[Wow is right. Wow, rude. :\] We won't crash if you don't lean far. [Can't believe Ash is actually going to get taken out by a bike in Japan.
Once Ash is settled, he smoothly starts them off about the time the front door opens. A girl's high voice yells, "NIISAN!" but Eiji deadass just laughs and waves.
Unlike the concrete city of New York, Japan has the wildest aesthetic of urban nature. The Okumuras are just outside of a larger town; houses, waterways, stone. And then the occasional wide expanse of rice field with calf-high green grass. It's warm, but the breeze from the biking is nice on Ash--and the light yukata helps, too.]
Sorry, [Eiji yells over his shoulder,] we live in the country.
but ash looks at everything they pass by, taking note of what's where. it's a habit from back home, and one that he isn't going to drop any time soon despite how they're supposed to be out of danger now. ]
It's nice. [ peaceful. he can breathe. ] It's good to get away from the big city.
[Looking around, this is probably why Eiji is so soft. A horizon of gentle mountains on two sides, and trees for days, but periodic plains of rice fields mixed in with a big population that dwindles outward.
There isn't any fight for the city here. The air smells a lot like Cape Cod, in a way. Briny, smells like the sea which is only a twenty minute drive at most.]
There is a city around Izumo Taisha, the shrine. But the other is... sea west, mountains north and south, and a lot of forests. If you miss the city later, we can go to Tokyo. [He glances back.] I can show you "shinkansen." [Hmmm. Oh.] The bullet train.
[A small smile comes to Eiji's face. There isn't any point in saying, bewildered, "You've never been to Disneyland?!" because of course Ash probably hasn't.]
Okay. We'll go. [It isn't about Ash never going before, but about giving Ash the opportunity to go now.] What do you want to do there?
We can get ears.
[Mickey and Minnie because they're practically married.]
[ when he's more healed. even ash isn't sure if he'll manage too long with a bullet injury at an amusement park without it slowing them down to the point where it won't be that much fun. ]
There is time. [He will not rush Ash. He's already trying hard not to rush Ash to run out and do All The Things. He knows it's hard for Ash to relax.] Later, we'll go.
[ ASH JUST. smacks eiji on the back at that, letting out an amused laugh because this is genuinely funny?? his feud with his sister is hilarious? but it's also nice to see this side of him more often, especially since usually whenever eiji got pouty like this it was like
aimed at him. so there being a different target is enjoyable. ]
[ ... he gave in so quickly. eiji must really love his sister, despite all the complaining that he does.
there's a moment where he thinks back to his own brother, but he pushes the thought away before it sours the mood. he doesn't need to worry eiji when they're meant to be doing something fun right now. ]
[Eiji doesn't make it awkward by looking back at Ash. Instead, he keeps looking ahead and biking, but Ash can still see the extremely soft look on his face since the wind is blowing his hair back.]
Here, you can say it's too much. I don't mind. I'll help you.
[i already forgot why i had logged into this in another window i think it was codes but now i'm tagging you back so you get this notif in your email randomly and are like WHAT?
Remember back when we were doing the gayest bike ride in the world. Yeah, we're here again.]
No patting either. He really hates he can't smack Ash on the arm. Dammit.
Rather than hastily peddle to the stop, he continues to take it easy until they get there. Probably the wildest thing for Ash when they do arrive is the long row of bikes just...... sitting there waiting for their owners.
And the fact Eiji does the same with this bike once Ash hops off.
[Ash is so funny aaaaaaa. Eiji just pauses to look at the bike, and then
at the rest of the bikes, too. And then at Ash. Right. No one on God's green earth would ever leave anything just out in New York because (gestures at America).]
No...? It is okay to leave it. [He points to the other bikes.] These are here, too. See? [Some bikes do get stolen sometimes, but that's because those people are hooligans.] Probably at school, or at work.
[The crime is laughable. He's so sorry to Ash. But now there doesn't have to be any claws. Maybe Ash can learn to relax? He hopes... Ash can relax, but also that Ash doesn't feel bad if the defined edge of survival gets softened from being here.
That's fine. He's, like, never sending Ash back to New York anyway............]
I will show you bike when we come back. And I will laugh because it is there.
[He
takes Ash by the hand to lead him to the little hooded bench and the sign to wait for the bus.]
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Once Ash is settled, he smoothly starts them off about the time the front door opens. A girl's high voice yells, "NIISAN!" but Eiji deadass just laughs and waves.
Unlike the concrete city of New York, Japan has the wildest aesthetic of urban nature. The Okumuras are just outside of a larger town; houses, waterways, stone. And then the occasional wide expanse of rice field with calf-high green grass. It's warm, but the breeze from the biking is nice on Ash--and the light yukata helps, too.]
Sorry, [Eiji yells over his shoulder,] we live in the country.
[It isn't even that bad.]
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but ash looks at everything they pass by, taking note of what's where. it's a habit from back home, and one that he isn't going to drop any time soon despite how they're supposed to be out of danger now. ]
It's nice. [ peaceful. he can breathe. ] It's good to get away from the big city.
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There isn't any fight for the city here. The air smells a lot like Cape Cod, in a way. Briny, smells like the sea which is only a twenty minute drive at most.]
There is a city around Izumo Taisha, the shrine. But the other is... sea west, mountains north and south, and a lot of forests. If you miss the city later, we can go to Tokyo. [He glances back.] I can show you "shinkansen." [Hmmm. Oh.] The bullet train.
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Isn't there Disneyland there? We can go. I've never been.
[ it sounds simple and normal, and something that eiji might enjoy a lot. ]
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Okay. We'll go. [It isn't about Ash never going before, but about giving Ash the opportunity to go now.] What do you want to do there?
We can get ears.
[Mickey and Minnie because they're practically married.]
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that's what you do in disney, right? it's such a picturesque image that it's almost laughable as an idea of him fitting in there.
ash doesn't say that, though. instead he simply nods. ]
I've only seen pictures of the ones in the States... do they have the giant turkey legs here, too?
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I think so. I went when I was young. Tokyo is... mm, six hours by shinkansen. So going is like a vacation.
[Especially when a dad is strangely missing from home. That's practically a breadwinner in Japan.]
I'd like to go with you. It would be fun.
[Anything would be fun with Ash.]
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[ when he's more healed. even ash isn't sure if he'll manage too long with a bullet injury at an amusement park without it slowing them down to the point where it won't be that much fun. ]
Would your sister try to come?
[ it seems like she would. ]
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[And then he MAKES A FACE.]
...yes. No girls allowed.
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aimed at him. so there being a different target is enjoyable. ]
She's going to get mad.
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Well. She can be mad. [She is just going to shove herself right between the two of them and hang off Ash's arm. :unamused:] She has school.
[They could absolutely go over a break.]
...I guess she could come.
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there's a moment where he thinks back to his own brother, but he pushes the thought away before it sours the mood. he doesn't need to worry eiji when they're meant to be doing something fun right now. ]
... mm. We'll see how it goes?
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Being there will make you forget everything else.
[~*magic*~]
Are you okay still? We are almost there.
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he nods, and then realizes that eiji can't actually see the gesture from his current position. ]
I'm fine. It'll be pretty pathetic if I couldn't even handle a bike ride.
[ and it's not as bumpy as it could be, so that helps. ]
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[Eiji doesn't make it awkward by looking back at Ash. Instead, he keeps looking ahead and biking, but Ash can still see the extremely soft look on his face since the wind is blowing his hair back.]
Here, you can say it's too much. I don't mind. I'll help you.
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ash turns his attention back to the scenery because he is going to get too soft, too. this is the gayest bike ride in the world. ]
It's not that bad.
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Remember back when we were doing the gayest bike ride in the world. Yeah, we're here again.]
I will just put you in the basket.
[The one on the front.]
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but ash reaches over to knock his knuckles against eiji's head. could this potentially crash them? maybe. it's worth the risk. ]
If anyone here would fit in a basket, it's you.
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It's fine, Eiji has good balance. But he can't even swat at the hand, so he just makes a puffed face.]
Ash.... [That's all he can think to say since he can't claim to be bigger. Well, maybe bigger around, Ash is very slim.] Oh--bus station is ahead!
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This is a lot more convenient than taking the L.
[ no shoving people out of the way and you're ferried around by a nice boy. the dream. ]
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[STOP.
No patting either. He really hates he can't smack Ash on the arm. Dammit.
Rather than hastily peddle to the stop, he continues to take it easy until they get there. Probably the wildest thing for Ash when they do arrive is the long row of bikes just...... sitting there waiting for their owners.
And the fact Eiji does the same with this bike once Ash hops off.
Why doesn't anyone steal these bikes, help.]
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he looks at the bike, then at eiji... ]
Should we just be leaving it like this? Won't it get stolen?
[ WHY ARE THEY ALL STILL HERE ]
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at the rest of the bikes, too. And then at Ash. Right. No one on God's green earth would ever leave anything just out in New York because (gestures at America).]
No...? It is okay to leave it. [He points to the other bikes.] These are here, too. See? [Some bikes do get stolen sometimes, but that's because those people are hooligans.] Probably at school, or at work.
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[ this makes no sense. what are the crime statistics here.
he still seems unsure, but he'll take a step away to follow eiji, glancing back at the bike. ]
If it's gone when we come back, I'll say I told you so.
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[The crime is laughable. He's so sorry to Ash. But now there doesn't have to be any claws. Maybe Ash can learn to relax? He hopes... Ash can relax, but also that Ash doesn't feel bad if the defined edge of survival gets softened from being here.
That's fine. He's, like, never sending Ash back to New York anyway............]
I will show you bike when we come back. And I will laugh because it is there.
[He
takes Ash by the hand to lead him to the little hooded bench and the sign to wait for the bus.]
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