tea party

[suddenlybees]

WHO: Toki, Kano, Peter, Gon, Maya, Yuya, Ekkehardt, Imelda
WHERE: Lumière dorms
WHEN: early during the first week of school
WHAT: screaming and dying and tea parties
WARNINGS: screaming and dying and tea parties... broken arms, bears, Lumière deserves a warning in general
NOTES: a continuation of this thread

[Toki doesn't know what happened, but there's a weird guy in a red costume, and a talking bear. He doesn't recognize Gongenzaka's voice, because he doesn't pick on those things.]

Am I dead?

[Because that would make this make sense.]

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[lastexit]

*Maya's not really seeing things right now. Not, the room, her mind is taking her back to a roof she was once on. A boy who once broke his arm. And now here she was, in another country and people around her are still barely surviving and she barely met them. She's just- this is what she does, she gets near people and they get hurt.*

*So she doesn't see a charging bear. She hears the calming Sound of her roommate, it's a little more agitated because, well, bear. His werepowers are louder than his human state. But he's still far more soothing a noise than anyone else in the room. 'Spider-Peter' gets close.*

*She looks up but she's still rather vacant and- broken, and she doesn't speak. But at least her power is back to just being around her and not the entire room.*

[betheman]

[She looks- and that's enough. Enough for relief to come back to him at least, and perhaps a little more calm himself. So, he moves closer to try and get an arm around her or something of the sort. Not quite a hug, but more a 'half hug', which should successfully keep blocking out the view of the chaos in the rest of the common room.] Saah, sahh...yes, look to me, [he encourages, working with what he's got.] Auh... I, suppose, it is okay not to speak then...but pay attention to me, for now...yes?

...

I... Offered to get tea earlier... [He isn't sure if Maya heard that bit, so.] ...Perhaps, we can make it together? I have...the tea, and a kettle, in our dorm room... [Distractions help, right?]

[lastexit]

*It takes her a few tries to speak. Not her powers interfering with the sound just getting her mouth to move. She doesn't want to say anything, she shouldn't be anyone's focus while two boys fell off a roof. She's not important.*

*She doesn't deserve the attention.*

I shouldn't be near people-

They just get hurt.

*'And it is always my fault.'*

[betheman]

Ohhhh....

[That... ...That is a very familiar line of thought.

Gongenzaka dispels with the attempts at distance, instead pulling Maya near into a gentle bear-hug.] ...No, Maya. No...What is occuring now...This is not your doing, [He insists gently, lightly rubbing his head over the top of hers.] ...If anything...Your actions, have helped, right now...

[lastexit]

*So on an intellectual level the 'being hugged by a bear' should be weird. It should just be flat out very very weird. No matter how small the bear is this is a bear, hugging her. But it's also Zaka, and he's really calming, and fluffy. And he's saying nice things to her which she doesn't buy but they're nice to hear.*

*And she calms down enough to realize the most important thing in all of this. And starts laughing.*

...this is a bear hug.

[betheman]

Auh-

[He pauses in the head nuzzles for a moment, just to grasp the pun. And when he does, he manages a laugh himself-

Because a laugh, after all, is much better than the alternative.] AUH! Yes! It is, indeed! A 'Bear' hug!! [He exclaims, ears wiggling.]

[lastexit]

I'm- not okay, but I'll be fine for a bit.

*Maya doesn't lie about how much of a mess she is, she just would rather not talk about it if at all possible.*

Thank you.

You said we were making tea?

[betheman]

[To that, he simply nods. He knows not to press and pry- when it is something that brings out those feelings...these moments are never the time for that. So instead, he tries to help her up while still holding her in some sort of awkward hug.] Aauh- I have... a small variety, in our dorm- I can show you how it is made, and, we can serve the others, with spare mugs, [he continues, nodding occasionally as he speaks.]

If you would like to do that, with me?

[lastexit]

That- sounds nice.

*It'll be a quieter room. Especially since she keeps picking up when Kano's sounds change. And that's another thing to worry about, later. Plus there's the whole Spider-Peter thing to talk about, and she's not terribly fond of the noise she's getting off that one guy with the Dragon.*

...You can let go of me now.

[betheman]

Mnh! [And he will do just that then, though he does have one arm hovering a little bit in case she still needs support as they set off. Let's just hurry off to the dorm then.] Of course! ...Auh...it was not, 'invasive', was it? I am trying not to make others uncomfortable, with such things..!

[He's a very huggy guy. A lot of people are...Not.]

[lastexit]

It's fine. I needed the hug.

And your sound is a lot calmer than everyone else.

*And nobody else would have caused the bear hug thought.*

...you seem shorter as a bear.

[betheman]

Auh... ...Is that so? [There is again, a sense of thanks- but he doesn't say it. Instead he focuses on the other thing.

The height thing.] MNH-! Auh, that...I am not wearing my geta, you see...in fact, I am no shorter than I am typically!