[He closes his eyes for a minute, listening to Nico’s voice on the other end. Any other day it’d be the two of them talking on the couch, watching something on TV. Zangyaku was always something Nico wanted, and Kaz wasn’t going to stop him. So he sighs and buries his head in his pillow, the sound of his boyfriend’s voice making something inside him twinge.]
Did… Did they tell you where you’d be stationed?
[He hopes in vain that Nico says Kibo, but if Xi Wang is training him… That’s a pipe dream, and that’s also when he catches himself. The way the Magistrate had stared him down when he’d asked for passage had bothered him. Kaz didn’t want to interfere, and that same part of him wanted to see Nico in the Searing Wind someday.
The way uncle Mat had talked as well… Zangyaku and their commitment to the Vigil. Point of fact, his own compact is kind of the same, especially since Kaz is gunning for the White Lions. ]
Oh god, that face.
Did… Did they tell you where you’d be stationed?
[He hopes in vain that Nico says Kibo, but if Xi Wang is training him… That’s a pipe dream, and that’s also when he catches himself. The way the Magistrate had stared him down when he’d asked for passage had bothered him. Kaz didn’t want to interfere, and that same part of him wanted to see Nico in the Searing Wind someday.
The way uncle Mat had talked as well… Zangyaku and their commitment to the Vigil. Point of fact, his own compact is kind of the same, especially since Kaz is gunning for the White Lions. ]