- 73 [Action]

[fortunefail]

[Anyone passing by house #8 today will see an old man sitting in a nice wooden rocking chair, situated on the porch. He seems to be enjoying the weather. There may be clouds overhead, but it's still a nice temperature. His cane is leaning against the wall next to him. Anyone familiar with Yuan will recognize him, as it's hard to mistake that bright blue hair. It may have a few grey streaks, but aside from that it's barely changed.

Is he... sleeping? Sure looks like it. Then again, he may just be faking it.]


[[AU info can be found here, but it's not very elaborate or surprising.]]

Comments

[nottanzanite.livejournal.com]

[... okay, he can't leave you here alone.]

[fortunefail]

[Whaaat? He's not coughing up his lungs. He's just been having some trouble breathing these past few days. Must be a virus, or something.]

... Didn't think I'd see the day you'd admit to being concerned.

[nottanzanite.livejournal.com]

What? [He's not leaving a sick old man alone.] You're one of my closest friends. Of course I'd be concerned... [He could have sworn that he'd told him that he was worried about him before.]

[fortunefail]

Hm. You sure have a funny way of showing it. [Though not quite as funny as with OU Yuan, who was constantly fighting with him. AU Yuan gets along a little better with Zoisite.]

[nottanzanite.livejournal.com]

Do I? [... he's drawing a blank.]

[fortunefail]

Always just bossing people around and talking back to them... That's the problem with kids these days. You should try asking politely for once. It works wonders.

[nottanzanite.livejournal.com]

Well, I am a King. [Hm.] I can't remember the last time I had to ask for something.

[fortunefail]

[What nonsense is this, now? Whatever it is, it's funny.] A King, are you? Did I miss your coronation or is this something you've been hiding all this time?

[nottanzanite.livejournal.com]

I thought I told you. Whenever they introduced that... electricity nonsense. [A flippant wave of his hand.] Or the Princess would have blabbed. She's not very good at keeping secrets. I don't know why Endymion chose her.

[fortunefail]

Who the hell is Endymion? ... Or the Princess, for that matter.

[nottanzanite.livejournal.com]

[... stare.] Princess Serenity? Or... "Usagi" as she's going by now. [AIRQUOTING.] Endymion is her husband.

[fortunefail]

[..............]

Don't be stupid. Usagi has no husband.

[nottanzanite.livejournal.com]

Yes, she does. And their wedding almost caused a war.

[fortunefail]

She's fifteen.

[nottanzanite.livejournal.com]

So?

[Seriously, what are you talking about man.] I'm only sixteen and I've had suitors since I was thirteen.

[fortunefail]

[He finds that extremely hard to believe. No, he doesn't want to believe that. Brrr.]

Of course you did. [Do you hear that tone of disbelief, Zoisite?]

[nottanzanite.livejournal.com]

It's true.

[fortunefail]

If it helps you sleep at night.

[nottanzanite.livejournal.com]

Fifteen is a normal age to get married.

[fortunefail]

Not where I'm from.

[nottanzanite.livejournal.com]

What is then?

[fortunefail]

Around twenty years old.

[nottanzanite.livejournal.com]

... That's rather old.

[fortunefail]

I say it's a fine age. I don't even want to think about a honeymoon for fifteen year-olds.

[nottanzanite.livejournal.com]

[We're from wildly different worlds, aren't we.]

I think Nephrite's girlfriend is only fourteen. He's nineteen. That's normal where I'm from.