Remeeting

[chosen_gigolo]

Who: Colette, Lloyd, and Zelos
Where: Plaza, in front of the coral
When: After this and this. Same day.
Style: Prose please!
Status: Closed to these three

Zelos paced back and forth in front of the coral. He didn't often display nervous habits. Occasionally he would twirl his hair around his finger if he was deep in thought, but generally his posture and movement was relaxed and fluid. Lloyd's arrival, however, had tied him up in knots and he was quite sure it was going to take a very good massage to de-stress after this one. He wondered if that girl from the market, the one with the long fingers, would maybe...

Not the time. 

Really it wasn't Lloyd's arrival so much as where he'd arrived from. Rather, when he'd arrived from. And in a panic Zelos had lied through his teeth to him. Again. His best bud. Zelos told himself it was because they didn't know what could happen if Lloyd knew the future, if it'd change the way he acted and put Aselia in danger of remaining split instead of reuniting, and it was a legitimate reason. It totally was. Responsible even!

Yeah, that didn't help.

Zelos heaved a great sigh and reaffixed his ever-present smile, knowing both Lloyd and Colette were due to arrive any moment now.

Comments

[chosen_gigolo]

Oh man, they're just too easy♥! "Oooh~? Are you sure? I mean, aren't you best friends? I'm sure Colette doesn't need all that space just by her onesome! Besides, she asked me to stay originally, how is Lloyd staying aaaany different?"

Haha, alright, enough enough. "Zelda can go on for days about stuff but she doesn't hit you or feel up ancient ruins or anything like that. Actually, she's around your guys' age. And yes, really, any time. I mean, I can't promise I'll always be home, but what kind of a friend would I be if I turned away my best bud or my angel-hunny?"

[clumsyblonde]

Zelos, why do you like teasing them so much... "Of course Lloyd's my best friend." What does that have to do with this? "It's true, I don't need all the room, and there wouldn't be a difference between Zelos staying with me and Lloyd staying with me...It's just how you said it. Having both floors of the apartment being used would be nice!"

Yay, no more being teased! Her face lost most of its redness, although it took a little while. "Zelda's around our age? Really? She seems like she's older than that..." Colette smiled at Zelos again. "Hopefully we won't disturb Zelda if we come over when you're not home." She turned until she was able to see Lloyd and Zelos at the same time and grinned. "Both of you can go over to my place any time, too!"

She blinked, tilting her head very slightly. What kind of friend would he be...? That's a silly question. "You'd still be one of my closest friends, Zelos; you'd just be busy."

[redcladidealist]

"It's different because we're not staying for just one night. We're living here for now, right? So we need our own space. I'm sure Colette wouldn't want to trip over all my stuff." Not that he had anything to trip over yet, but that was beside the point. "I'll just see if there's a room open on one of the other floors." Because he'd still like to be close to his friend. He smiled at Colette, fairly sure she felt the same way.

The rest of the blush disappeared, replaced by a look of relief. If she wasn't as bad as the Professor, he could probably dodge her lectures. If she was living with Zelos right now, though... "I'll have to meet her sometime." He grinned, eyes glinting. Time for some teasing of his own. "She must be a really good friend if she can stand being around you that much."

[chosen_gigolo]

Colette, you're so adorable! He resisted the urge to smother her with a hug at her reassurance that he'd just be a 'busy' friend, clear to him that Colette wasn't aware of the type of 'busy' he would be and looked at Lloyd as he delivered his jibe.

"You wound me, Bud!" Zelos' hand flew to his heart exaggeratedly. "You've got it all wrong! Don't you remember? Everyone loves me everywhere I go! Vatheon is no exception for The Great Zelos~"

Really he and Zelda got on so well mainly because of the previous curse. Neither of them had denounced the other for what they'd said and it had created some kind of bond between them, something neither of them were willing to discuss of course, but Zelda had yet to force him to stage that fight so he'd have to move either. He was glad really; he'd miss that downstairs spa bath if he had to leave. Well, and the calm, unpressured atmosphere at home, if he were honest.

His faux distressed face broke into a smile. "If your mind's made up, then you should head to the housing office. A bunch of people arrived at the same time as you did and they'll be needing places to live too."

[clumsyblonde]

She smiled back at Lloyd. Truthfully, she wouldn't have minded if Lloyd had decided to move in with her. She was only really using the first floor of her apartment so having the second floor being used would have been nice. "I don't think you'd like to trip over my things either, Lloyd." Hearing that he was going to see if there was another room open made her smile widen a little. Zelos wasn't living close to her apartment so knowing that Lloyd might end up living just a couple rooms or a few floors away made her happy.

"I think Zelda is one of the people who's just really easy to get along with! Zelos moved in with her the day he arrived after all." She grinned. "Signing up for a house is really easy too! I live in room two on the first floor of the Yutopil Apartments if either of you need to find me and don't want to send me a message first."

[redcladidealist]

Lloyd lifted a hand to his mouth, but didn't even try to muffle a snort at the comment Zelos had made. "Yeah, you wish." He grinned, though, showing Zelos that no hard feelings were truly meant.

"So, I guess I should go talk to someone about getting a room. Can you guys give me directions?" Better deal with this sooner rather than later, or he'd either have to sleep outside, or spend the night on one of their couches. "Man, I wish I had a map of this place. That'd make it a lot easier to get around."

[chosen_gigolo]

"You're lucky we're here to show you the ropes, otherwise you'd be totally hopeless!" He chides in a joking way and snags Lloyd's SFC to pull up a map of the city.

"Here we are." He points to a little red dot denoting Lloyd's current location. "And the housing office is right... here." Another point, this time at a building across the plaza from where they are. "Colette lives in this building, and I live here." Point and point, marking each spot on the map with little dots so Lloyd can easily reference them again, blue for Colette and pink for himself.

[clumsyblonde]

Colette just smiled, watching them. I didn't know the Starfish Communicator had a map on it...Then again I only ever really look at the lists of people who are here and what they've posted to the network. Even if it might be better for everyone if they weren't here, I still want to know if anyone else from Aselia arrives.

"Yep! And all you need to do in the housing office is tell the man where you want to live. You don't need to do anything else at all." She grinned again.

[redcladidealist]

"That sounds simple enough." Maybe even a little too simple, but if that was the way that this place worked, who was he to argue?

He studied the map with interest, trying to memorize the way that Zelos had brought it up. He hadn't been kidding when he'd said that having a map would really help out. Lifting his head, he looked around the area they were in, trying to orient himself with what was shown on the map. If they were here, and that dot was there...

"So, that's the building I need to go to!" He pointed across the way. "Great! I'll let you guys know how it works out!" He was already moving before he finished speaking.

But then he stopped and turned around, only a foot away from Colette. He looked at her, then at Zelos, and smiled, reaching out to take Colette's hand, as though he just wanted to physically confirm she was there. "I'm really glad you're both okay."

[chosen_gigolo]

"Of course we're okay! No need to be sappy!" He clapped Lloyd on the back soundly, the slight exaggeration in his movements the only clue that he was both touched and uncomfortable with Lloyd's genuine relief.

There were issues to work out. The curses, for instance, and he's certain Lloyd will have more questions once he's gotten settled in, but for now...

Vatheon was looking a lot brighter.

[clumsyblonde]

She smiled at Lloyd and took his hand, squeezing it a little and letting go. She had wanted to make sure he was really here too. "We're glad you're okay too! Not everyone shows up here unharmed; if someone was hurt before they arrived, they'd still be hurt here." Like Zelos.

The curses and more explanations could wait. For now, all that really mattered was that Lloyd and Zelos were both really here. Even though one or more of the three of them might disappear at anytime, they're both still here.

Vatheon was looking quite a bit brighter indeed.

Fin

[redcladidealist]

"That makes sense, though, right? Just because you travel to another world doesn't mean you get healed. We definitely know about that." But he was fine, and they were fine, and the others were probably fine, too. There wasn't any need to dwell on that thought.

"Well, I better get going if I want to get that apartment. See you guys soon!" He lifted a hand to wave, then turned to head off, a happy hum just under his breath.

Yes, things were definitely looking bright.