aterat | Owning your story

Who; Yuki & YOU!
What; Planting
Where; The greenhouse
When; Today
Warnings; None, will change if needed

It had been a hard few weeks and Yuki went through his grieving process alone at home. He still went to work and still managed to spar with sensei but other than that, he was at a loss as to what to do. Shigure The Dog remained and Jacob had just disappeared pretty much right after their engagement. So Yuki had taken the ring and bracelet off and tucked them away in a drawer with the plans for the water garden they'd made and sketched out.

With Spring was right around the corner, he could only try and look forward to that, trying to tell himself that life went on. The Greenhouse was going to need to get going a little more now and working and getting out of the house a little more than he had been would do him a world of good. And that included plans to have Shigure out and about more too, so that would mean more walks outside with the dog. Fortunately the pup was giving him something to do and a reason to get up in the mornings more often than not.

So when someone approaches the greenhouse, he tried a small smile with a freshly potted plant sitting in a terra cotta pot in his gloved hands. There were several terra cotta pots lined up, all with fresh dirt in them ready for planting sitting on the sidelines. Yuki wasn't trying to be in any hurry to accomplish his tasks today though.

"Is there something I can help you with?" Because being of service somehow lessened the pain in his heart, even if only just a little.

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Somewhere in the back of his head he didn't agree. Sensei was just that and nothing more, even if Shishou back home had been in the family of sorts. Well it was a tangent since he raised Kyo as a sort of foster dad, but he was there already.

"Okay."

It was all he could think to say to the kindness that he was being shown. And it warmed his heart as much as it confused him.

And sensei confused him further still with the insistence, but he was in no position to argue. "Alright, if that's what you want to do."

"It is," Nida says with a smile. "And if you want, if you need... I'll teach you to use Siren."

Somehow Sensei's smile was really reassuring at the moment and so he tried a small smile. However, that quickly faded as he realized what was said.

"I..I couldn't do that sort of thing, right?"

He wasn't from Nida's lands or anything.

"Of course you could. I don't think it's a good idea. GFs come with costs. They live off of memories, and so they will slowly wear away at yours. That's why I didn't think it would be wise for you to learn my form of magic."

But if he's hurting that much, maybe Siren can help some.

That half intrigued and half scared him.

"So, they can see all of your memories?"

This was him trying to focus on something else. He had plenty of time to drown in his sorrow later.

Huh. Now that was a question that left Nida thinking. He stepped back, tilted his head to the side, and closed his eyes. Asking Siren was required.

"She says not exactly. It's not that easy. But they can still find things that aren't needed and use those."

Yuki wasn't exactly sure what sensei was doing when he took a step back. But whatever it was, he waited patiently for an answer.

Once an answer was produced, he then understood. And inwardly breathed a sigh of relief because he really didn't need that whole Rat thing to come out.

"So..Siren said they would allow it?"

"She might be willing to try. But you have to understand that what you lose can be hard to get back."

So it was a serious risk to taking up a GF for any real amount of time.

Yuki stood there, considering. It wasn't like anything he'd ever known. Half of him wondered which memories would be taken and he remembered begging Hatori as a boy not to erase the memories of the children that had called him friend even if the Sohma family secret had to be preserved.

So he looked at sensei and nodded.

"I guess nothing needs to be decided today. But..I would like to try at some point if she's willing."

"She is," Nida assures Yuki, hand on his shoulder. "She's very nurturing and kind, for a sea-spirit."

[He nodded]

And how long have you known her again?

"That is a bit of a complicated question, Yuki. She's been my partner on and off since I was seventeen."

Which was a good while ago at this point.

"Once I came here, she became mine full time."

"On and off.."

He was clearly confused, but sensei sort of cleared it up. Sort of.

"So she came with you from your world on her own? Like it was her decision?"

"I don't think so. I had her just about at hand when I was taken to the first place that kidnapped me. She didn't transfer with me. She didn't come to the second either."

She had shown up here and scrambled his mind while she was at it.

Yuki nodded, recalling the stories.

"So you went back home every time after you went to a world, right?"

No. I do not believe I ever went home 'between' the worlds that had me."

He didn't much miss it either. Home was... He didn't like to think about it.

Somehow Yuki figured that sensei would've been brought home before being plucked out to go to the net one, but from what he was hearing, that definitely wasn't the case.

Still, he lowered both his head and his voice when he spoke next.

"Well I'm glad you're here in this one."

"I'm glad too," Nida said with a smile. "Because I can take care of my beloved student."

There was a small smile as he heard those words. Sure he heard them before, but it meant a lot to him that someone cared that he was here and that his presence mattered. That was something he'd thought about before meeting Machi really.

He could feel a little bit of colour on his cheeks too as he spoke next in the same low tone and his head remained down.

"Thank you sensei."

Good. Very good.

"One last hug before I let you go?"

Yuki's head came back up, surprised that Nida was requesting such a thing. He felt awkward but that was just because touch wasn't a thing with him. Jacob broke him of that, but he was gone now.

So he just nodded, trying to push away all sad thoughts at the moment.

Well, Yuki might have to get used to affection from Nida. He was so brimming over with all of the love and affection he got from Ignis and Mono that he was just ready to give it back out.

"Thanks," he says as he wraps his arms around Yuki.

He was confused as to why sensei wanted to hug him but he was grateful for the hug at any rate. Yuki didn't want to try and grant himself any comfort, because he didn't want to break down.

"Of course."

It was all he trusted himself to get out with a steady voice.

There was no need to get out with a steady voice. But Nida gives him a good squeeze.

"We'll meet again soon."

"Okay."

And with something of a nod, he turned around and walked the long walk back home.

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