Nevin sat back, clicking off the burner under the brew that he had been working on. That was it for the early morning - the last of the special orders for an antidote to some paralysis poison that was running around the underground at the moment. Now it just had to cool, and all that would take is time. He stood up and stretched out his arms, and looked around. The sight of his girlfriend laying on her side on the little bed made him smile and shake his head.
Eteri had been slowly recovering, and while he had given her a little life force once or twice to bolster her, he couldn't tell how far that had progressed. There had been no more sessions where ‘her’ tentacles had come out to play, so he hoped that it had been dropping in its influence on her. Soft steps carried the alchemist to her, and he gently picked her up in his arms.
Nevin set her down in their bed and was thinking about whether or not to join her, when there was a loud, imperious knock on his door. He frowned - he thought the closed sign was up. He let out a sigh and moved to the front of the store - and froze when he saw the person outside, bathed in the light from a nearby street post..
Ayaka. Nevin wasn't sure whether to be happy to see the brown haired woman, or upset. He took a deep, deep breath, and opened the door to let her in.
“Ayaka, thank you.” For coming, for giving them as much time as they'd had together. He didn't know which so he didn't bother vocalizing it. Nevin cleared his throat and stepped back to let her in. ‘Eteri is asleep right now. I've been.. Trying something, but she made me promise to stop. Can you see if it has had any effect?” His voice was soft, steady - and full of worry. Eteri was precious to him - and if he had been doing this, and it did nothing, then.. Well. He would be a pretty shitty boyfriend.
So he led the way to the bedroom where Eteri lay curled up, her face buried in the pillows where he normally slept.
Ayaka stepped quietly into the room, her feet didn’t make a sound as she stood by the bedside. She reached out a tanned arm to lightly brush Eteri’s bangs out of her face, Nevin couldn't read the facial expression on the woman. But he felt glad that she wasn't immediately grabbing Eteri and fleeing.
Ayaka turned and left the room, silently clicking the door closed behind her. She stared him down for a few minutes. “We need to talk.” She muttered in a hushed whisper.
Nevin took a deep breath. He nodded, and led the way his workshop. It had the heaviest door, so they could talk without fear of waking the blue haired girl precious to both of them up.
