Day At Home (Tag: Miyuki)

[Near]

Near had gotten up at first light again, he just couldn't seem to sleep in for the life of him. He lazily rubbed his eyes as he sat up, letting out a yawn before scanning his eyes around his room, lest anything be different from how he left it the night before. Clothes, wallet, guitar, everything was as it should. Not that it was likely to be any different.

He dragged himself out of bed and into some pyjamas and into the bathroom. It was unlikely she would be up at this point in time, she never was. He washed his face to complete his waking up process, now actually feeling like he had joined the world. It was time for breakfast.

Scanning the fridge and freezer, he found some bacon and eggs. He smiled as he hurriedly pulled them out and started the stove, the breakfast of kings. As he cooked it the smell filled his nose and the kitchen of the apartment where he lived with Miyuki. Amusing images arose in his mind of Miyuki floating out of her room, as if magically drawn from her bed by the magical scent. It was almost time for her to wake up anyway, would be a nice surprise.

[Miyuki Shimizu]

The sun wasn't even up yet when Miyuki shoot up from her bed. She had a bad dream again, never able to recall it once awake though. After taking a few deep breaths to calm down she laid back down. Maybe it was better to not remember, after all she was used to it by now so it didn't bother her much. The breeze coming in from her always open window and the sounds of the city lulled her back to sleep.

Its only been a few hours when a bang was heard from the road outside. It wasn't that loud but it was enough to scare Miyuki and make her fall off the bed. She looked confused around the lit now from the sun room searching for the source of noise but could only hear a man from outside cussing loudly. Sighing she got up from the floor pulling her blanker along "What a nice way to wake people up" she muttered. After dusting the blanket she put it back on bed and plopped on it. "Few more minutes of lazying around wouldn't hurt right?" she said while stretching.

She was drifting back to sleep when it hit her. The heavenly smell of food being cooked. She wasn't even feeling hungry until then. She could distinguish it now, bacon. Her stomach started rumbling and she could hardly contain her drool. Like the dead she rose from her bed with messy hair and followed the scent out of her room. Not even bothering changing from her nightwear, which consisted of shorts and a too revealing tank top for the world to see, or washing her face at least she approached her target. He was still working by the stove when she leaned on his back. "Food" was the first thing she said and not losing a beat her stomach followed with rumbling.

[Near]

Near was busy with the bacon when he felt pressure on his upper back, it didn’t take a second guess to figure out who was standing behind him. Miyuki had awoken, and no less on cue as it were, he was almost done with the food and he had made plenty for both. “Well good morning sunshine” He said tilting his head back so he could just see her over his head, sure he may have been poking some fun because she looked like death warmed up.

He was nice enough at least, to respond to her rumbling stomach by reaching down to the pan and grabbing a piece of bacon and held it over his shoulder. Knowing her she would probably just eat it out of his hand, he chuckled softly and said, “The rest will be finished soon, go have a seat and I’ll bring you a plate”. A few mere minutes after he had said that he was dishing up a couple plates full of bacon, eggs and toast that would surly settle her appetite.

As he handed her a plate, knife and fork he went back to the kitchen to prepare his own meal, much to his dismay there was only a few strips of bacon left and a single egg, there wasn’t any bread left as well. Did not look like he was going to have a feast this morning. Not that he was a big eater anyway, he would just need to go shopping later if he wanted to eat anything else today.

Once his own meal was finished he joined his Meister at the table, she was already busy eating her own food when he sat down and Near started picking at what he had to eat. Waiting patiently for his hungry Meister to finish inhaling her own food before asking anything. “How did you sleep?” were the first words to break the silence apart from cluttering cutlery and the consumption of the food made moments before.

[Miyuki Shimizu]

Miyuki put the cutlery down having finished with her feast. She felt so full she could hardly move. Sighing she put her elbows on the table and leaned on her hands. She started recalling last night and a scowl formed on her face. Even if that dream didn't bother her much it still annoyed her. Why something so pointless? Something she couldn't even remember... She shook her head and regaining her composure she looked back at Near and smiled "There were better nights... The longest I sleep the happier I am after all" she said while leaning back in her chair now "And thanks for the great breakfast by the way, it was delicious." she grinned while patting her belly.

It didn't pass her attention the little food Near ate, it made her feel a little guilty actually since she devoured most of it. His cooking was delicious though, who could resist? She would definitely make it up to him somehow.

A lot of thoughts passed through her mind as she stared at her weapon, he was sometimes too nice for his own good. Considered herself really lucky getting paired up with him though, he was a great guy. With this and that she got up and started cleaning up the table "I really wonder how you're able to get up so early" she chuckled to herself. "Got any plans for today?" she asked him over her shoulder while heading into the kitchen to wash the dishes.

[Near]

Near nodded at Miyuki, he guessed she must have woken up a little earlier then normal then. Not much could be done about that now anyway, at least she has eaten, she looked a little more alive as a result. ”Don’t worry about it, least I could do for my Meister” Near stated with a soft smile, it really was no big deal and hoped she wouldn’t make too much fuss of it. Near could hardly object when she removed the plate from in front of him and took them to the sink to wash them, Near had intended to do it himself but it looked like Miyuki didn’t let have a say in the matter.


Near walked over to the couched and planted himself face first into the soft cushions, grabbing the remote from the coffee table he turned on the stereo and started playing some music. It was just some quiet background noise but Near needed to have something playing at all times, he was just a bit weird like that.

Near let out soft chuckle “Getting up early isn’t that hard, it’s just what I’m used to” He said loud enough so that Miyuki would be able to hear over the sound of the washing dishes. The next question made Near stop, had he any plans for today? “Noooo, I don’t think so.” He started slowly as he racked his brain “Yeah no nothing on today, we could go train some more if you wanted to” He said, following up his previous statement. They needed to train a little more, they were getting used to each others wavelengths now, it wouldn’t be long before they went out on a mission.

[Miyuki Shimizu]

She was vaguely paying attention to what Near was saying. Focused on scrubbing the dishes she was singing to herself "Sparkly, sparkly, sparkly, scrub and make them sparkly" and with a big grin was placing them to dry. The minute she heard training though Miyuki perked up. Her eyes grew wide and her happiness level increased just at the thought of it. Oh how did she love training! First times were a little tough and ended up with Near having to drag her home since she couldn't move from sore muscles but she still enjoyed it. "Training sounds great, once I'm done we can leave right away" she cheerfully replied.

After a few minutes Miyuki was finally done. As she turned to go into living room to leave for training, she caught her reflection on the window. "Oh" she finally noticed how messy she was. Suddenly conscious she peaked from around the wall to find Near still laying on the couch. While accessing the situation a light bulb went off in her head. Within seconds she had her plan ready. She got on her knees and using the music background to her advantage she started sneaking by him to get to her room. She was almost tempt to try and scare him but kept that thought for another time.

She had almost reached her destination when her foot caught the leg of an end table and made a screeching noise in contact with the wooden floor. She looked back and what a surprise! He noticed and he was giving her a funny look even. Miyuki embarrassed got up, her face the colour of a tomato, dusted herself off, with a shaky voice she said "I'll... go get ready" and rushed to her room.

Twenty minutes later with hair brushed and clothes changed she emerged from her room. "Ahem..." she cleared her throat, "So, are we ready to go now?" she asked not dare to look into his eyes, still embarrassed by getting caught earlier.

[Near]

Near had to make a mental face palm, he had forgotten how much of a training nut Miyuki was. Guess he still wasn’t fully functional yet, well nothing he could do about it now except follow through with the suggestion. Would not be bad for them either, their soul wavelengths had not yet joined properly and Near was heavier to Miyuki then he should have been as a result, she needed to be able to swing him around in one hand with a fair amount of ease before they would consider taking on a mission.

Near tried to pull himself from the couch but failed to do so, he only managed to turn his head when Miyuki tried to sneak past him, he gave her a quizzical look not fully understanding why she was trying to sneak away but letting it go in any case. She must have realized that she wasn’t exactly dressed for the public, why she couldn’t deal with Near like that was beyond him. They had to know the workings of each other’s soul’s, that was much more invasive as far as Near was concerned.

Fifteen minutes passed and Near still couldn’t be bothered lifting himself from the couch. Besides the song that was currently playing was a really good one and he didn’t want to miss the end of it. Near figured Miyuki would be finished soon so he actually dragged himself off the couch and too the front door, he wasn’t presentable either but that didn’t matter, he had a solution to fi that little dilemma.

Once Miyuki emerged dressed and set to go she would have surely noticed the fact that he hadn’t even gotten dressed at all. Still in PJ’s he responded to Miyuki’s question ”Yeah let’s go, but you need to carry me in my weapon form the whole time so our wavelengths have more time to sync” he said holding out his hand, with more then a slight smile appearing on his face at the same time, whether she realized his hidden purpose behind this or not didn’t matter. It did not change the fact that it was in general a good idea, despite his laziness.

He held out his hand for Miyuki to take, not noticing the fact that she wasn’t looking him in the eye. Once she took his outstretched hand his physical body would start glowing red with the color of his soul as his form began to change into that of his weapon form. Within a few short moments Near’s hand had become a hilt in which Miyuki’s hand was holding. The sword was in total equal height to his normal height, whether it actually would change if he got any taller Near didn’t know, not that he was getting taller.

Near began to focus on matching wavelengths, his wavelength appeared a little course and rough, but overall flowed like a flickering fire, Miyuki’s was a lot smoother and flowed as water does. Near figured his own course wavelength was his own weakness trying to hide itself from Miyuki. Soon enough both wavelengths flowed together, but the coarseness of Near’s wavelength didn’t allow them to resonate perfectly due to the disruption in the flow of his own wavelength. His half naked image appeared near the base of the blade “Shall we go?”

[Miyuki Shimizu]

Miyuki felt Near's gesture so she grabbed his hand, automatically her soul's wavelength flowed to resonate with his. After the first time she tried few weeks ago, she had no problems controlling her soul the way she wanted to, it came to her naturally. Control, after all, was one thing she had mastered over the years and also something she hated losing, this morning was a good example. It wasn't even that much or anything important, but the past few years, after she was kicked out of home, changed her in a lot of ways, she didn't used to be that carefree and it bothered her in a lot of ways. 'Changes always happen whether you want it or not' she thought to herself.

A hiss escaped her lips as Near changed into his weapon form, even if it lasted only for few seconds, during his transformation she always got burnt. Not being able to perfectly match made Miyuki worried. Would training really fix this? Will they be able to continue being partners like that? She wasn't one to give up, but she could feel his soul not accepting hers completely, it would be pointless to go on like this. As the transformation completed Miyuki felt Near's weight drag her down a little, he wasn't that heavy that he would completely restrict her movements, but moving around with him at ease wasn't possible either.

Desperately she glanced between her weapon and the mountain they would head to, it was only a ten kilometer distance that she could do in 30 minutes any day, but having to carry her lazy partner around she would be happy if they arrived before lunch time. She tightened her grip on his hilt and with a small grunt picked up all of his 5'6 glory, resting the flat side of the blade against her shoulder. "Off we go then" she breathed the answer and took off.

One hour and fifteen minutes later they arrived on a clearing that was located halfway up the mountain, their usual training spot. Most trees around it either suffered deep slashes or were cut down. At this point Miyuki was already sweating and breathing heavily, she had dragged Near uphill not able to carry him all the way and now unable to contain herself she dropped the sword and collapsed face down on the grass.

Rolling on her back, still breathing heavily, she looked at where she dropped her weapon "Fifteen minutes and I will be ready to begin... Hopefully..." she addressed to him. With that said she looked back at the sky and started putting her breathing under control while cooling her burned palms against the still wet from humidity grass.

[Near]

Near was silent throughout the whole hour and fifteen minutes. He spent the time meditating on his wavelength, trying to match it with Miyuki's. For some reason Near couldn't allow his wavelength to match perfectly with Miyuki. It seemed as if he didn't completely trust her with his life yet, which while made sense while they were a new pairing and hadn't worked together much. Near couldn't help but feel guilty as he put this burden on her. A weapon should be weightless to it's Meister yet Near could tell from Miyuki's expression that he definitely weighed more then he should.

Once they reached the clearing Near returned to his human form, pajamas and all. It may not seem like it, but maintaining a connection was mentally draining on him as well. He sat against a tree and drew a deep sigh as he relaxed, Miyuki was physically exhausted more so then mentally, but the effect was the same.

Near thought further on the wavelength that Miyuki and himself made when they resonated. Near needed to solve his own insecurities if they were ever going to function properly as a pair. Near stayed deep in his thoughts, trying to find a solution so much so that he failed he hear the low growl emanating from the trees behind him, failing to hear the steps as a large body moved closer to their training ground.

[Miyuki Shimizu]

It didn't take her long to relax and when she did, she instantly regretted it. She begun feeling sick and in her head started that all familiar throbbing dance, the pain was something bearable though. Danger was really close, her other senses detected nothing yet. She threw a glance around the area they were in and made a mental note of everything's position, including Near's.

Few minutes passed and nothing happened. The symptoms were reduced and only felt like some annoying background music, she was no fool to relax yet though. That was when she heard it, there was movement from somewhere close, from the noise it made it should be something big and definitely dangerous. She scanned the area a second time and saw a big bulgy mass approaching from Near's side. How could he not hear it? His senses were sharper than Miyuki's a long way.

Miyuki quickly crawled to the closest tree and hid herself from the monster's view. It hadn't sensed her yet for some reason and she wanted to keep it that way. It was closer to the clearing now and she could make out its form, a huge bear, saliva dripped from its jaw as its mouth been pulled into a snarl. 'Why would it come so far out in the clearing at this point of the day?' Miyuki thought, she looked around for something that could act like a makeshift weapon and found a big branch. Its end seemed chewed she noticed as she picked it up, it was quite heavy too, but that weight was something she was used to already.

She heard a low growl, the bear was already quite close to Near, but he seemed too lost in whatever he was doing to even notice. There was no way she could take out the bear with one hit but with some luck she could at least make it pass out for a while. With that in thought she went into a crouching position waiting for the perfect moment to pounce on it. For a bear to be this hostile without reason it was weird though, they did nothing to provoke it. She soon understood why though and if the situation was different she would even laugh about it.

The bear had gotten in a decent position for Miyuki to strike and she didn't want to put Near into danger with letting it get any closer, so she went in. She run up to it from its side, the bear's ears twitched but it wasn't fast enough to react. She jumped and added a spin to her body to make the hit stronger as she struck with the branch. She got it nicely between the nose and its eyes and landed on the other side of it. The bear stood on its hind legs grabbing its snoot in pain and letting out a loud growl, Miyuki struck again this time hitting it under its open jaw.

The cracking noise of bones brought her a weird satisfaction, she at least hoped that Near would be awake by now and gotten away, distractions like his well being, weren't something welcome at this point. As the bear made a step back probably dizzy from the previous hit Miyuki risked a kick, using the branch for support she used both her legs to land a kick high between its chest and neck. The bear went down but one of its claws caught Miyuki's leg and she got pulled down with it, thankfully landing on top.

Panting heavily and ignoring the pain, with the branch still in hands she landed multiple hits all over the bear's head, trying to get away from it would give openings and with a male this size it wasn't something she would risk. Two more hits was all it took, the bear left of a low grunt and went to dreamland without putting up much of a fight. The chances of it waking up were extremely low as the internal bleeding in its head would kill it most probably. She was only catching her breath when she noticed the condition her leg was in, there was blood oozing and she could see flesh but it wasn't broken at least from what she could tell. She also had few small scratches but nothing important.

The pain hit her like a lightning as the effect of adrenaline wore off too. Tears started rolling down her cheeks but she laughed. She hadn't gone crazy... yet, but the whole situation seemed funny. Here she was lying on top of a knocked out bear.

The freshly scratched bark on a lot of trees in the area, she wished she had noticed earlier. This young male had claimed the territory and considered Near as a threat, could also be the reason why it didn't pay any attention to her. "Are you awake yet sleeping beauty?" she called out while giggling and tried to get off the bear using her unharmed leg. Movement was taking her a lot of effort as the blood loss from her wound made her feel kinda dizzy.