high_seas | Trial of the Spades

[There are only two things Marco hates having to experience more than separation from his family.]

[Wet and cold.]

[As a phoenix, he is a bird made of fire. Ergo, he should never have to feel either. Water shakes off and fluffs him off when in the appropriate amount, and cold was long since a thing of the past.]

[Or reserved for seastone, but whatever.]

[Only now Marco was cold.]

[So he did what any rational phoenix would do: he build himself a nest of embers and ate hot coal.]

[No really.]

[Seeing as that didn't work either, he started seeking out anything and anyone to fix it. Maybe he had seastone hidden somewhere under his skin.]

[Maybe -- perish the thought -- he was just getting too old.]

[No wait, phoenix. It couldn't be that.]

[He hopped about the deck chirping angrily: I HATE COLD I HATE COLD I HATE COLD.]

[And then just gave up and started stealing anyone's warmth from their necks. Want a phoenix scarf?]

[There's a phoenix being hunted, by another phoenix. And not for warmth. In fact he doesn't give a fuck if Marco's stealing warmth from another person, he's stealing that phoenix scarf.]

Come with me.

[His tone is strained and a strange mix of confusion, anger and fear.]

[Rests his head on Ikki's head somewhat sleepily. It's hard to stay awake when your body insists cold = sleep, cold = hibernate, cold = go away for two thousand years and don't get up until it's a hundred degrees warmer, the planet isn't ready yet to be interesting.]

What do you want brat, yoi? [This is all said in phoenix by the way.]

[Ikki keeps walking, almost wandering. stopping at times as if unsure of where to go. At the end he heads for the Crows Nest.]

An older brother.

[Aw...]

[Okay you can have anything you want now because Marco just melted inside.]

[He switches back to human though, wishing he'd remembered to bring blankets, but whatever, he throws an arm around Ikki and refuses to let go, so that will work. Except for his toes. God damn his sandals and his need to let his feet always be free.]

What happened?

[Ikki tenses for just a second before he shifts closer accepting that arm. He closes his eyes, frowning and trying to sort out his thoughts.]

I was with Selphie, and I think... I think she was doing something, that thing girls do that gets guys' attention on them, talking about us as a man and a woman and not as friends. And I... Where the fuck did that come from??!

[He freaked out when he picked up that she was flirting with him.]

Flirting.

It's called flirting.

And what do you mean where did it come from? You said yourself you were certain she was the one setting up the places for dates, and you wanted to learn dancing in case it became necessary. Aside from which do you even realize how jealous of Ace and the Doctor you've been since their rescue of her?

[A sigh. Right. He just has to remember how oblivious he himself used to be... and really that is not hard. Marco was very oblivious. ~~Still is a bit.~~] What were you talking about or doing before she started flirti--

[Alarmed.]

You didn't punch her or push her away did you?

Flirting

[He repeats the word uncomfortably and light disgust, as if it was a pill he would rather not swallow because it tasted horrible.]

I don't see how that can have any good effect on anyone, it was annoying. I almost felt as if I was in a battle against an enemy who used mental tricks, waiting for their chance when I dropped my guard.

[He eyes Marco as the other explains where it came from, except it still makes no sense for him. At the last alarmed question Ikki groans.]

I didn't, though for a moment I felt the impulse of doing so. But instead of that I just left her in her room to sober up, told her we would talk tomorrow and came to talk with you.

And I don't see how Selphie setting up the places for dates translates into her doing that when around me. Neither what me learning how to dance has anything to do with this. And I have no idea what you're talking about regarding the rest, why would I be jealous of Ace and the Doctor because they managed to find her and rescue her first and be with her when she needed them?

[No, really, Marco you're making no sense at all. And yes, he basically pushed her away.]

[Ikki groans again and sighs, massaging his forehead with one hand as it trying to cure the headache he feels that is coming.]

What were we talking about... She was drinking rum and wanted me to drink as well, to get warm, even if it was having no effect. It seems that physical contact is the only way to get rid of the cold so I told her to stop drinking and just go to sleep, that she could go with Ace since he hates sleeping alone or something. That would kill two birds with a stone. But she got annoyed, and when I told her that if she didn't want to share with Ace there were others in the crew like the Doctor or the girls. And she freaked out even more for a moment, and later she was saying something stupid about that I was giving her to Ace and the others. As if she was a thing that I had and I could go around giving to others.

And then... Then we talked about the cold again, and she asked if I didn't want to cuddle someone, I explained that if we are attacked and I'm not used to the cold I would be in disadvantage, unless I tied someone to my back. And then she started saying that I could carry her around like a koala, she even climbed on my back and then she began to... Snuggle and cuddle as if she was a little kid.

[There's a hard pause and when he continues his tone is heavy and angered.]

And then she said "it's rude the reject a woman so coldly". Then she asked if I wouldn't stay with her for at least a little while... That's when I thought that what she had been doing and saying had to do with that thing.

[Even knowing what it is, he refuses to use the word "flirting".]

I heard those words before, you know? I heard my mother say them long ago, before she found out she was pregnant again, when she brought home a man she said that was my father. To hear Selphie saying that to me, as if I was like him, made me want to puke and punch her at the same time. And kill myself.

[But he didn't, instead he decided he needed Marco. Maybe he would help to make sense of what had happened with Selphie there, or something.

You can facepalm now, Marco.]

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Any Date

Later on the 15th

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any day B|

<3

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Um, 17th

17th it is

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Halfway through the week or something!

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