[rp] to pass the time

[alwaysbrooding]

[Mako led the way up to the attic, holding onto two of the grocery bags. Asami just had the third, but he absently reached out a hand to help her up once he reached the top of the steps.]

I don't think it's changed much from when you were last here. Sorry if it's a little bare for your taste.

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[vavavroom]

[ that would have been... welcomed awkward...

she reaches out for her bowl as soon as he gets close enough to hand her one and thanks him for it. ]

Yeah. I miss it, sometimes.

[alwaysbrooding]

[A guilty feeling twists and turns somewhere inside his chest.]

Yeah... sorry about that. [they never did get to have a clearing-the-air talk about their relationship, did they? Mako quietly takes the seat on the opposite side of the couch. It was L-shaped so at least they could face each other properly.] Wish I could take it back so things wouldn't be so weird...

[vavavroom]

[ asami's hands curl around the bowl she holds, nestled warm over her lap. she doesn't look up at him, even though she very easily could. she'd been wanting this talk for so long, but now that it's come... she kind of wants to curl up away from it. ]

It's fine, Mako. [ she sounds more resigned than anything. ] You can't help what you feel. I just wish I was--

[ enough, she'd been about to say, but that's dipping into issues she isn't sure she should be getting into. she hadn't been enough for her father, and she hadn't been enough for mako. now she's wondering if she'd be enough for future industries. but those are her problems - far too much to be dumping on mako, so she gives a rough shake of her head and backtracks from that line of conversation. ]

It's a little weird now, yeah, but we'll be okay. I know we will.

[alwaysbrooding]

[Just wish you were... what? Mako is frowning into his own bowl, at the reflection of himself that was frowning back and giving him no answers.

He figured it out himself though. Sort of.

Asami, despite her answer (which was neatly worded, he noticed), wasn't very happy. Well, of course she wouldn't be. He wasn't happy either... but Asami's unhappiness felt sort of different.]

I guess you're right... [he munches on a piece of vegetable, swallowing before talking again.] So, uh, how are things with you? Apart from the game stuff, and all that.

[vavavroom]

[ changes in conversation usually only ever happen when the other party is uncomfortable, and asami sort of berates herself for being the cause of it. she bites down on the inside of her cheek, hard, as if in reprimand, before glancing back up at mako with a forced smile. ]

Great, actually. My mun's got a lot of plans and.. she's pretty excited about this round... She's basically just been preparing - headcanon, the idle meme here and there...

What about you?