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theairlock Choro
This is an open catch-all post for airlocked!Choromatsu, taking place a few years after the end of the game (though I am down for some more immediate post game threads as well). After no longer feeling like he has a place in his home world anymore, Choromatsu returned to space to seek out his own independence and protect others. He looks a lot different now (he grew his hair back out) and has matured a lot because of his experience, but he’s still good old Choromatsu.
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So, she decides to drop by and visit – and she's making it a surprise partially just to cheer him up but mostly because she doesn't 100% trust Choromatsu not to sugarcoat things a little if he's not doing well if she gives him advance warning... because, well, it's exactly what she'd do. She wants to be absolutely sure Choromatsu's doing fine.
So, her next day off, she packs an enormous four-tier bento box (it's definitely excessive but that's just Rii-san for you) and takes herself to see Choromatsu. She's not rude enough to just let herself in, even if she is dropping by as a surprise, so knock knock, Rii-san's at your door and she's got LUNCH ]
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COMINGGGG... man, I swear if they ordered take out and fell asleep again...
[ Soon, the door starts to open. ]
HEEEEELLL—
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And when that person sees Yuuri their whole face drops. ]
...oh.
[ ...
Quietly the door closes shut again before Yuuri can even get a word in. ]
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Okay, well that... didn't really go like she was expecting?? She barely has time to process that she's seeing someone who isn't Choromatsu, let alone all the sticky gems on their face and... okay, maybe she should... try knocking again instead of just standing here like a dumbass.
In her defense: what the FUCK just happened. ]
Um... hello? I'm just here to see Choromatsu-kun? ... Is now a bad time? [ WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON IN THERE ]
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YES, HELLO, CHOROMATSU LIVES HERE. WITH A VERY MATURE 325 YEAR OLD MOON ROCK— I-I MEAN NOW’S FINE. IT’S FINE? IT’S FINE. IT’S DEFINITELY FINE?
[ They're not yelling and yet their volume keeps steadily increasing somehow. ]
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Are– are you really sure? Um, it's just that it really seems like I've come at a bad time – I can always come back later! It's probably my own fault for dropping by without letting him know first...
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[ ...
...rowletface.png ]
...W-Would you like to come in.......?
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Just... Yuuri is fine. [ The best way to deal with it is just to act like nothing is wrong, right? Right. ] Yes. I'd like that.
[ It's better than hovering here in the doorway and not-yelling at each other??? ]
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O-Okay.
[ They sort of... awkwardly side step out of the way so Yuuri can enter. The apartment seems nice enough. A little disorganized perhaps but otherwise clean and surprisingly spacious. There’s an Italian greyhound snoozing away on... whatever the fuck this nightmare is supposed to be and Mofu is here too, floating in front of a closed door like a cat that wants in. When Mofu realizes Yuuri is here she floats on over, making some sort of happy chirping as she does.
...Also there’s a small garbage can full of sphinestones. Definitely a coincidence.
The alien room mate takes a deep breath to calm themselves, now that Mofu is here to sort of alleviate a little bit of the awkwardness. ]
...Hey, sorry about that earlier. I uh... I do a lot of dumb bullshit when I’m bored.
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It's... kind of a relief, too, to see that it's just a nice, regular apartment. She hadn't really expected anything bad but it still makes her feel better seeing it for herself and knowing how Choromatsu's been living.
And of course, she's giving perfect baby Mofu some pets as a hello as soon as she floats over. ]
Please, don't worry about it. It's nothing I haven't seen before. [ ... which is a gentle fib, but that general brand of dumb bullshit is familiar, at least. ] It's just nice to meet you properly – I knew he'd been living with some friends, but I think this is the first time we've talked, isn't it?
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...I’m Jenny. Jenny Pearls.
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[ She hitches up the strap of her bag a little. ]
It's just got some food inside and I don't want to get it knocked around too much.
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Oh! You can put it on the table if you want. Or in the fridge if it needs to be kept chilled?
[ The table she’s talking about is a small one in the kitchen area, presumably for eating at. The whole apartment is pretty open save for the bedrooms, no walls between kitchen and living room, so it’s pretty easy to see. A laptop with spewtube paused on the screen sits on the table... along with a little thing of glue that Jenny forgot to throw out when they haphazardly tried to get rid of all traces of her rhinestone crime. ]
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[ imagine finally getting to eat your fave character's amazing cooking. jenny rly out here living the dream.
Yuuri sets the big stack o' bento carefully down on the table and then after an awkward moment of hovering, she pulls out one of the chairs and sits herself down. ]
Um– if it's a bad time, I really don't have to stay! I don't want to intrude while you're, um... busy? [ nice save. nailed it. ]
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Oh no, no, no. You’re really not interrupting anything. Like I said, I get up to some dumb bullshit when bored; I just wanted to see the look on Choro’s face when he comes out of his—
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[ Wait. Wait wait wait now they suddenly remember why they were bored. ]
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[ Maybe making this a big surprise wasn't such a good idea in the first place... this is what happens when you abandon your instinct to plan everything, huh. ]
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[ God why do they need to be the one to say this. ]
That’s why... his boyfriend...... spent the night.....
[ You know
The boyfriend he definitely hasn’t told either of his families about yet.
(Not that. Jenny knows this but...) ]
please enjoy this rii-san face journey
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His... His boyfriend...?
Did... Did he not tell you...?
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[ Please enjoy this firsthand taste of MENACING ]
He really is terrible at keeping us up to date with him, isn't he?
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Haha... ha... yeah, I guess so........
[ Choromatsu how could you do this to your room mate. How could you. ]
Um... s-so yeah. I haven’t seen them leave that room at all yet today...
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[ S c a r y ... ]
You don't mind, do you?
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No, ma’am.
[ Meanwhile it looks like that italian greyhound has now woken up bc of all this commotion and has hopped right up on the table to sniff at the bento. ]
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[ Okay, that's apparently enough to dispel some of the Terrifying Energy, because now she's all afuss at the bento. ]
I'm sorry, um– maybe putting this away would be a better idea?
[ Away from SNIFFING DOGGO NOSES at least ]
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”Iz that chikan? Cermet would like chikan pls!!”
[ Now that Jenny realizes what’s happening they’re wheeling around and raising their voice at the dog. ]
CERMET!! How many times do I have to tell you not to walk on the table!!!
[ The dog hops off but it’s definitely grumbling to itself about how “emotional support rock Jenny” shouldn’t boss him around. ]
Sorry, that’s actually... our other room mate...
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Of... course. Yes. [ Fool on her for ever assuming that Choromatsu of all people would ever have a normal roommate situation. Mother of god. ] So there's... how many of you living here, three? You, Choromatsu-kun and um... Cermet-san.
[ You can hear how that hurt her to say. ]
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[ They bend down to pick up Cermet, who seems to have decided he wants attention now. ]
Though these days Nep is here so often he practically lives here too. Beech may as well just move in already.
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[ She wants to Seriously Interrogate about him, but just barely manages to restrain herself. That can wait until Choromatsu's out here and Yuuri can shake him down herself. ]
It sounds like it's nice and busy here, though. That's nice. I had this awful image in my head of him all by himself in the apartment all day.
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Oh, don’t worry about that. Believe me, he couldn’t find time alone even if he tried. Even getting Mofu to leave his side is hard enough.
[ Which speaking of... Mofu’s taken to floating back in front of the closed door like an annoying cat. Good thing she doesn’t have claws to scratch with. Jenny meanwhile has headed to take a seat at the table, Cermet still in their arms. ]
We uh... we all do our best to keep an eye on him.
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[ Her smile goes a little softer and quieter as she says that. ]
I know he can look after himself just fine, but... I still worry about him. It's a big change to make, moving out from his home like that and coming all the way out here. It was definitely better for him, but... well, like I said. I still worry.
[ She laughs, a little self-deprecating. ]
Sorry, sorry. I shouldn't be rambling on like that.
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[ Cermet has his head on the table and he’s giving the biggest puppy dog eyes. ]
”Can plz stop talkin aboot smol hooman now, iz not chikin. An Cermet honger.”
[ ...Jenny is just gonna. Whap Cermet on his side a little for that. ]
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Well – it is dinner time. And I made enough to share, so why don't we dig into some of it now? There's no point in sitting around and being hungry while there's food here.
[ She standing up and already busying herself with getting the bento unpacked even as she says this. ]
Besides, if a certain someone didn't want to miss out on dinner, he shouldn't be sleeping in so late.
mid r2 au
Finding Roland torn apart was hard enough, but it turning out to be poor sweet Mary- who didn't even fully remember what happened- was worse.
No trial was good. But this time Takumi felt a rush of guilt. He had his bow, he could FIGHT. And still he had been unable to prevent anything. Junpei had almost died due to the "demons" he made. Takumi had collapsed in a hallway due to the curse that came with Mai's powers exhausting him. He was useless.
And when he woke to Queenie franyicly shaking him and the bow at his side was a toy again he knew it was true.
After the trial he slunk off to him and Choromatsu's room, snapping the toy in half and throwing himself in the bed to brood instead of eating with the others]
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Once he felt he had waited long enough, he opened the door gently and poked his head in. ]
Hey. Do you need more time alone or can I also come in and mope?
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[ Okay good. He’s okay with this company. That’s good. That’s a start.
He comes in and after gently shutting the door behind him makes his way over to the bed and sits down. Eventually after a moment though he lays down, side by side with Takumi on their combined mattresses. ]
...It’s not your fault you know.
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[said in the exact tone of someone who doesn't really believe it.]
Even if I found one of them first I would have just ended up on trial instead...