burningrescue | lio catch all

[He does calm down again after a minute, leaning heavily against the bars of the cage, completely drained.]

I wanted to tell you.

[The same thing Meltryllis had said, right?]

I know.

[Continuing to press his forehead against the bars back at him. He swallows, hard.]

You aren't that. You aren't any of that. Not even a little.

[Lio . . . actually rubs harshly at his face. It seems that he can actually cry when he's not entirely a dragon. Simply half of one. When he does that though, Galo might notice . . . two small dark red marks on his cheek. apparently it was underneath makeup. You've just made him cry so it actually moves.]

I will try to communicate. From the other side.

[He doesn't notice that at all, because he's focused on Lio. And what he just said. And his response is sudden, and harsh.]

Don't get it wrong, Lio. I made a promise. And I'm going to save you.

[That's right. In the, uh, whole mess that happened, Galo had volunteered hadn't he.]

Galo, listen to me, you've seen the executions-- I'm not going to be able to stop it.

I don't care. If you can't help but burn, my firefighter soul will put you out twice as hard.

[He knows everyone else thinks he sounds crazy, but he wants Lio to believe him.]

If a person I love is trapped in a fire, then I'll just have to run in and save them. Anything else is impossible for me!

[Stop dropping L-words, they've been dating for a week! But, yeah. He does believe him? He believes him more than anything, but the other thing he doesn't want is equally as important.

When he starts to raise his voice, more fire leaks out.]

Good! Because I won't be responsible for your death! Don't you dare make me kill you!

[Something about the thought seems to tear through him, and he has to turn away - shooting a jet of flame the other direction.]

[Okay. He's going to wait, still, against the bars for this to pass. And once Lio has it under control again, no matter how long it takes.]

Yeah. I said my promise, but it was two promises, wasn't it? One, I get out of here alive and go home and save the Burnish. Two, I don't let anything happen to you.

I'll keep both of them.

[It takes him a while, because like always Galo drives him fucking insane sometimes. Being possessed with a monster isn't helping the situation either. When he finally speaks again, his voice is raw, because seems like shooting fire out of your mouth when you aren't fully a dragon hurts quite a bit.]

You can't do either of those if you make me kill you.

I know. I know.

[That's kind of what he was saying, dingus. But he's soft, looking at him.]

New rescue protocols. Me getting out in one piece takes first priority. [Well.] Alive, I mean. [One piece is a pretty high bar that he has already failed.]

[He just needed to hear him say it more clearly. Like making someone repeat back an errand to you, to prove they were listening. Lio actually gives a soft huff of amusement at the one piece thing.]

You've already lost fingers.

[ . . . hey why do boys keep losing body parts for him.]

[To be fair, he didn't lose these for you, Lio. He lost them for Asch. Also, which other boys?

He flexes the fingers on his hands, and grins.]

It's nothing. Lucia will make me new ones. One piece, but anything that Lucia can fix with robot parts that probably have amazing extra properties still counts.

[That's a lie, he definitely lost them for Lio. Also, Nic just got his arm ripped off because he didn't want to vote for Lio. So how's that for one-upmanship.]

. . . Don't rename my motorcycle.

[. . . Pressing a kiss to the bars.]

If you die tomorrow, I'm definitely renaming it. Its new name will be Hikeshi Spirit, and there's nothing you can do about it.

[God help him, he loves this idiot so much. He laughs. Now he does want to kill him tomorrow, and they'll both die, and no one can do anything to his motorcycle.]

Stupid.

You're right. I'm the stupid firefighter who's going to save you.

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