Stray Shipping Meme - Geiz and Tsukuyomi - Back to Health

[alpina]

 [ Tsukuyomi hadn't seen Geiz all day and frankly she was starting to get a bit worried. He went out and fought a lot because he had to but he always managed to get himself back to their current home in one piece, even as battered as he would get. It just made matters worse that since they had moved away from Sougo for the time being, it felt like the two of them just got more and more aggressive with each fight,

She was worried that she would eventually find one or both of them....

After losing so many comrades, she didn't want to say this out loud again and just prayed that she would find Geiz in one piece. She has run through most of the usual places she would find him and was rapidly starting to run out of options. Her only options were now to either double down and go back to where she's already run or just head on back to where they were staying and hope that he has hobbled back since the last time she was there.]

Geiz...where are you...

[ The last time she tried to call him, he didn't pick up. She takes a deep breath and tries once more just in case he picks up this time around. ]

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[alpina]

[ She has basically rushed the way back to their temporary home now while fumbling with her phone and trying to call him. There was a bubble panic that she's trying to suppress and the expression is obvious on her face and in her voice as she picks up her phone at the first ring. ]

GEIZ!

[ As she yells out his name, she stops and freezes right in front of him. The phone snaps shut and she shoves it roughly into her pocket, rushing her way to his side. Instead of kneeling down and giving him the attention he is probably after, she's standing there, a frown on her face. To most people she would appear angry. Just underneath that, there's very obvious signs of concern. ]

What did you do?!

[geiz]

[ What did he do? Geiz isn't sure at this moment, he's a bit distracted by the pain coursing through his body. He gives a slow shake of his head and tries to pull his thoughts together as Tsukuyomi stands over him. He had fought, right? Yeah, he had. And it'd been a grueling battle and he'd made a small mistake in acting before he got attacked. ]

Got in a fight.

[ He croaks that out in a low voice, his eyes sliding shut as he tries to keep himself from moving because everytime he moves, a brief shard of pain lances through his entire body ]

Help me to my bed?

[ That should let Tsukuyomi know just how bad off he is because he usually never asks for help. Not even from her. ]

[alpina]

[ She sighs at him and rolls her eyes a little from his first answer. ]

Well that part is obvious enough.

[ Then bites back another sigh when he asks her for her help. It isn't like she was going to leave him by the front door. Or maybe she should this time. Just to teach him a lesson. Serves him right. Getting into stupid trouble like this. If he just looked out for himself more then he wouldn't get into a mess like this one.

She does help him though, she pushes her cape back a little to make sure he doesn't get caught on anything and then reaches an arm around his body to help leverage him up from where he is and into their temporary abode.

Her voice was soft as she talks to him on the way to his room. ]

I thought you had really gone and done it this time. Done something stupid enough to get yourself killed.

[geiz]

[ When Tsukuyomi reaches her arm around Geiz's body, he leans against her slightly to take some of his weight so it'll be easier for him to help her help him back to his bed. He hadn't intended to get this hurt, he had thought the fight wouldn't have been serious at all. He'd underestimated that Another Rider's speciality and had paid the price for it.

He sighs as he lets Tsukuyomi help him onto his bed once they're in his room. Temporary room. They weren't going to stay here forever. But once he's on the bed he's going to shift to the side a bit and make space before he looks up at her and reaches out to take her hand ]

I'm not allowed to leave you behind.

[ Sure, he can be killed and hurt, but he means that he can't just die and leave her alone to do what they've been trying to do in helping Sougo not become the twisted demon king that he is in the future ]

[alpina]

[ When he reaches to take her hand, she sighs softly and perchest on the edge of the bed for now. She shakes her head a little and watches him with a quiet gaze. He really was a handful. In so many ways. ]

You would have left me behind if I didn't follow you into this timeline.

[ He was in such a rush and so focused that she doubted that he thought of anything else when he made that trip back here. She could exactly what would have been going through his mind back then, even now. Travel back in time. Kill Sougo. End of plan.

Or something like that. ]

You didn't have a plan then and you didn't have a plan today, right?

[ She pats his hand and gets up off the bed to go into the other room to rummage around for their first aid kit. She calls out to him from the other side of the thin walls as she reaches for it. ]

Did you see Sougo today?

[geiz]

[ True, Geiz hadn't been thinking about taking her along with him to the past. He'd been too intent on doing his duty and then coming back afterwards, just like she knew he would. It's not that he would've left her behind though. It's that he was trying to make things be that he wouldn't in the future. It's that he was trying to save what he could of what he cared about and wanted to keep. ]

I haven't seen him.

[ His tone is a bit uneasy because they still haven't seen or talked to Sougo in a while. Or maybe Tsukuyomi had, he's not sure. He's never told her not to talk to him or spend time with him. What he's going through with Sougo right now has almost nothing to do with her in the aspect that he needs to work things out on his own in regards to their situation.

He focuses his gaze on Tsukuyomi again, his hand tightening around hers. ]

Stay with me?

[ He means for her to get in bed with him so they can rest together ]

[alpina]

[ She sighs a little. Then shakes her head a moment, pulling her hand away from his just so she can ease him, or force him since he can be quite stubborn, onto the bed so she can at least tend to his wounds first. ]

I'm not going anywhere until I fix you up at least.

[ She isn't able to hide the smile that crosses her face. He puts on such a hard exterior but then has this soft side that seems to randomly appear in times like this. It took so long for her to see this side of him but when it came out it was so obvious. How he had been able to hide this character from everyone else is such a mystery sometimes. ]

Stay still.

[ She tries to be as gentle as she can as she starts spreading the antiseptic over each wound she can see before following up with a bandage. When you're around someone like this for long enough, you also pick up quite a bit of medical knowledge. ]

[geiz]

[ Is it possible to feign deeper pain from his injuries to make Tsukuyomi feel bad for him to the point where she'll snuggle in with him afterwards? Is it? Geiz doesn't know, but he's not going to chance it because if she figures it out, she'll probably hit him.

So he stays still under her ministrations, wincing only a couple of times as she treats his injuries. They're not that bad. Or at least they don't seem that bad to him but he's a soldier who's used to getting hurt on the battlefield so that opinion might be skewed.

Wisely, he does not voice that opinion ]

It'll be fine.

[ Is what he says instead, a sigh slipping past his lips as he reaches over with his free hand to nudge Tsukuyomi's bangs to the side so he can see her eyes ]

You worry too much.