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The Roof, Monday After Midnight

After getting the message Ranma left him, Teddy felt the need to get some air. He was happy that Ranma was going to find his mom, but he couldn't help but feel a little jealous.

Especially today.

He took a seat, legs hanging over the edge of the building and looking out over the town. "Merry Christmas Mom."

[[ooc: open like roofs generally are, but conversation between

senor_chado and

notthehulk locked to them.]]

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After tricking him out into the hallway, then leaving him alone in the room for a while, Chad really owed it to Mizu to take him out. He didn't want to take another long, late night walk into town (he also hadn't wanted to bring Mizu along to the causeway; he needed the solitude), so he went up to the roof. Not like he was going to get much sleep right now, anyway...

He felt a sharp tug at the leash as Mizu started bouncing forward excitedly. Chad jogged a bit to keep up with him until he saw what had caught Mizu's attention. "Oh. Hey, Teddy."

Mizu was very quickly pawing excitedly at Teddy's back. Chad was holding the leash tightly, because, dammit, they were close to the edge here.

Teddy turned and grinned down at the puppy. Puppies were like the anti-emo. He scratched Mizu behind the ear before looking up at Chad. "Long time no see," He said, still grinning.

Mizu was hoping maybe at least Teddy would let him stay and play with them, unlike that other friend of Chad's. He happily accepted the attention, tail wagging.

"Yeah, no kidding," said Chad, a little less happy to see the one person who would make him feel awkward right now. He did try to return the grin, though; he didn't want it to seem like he might actually be inflicted with his own brand of emo. He was the Chad. He wasn't supposed to get emo.

Teddy turned so his back was to the edge of the building and pulled Mizu into his lap for more petting. He gave Chad a concerned look when he responded.

"You okay?" It had only been a few hours since he last saw him and he hadn't seemd so down then.

"Um," Chad rubbed his free hand on the back of his neck. There was no point in trying to act like everything was okay. "I...talked to Jude."

Teddy's eyes widened. "Oh."

"Didn't go well?" He asked hesitantly. Or did Chad decide to stick with Jude and this was a brush off?

"He said he needs time," Chad said, finally joining Teddy on the ledge, "to think about stuff."

Teddy nodded and rubbed Mizu's belly nervously.

"Are you okay with this?"

Chad was looking out at the sky. "M'gonna have to be."

Mizu wasn't able to dispel the sadness that Teddy felt now.

"I could back off you wanted. I, I," He stuttered. "I just don't want cause you to get hurt."

"I don't want you feeling back about this, Ted," Chad said, keeping his gaze ahead. "Ya didn't do anything wrong."

"It's kinda hard not to feel bad when you do," Teddy said softly, looking over at Chad. He shifted Mizu so one hand was free to touch Chad's hand gently.

Chad didn't respond to Teddy's hand on his, but he didn't pull away, either. "M'okay," he assured him.

Teddy didn't pull away either, not about to let nerves get the better of him this time. "Just know that I'm around if you want someone to talk to. All of this doesn't mean that we're not friends anymore," Teddy said.

Chad grunted a little. "Y'ever really know me as one to talk, Ted?"

"Doesn't mean I can't offer. You could even grunt in meaningful tones if it helped," Teddy said, trying to lighten up the conversation.

He looked down at Mizu before continuing, "And it's not like you didn't offer the same thing."

Chad turned away from the horizon to look at Teddy. "An' you didn't talk then, either."

Teddy pulled his hand away from Chad and picked up Mizu for a hug. After some time calming himself down, he finally spoke.

"There's a war going on back home. When I went back over break, I got caught up in it."

Chad had only said it to make a point; he really didn't mean to pressure Teddy into feeling like he should talk. So he just hoped Teddy had told him that because he had wanted to, not because he felt oblidged.

"A war?" he asked, keeping an unfaltered gaze of attention focused on him.

Teddy did want to tell Chad this, it was just... not pleasant to bring up.

"The government wants to 'regulate' people like me," He said quietly. "They tried to put us in prison."

There was a long pause as Chad let this roll over in his head; what would it be like if the same sort of 'regulation' with people like him. People who could see and use spirit energy like him and his friends. It didn't sit well with him at all; it felt a lot like what they had tried to do with Rukia.

"...that's terrible..."

Teddy buried his face in Mizu's fur, nodding at Chad's words. "We got captured by some government test lab who wanted me because I'm a 'genetic anomaly'," Teddy said, feeling nauseous as he said the last part. He mimicked the doctor's voice, "'I could just cut and cut and there's nothing you could do about it.'"

Chad tentatively moved over, close enough so that he could wrap his arms around Teddy in a hug. "...Did they?" he asked, quietly.

"I heal really quickly," Teddy said.

The hug tightened significantly. "Dios, Ted..."

"I flipped out on Ranma and almost hit him when he tried to talk to me about it, I just didn't want to do the same with you."

"S'why I didn't push," Chad said, not relenting his embrace. "I knew you'd tell me when you were ready..."

Teddy closed his eyes, feeling calmer then he had in a long while. Maybe those therapy books were right about letting things out.

"Thank you," He said, mostly being muffled by the tight embrace Chad had him in and Mizu.

Mizu was starting to squirm a little; he liked all the hugs, but this was getting a little much. Really.

Chad was feeling about the opposite of the puppy. "Anytime," he said.

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