homralings | O Brother Where Art Thou?

[ Eric walked his way over to the area where a meeting was going to be taken place. Something urgent. They got him out of his room an everything, so it must be serious if they were using him.

His eyes drifted over the warehouse that had been his home for a long time. Ever since they moved after an incident, this has been their headquarters. He blinked, trying to remember what the incident was...ah...his brother escaped, wasn't it? Izumo had ran away and left Eric here with the consequences of his actions.

He tilts his head. When did his brother leave here? Leave him? A few years now wasn't it? He vaguely wondered if he was still alive, or was he enjoying his freedom after abandoning his brother. He frowned, trying forget about those thoughts as he felt anger. Now wasn't the time. The leader was talking about a thorn in their side, and how they might snuff it out.

Ah, Homra again?

The name kept popping up here and there, they were becoming a bit more of a problem with each passing day. Their borders clashing even more as their territory expands.

The leader barked at him, telling him to get ready. Eric could only nod, wandering over to retrieve his knife. Looks like things were finally moving forward. He had a job to do, there was nothing else that mattered, right?

A vague image of his brother flashed in his mind and he smiled, vicious and full of teeth. Yeah, nothing else mattered, anymore. ]

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[ Eric was a contained fighter, words and motions caused him to fight, they had learned from their mistake with Izumo. He was too struck with confusion to react well to anything besides being placid.

He closed his eyes as he felt the hand on his head. A feeling he missed from his brother and his shoulders sagged as he just brought himself to the days before his brother had been gone.

He wasn't alone anymore. ]

I missed you, so much...It's...it's going to take a long time but...things will change.

[He hums softly.]

Things will change. [For better or for worse, who knows.]

I'm here for you, Eric, even if I can't fix my mistakes from the past.

[ That's right, Izumo was here, his brother was here. He left you though, why give this guy a second chance?. Things weren't going to be the same as before but...maybe he wanted it to be. Or not. ]

Th-thanks...

[ His brother, the only familiar thing he had now. What connected him to existing here. He looked down, slumping a bit further. Just something else to get use to, another world to go in. ]

You're welcome.

[There's still much adjustment to be had, so much to grow accustomed to.

Izumo hums softly.]

Do you want to sleep with me tonight?

[ He looks up at Izumo from the offer. Memories of waiting for Izumo to come back, and hugging and holding him as they fell asleep together, for some warmth and comfort. To feel safe just a little bit in a place they never were.

Why stay with this traitor of a brother?

But, to stay like that again...it would be nice.

He fidgets with his hair, looking away before he nods, then glancing back up, uncertain. ]

Is...is that okay?

It is.

[Izumo gives him a comforting smile.

He tries not to think what might be going through his brother's mind. For all intents and purposes, Eric has a right to hate him. To never want to trust him again.]

[ A lot was going through his head. He wasn't sire what to listeb to. His brain has never made so much activity or choices before. It was exhausting.

He wanted to give in, give in to the trust, to the obeying.

He can't trust his voice, can't even look at him but, he nods. If it was like before...maybe it'll be okay. ]

[He leaves his hand on top of Eric's head, a comforting weight.

It won't be enough to correct all of his wrongdoings, but it might be a start.]

[ It was a comfort, this weight, it was real and it was from Izumo, it was from his brother.

Once again he just wanted to forget about all the bad, being left behind, all those horrible years. Right now, he just wanted to be Izumo's little brother again. ]

Hope you don't move around in your sleep a lot...

[That gets a small, quiet laugh from him.]

No, I don't. If I did, then Totsuka might've made a recording of it just to embarrass me.

[ Totsuka...huh? His face falls a bit but he tries to keep his optimism ]

Yeah...it was nice, when you wrap your arms around me and...we would stay that way for hours.

[A hum before he leans close and rests their heads against each other.]

I miss it, too. Even if you did have a habit of stealing all the blankets.

[ He starts when he feels that but he relaxes if only for a moment. This was real, his brother was back. ]

I was cold...sorry.

No need to apologize for that.

[Izumo smiles slightly.]

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