DECEMBER CATCH-ALL

[khajidont]

WHO: Jaime Reyes & YOU
WHERE: All over the place!
WHEN: Throughout the month!
WHAT: This will mostly be used for logging out Jaime's return back to MOM, though I'm keeping it open for other interactions throughout the month! If you'd like to thread anything at all out, just contact me, and I'd be more than happy to write a threadstarter for you. As always, I can be reached on my plurk or via PM.
WARNINGS: Discussion about dead teenagers within.

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[khajidont]

Yeah.

[Ken gets it. But then again, Ken probably gets him a little better than most people do, people who look at that steel wall of kindness and good etiquette, and don't bother looking at what's going on underneath. That's not necessarily how Jaime fashioned it purposefully, but it's his own way of holding people at arm's length until he finally warms up enough to them to trust them with how he really feels.

How he really feels is rarely surprising, but it's private anyway. That's just the sort of person he is.]

As long as you get that, then we're good. I just don't want you thinking it means less than it does. [And, of course, Ken doesn't.] It's not like it's the sort of thing you don't bother returning.

[amadaman]

I'm not... I'm not nearly as kind as you are.

[He moves even close to Jaime though, and from there he looks up at him, saying with as much sincerity and honesty as he can muster up now, more than he already has tonight.]

But Jaime-san is someone important to me. I trust you, but no matter, I want to be on your side.

[khajidont]

I think you underestimate yourself, [Jaime says, and he says it genuinely. There are several different types of kindness, and even if Ken errs on the side of tough love, it's no less important for it.

But then, Ken probably expected that sort of response out of him. Jaime sighs, shoulders sinking a little as he settles into his place here, leaning over to rest his chin on the top of Ken's head.]

...you're important to me too, kiddo. I'm glad we're always gonna be on the same side.

[amadaman]

[... This is new. Ken blinks at the weight on his head, but it's only seconds before he relaxes into it, leaning back against him.]

But I swear I'll make you grow out of calling me that. We're only a few years apart!

[khajidont]

Uh-uh. Five years apart.

[Jaime's a cheater. Biologically speaking, it's more like four years apart; he's actually going to be turning seventeen instead of eighteen, but it's so much more convenient to just roll with what's listed on his birth certificate. He'll take being legal sooner.]

That's more than a few. So that means I'm never gonna stop calling you that, 'cause no matter what, I'll always be that much older than you.

[amadaman]

That's not fair. Then I can never beat you -- even if I'm younger I'm almost thirteen!

[Yes, kid. "Almost." Because "in six months" is "almost."]

[khajidont]

Yeah, well, life isn't fair.

[They both know that... but in this case, Jaime says it much more playfully.]

Which means that no matter what, you can never beat me. Give it up; this is a fight you're not gonna win. Call it a perk of being old.

[amadaman]

[That immediately gets from Ken a long, exaggerated groan and he leans back more against Jaime.]

I hate being told to give up. Why would you do this, Jaime-san.

[khajidont]

Because I'm the worst, [Jaime says, comfortably. He's satisfied with that assessment. It's every older brother's job to be the worst, in some way, shape or form.] You found out too late, though, 'cause now you're in it too deep. You're stuck with me.

[amadaman]

I am. I'm running out of options, and this is an unavoidable battle.

[He reaches over to try to mess with Jaime's hair. He's gonna ruffle it as much as you do his!! Try not to get poked in the eye, Jaime.]