( open ) it hurts i can't lie, remember those times

[obsessiveness]

Who: izumi and you!
What: post-event stuff; dealing w dying and exploring the void and all that
Where: anywhere you want, babey
When: first half of november
Content Warnings: tba



[ even though izumi still has to recover from the shitstorm that is last month, he really isn't the homebody type. he does spend the first few days of the month cooped up in his shared room with leo to recuperate though, before putting on something warm and set out for the day. he has a bunch of places to visit now that this world spawned up a couple of new ones, and he heard that pieces of florence has manifested here...? ]

i. galleria de funghi

[ oh how he wished he didn't fucking ask.

like okay, to be fair he hasn't dropped by any of florence's hit tourist spots back at his world since he likes to keep himself busy, but this certainly isn't the Galleria he's acquainted with. what the fuck. izumi explores the Galleria with a look of utmost bewilderment on his face, and when he gets to the infamous David statue -- ]

What. The fuck.

[ noooo who did this to you king. it's so absurd that izumi just... starts snickering to himself, his shoulders wracking in laughter. yep, he's finally lost it, because his sense of humor (if he even has any) doesn't usually stoop this low.

he can also be found with a basket, picking out mushrooms as if he's at a grocery store. at some point he's holding two of them - a handful of button mushrooms and a large portobello mushroom - and tries to make small talk with whomever's nearby.]

You know other places where I can cook? I don't wanna keep barging at the cafe all the time.

ii. trains

[ at some point, izumi will be caught up in a thunderstorm on the way home, so that means the train stations should be up and running right now. riding one brings forth a wave of nostalgia in him as he dreamily watches the shifting landscape outside the window --

until the thunderstorm stops. and so does the train.

ugh. he stomps over to the sliding doors and attempts to pry them open, but his twink arms are no match for it. defeated, he kicks the stupid doors in frustration. ]

Shit!

iii. yumenoshibuya academy

[ that's what he's calling it, okay! it just rolls off the tongue better.

anyway, the combination school/mall has become his solace over the past few months, loathe as he is to admit it. there are some places he hasn't gotten to yet, like looking through their wares. sadly there isn't much to buy here, so he has no choice but to peruse their jewelry and makeup collection, holding up an eyeliner and testing it out on his own. he can totally feel when someone's watching him though, so he's going to turn to the person responsible a little too abruptly, ruining his eyeline in the process. ]

Oi, stay quiet. I'm armed and I know how to use this, you know.

[ he clearly does know how to apply mascara that can kill a man, so don't underestimate him. ]

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[ let me know if you wanna do something else outside of these prompts! feel free to PM me or ping me at romanticizes! izumi can also be hit up at his shared room with leo if your character wants to visit him during his recuperation from death. ]

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[bachagain]

[ ......

very suddenly, leo feels as if his heart's being embraced far too tightly. it's always been sena's words that leo took a bit more seriously... a boon and a bane, when the former's not always prone to saying what he means. here? certainly a blessing, strengthened (unfortunately) by the fact that such a grand phrase really was completely literal here.

even without that, though, leo would've believed it completely.

it's what makes his hands shake just the slightest, overwhelmed as he is. they shake when leo places one gently behind izumi's head to push him a little closer, so their foreheads can touch. shake when the other hand moves to grab one of izumi's, intertwining their fingers. shake when he repeats sena's words in his head as he forms his own. ]

I won't forget it... I couldn't forget it. Sena's poetic, pretty, painful promise -- or what got you to say it.

[ all the good parts of this, all the horrible parts of this... all the parts that were their fault, that weren't their fault... if they can heal their own wounds like this, he won't forget it.

a tiny breath, as he continues-- ]

... Now, um, listen to mine, okay?

[ --as he squeezes their joint hands-- ]

I'm gonna keep you by my side, Sena. So you don't gotta fight through something you shouldn't have to fight. Not alone. So I don't know what it's like to miss you, and so you don't know what it's like to miss me.

[ never again, ]

Mm, you have my word? Should I finish it with that too?

[obsessiveness]

[ it's not uncommon to hear words like that in their concerts, beautiful lyrics aimed at their audience. but even during requiem, izumi was too stunned to say anything to leo while the rest of knights called him out on his bs. it wasn't until leo turned to him that izumi broke down and said what he'd always wanted to say to him.

but now, he has to consider that every sentiment that they'll share with one another in this world might become their last if they're not careful. it's why he doesn't pull away when leo presses his forehead against his, why he's holding leo's hand just as tightly. leo may not know it, but izumi has always wanted to hear that from him - that he won't ever leave, that they don't have to fight on their own.

he's too overwhelmed to speak, so all he can do is nod fervently, managing a smile through all the tears. this is - so lame, coming from him. he's gonna have to build his bad bitch reputation from the ground up now. how annoying.

they stay like that for a while, until izumi yawns hugely and leans his head onto leo's shoulder again. ]

...Let's go to sleep, Leo-kun.

[ they're emotionally exhausted after all that, so a long nap is more than what they deserve. but just in case leo's still worried, izumi squeezes their hands together, slowly pushing themselves to lie down. ]

[bachagain]

[ honestly, the thought of sleeping after a nightmare adventure makes leo hesitate for the smallest moment. but that's a thought pushed away easily enough, with the squeeze of his hand and the comfort of having izumi this close... in a way he definitely wouldn't have, not normally. so... leo allows himself to be led, to fall back onto the bed and rest.

for the first time in a while, actually. maybe it'll take a little longer than usual, as he focuses on the fact that izumi's breathing beside him, and to make sure he drifts off properly, but it's all right. ]

'Kay. Haha, it feels kinda weird to choose to go to sleep after not doing it for so long!

[ meatmentos nightmarescape does not count as sleep. it doesn't count at all. ]

... I'll see you in the not-morning, Sena.

[ whatever the heck it is. he'll close his eyes for a bit and open them again to check up on sena when he thinks it's safe to like a fucking idiot, but he'll get to actually sleeping eventually.

mhm. for now, they're okay. and for that, leo's grateful. ]