rakuen | [open and for Becca]

Characters: Shion and open
Format: I'll match you
This log is: open
Location: Round town, Fortitude campus and eventually Black 2B
Summary: Shion wanders round town and meets people and then goes to see Becca and apologise for freaking out. Feel free to catch him anywhere in town or on campus.
Warnings: Mentions of death

Once work was over Shion went to the shop to buy a few things. He didn't use his voucher, not yet. He wasn't sure what he wanted, there wasn't really anything from home... He mostly just wanted to go back, not have more things brought here.

He wandered through the streets, going into a few shops but not buying anything and then heading back to Fortitude campus. He had bought upgrades for Dave and Becca. He had to go and find Becca, he had been avoiding her in classes mostly because he was embarrassed by his behaviour after her death.

Finally after some more walking, sorting out his thoughts he made his way to her room, knocking softly on the door.

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Becca was settled on her bed, sketching in her notebook as she so frequently was. She looked up at the knock and frowned in confusion. Who would possibly be coming by? She opened the door, and almost burst into tears when she saw it was Shion. She forced the tears back, backing up and getting out of the way so he could come in. His avoidance of her had been obvious, and it had hurt. She smiled weakly, wondering what he wanted. Was he still angry with her for scaring him? That's what she assumed he was feeling, anyway, given that he'd been avoiding her.

"Hey. C'mon in."

He looked down and entered the room awkwardly, her roommate wasn't there that was good. He stood awkwardly for a moment before holding out the three rings. "Sorry Becca... I shouldn't have... I was worried... and you died and I..." Tears filled his eyes as the words spilled out.

"I couldn't save you, I had no idea what was wrong... You died..."

Becca looked at the rings, then up at Shion's face. She moved past his hand, instead throwing her arms around him and holding him close. "I don't care that I died... You were with me, so it was okay... I'm sorry I scared you, I'm sorry I died on you..."

Shion wrapped his arms round her and shook his head, "Don't apologise... for dying. I shouldn't have ran, I'm so sorry I made you cry."

Becca held him tightly, nuzzling into him and starting to softly cry. "I thought you hated me for dying on you... I've been so lonely..." She took a deep, rattling breath before admitting quietly, "You're my best friend, Shion...I love you as much as my little brother..."

"Of course I don't hate you... I'm sorry..." He hugged her tightly, "I just... I'm sorry... I thought I could save you and I couldn't..."

He pushed the rings into her hand, "I know you were wanting to upgrade your weapon, I didn't have enough raks for all five..."

"Shion you didn't have to get me anything," she murmured, though she wouldn't turn them down. She took the rings and slipped them onto her fingers.

"Even if you can't save me, just be there for me and you'll do more than anyone else ever has. Shion... I mean it, I love you. ...Not like... I don't want to date you, as much as I tease you. It's a different kind."

"I will be Becca, I'll be there for you always." He hugged her again, and nodded, "I understand, it is similar to how I feel for you... I believe."

She hugged him tightly, resting her head on his shoulder. "You're like family," she insisted, closing her eyes and squeezing him.

He hugged her just as tightly back, he still felt guilty but he was glad she wasn't upset any more. "We should do something fun, last week was weird."

Becca had died, a giant wyrm had appeared, a weird star had appeared in the sky and on Shion's Weapon, his Weapon being used in battle for the first time.

"How about I teach you to draw?" she asked cheerily, finally pulling away to try and act like everything was normal now. She retreated over to her bed and pulled out two sketchpads, and her box of pencils. "I bet you'd be really good at it."

Shion laughed, "I'm not sure, did you not see me in art class?" He went over anyways, happy enough to try. He had seen Becca drawing a lot and was amazed at how good she was.

"You just need practice," she insisted, passing him a sketchbook and opening up the one in her lap. She drew a ball, then started shading it so it looked three-dimensional.

"Try copying that."

Shion took the sketchbook at drew a shakey circle, slowly he started shading it in, frowning when it looked nothing like Becca's. He rubbed parts out and tried again, but no matter what he tried he couldn't work out how to make it look like hers did.

"Don't erase so much, it smudges it," she explained. "Try again, from the beginning, and start shading in the darker places," she offered.

Shion nodded and turned the page, trying again. His second attempt was just as bad, he was trying to imagine a ball in his head, but trying to put what he saw onto paper was proving impossible. He tried though, and it was fun even if a little exasperating.

Becca watched him carefully, then started shading a rectangle very dark, then gradually lightening. "Here, try copying this one, it's a little easier."

Shion grinned and turned the page trying again, he was a picture of concentration as he tried and though it was better than the ball it looked childish compared to Becca's.

"You're very good at this," he told her, not that he knew anything about art.

"I've been practising for years. You'll catch up, if you work hard. Try it again," she offered, smiling proudly.

Shion smiled, "I am sure I will." Back to drawing, if it took years of practices he was now at the level of a small child picking up a pencil for the first time.

"How did you learn to draw?"

"I started drawing and didn't stop until I could do it," she explained, carefully shading a three-dimensional cube. She turned the drawing to him, letting him copy it.

"I guess that's the best way to learn," he had been naturally good at what he did at school. Of course he had, only the children with the highest IQ's were taken to be part of the special program. Though the work had been challenging it had never been impossible.

But art was something he had never experienced until he came here, and so he struggled. He copied the cube carefully.

She drew a pyramid next, shading it so it popped out of the page before turning it to him. "Whenever you're bored, draw. When you're studying, draw in the margins. Draw all the time. You'll suck at first--everybody does. But if you keep going, you'll get better and better."

Shion smiled, trying to copy the pyramid. "I will." He promised.

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