zerotohiro | Some Legends Are Told, Some Turn To Dust Or To Gold [CEREALIA INBOX]

Hey. I activated it because I'm making observations on it, yeah. And what do you mean feeling different than normal? Should I be noticing something?

[He needs a chill pill, and maybe also a juice box and a nap, but what he gets instead is a Baymax hug.

Oh.

And then suddenly, he's enveloped in the squishiest hug, and it is warm, and for a moment, Leon's utterly torn. There's a part of him that really does want to just sink into that hug--it's warm and it's comfortable and he doesn't know where these urges are coming from, and that might be what's scariest of all.

Because the rest of him knows that this sort of thing is terrifying in the worst of ways. He's never been hugged before here--Otome was the first to give him a hug, and it hasn't really gotten any easier. So as soon as he catches himself, he's squirming, pushing his hands into Baymax's oh-so-squishable body to try to shove himself away, almost frantically.

Honestly, even if physical touch has started to mean things beyond just punishment for things gone wrong (aside from Marian, of course, Marian had always been kind but she'd never hugged him like that), it's along process to change those reactions, and he can't help his panic now.]

Don't-- don't touch me! Let me go!

[DEFINITELY NOT A GREAT IDEA. Hiro jumps in alarm and Baymax immediately lets go as Leon's reading goes all over the place.

That was an overly strong reaction and it's one neither boy or robot quite understand despite the fact they're now both staring at Leon in--well. Baymax is worried. Hiro's mostly baffled. Baymax's vinyl squeaks and squishes under Leon's hands as the robot take a step back and Hiro looks between the pair of them for a second.]

...anything else? [Dude...? Please explain what that was all about.]

[He needs a moment.

There's a deep breath, and then another, now that Leon has retreated a few steps away from Hiro, hair disheveled and expression still tense.

Sorry, Baymax. You never deserved a pain in the ass patient like this.

But eventually he does catch his breath, though his posture is still completely tense, and he looks at Hiro for a moment at the question before glancing away, tensely.

Talking about Hugo is never a thing he wants to do--and talking about that fact that he basically didn't have anyone else is just inviting pity, which is also a thing he doesn't want to do. So, naturally, he clams up.]

Keep-- him away from me. [H-hmph!!] Are you at all aware of the concept of personal space?

[The nice thing is that he is a robot and he cannot be offended. But Hiro sure can, even if that's not what's happening here. There is something drastically wrong. Even he can see that, and while he would love to tell Leon off for freaking out he's not that much of a dick.]

Do I need to explain what Baymax's job is? Again? [...come to think of it did he ever fully explain? Ah well.] It's not really something he's trained for.

[Yeah, Leon doesn't care what Baymax's job is, Leon just very much doesn't want anyone to touch him (and he doesn't know why he almost feels like he does, because that has to be false, absolutely false). He crosses his arms defensively at that, scoffing.]

Then teach him. He is clearly capable of learning. You should be capable of that much.

[Because Leon's personal space is Delicate for Reasons.]

[Obviously Leon just needs to give into those feelings. But okay, okay, he gets it. He mimics the stance to try and make himself look taller (yeah that's not working…)]

You want me to teach my friend not to deal with you specifically. Like. Ever. Really? You're sure about that?

I want you to teach him to respect my personal space!

[Because that freaked him out, it really did.

He can't help it.]

But if you are capable of teaching him to leave me alone, that would be acceptable, yes.

I can just tell him never to talk to you ever again even if you're severely injured or need to be rescued. How about that? [The driest of dry tones. He's leaning against Baymax like he's defending the robot…but if Leon's not taking the personal warm-calm balloon, he will.]

[If that's supposed to make Leon feel as though he should take it back, it's...not working.]

That is exactly what I asked for, yes.

[Oops.]

See to it that you do.

[The urge to punch Leon in the face is rising...]

Fine. I'll even upgrade his chip to completely avoid you in public so this never happens again. [That's not happening.] ...are you okay? [It's. Baymax is a robot and a squishy walking marshmallow but he wants to be sure Leon actually wasn't hurt or anything. Being a protag is hard.]

[He'd deserve it but it'd probably be a bad idea even so.]

I'm fine.

[You can't have expected anything else.

Though he knows he overreacted and.....]

... I was simply startled. [Bullshit.]

[Stahn probably wouldn't like it either and it's something Hiro keeps in mind. You win for now, friendship mullet.]

I'd hate to see how you react when you're really startled. [He shakes his head, sticking his hands in his pockets so he doesn't have any more desire to punch him or other such things.] Where're you heading anyway?

[He'd probably stab someone-- but yeah, this is fine, move on to hopefully less volatile conversational topics--]

That is none of your business.

[Oh.

... Admittedly the truth is that he was just wandering, in an attempt to stay away from...Stahn........]

I don't know if I'd really call this a strategy... [Naoki groans as though this is taking mental exertion he wasn't prepared for.] But all right. Sure. Your win. Technically.

[Inugami is whining happily and draping himself half on Hiro, tail whumping against the floor. BLISS]

[Naoki smiles faintly, shrugging one of his shoulders too.] Yeah. [Pause.] I'll stick around for a little while longer, if that's cool with you.

[Well, even if he has Baymax and his cat there for company, hey. Naoki'd feel more comfortable hanging around.]

What have you observed?

I don't know, that's why I decided to ask. Several times, I've seen what I believe are feathers out of the corner of my eye, and felt an uncommon sensation of calmness.

[Mabel...Mabel no.]

Maybe. But only if you stop calling him a giant ladybug. I don't see any spots on him, do you? AND DON'T PUT SPOTS ON HIM. Dipper warned me about that.

...you have no idea, do you. [Why you always lyin', etc etc.]

You just said to use his strengths against him! [He's busy liberally loving and petting and scratching Inugami to keep the demon happy, and maybe it's weird but he doesn't seem to care.] That means I can train with the others sometime too, right?

That's totally cool, I don't mind. [He'd prefer it, actually. Human company is...nice. He loves his cat and Baymax is still his best friend, but it's still nice.] Wanna see what's on TV? [It's a distraction. They could both use it and he's already reaching for the remote.

Three days. They can do this.]

They're fast learners. After a while they start taking on our appearance too which is a REALLY advanced kind of tech. It's got the voice modification down almost perfectly. It's not real skin or hair but it looks really real. And they want to make us happy and have a tendency to follow whoever activated them. Tadashi didn't activate his robot, but Baymax did. So...now we have two of him running around. Our apartment is way too small for this. Feathers? [Suddenly more important.] When did that start? And are you sure you're not just more zen because nothing's happening right now?

We--ll, eventually. Maybe not Pixie.

[Naoki approaches since training time seems to be wrapping with Inugami being too distracted by being a dog. He's just going to lick Hiro's face for good measure, too.]

Yurlungur's technically stronger than Long, but Long's a big dragon while Yurlungur's more Inugami's size, so it might be better to get him to train with you. [Well, given that he seems to be talking and planning aloud, that's not a bad sign.]

Shut up.

[That's a yes, he has no idea.]

Naturally I have a destination in mind. I am not the sort who would wander aimlessly. [And yet.

Here he is.

Wandering aimlessly.]

And if Long's a dragon and Inugami's a dog--hey! [Give him a second to push Inugami's face from his because that was a low blow, dude.] What's Yurlungur? [And why are they all animals?] I bet I could take on Long someday, too.

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