XLIV

[wilder]

[After waking up with Harmony and that entire mess, Zelos eventually left and returned to his own room to clean up. From there he saw that it was snowing...great. Not feeling like walking through the snow back to the city, he decided to visit his sister to spend the day with her.]

[Except when he got there? The door plate was empty, and any sign that it was ever once her room was gone. ]

[....]

[When it snows, it blizzards, it seems.]

[After a long while, he'll finally open up the journal and give a quick dictation in a practiced calm manner. ]

Seles Wilder's returned home.

[And that's all he feels like saying]

[OOC: sorry for the spam!]

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[pocketmage]

Yeah?

Does it last a long time? [ He's not terribly fond of the cold if it's going to be here forever... ]

[wilder]

Hmmm, it was about til March last year.

[pocketmage]

That long?

[ OH NOES. ]

[wilder]

Ahaha, yep.

What's wrong? Not sure you can last that long in the cold?

[pocketmage]

[ He huffs. ]

I can too! It's just annoying.

[wilder]

[He snorts]

Welcome to a place with four seasons.

[And by now they shall get through the front door! Look at all dat snow and ice]

[pocketmage]

[ He rolls his eyes as they walk out, but actually being outside in all of this is still a bit crazy. Especially since most of the time, Genis is used to Iselia's mild and warm temperatures. ]

I'm looking forward to summer already...

[ He hoists the container under his arm so it fits comfortably before beginning to trek on. So much snow AHHh. ]

[wilder]

Seriously? I thought kids loved snow.

[pocketmage]

Well, it's nice and all, but knowing it's going to be here for so long kind of sucks.

And I'm not just a kid, you know. [ Huff. Totally hiding the fact that snow is awesome. He's slowly working up the irritation to throw a snowball at him... ]

[wilder]

Dude, you're twelve. That's a kid.

[pocketmage]

Yeah, but I'm still mature.

[ Ahahhaha NO

He's just too touchy about that subject, since usually being called a kid means missing out on everything. ]

[wilder]

Hmmm...I guess you're not completely immature.

[pocketmage]

[ And he stoops down to grab some snow in his hand, rolling it up into a snowball........ ]

[wilder]

Heeey, don't start throwing snowballs at me!

[pocketmage]

[ He's not throwing it. Yet.

But he does hold it in one hand, continuing to walk. ]

You're being a jerk.

[wilder]

Me? The great and compassionate Zelos Wilder?

Naaaah!

[pocketmage]

[ ... sigh. It was really hard to remember that he was probably sad about Seles leaving.

It was about then that Genis realized he was really, really good at hiding his feelings. Either that, or he was even more of a jerk than the kid expected. Which was also pretty darned possible. ]

You keep believing that.

[wilder]

[More the former than anything else, yep. Hiding his feelings was practically second nature to Zelos Wilder]

I'll keep believing it because it's true.

[pocketmage]

You're exaggerating, rather.

[ Crunch, crunch. Snow.

He drops the snowball in his hand because it's starting to make it go numb. Instead, he rubs his hands together. ]

[wilder]

You think so? Ouch.

[pocketmage]

Well. Maybe if you actually started being great and compassionate...

[ But he's not really sure how anyone could really be like that except for Lloyd, and Colette. Besides them, he's never met anyone so openly warmhearted. ]

[wilder]

[He seems to pause. He had been joking around, but put like that, as if his words were taken seriously? That hurt. ]

[Though...it wasn't like the kid was wrong. He wasn't as great as friends, his heart wasn't anywhere near a compassionate. It was cold as the snow he detested compared to the warmth that came from them.]

[Kid didn't even know the truth yet, and he still could see that]

[Still, he'll keep up the mask and give a smirk. Act as though he didn't give a damn]

Yeah, maybe later if I got time.

C'mon, I know you got small legs but I rather not freeze out here.

[pocketmage]

[ There's something about that slight pause that makes Genis feel like he might have crossed the line... but despite his efforts to reach out and talk? He's too enclosed in the idea that Zelos doesn't care about anything to apologize.

And yet... he feels like he might just be wrong about that. But it bothers him, so he still doesn't want to bring it up.

He gives a halfhearted groan at Zelos' jab at him being short, before trudging on. ]

Lloyd and Colette are kinda on another level of nice compared to all of us, anyway.

[ Huh. A very weird, roundabout way of apologizing. ]

[wilder]

Yeah, yeah.

[He turns back and tilts his head at Genis, keeping his smirk on]

Don't be too hard on yourself though. You're a brat, but you're not all bad.

[pocketmage]

[ Conflicting. He kind of wants to slap that smirk off of Zelos' face, but at the same time, he's trying to console him...? ]

...

...

You're not, either. [ he responded, adjusting his hood on his head with his free hand. He hoisted the cookies again under his other arm. ]