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Post by Hikaru Kai on Jul 3, 2014 23:33:42 GMT -5
He hesitated and tried pulling away, but stopped as he realized Sage was helping. He grunted at what he said and flexed his hand a few times. He was used to the stinging sensation as air hit his open wounds. It used to terrify him. But now.... Now it kind of fueled him. Gave him energy that he needed to release by beating the hell out of the person who gave him said wounds.
"I shouldn't need a doctor. But thanks.... I guess," he stated, looking at him. Zuko walked over, causing the burned man to flinch as he walked by. This caught Hikaru's attention and he put his non-wounded hand on Sage's shoulder, pushing him away from the burnt man. Someone would find him and he didn't want to be there when they did.
"Go. I'm going to take you home. Idiots around here tend to be attracted to pretty little things," he growled. He then realized what he said and clenched his jaw, frowning.
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Post by sage on Jul 3, 2014 23:47:28 GMT -5
Sage watched as he flexed his hand, not sure if he should tell him keeping it still would let it heal better--faster. He was felt he should be surprised when he was thanked, but he just offered a soft smile and a nod.
When he moved, Sage gaze started to drift down, but there was soon a hand on his shoulder making him turn.. "Uhm, shouldn't... we..." but he was getting led off and he sighed walking quietly.
But he was told he was going to get taken home... Because... wait... Did he just say he was pretty? Sage's blush was probably hidden from his view since he was on the side that had more blood on his face than the other.
It was a moment more before he realized the taller guy was doing the leading, and he released a faint nervous laugh, "Uhm.. I live on the other side of the apartment complex's.." He probably should of said sooner, huh? He watched the sidewalk as they made a change in course, and slowly glanced up at him... "So... Do I ever get to know your name?" he asked gently.
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Post by Hikaru Kai on Jul 4, 2014 0:03:49 GMT -5
He headed towards the apartment complex's, Zuko walking behind the two. He glanced down at the younger guy. "Hikaru Kai," he grunted, moving forward as they walked through the lit up city. Rockets were walking up and down the road, patrolling it. Followers walked towards their homes or towards their night jobs. The occasional stray pokemon could be seen running away.
"Why did you want to know? Unless you see yourself getting into trouble in the near future. I'm not always going to be around to save your ass," he stated, glaring down at Sage. "You don't have a pokemon that can help you?" he asked, running his non-wounded hand through his dark hair.
"Oh. And you might want to get the blood off of yourself."
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Post by sage on Jul 4, 2014 0:10:43 GMT -5
Sage blinked, mildly surprised he was actually given the name. Hikaru Kai... He'd have to remember it. Granted Hikaru was far from forgettable. He looked up but laughed softly shaking his head, "No, I don't plan to get into trouble. But how can you properly thank someone when you don't really know who you're thanking?" he smiled.. But he blinked.. "I was told it's against the law to have your pokemon out... So I didn't want in any trouble for that.." he stated simply.. Thorn, Thorn had told him that.
But he mentioned washing blood off himself. He blinked taking a moment, right... The warm liquid... It was probably Hikaru's, "I guess I will at home.." he really didn't have water with him, and he'd given his bandana to Hikaru, he didn't feel the need to ask for it back, his hand was more important.
When they finally got close he offered him a smile, "It is late... do you want to come in and relax for a bit before you head off?" he asked curiously, not sure if he'd even want to... Sage had mentioned he still had that fan-girl-crush on the taller man right?
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Post by Hikaru Kai on Jul 4, 2014 0:17:26 GMT -5
Hikaru sighed. Yes. It was illegal. But it was also illegal to do what that rocket did to Sage. "Would you rather get in trouble for that? Or get hurt like you almost did back there? The pokemon thing can be sorted out. But someone getting hurt like that can leave scars that will never go away. Physically, mentally, and emotionally."
He listened as Sage spoke. Then they ended up near the apartments and Sage's next question caught him off guard. He was about to decline when he felt blood dripping down his fingers and neck. He should check on those. "Yeah, I guess so. I'm going to tend to these cuts while I can," he said.
His eyes looked around, wondering which apartment was Sage's.
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Post by sage on Jul 4, 2014 0:35:03 GMT -5
Sage shrugged slightly, looking at the ground, "I'd rather take some sort of beating then loose my Doduo." he answered simply. He'd be lost without his Dody, he kept him company when there was no company to be had... He's lived for years alone now--except for Dody. He could never loose him.
When he agreed to go in with him, Sage couldn't help the faint flutter of hope in his chest, but he kept it pushed back. Really if anything happened, it'd probably be only tonight, but Sage was sure he could fool himself into thinking it'd be enough.
Once they were close enough, "It's this one." he stated then led the way up the steps, there were only about four steps until they were on the porch of his door. He opened the door up and held the door open for Hikaru.
Once Hikaru and Zuko were inside Sage closed the door and sighed, he felt safe in his home. It was spacey--as if a large pokemon was often loose in here--and there usually was. Doduo would have to wait for now though. He didn't want him to get into the way or anything. He loved hid Dody with every bit of his heart, but the bird was often clumsy.
He moved, "Bathroom is this way." he offered gently, leading the way to the bathroom. Once there he knelt in front of the sink, grabbing a small box, "It's not much, but here's my first aid kit... If you want help with your neck, I wouldn't mind." he stated honestly.
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Post by Hikaru Kai on Jul 4, 2014 0:47:57 GMT -5
He followed Sage into the apartment and looked around. It was very roomy. He guessed that Sage's pokemon was large. Or liked a lot of room. He followed him into the bathroom. It wasn't large, but wasn't small either. Even so, he felt overly large in here. After all, he was above the average height and all. Still, he looked down at Sage.
"Okay. Thanks. I can do it," he said, taking the first aid kit. He opened it and unwrapped his bandaged hand. The cut wasn't deep. It had stopped bleeding mostly. But it would still need to be cleaned. Same with the one on his neck. He grabbed an alcohol wipe and wiped his hand, breathing in sharply from the extra stinging.
He then grabbed an actual bandage and wrapped his hand carefully. Once that was taken care of, he looked in the mirror and wiped down the cut on his neck. It was a bit deeper than the one on his hand. But not life-threatening. He wiped it a few times and then threw away what was dirty with his blood, besides the bandanna. He tossed it to Sage. "Sorry about the blood," he grunted.
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Post by sage on Jul 4, 2014 0:55:04 GMT -5
Sage had given a nod, and left him to do it. Sage slipped off his bloodied shirt without a second thought. Tossing it into a heap by the toilet. He'd probably have to toss it out. Luckily it wasn't a favorite shirt or anything of that nature. He bent over the tub with a cloth since Hikaru was using the sink and the sink mirror to take care of his injuries. He got the cloth good and wet and used that to clean the blood up off his face. When he was done, he stood and turned barely managing to catch the bandana. "Oh don't worry, I have quite a few of them."
Sage looked up at his neck injury... "You should probably get a stitch or two put in that, are you sure you don't want to just go see a doctor?" Really if Sage must -he- could sew it shut, he did have the supplies for it in the kit, but really it would hurt, and he didn't really want to hurt Hikaru... He watched him for a moment.. "If not, will you at least let me wrap it?" he asked gently. He had a stool along side the wall between the sink vanity and the wall, if Hikaru were to sit on it he'd be able to reach to help.
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Post by Hikaru Kai on Jul 4, 2014 1:03:03 GMT -5
He looked at Sage and then in the mirror again. He sighed and then nodded. "Fine, do what you will. But I'm not going to the doctor. You've been talking about it the whole way back here," he grunted. He spotted the stool and grabbed it, moving to sit on it. He didn't slouch and had rather good posture. As if he was proud, which he was. Why wouldn't he be?
"It just stings a little," he said, crossing his arms across his broad chest. He still had a scowl across his face and his beard was a little singed from the heat of Zuko's flamethrower earlier. He waited patiently for Sage to start to fix him up.
"You're so small. Have you ever thought about building some muscle?" he asked.
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Post by sage on Jul 4, 2014 1:16:38 GMT -5
Sage blinked but nodded, well at least he was going to let him help with it. When he spotted the stool and pulled it over to sit on it he smiled softly. "okay okay, no doctor." he smiled softly, getting some supplies he looked at it. Really it was deep it should get stitches, but he didn't want to do that to him. So he got some of that butterfly tape out and as gently as he could applied a few strips along the cut to help hold it closed so it would heal.
Just stings a little? He was a bit surprised, but shook his head some, he wouldn't argue with him about it. "I'm sorry you had gotten hurt because of me." he admitted softly, not really having meant to say it out loud, it was more of a whisper that he'd only hear because he was so close to help him. He put a little bit of antibacterial cream on it to help sooth and to keep it from drying out as he carefully put some gauze over it to help keep the tape held down. "You'll need to change this everyday and put new antibacterial on it to keep it from getting infected." really he should of done the same to his hand, but he wasn't going to make him unwrap it just to do it now. He'd been through enough pain with it probably.
At the mention of building some Muscle a soft laugh escaped him, "And loose my figure? Psh no thanks" he stated a bit jokingly. Really, he had no interest in building up muscle. He wouldn't be able to wear his favorite shirts with them...
Moving, he opened a drawer, smiling as he got a new bandana out, he was done with his neck, but since he hadn't fully realized yet, he gently lifted his wrapped hand and gently added the bandana, gently wrapping it around the gauze-wrapped hand. Giving him a wink, "Looks better with some color." he stated a bit playfully. Smiling gently, he noticed the singed look to his beard, he didn't think he'd have anything to help that. The only thing he could offer was maybe to trim it a little so it would look less singed, but he doubted he'd be interested in that.
He looked up at him and smiled gently, not realizing he still hand a light hold on the others hand, He didn't know what to say, and felt a bit lost. Really the guy was good looking. Nice and rugged. Why he seemed to like the type who knew.. But he smiled softly.. "You know.. You should smile more."
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Post by Hikaru Kai on Jul 4, 2014 1:23:41 GMT -5
He blinked and looked down at his hand, which now had a bandanna on it once more. He looked up at Sage as he made a comment about color. Hikaru didn't care if it was colored or not. But he wasn't going to be rude and take it off in front of him. So he left it and lowered his hand to his lap.
"Smile? I have no reason to smile. It's hard work doing what I do. And I plan on raising my rank until I'm leader of the Rockets. I don't have time for many enjoyments," he stated, standing up from the stool. He moved it back to where it had been and moved out of the bathroom to see Zuko looking out one of the windows from boredum.
"Why would I smile?" he asked, petting his Charmeleon.
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Post by sage on Jul 4, 2014 1:32:11 GMT -5
Sage blinked getting left in the bathroom. Was it that bad to smile? Sage was left to gather himself for a moment before he followed the other out. Watching him go over to the Charmeleon and he smiled a bit as he watched him pet him. "There's plenty to smile about it you take the time to notice it." he stated gently, not sure if he really wanted the other to hear him--hence why he said it gently, he'd only hear it if he'd really been paying attention.
Moving out of the bathroom, he watched him, he knew he had dinner, so he didn't offer him any food, he had eaten his burger at the restaurant after all!
Sage was left not sure what to do. What few hints he'd given the man seemed to have been ignore, or honestly not noticed. Perhaps he wasn't really interested? Calling a man pretty could probably be considered an insult.
He watched him for a few moments more. Stepping over he glanced out the window as well, curious as to what might of had the charmeleon's attention... He hesitated a moment before he looked down at him, he smiled, "well if you two don't wreck my apartment..." he moved, tossing his pokeball, the Doduo shaking off once it was free. "You can play for a bit."
The bid pokemon looked at the charmeleon, one head tilted to a side, the other made a squawking sound as it clattered it's beak--which made Sage frown and moved his hands to clamp it shut. "Don't be so rude Dody." he scolded gently... The head looked apologetic for a moment before it settled down.
He then turned, heading to his living room, motioning to Hikaru letting him know he could follow, really Sage hoped he would.
Dody on the other hand moved closer to the Charmeleon, he was about the height of Hikaru, since he was tall enough to carry people after all. One head squawked at the man as if urging him to go keep his master company--really it knew Sage was often lonely that's why it did its best to distract him with its antics. The other head leaned down turning to a side so it could better look at the Charmeleon before giving a playful squawk.
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Post by Hikaru Kai on Jul 4, 2014 12:05:40 GMT -5
Hikaru looked back at the Doduo as it was released and blinked as the one head squawked. He heard Charmeleon growl once, stopping as Sage got onto the bird. Dody? What kind of name was that? Hikaru didn't ponder about it. People could name their pokemon whatever they wanted. He glanced at his Charmeleon. "Be good," he commanded. He received a salute from the fire pokemon before he followed after the smaller man.
"How long have you owned your...Dody?" he asked, shoving his hands in his pockets.
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Zuko looked up at the bird and snorted some smoke. He reached out with a claw and poked the twin-headed bird in its brown feathers. He hadn't played before. Being with Hikaru since his birth had made him miss out on several things. Yes, Hikaru had been gentle when he was a baby Charmander. He hadn't played, but he had been taken well care of and was taught how to be a good pokemon.
"Char. Char. Charmeleon," he grunted. He reached up with one of his feet and scratched behind the horn on the back of his head.
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Post by sage on Jul 4, 2014 15:07:18 GMT -5
Sage led the way into the living room, offering the one end of the couch as he moved to sit on the other, it was a two person couch, but he was small enough there was about a cushion and a half still open, so there should be plenty of room for the bigger man. Sage smiled softly, "I've had Dody since before I was a teenager.", or close enough he was just turning to be a teenager when Dody was his life partner. Giving a small smile, "How long have you had Zuko? You two seem really close".
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Doduo gave a soft squawk ruffling at the poke then watched at he scratched. Dody clacked a beak, one head giving the fire pokemon a light nudge before it moved leading the way to what Sage dubbed his playroom. There was nothing he could break in there, and there were multiple different colored rings and stuff Dody could play with. One head made a move for a yellow ring and the other grabbed a red ball--the one being nicer to Charmeleon. The head with the read ball turned and tossed it to Zuko wiggling around a bit waiting for him to toss it back.
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Post by Hikaru Kai on Jul 4, 2014 15:59:24 GMT -5
He sat down beside Sage, although he stayed as close to the other side of the couch as possible. He didn't know this man, so he wasn't going to get too close. Plus, he had never really been one to like physical contact. Especially since most of the physical contact from other humans had caused him harm.
"I've had Zuko since he hatched. It's been about ten years. I'm surprised he hasn't evolved into a Charizard yet, but that's okay. He'll evolve when its time," he muttered, knowing that Zuko had been the only relief in his rough life.
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Zuko followed Dody towards the playroom, giving hesitant glances back towards the room Hikaru and Sage were in. Even so, he put on his brave face and walked after the twin bird. He wasn't scared of the bird. He just didn't like to be too far away from Hikaru in case his trainer needed him. After all, what if something bad happened while Zuko wasn't around?
The Charmeleon looked up right as a ball was flying towards him. He caught it right before it his his chest and looked down at it. He then looked up a the nicer head. He tossed it back, although it may have been a bit too hard.
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