On the other side of the wall, Amon was just waking up as well. Instead of sitting up, he just laid there thinking about what had happened between he and Nagira the night before. "Was it okay that I confessed?" he asked himself. Now he had to drive himself crazy over having told him..."Is he going to say anything? Pick at me?" He furrowed his eyebrows together, thinking, looking somewhat like a child would...he wasn't used to having his older brother around but he figured that the way he was feeling was what most men felt when dealing with their meddling older brother.
"Morning!" he heard Nagira say, stretching and yawning from his own bed. Groaning inwardly, Amon thought "Everything he does and says comes out comedically...is he ever serious?". "Mm, I'm hungry, how 'bout we get little bird up and grab something to eat from room service and veg for a bit?" He got up and grabbed the phone, ordering them pancakes before Amon even had the chance to answer. "I take it that wasn't a question then." Amon thought to himself, still laying flat on his back staring up at the ceiling.
Thirty minutes later and Amon was still laying in bed. Nagira's presence for some reason lightened even him up. The doorbell rang and Nagira got up to answer it. Without moving to see what was going on, Amon heard Nagira say "Ah, food, come and get it!" Closing his eyes and rasing one eyebrow up, he heard Nagira leave the room going in the direction of Robin's room, he assumed, to get her for breakfast.
Nagira walked into Robin's room seeing her exiting the bathroom with another long black T shirt on. When she saw him shirtless she blushed. Nagira held back a chuckle remembering that she was still young, and, before coming to Japan, was on the path to becoming a nun. "Food in our room" he said happily. Seeing her looking down at what she was wearing he added "Oh, and there is a robe in the bathroom, I assume, if you want to put it on over what you are wearing." Nodding, she headed back into the bathroom to grab the white robe the hotel had supplied.
As Amon laid there, it hit him rather quickly that he still had his shirt off. Looking down, he quickly sat up to put his shirt on...just in time to see Robin coming through the door. Their eyes met and both could feel themselves heating up in embarrassment. Robin quickly looked away as did Amon, Nagira standing still with his eyes wide trying not to laugh, yet again. "I'm going to have one hell of a time trying to contain my laughter when around these two." he thought, walking over to the table with the food on it, not saying anything. He figured he had put his brother through enough as it was...or at least for now, he didn't know how long he could hold out.
Throwing his shirt on as though nothing happened, he walked over to the table and sat down, grabbing some food. They ate in silence, as usual, but it felt...nice. The effect Nagira had on everything was amazing...he just made things seem...okay. After breakfast, Robin walked back into her room and changed into her dress. Walking back into Amon and Nagira's room, she saw that Nagira had sat himself on his bed and turned the TV on while Amon was relaxing in a chair by the window. It was then that Robin realized that she loved those two more than anything else in the world...and that she wanted very desperately to live in peace with both of them.
"Hey little bird, what's up with the face? Looks sad." Nagira said to Robin making her smile.
"Nothing, just thinking about how nice things are now." she said as she walked over to sit on the bed with Nagira finding a new comfort in being close to someone...even though he still had his shirt off.
"Glad to see a smile on that face of yours, you're way too young to be sad all the time."
Things had been quiet for a while, nothing but the TV and the occasional movement from Amon, Robin, or Nagira being heard. Nagira and Robin had laid down on the bed, watching TV while Amon got really comfortable just looking out the window...it was a nice day out. Looking over at Amon, Robin saw a contented look on his face, then looked out the window to see it was nice outside. She got up and walked over to Amon and asked "Mind if I open the window?" softly, smiling at him. Nodding his head, he watched as she opened it and then closed her eyes as fresh air poured in from outside.
Amon looked over at Nagira, not sure if he felt comfortable with him currently being in the roombecause...he wanted to ask Robin if she wanted to go for a walk. Normally, he would have emotionlessly asked and made it sound as though he thought she needed a break but didn't want her to go alone...but now, everything had changed. He had kissed her and then confessed his feelings for her to Nagira..."This is ridiculous. He knows, I may as well ask her...she looks like she wants out just as badly as I do."
"Would you like to go for a walk?" he finally asked her. Looking to him, seeing that he was still looking out the window, she quickly realized that he was trying to be discreet. "Sure" she replied, getting up to walk to the door. Amon got up as well and followed her to the door, glancing at Nagira to see if he was giving them yet another goofy look...he wasn't. He scrunched his eyebrows together a bit, not sure if he had even heard them or noticed that they had gotten up to go.
"Nagira?" he said, his voice back in its monotone.
"Hm?" Nagira asked as though he had been so focused on what was on the TV that he hadn't noticed them.
"We're going for a walk outside." he replied cautiously.
"Alright." he answered back, not taking his eyes off of the TV. Shaking his head slightly, Amon continued walking over to the door of the room, following Robin out. When Nagira heard the door shut, he couldn't help but smile to himself..."They're usually so tense...they need a little quiet time together."
Finally reaching the door of the hotel, Amon held the door open for Robin feeling oddly...happy. It must be the weather...
"Thank you" she replied softly, thankful that he hadn't pulled away from her completely after the "incident". She was worried that all the progress they had made would be erased and she' be back to square one. They started off walking around the building to the left, not really planning on where they would go. They got to a certain point where they both slowed and then turned so that they were heading out into the middle of the yard. They stopped, just standing there letting the air calm them.
Despite his feelings and thoughts at the time when he kissed her, he now felt as though it was right...and that he had overreacted. Turning to her, he felt he had to say something.
"I'm sorry."
"For what?" she asked without looking at him.
"For pulling away from you so quickly. I shouldn't have reacted that way." he explained honestly. The way she could make him act...so different from how he usually was...
"It's alright, I understand." she said, finally turning to look at him.
"No, I don't think you do...I hardly do." he said, leaning in. He slowly and gently kissed her, closing his eyes, this time, not planning on pulling back like before. She, too, closed her eyes, accepting his kiss, amazed at how gentle he could actually be. Slowly, he pulled back and turned to go, waiting for her to follow him back to the room. She gave him a small smile and followed him back, taking what had happened for what it was...a kiss. She wasn't going to push it, wasn't going to look too deep into it...she was just going to accept it, like she had him, happy that he had let her get that close.
Walking back into the room, Nagira looked to them and asked with his usual happiness, "How was the walk?"
Well, if no one has guessed just yet, Amon and Nagira's relationship is one of my favorites. I can't help but make Nagira the comedic one setting it up so that Amon has to react to him when he isn't used to having a family member of any kind that close. Again, I'll say don't worry about Amon being off. I wanted this chapter to be lighter, to be a break because things that I have been waiting for are coming closer. I saw an oppportunity to focus a bit more on Nagira and Amon comedy and a chance to give each character a mental break...thus Amon acting the way he was. He was still, in essence, himself but he felt a bit better. Having big brother around to help and lighten the mood allowed him to chill for a bit. -Smiles-
I also must say that I have a "job" coming up. Some big religious thing is going on down here and my Dad got me a job at a stand for a few days (I'm not religious, it's for my Dad's friend and it pays about $250 so why not?). It will probably be 12 hours a day for a few days so I won't be able to write much...it supposedly starts on Wednesday so I'm glad I've been able to get as much done as I have.