicked and just backs away, until Nagihiko suddenly explodes! "You've never had a problem with me being too Kukai before! You tend to like it! If I'm too Kukai for you, maybe you should go." All that exhaustion, all the worry, all the effort Kukai's put into a failed chase for someone who means more to Kukai than his own family does, and this is how he's treated? The explosion is almost uncharacteristic, but right now it's how he feels.

Kukai stares at Nagihiko for a minute, then nods and moves over to the other side of the alley, towards the coffee shop. "...Yeah. Yeah." He turns and heads back towards the door, suddenly too annoyed to see through everything else, thinking of sandwiches and coffee and comforting cuddles.

Nadeshiko Fujisaki has posed:
He's quite proud of himself. He's able to keep from looking like he'd just been heavily punched in the solar plexis until Kukai's already walking off. He nods but can't really say anything because his mouth is too dry.

It's also annoying how his eyes burn like its allergy season. He's come to realize this is his body trying to cry, but somehow he just...can't. (Another thing wrong with him, he supposes.)

His walk home is...going to be a lot slower.

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Inside, Rhythm's telling Temari and Daichi both how he's hungry! Nadeshiko is at the counter after announcing she was going to get her little bottomless pit something to eat.

Kukai Souma has posed:
Kukai heads inside the cafe and back over to his seat quietly, sitting down at the counter with a look on his face as if he'd just been told someone had shot his brother in the leg and he was going to pay the hospital bill, or something similarly frustrating and awful.

Nadeshiko Fujisaki has posed:
When realizing Kukai is back, Rhythm quickly hides the piece of lettuce he stole from the sandwich behind his back. However...it is much bigger than him.

The tiny chara tilts his head. "What's wrong?" He blinks and looks around, shoulders dropping a little. "Where's Nagihiko? Did he leave me?"

Nadeshiko plops back down beside Kukai. "Yep. Just got a text. You're staying with me, kiddo." She taps her chin and looks at Kukai out of the corner of her eye. "He didn't call me it, but 'bitch' was strongly implied. Any ideas?"

Kukai Souma has posed:
Kukai reaches over and pats Rhythm's head. "Iceberg lettuce is as close to cardboard as nature makes - if you want it, go ahead. I think Nadeshiko is getting you something better, though." He awws as Rhythm looks sad, and scoops him up in both hands, hugging him and the lettuce close. "Aww. Poor little guy. It'll be ok."

Kukai sighs and then nods. "I... I don't know what's wrong with him, but he thinks I'm supposed to be with you." He wrinkles his nose. "He call me 'too Kukai for my own good'. Y'know the two of you have never had a problem with me being me before - if it's a thing, he can have some time on his own, then. I'm too tired to fight with him right now." He eyes what remains of his sandwich, then pushes it over towards Nadeshiko and the charas. "I'm not hungry anymore." He leans against the side of the booth next to the wall and sighs, frustrated and tired and now annoyed.

Nadeshiko Fujisaki has posed:
Nadeshiko's eyes widen slightly before she sighs and pinches the bridge of her nose. Phrases such as 'stupid' and 'stubborn' could be heard muttered under her breath. "Well. Don't expect him in school tomorrow."

She sighs and leans against him, snuggling against his arm. "You are so very much Kukai. You are the Kukaiest person we know. It's one of the many things we love about you. I highly doubt he would have meant it as an insult."

Kukai Souma has posed:
Kukai sighs and leans back, nodding, then puts his arm around Nadeshiko's body, holding her close. "I dunno how he meant it. I guess it's ok in the long run." He looks over at her for the moment, then shakes his head. ".... do you mind if I stay with you tonight? I don't really... y'know, I don't mind being alone, but I think I could use some of this cuddling thing."

Nadeshiko Fujisaki has posed:
Nadeshiko looks momentarily concerned before she buries that. A bridge to cross when they get there...

Then she bites back an amused grin. She tries to picture Amu in THAT situation... "Well...Since the last time, I've been busy with converting points back and forth. And there's a deal going on at the place we stayed last time. If I stay a couple days I can get triple points and whatnot. Did you wanna do that? Snuggle tonight, and if you want back home I could use the other days as 'me' time?"

One benefit of at least sounding like her old self over the phone if she concentrates? She's able to borrow against future earnings from her father before he can slip it into the trust.

Kukai Souma has posed:
Kukai cocks his head, staring at Nadeshiko for a moment, then smiles. "Ok. Um. Hmm. I mean, sure, if you want. I hate for you to spend money like that, but... triple points." He smiles and nods. "Sure, ok. That sounds good."

Kukai looks around the cafe, then nods at the door. "C'mon. Let's get on outta here, if you're ready. Huh?"

Nadeshiko Fujisaki has posed:
Nadeshiko shrugs, trying to look smug. Mostly, she succeeds. "Hey, how do you know this wasn't already my plan? Besides, breakfast is included." And its an upgrade in room size.

(Even if it weren't, Kukai needs some spoiling every now and then.)

"I'm ready. We can stop by your place if you want, get you some pyjamas. Either way, the reservations won't take long to make." She slides out of the booth. The food for Rhythm comes, and she asks for that and the remainder of Kukai's sandwich to be placed in doggy bags. She winks at Kukai. "See? I can thrifty. Let's go."

She turns and pauses for a moment before spinning to face him again. "Look. I want to be selfish. I want you all for me. But I know its just not me you like. And I like you more than I like me, which let's face it, that's saying something. So...if you get the urge to go talk to him after you've cooled off some, even if it's mid-snuggle, just...go do it? Because whatever he said, I can guarantee it was all directed at himself. Even if he sounded like he was mad at you. Rhythm? What were we doing when you came in here?"

Rhythm perked up right away, happy to help! "Smooching!"

Nadeshiko shrugs. "See?" She turns when the waitress comes back with the food before looking at him again. "Nagihiko's always believed you deserve better, you know."

Kukai Souma has posed:
Kukai blinks, then shrugs. "I... generally think of you as a polite, reserved, and gentle girl? I dunno. You're smarter than me, at least. More cunning, certainly." He grins and stands with her. "Um... yeah, sure, I think I'll do that, and meet you there. It'll be good." He laughs. "I know you can thrifty. Sort of."

Kukai stops, looking at Nadeshiko, then nods, putting his arms around her and hugging. "I like you too - no, I love you, and I love Nagihiko. So.. yeah. I'll talk to him sometime later. I just want to spend some time relaxing and trying to put myself together. This past..." He looks over. "It's nearly been a month? I dunno. I'm so tired I've lost track of time. But I'll find a way to talk to him at some point."

Kukai looks back over at Rhythm, then grins. "Well.. I mean, it's not like I haven't smooched Nagihiko before. I dunno what his problem is. You and him ARE 'better'."

Unmei has posed:
Unmei Tama was master of naughty blocking. The moment they stepped outside the building, Kukai would suddenly hear foot steps, then arms around him. He'd be pushed up roughly to the side of the building and--

Whoa, those were definitely kissing. And it was a long one. There was an almost... desperation to it? someething odd. It'd probably take him a moment to realize it was unmei, NOT nades kissing him. And then she yanked back and...

Wait, what the heck happened to her. She pulled from him and then just -snatched- their left overs. She looked like crud. She was covered in marks, her shirt was stained, her hair was... it was best to just not talk about her hair. And there was an all too familiar pin in her hair. She stumbled back and then just started tearing into their left overs. Poor nades was probably pretty confused right then.

And then the girl fell to her knees, panting weakly, gasping for air. "K-kukai... it won't... it won't stop. H-help me. It doesn't matter what I eat. What I do. H-how much I eat. The hunger, it just... it just won't... g-go away..." She looked up and gave a soft, pathetic whimper. Probably... best not to get closer.

Yup, cock blocked.

Nadeshiko Fujisaki has posed:
Confused? Of course. Just standing idly by?

...only sort of.

Temari's eyes glinted. So did Nadeshiko's.

The only thing that kept Unmei from getting speared mid lip-lock was the whole 'Kukai could get speared, too' thing.

She doesn't care that suddenly there's no more leftovers. Temari's already trying to rescue one of the containers for a poor, starving Rhythm.

For her part, Nadeshiko's hair is almost floating behind her as her eyes glow dangerously. Short though she may be, girly though she may appear, bubbly and cute she currently isn't.

"If you kiss my Kukai again, I'll end that hunger for you."

After all. Sharing with Nagihiko is one thing.

Whoever this is? Nope.

Kukai Souma has posed:
Kukai hears footsteps. That's common. Then there's arms around him. Wait, did Nagihiko run back? And then he's clonked against the side of the building and kissed! Wait, that's UNMEI!

It takes a moment, from Nadeshiko's viewpoint, for Kukai's eyes to go wide and for him to start to flail, trying to push the smaller, wrecked looking girl off of him. When she grabs their leftovers and Rhythm's dinner, Kukai lets out a yell and tries to get it back unsuccessfully!

Kukai winces, wiping his mouth and staring at Unmei for a minute, unsure of whether to help her or hose her down. Maybe both. "Unmei? What in the hell happened to you? Hunger?"

Kukai looks over at Nadeshiko, who's practically floating on a sea of barely contained anger, and then coughs, looking away. He really, really hopes she thinks he fought hard enough. "Nadeshiko, this is Unmei, she's... something's wrong. I dunno what." It's sort of like trying to figure out what a wild dog is going to do next - you have some idea, but there's no way to know for sure. It's entirely possible she'll leap up and kiss Nadeshiko or something. "She's not exactly the best person I know but we gotta~" The urge to assist and help is ambushed by an assaulting yawn, as Kukai leans against the wall of the cafe. "...Oh, wow. Um." He stares at the two of them, half dead, brain cut off.

Unmei has posed:
Unmei Tama twitched a few times, grabbing her head as she panted. Okay, she just... had to... Poor Temari only barely escaped a grisly end as the girl sat kneeling on the ground. "It won't... no matter how much I eat. I... I even destroyed an atm. I've spent... I've spent so much money. But it won't stop, it just... keeps getting worse. I eat. Then I eat and I eat and I eat. Pin won't tell me what's going on, but I know he knows. Of course he knows. He always knows," she said weakly, looking up and pointing at Pin.

Shakily she got to her feet and then... stared at the other girl for a few moments. Her eyes went wide and... "Wait, THIS is your girl friend?" she said. "I mean, wow. I expected... what, is she a super model or something?" It was sure nice how she didn't talk to her. More just... over her. At least it was a momentarily distraction. She sighed and cupped the gem on her chest. "It just... I-I can stop it for a few minutes when...when I do things. When I eat. Or when I... when I kissed you it stopped. But then it comes back. Stronger." She looked between the two of them and took a step towards Kukai, before taking a step back and shaking her head. No no no. No kissing kukai again. It was just a momentary relief. That's all.

Though her eyes turned towards Nades for a moment and there was an almost... hungry look about her. The scary part was it was hard to determine what -kind- of hunger. Hopefully if the food one, she was looking past her at the hot dog stand down the street. "I-I can't even talk to Yuzu. I can't let her... see me like this..."

Nadeshiko Fujisaki has posed:
And of course Nadeshiko realizes that slight delay. It may be why steam is almost visible from her ears.

And being talked about as though she weren't there?

As Nagihiko, Nadeshiko probably would have blushed politely and hid behind a fan or something. But, well, Nadeshiko isn't Nagihiko.

Kukai's yawn doesn't help her current state. She sees it as more of a reason to Protect.

Her naginata arcs in the air as she slides between the two, keeping Kukai to her back. The blade is held not far from the other girl. "I am not a model. I am a dancer." This last is said with as much venom and pride as though she'd just admitted to being Natasha Romanov, an assassin who sometimes works for the Avengers.

She tilts up her nose slightly. "I don't care what stops when you kiss him. You don't. Get to. Do it. Again."

She turns to look up at Kukai, and for a moment there's a flash of Emotion. The kind of uncertainty and jealousy and maybe a touch of kicked puppy. Not too dissimmilar from the one Nagihiko would give. And then its masked with the Romanov Glare. "Even if he enjoyed it, I doubt he's in much of a position to be thinking clearly."

Kukai Souma has posed:
Kukai acks as Unmei swings at Temari, frowning. "Hey, stop that right now! Leave the Charas alone!" He shakes his head as she continues, then winces. "Of course he knows. Pin's a jerk. I told you Pin was a jerk. Now he's driving you around, trying to make you do stuff. And you broke an ATM? That's somebody else's money, Unmei!"

He rubs his head and then looks at Pin. He's about to start fussing at him before Unmei speaks to Nadeshiko. "Um, yeah. This is Nadeshiko Fujisaki. She's my girlfriend. She dances. Look, wait." He eyes the gem on Unmei's chest, then hmms. "So when you do something bad, it stops, but then you have to do it more? Unmei, you know that's gonna end up awful."

He looks over to Nades, then shakes his head. "I dunno what to do for her, Nades. I almost wanna..." He shakes his head. He almost wants to leave Unmei to her suffering. Seriously, he's exhausted. This is not going to be something he can do today, and he has no idea how to do it period. But just leaving her to her agony may make things worse.

Fortunately, he doesn't have to worry about it as Yamato Maihime's naginata slides in between the two of them, Kukai leaning back as it slides through. "I - uh. I thought it was Nagihiko, running back, for a second." He coughs. "Unmei's toothpaste is different. So..." He tries to shimmy to the side, not wanting to get between the two girls. The idea of even a Chara Change, much less a Chara Transform, makes his muscles hurt.

Unmei has posed:
Unmei Tama twitched. "I-I needed it more. W-who cares if I took it? They have insurance, they have whatever they need! They can just get the money back!" Then... "N-no. When... when I eat stuff. Or when I kiss. Or when... when I just take what I want. It stops. The hunger. I'm so, so hungry. I have eaten so... so much... I can't... I can't even feel it. It's as if I never ate anything. As if it disappears..."

She looked up at the naginata and then just laughed. "Do you want to die, little girl? I'll drain your magic like--"

Then her eyes widened. "No no no! I-I'm sorry, I didn't mean, I just, I... I can't... I brush my teeth!" she objects.

The rings had formed on her hands though. She looked like she was on the verge of transformation. "Don't... don't run... I can't... please. H-help me..."

Nadeshiko Fujisaki has posed:
Temari's not too worried about getting chomped up. She manages to sneak a chara armful back to Rhythm.

She's almost appeased by Kukai's protestations. (Well, as far as he's concerned, she's totally appeased.) "Awww, you know what our toothpaste tastes like?" Because, well, its also her toothpaste!

Her eyebrows raise at the threat. "Do you honestly believe I'd need magic to squash you beneath my heel?" She tilts her head and studies the girl. And arches a brow. And studies her some more. And snorts. "Little one." Gender ambiguity done on purpose. Maybe even emphasized.

And then her face darkens. "How is he supposed to help you? Can't you see, the guy can barely stay awake!"

Kukai Souma has posed:
Kukai shakes his head. "You shouldn't take money from anybody, Unmei, period, insurance or not." He stares at her, then looks up at Pin. "You're trying to make her like doing evil stuff, aren't you? This is bad. You're bad!" This is maybe a lot simpler than his usual conversation, but he's in a simpler brain state. Sleep deprivation, you know.

Then Unmei threatens Nadeshiko and Kukai winces. Magical whatever that Unmei is, he's pretty sure Yamato Maihime would slap her around easily. But then. "Don't run? ... Run? Unmei, dammit, get ahold of yourself! You can help yourself by resisting! Come on!"

Kukai looks over at Nadeshiko at the toothpaste comment and blushes, grinning faintly. "yeah.." But then there's the threat and he nods. "Yeah. Unmei you really don't know who you're messing with here. And yeah I am beat. I have been working like a slave the past couple weeks. I can't do much here. I'm sorry."

Unmei has posed:
Unmei Tama froze. Stared up at her. "What... what is that supposed to mean?" she asked, her eyes twitching. Did the girl... no. There's no way she could know. She reached out towards them and they'd probably feel it. Just for a second, as if something was... sucking at them. Draining their energy. Then she pulled back, staring at her hand. Probably not a good feeling for Kukai.

Then she blinked. Then grinned. "Oh? Or what? You'll do what to me?" she asked, slowly standing up. "You'll hate me? You'll -kill- me? I keep getting blades pushed in my face, maybe I should just... i should just..." She put her hands to her head. Then just... "GAHHHHH!" she screamed, before turning and running from them.

Nadeshiko Fujisaki has posed:
Nadeshiko watches the girl run away, an eyebrow arched. She does not feel good after the whole...whatever that was. She suspects more of the same for Kukai. She reaches out to offer him support even as she watches her run away.

"So. She's a friend of yours?" She finally turns to look at Kukai. Her grin turns almost evil. "I can do a lot more than 'hate' her if not."

Kukai Souma has posed:
Kukai stares as Unmei runs off into the distance, and then reaches over, wrapping an arm around Nadeshiko. ".... Not really. I mean... I'm nice to her, and we've talked, but she's a bad girl. Or rather that thing, that Pin, she was talking about? It's making her do bad things, but it's doing something for her, so she won't stop doing bad things, so she's doing bad..." Kukai stops and yawns again. "It's a long story. ... I think I've lost interest in going and getting pajamas, though. I just wanna go and get a shower. I feel dirty. Please?" He looks over at Na-chan with big puppy dog eyes.

Nadeshiko Fujisaki has posed:
Nadeshiko places her hand against his cheek. "Of course."

Her smile turns warm and she gives a playful wink. "I'm pretty sure I have that toothpaste in my purse. You can borrow it if you want."