Not that the room was all that special, at least as far as he could tell. There was some traditional sliding doors, and signs that this had once been a store room. But the walls were solid, the flooring felt nice under his feet, and it was warm, despite the remnants of a rainstorm that had passed by as he'd prepared for bed.
Laying there on a futon that Kasumi had given him, he put his hands behind his head, and looked towards the window, where moonlight was settling a light glow that was pretty nice, and made it almost like he was in some sort of fantasy. Yet, it was real, and he felt really comfortable there, especially since his three friends were under the same roof.
Of course, there was the fact that he wasn't planning on staying there forever that hung on in the back of his mind. Somewhere out there was the girl that he loved, and he was certain that he'd get back to being with her. He might need to put some heavy effort into returning to her, but he didn't mind. Even if all that he had to do was to was wait for her, he was going to do it with the full confidence that they would be reunited.
Still, it was nice to be able to wait there for the time being with a trio of girls that he really liked. Sure, he didn't understand them sometimes, particularly Nabiki, but he cared about all three of them. Having people ready to accept him for what he was, someone totally dedicated to the Art, was nice, and if he could have, he'd have liked to bring them along with him to visit with him and his wife.
Chuckling at the idea of him being a host, he rolled onto his side, and closed his eyes as he tried to go to sleep.
The comment that Nabiki had made about him going to school when he'd seen her when they'd been getting ready for bed followed him into his slumber though.
His tongue was an unresponsive gag in his mouth, or so Genma thought as his eyes blearily opened onto a darkened room. He instinctually knew that his eyes wouldn't have been able to take the strain of light so easily, so he mentally thanked whomever had seen it fit to turn off any lamps or similar devices around him. However, he did recognize that there was the familiar discomfort of laying on a bare patch of floor, though there was an added bit from something that was under his body. Turning his head to look was all that he could do to find out what it was.
And when he did so, he saw his old friend Soun staring back at him with eyes that were barely open.
"We must have kept on drinking until we fell asleep," the Tendo patriarch murmured in a raspy voice.
Genma grunted in agreement. "It must have been enjoyable, whatever we were doing until then."
"True. And now...."
"We really should move. Continuing would be nice, but...."
"I could show you to a better place to sleep...."
"Can you move?" the man in the white gi asked.
"Something like this can't break me. But...."
"Why bother?"
"Absolutely...."
Both men smiled confident, yet shaky smiles, and, having used most of their energy to speak, crawled, rolled, and dragged themselves to opposite sides of the table.
Soun made an admirable attempt to look over the piece of furniture, but only managed to get one eye in place to glance across the surface. "Better?"
"Much. Didn't notice the blankets before," Genma admitted.
"Must have been Kasumi."
"Ah. Thoughtful. And now."
"Sleep."
"'Night...."
Neither of the two fathers even fought the pull of slumber, as it was too much work to fight against it. Having dealt with liquor induced sloth before, they were experienced in the ways that they wanted to deal with it. As such, they only wanted to sleep it off, and were perfectly comfortable with doing so right where they were.
Soon, snores came up from both sides of the table, while:
(Posted Mon, 29 Jan 2007 04:44)
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