(OPEN) Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas

[symmetrophile]

Who: Villa residents and all visitors.
When: December 25th
Where: The Villa
Style: Whatever you like!
Status: Open!


[Hey, guess what?

IT'S CHRISTMAS! Which means Villa residents will be trading gift-wrapped presents and enjoying a delicious holiday feast prepared by a very hard-working Rin Okumura, so be sure to thank him!

The threads below are meant for mingling, the exchanging of gifts and other holiday activities!]

Comments

[keepsthefire]

What's there to talk about?

[Defiant as always. Rin lets out an annoyed grunt, still not understanding why he'd been dragged here. But after a second of blurting out that usual defensive line, he starts up again.]

It's not like I know her, okay? Everyone expects me to just accept that I've gotten to meet my mom and be happy, but it ain't as simple as that. She's a stranger to me. The only parent I've ever had is the old man, and havin' some woman pop up that Kid claims is my mom isn't gonna make me suddenly jump for joy, alright? I ain't gonna call her a liar and I ain't gonna turn her away, but I ain't gonna just... accept her as some new parent in my life either. It don't work that way.

And don't even get me started on the bullshit Yukio put me through this week...

[secondcoolest]

[ See? Bon knew it was just a matter of time. Patience is a virtue and all that.

His tail flopped a little as he listened, and when Rin was finally done he nodded. That's gotta feel a little better.

And Bon wasn't even going to offer advice. He was pretty sure Rin had had enough of that already. ]

What's Yukio been doing?

[ Not unusual for him to add undo stress. ]

[keepsthefire]

[Well, now that it was out, he might as well keep going...]

Bein' an ass 'bout it. Won't listen to me, won't listen to her, keeps telllin' me I'm bein' gullible and fallin' for lies.

[secondcoolest]

So he doesn't think it's her, huh? But you do.

[ That has to be awkward. ]

I don't know why anyone would lie about that, especially not around here. If we were at home, maybe, but... I mean, let's face it. This place is pretty bland and normal compared to what we're used to, idiotic curses aside.

[ says the pony ]

There's nothing to gain through the lie.

[keepsthefire]

Kid wouldn't lie about somethin' like that. He knew we were related, he ain't gonna just... make somethin' like that up for shits and giggles!

And you're right, she wouldn't either. There's no reason to. But... it's like he's just... I'unno. ... he doesn't trust me. He doesn't trust me 'cause of the choices I make and the stupid things I do, so he'd rather believe I'm bein' tricked...

[secondcoolest]

He doesn't seem like the shits and giggles kind of guy, that's true.

[ to say the least ]

Maybe he's just worried about the ways this could change things if it's true. Or, worse, the disappointment if it isn't.

[keepsthefire]

Wouldn't he at least talk to her if that was the case?

[Of course Yukio has avoided unpleasant things in the past, or at least avoided talking about them.

Still...]

I just... feel like it's always me, y'know?