( things on the mend )

[reincarnate]

[ In a shocking turn of events, Nanashi is only human.

Actually, when he thinks about it, it sounds really bad that he got so used to being not-quite-human when he was only as such for two weeks top, but at the same time, a lot of things happened in those two-odd weeks. By his figuring, he risked his life more times in ten days than most people do in their entire lives, and that's even taking into account the fact that many people regularly have gotten attacked by demons for the last 25 years. Still, he's got an unavoidable self-awareness of the fact that an excuse is an excuse: Tokyo might not be as dangerous as it was before, but it's still not a safe ground either, and he should have taken more careful stock of his capabilities before throwing himself into an unnecessarily risky fight.

The good news was that he remembered that Dagda wasn't going to bring him back to life before the future of his life was in question. The bad news was that he only remembered this soon enough to dodge what could've been a fatal blow from a demon just enough to turn it from "life-threatening injury" to "non-life-threatening, but annoying and will probably take months to completely come back from type injury" instead.

Which is why he's been strictly quarantined in his room for bedrest, courtesy of Asahi's insistence. "I know you," she'd said, exasperated, pushing him back into bed. "You're gonna try and walk on that broken leg when it's not ready and just make it worse! Seriously, Nanashi, just rest. Take a staycation! You deserve it."

It only took two days for Nanashi to get bored of his so-called staycation, but he also knows Asahi's right and has quietly borne it for the last week. He feels restless cooped up in bed, and given that most of his spare time up until now was spent training as a Hunter cadet, he's begun to realize that he actually doesn't have too many hobbies, and has begun trying his hand at a few things to keep his hands busy. At least making stuff makes him feel productive, even if his craftsmanship is questionable thus far.

It's really the occasional visits and messages from friends that keeps him from being too bored, though, so when Hallelujah mentioned he was planning on dropping by, Nanashi didn't even bother with an attempt at a polite deference ("Don't you have boss type responsibilities to attend to now? Don't worry, I'm fine") and accepted the offer with a vague sense of relief.

When he hears a knock at his door, he figures it's probably Hallelujah, so he calls out: ]

Door's unlocked, let yourself in.

[ ... Since Asahi will be mad at him if he gets up to do it himself. ]