June Catch-All

[phoenixstrut]

Characters: Dove and YOU :D
Date: June!
Location: Anywhere
Situation: Dove bonds with folks
Warnings/Rating:None at the moment

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CLOSED to Yuri
It had been an interesting ride thus far, taking on her new roles in this strange place. The hard work wasn't without it's perks, though.

Despite the occasional witnessing a sick episode and the near constant tingle of worry in the back of her mind, Dove had secretly enjoyed checking in on Yuri each day, if only for the familiarity of the face of a friend and the satisfaction of taking care of someone again. Not that her job at the Healing Guild wasn't enough, but this was different. It had been nice getting to know him, even if their time spent together was sporadic in time and he was completely somewhat distant emotionally. It only made her more curious.

And her curiosity provoked her so easily. After knocking on his door at the hotel, she waited, leaning against the doorframe as she absently played with a lock of hair. She had to at least get him out of the hotel once with her...

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[wolfstrike]

"It's open," he called back once he heard the knock.

Yuri had gotten used to Dove's frequent visits, and already knew who it was when she knocked. She had a particular way of knocking after all. Light and dainty with a distinct sound that nobody else had. So... it was pretty easy to tell.

She would actually find him sitting on his bed, cleaning the blade of Second Star. The light glinting off the shining steel as he polished it.

The episodes most certainly still happened, and to say it was getting old was no exaggeration. But it was something that he just had to deal with, and Yuri just took it all in stride.

[phoenixstrut]

She allowed herself in, stepping lightly into the room and crossing her arms loosely over her chest as she watched him clean his blade. "How're you feeling, soldier?" she asked, her tone lighthearted and playful. His predicament was terrible, that was sure, but she had no reason to treat him like a child. That much he had made clear.

[wolfstrike]

Yuri looked up and blinked once when she came in.

"Soldier... Nobody's called me that since I was in the Knights."

[phoenixstrut]

She tipped her head. "Knights? I thought you didn't do the whole...'white knight' thing," she giggled, coming into the room proper and leaving it open for explanation. "We're you a soldier in your world?"

[wolfstrike]

"I don't," he said back, and he meant it.

"Yeah, for about four months." He says this while going back to cleaning his sword.

[phoenixstrut]

She couldn't help the grin that remained. "Well, then," she muttered softly to herself, her teasing dying away as she felt something shift. Maybe this was her chance to get to know him a little better. Even after these weeks of being around him, she had to admit she didn't know much, if anything, about his last.

"Four months? Was there a war in your world?" Maybe, if there had been, it had ended after only four months of his involvement.

[wolfstrike]

"It wasn't anything like that. The war ended ten years before that."

He continued polishing his sword, seemingly unbothered by the conversation. He didn't really talk about it much though. Usually only when people asked about it. Which was rare. Most people didn't peg him as the military type. And they would be right.

[phoenixstrut]

Ten years?

"It's nice to hear of wars ending," she sighed, taking a seat in a chair nearby. It didn't seem like they were going anyplace any time soon, and now she was curious. "Ours never does." A shrug.

"So did you just want to try it out, or was there something else?"

[wolfstrike]

Yuri is quiet for a moment as Dove mentions her war never ending. That had to be hard. He was a child when the Great War was going on, and he saw a lot of people die.

"I was bored," he said simply.

[phoenixstrut]

Her eyes flick up to his face from his hands at the quiet, and she softens a little at the shift in his demeanor. It wasn't often she felt pity. "Light and Dark, in a very literal sense," she tells him solemnly, looking off again, before her amused look returned. "Bored? So you joined an army? I mean-- if it was an army."

[wolfstrike]

"The Imperial Knights, actually. But yeah, I was bored, the pay was good, and I'm a pretty good fighter."

It made sense right?

[phoenixstrut]

She tips her head from side to side, 'weighing' it in her head. "It makes sense," she agrees to his silent question, before bringing up her legs to sit 'indian style' in the chair. "So why did you quit?" A pause, and a small, but overdramatic, scrutinizing look. "Couldn't take the structure?"

[wolfstrike]

There was a bit of a pause before he shrugged his shoulders.

"Yeah, something like that. It's a long boring story."

[phoenixstrut]

She gave him a deadpan look. "You're a terrible liar," she sighed, shaking her head. "I'm sure its an excellent story." She relaxed, leaning back against the back of the chair.

[wolfstrike]

Yuri just blinked and stared for a moment. Surprised she had actually called him out on it like that.

He then relaxed, a little amused smile on his face.

"Heh. I don't really talk about it much."

It wasn't the best of memories after all.

[phoenixstrut]

She simply looked back, undemanding and calm, but clearly intrigued. "You don't have to," she assured him, understanding that maybe it wasn't a time where he shined. She couldn't pinpoint it, obviously, but she wouldn't press for it. "It is nice finally getting to know you, though, after bleeding on you..." She pointed to one finger absently with her opposite hand. "having you be sick on me," Another finger. "Finding your soul for you..." Another. "And, you know, that one time I woke up in your bed...in another world no less!"

The sentiment, no matter her teasing tone, was honest. It was nice finally having a deeper conversation with him.

[wolfstrike]

Yuri looked away. And maybe that was a tiny blush? Maybe?

"Uh... yeah. It's been pretty crazy. It's nice to actually do something normal, I guess."

Because some of that was not at all embarrassing.

[phoenixstrut]

She smiled triumphantly at the small rise of color to his cheeks, but bit it back as best she could as she untangled her legs. "Want to do something else normal, and go find something to eat? I don't eat much, but I'm starving..."

She'd be sure to continue the conversation no matter where they ended up.

[wolfstrike]

"Yeah, sure."

He says it indifferently, but actually he's starving too. He can't keep his food down half the time anymore. That Vertigo makes living pretty inconvenient.

But with that, Yuri slides the blade back into it's sheath and puts the cloth down on the bed.

[phoenixstrut]

The fact he can't keep food down is more than enough incentive to draw him away to an actual restaurant instead one of the snack places she might have normally haunted. He needed to keep his strength up, especially if his body was rejecting nourishment still.

At his agreement, she stood and straightened her shirt before heading to the door. "Any preferences?"

[wolfstrike]

It's kinda hard to keep anything down when the world was spinning. But he was starting to get used to it enough that he didn't puke every time. Still, the vertigo spells were pretty severe, and not exactly something he could ignore.

"Hey, I'm game for just about anything so long as the food is good."

Surprise him Dove, you probably know these places better than he does anyway.

[phoenixstrut]

She looked him over, then turned, motioning for him to follow. "I know a place or two."

After a few minutes of walking, they would find themselves outside of one of the taverns, with Dove content to stride through the door and lead them to the bar as if it were nothing at all for an angel to be in such a place.

Nevermind the looks she was receiving.

[wolfstrike]

And he followed. Though when they came to a tavern, he raised a brow a bit before following her inside.

"Not that I'm complaining, but I didn't expect a classy lady like you to bring us here, Princess."

Cause wow, this didn't seem like her taste at all. More like his to be honest.

[phoenixstrut]

"What, a good girl can't take a rogue someplace cozy every now and then?" she grinned, looking to him playfully over her shoulder as she found a seat away from the Kedan inside. It did suit him more than it did her...and that had been her objective. "You've had a rough go at it the last few weeks..." She waved to the bartender and gave one of her casually beautiful smiles. "...it would be cruel to stuff you in a suit and take you into the rush of the fast lane."

[wolfstrike]

"... 'Cozy' huh?"

Yeah, interesting choice of words there Dove. But color him interested. He certainly has no problem walking over and dropping himself into a seat across from her.

"Yeah, I can't really argue with that."

Though he'd been through worse, but he was really referring to the whole suit deal.