notyourfathersosborn

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notyourfathersosborn

Not at all. It's kind of a two fold thing... first, my job at OsCorp takes up a lot of my time, and that's in De Chima, so sometimes I don't want to walk back to the porter.

The other is, well, people in my house don't tend to stay very long. It's disconcerting walking through the door and finding a bunch of strangers once a month.

Edited Date: 2015-11-02 04:31 am (UTC)

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resipiscent

Huh... well, if that's the case, you can always move.

[He tilts his head a little. He can understand how strange that might be. He's had a few lineup changes himself at the house. Kang and Riku himself seem to be the only constants -- there was Mandrake before, and then Kakashi, and now Marty, but who knows how long he would be there.]

If you lived in De Chima, we might run into each other offline a little more. [Cuz Riku's boyfriend lives there.]

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notyourfathersosborn

I know, I know. Trust me, it's something I've thought about before. I've been on the fence about the whole thing.

Then, uh, I lost a whole month.

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resipiscent

I feel like, if you're that uncomfortable there, you should do it.

[He smiles quietly.]

Yeah, I know. I was there.

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notyourfathersosborn

It's, well... that's where May was, however brief.

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resipiscent

Ah... I see.

[He gets that. Sora lived right next door to him while he was here, and it's weird looking out his window at the house and thinking about how he isn't there.]

Well, that's all right, then.

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notyourfathersosborn

Yeah, but I also can't be dwelling on that either.

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resipiscent

No. It's okay to... need to for a while, though. I feel the same about Sora.

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notyourfathersosborn

But at least Sora was here recently, though. May's been gone a long time.

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resipiscent

Yeah. I... did you get to see her when you were home?

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notyourfathersosborn

...No. Back home, we were both at a point in our lives where our paths didn't cross much. Not that we had a falling out or anything, but she was doing her thing and I was doing mine, and there just wasn't much overlap.

[He read about her exploits in the paper, though. But as Riku doesn't know about her spider side, he keeps that to himself.]

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resipiscent

I see.

[He hums, considering.]

I don't know if I told you this, but Sora and Kairi and I were apart for a really long time. We came back together, though. I think you guys can do that, too.

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notyourfathersosborn

Well, when May was here, briefly, the last time... She was from the future. Well, my future. So I know our paths cross again.

The problem is I can't be there for her like I used to be. And I don't mean that in a bad way or anything, like putting myself down, I mean that physically. I've been too busy with Brenda and taking over the family business.

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resipiscent

I think, though, that... once you've settled into a routine with your business and all that, it'll be easier to make time. I mean, I get it being hectic, but...

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notyourfathersosborn

[Nods.]

Maybe. But that's still there. Honestly, I'd rather focus on here.

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resipiscent

Yeah. Well, maybe she'll show up again sometime.

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notyourfathersosborn

I don't know if I want her to. Being stuck here is... weird.

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resipiscent

... Yeah. I mean, Sora's been here and gone home, but... I kind of hope I don't see Kairi here. Or Sora again, even. I miss them, but them being here would be... bittersweet, I guess.

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notyourfathersosborn

Bittersweet's the perfect word to describe my feelings about it too.

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resipiscent

Yeah. I mean... the Sora that was here last was way behind me. He still had stuff to finish. He can't really get that done if he's here.

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notyourfathersosborn

But he will do it. The fact that you're from his future proves that.

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resipiscent

Yeah, of course. I... didn't necessarily want to tell him all that, though.

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notyourfathersosborn

I don't blame you.

When May and I got here, she... kind of let some things slip about my future that I'm not too happy about knowing. Not because It bothered me to learn them, but because I know there's nothing I can do to prevent any of it.

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resipiscent

... Yeah. I mean, there's a chance... that things can go differently. Just because someone tells you the future that they know, doesn't mean things are concrete. But I'd be bothered by that, too.

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notyourfathersosborn

Yeah, I know. But it's more the helplessness. I can't take this knowledge back with me in the hopes that if things do start to go that way, I can change them.

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