I know that Most feelings are fleeting, but I could make a home from this one
It takes everything in Nate to not roll his eyes when Vai looks back at him, the gesture saved until she turns away again. A mistake maybe, with the way it makes his whole head spin, nausea rising up in the back of his throat. His head is nearly between his knees when she sits again, giving him no choice but to listen before he responds. "You didn't cause them." Nate's head rises slowly, the act of sitting upright costing him more than he expects. "You never did. He did. I just..." He wets his lips, on the edge of continuing, before dropping his shoulders and sighing.
Even in the state he's in, Nate can tell when someone is leading him, can feel the tug of Vai's words. Can't help but want to follow them, a line out of the strange tangle of memories that drag at him. "It's not really rest, you know." It feels contrary to point out, satisfies something in Nate to say, if the little grin that crosses his face means anything. "Sunny and Ru, they... they're resting. I was..." He turns to look towards the kitchen, brows furrowing. "Ru got it first, she... I don't know. Was fine, then..." Both hands rise in front of him, mimicking an explosion at first, then simply hanging in the air, like he's forgotten to drop them.
Even in the state he's in, Nate can tell when someone is leading him, can feel the tug of Vai's words. Can't help but want to follow them, a line out of the strange tangle of memories that drag at him. "It's not really rest, you know." It feels contrary to point out, satisfies something in Nate to say, if the little grin that crosses his face means anything. "Sunny and Ru, they... they're resting. I was..." He turns to look towards the kitchen, brows furrowing. "Ru got it first, she... I don't know. Was fine, then..." Both hands rise in front of him, mimicking an explosion at first, then simply hanging in the air, like he's forgotten to drop them.
NATE
