†003 - Childcare

[bucuresti]

[Mihail has never really had much of a chance to practice his fathering skills (do suburbs even count?) so this is definitely something else. Perhaps it wouldn't be half as odd if the child he got from HQ wasn't also Norilsk's child. That isn't to say that it's a bad thing, seeing as how the newly-christened Nadezhda is not only adorable but very well-behaved. Mihail's definitely taken a shine to her.

It's just... Well, it's awkward, seeing as how her parents can easily be submerged into a very vicious cycle in their relationship, so this is certainly a questionable situation.

All backstory aside, they've decided to relocate to Mihail's room with Nadezhda for the time being, though Mihail's really stuck as to how to take care of her when he has absolutely nothing in his room that a baby could use. Fun times in parenthood, indeed.]

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[gulags.livejournal.com]

[ considering he is naming it after the very thing that - yeah. let's just drop the subject. ]

Ah, perhaps tonight we should allow her to sleep on the bed? Just for tonight, until we can find something suitab - [ mihail, you make things awkward forever. ]

Oh. Ah. Well.

[ god. ]

...Do you - er. I thought you would want taking turns. Whatever is better for you, I suppose -

[cenusa-lumina.livejournal.com]

Yes, maybe. I have plenty of pillows, so she should be safe for tonight.

[]

W-well, I really would prefer it if both of us were here since... It's both of ours.

[gulags.livejournal.com]

[ well then. where would he sleep? ]

Oh, I will -- [ eying the couch. ] -- take the couch, then. If - if you do not mind.

[cenusa-lumina.livejournal.com]

Yes, that's fine. I'll stay in the bedroom with her for the night.

HE SHOULD BE SLEEPING IN THE BEDROOM FLOOR.

[gulags.livejournal.com]

Right. Er -

[ nadezhda finally has a firm grasp on his scarf. she pulls the fabric to her, trying to gnaw on it. ]

Do you want to hold her?

oh fffff

[cenusa-lumina.livejournal.com]

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Hello to you, too.

[gulags.livejournal.com]

She is very pretty.

[ the scarf tightens around his neck. to relieve the pressure, he unwraps it from his neck, holding it between both hands so nadezhda can do what she will with it, slightly self-conscious what with the scar on his throat. ]

[cenusa-lumina.livejournal.com]

Yes she is.

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[a-retracta.livejournal.com]

[ hi guys am i late ]

Mihai~! [ the doorknob turns thrice -- someone's obviously very intent on getting in, but he stops once he realizes the door is indeed locked. and so, he knocks. ]

[cenusa-lumina.livejournal.com]

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...Nicu.

[gulags.livejournal.com]

[ that type of response...? ]

Is everything alright? [ part of him wonders who is outside the door, but a bigger part worries about nadezhda and mihail (after all, if mihail is the one who's scared, then... ]

[cenusa-lumina.livejournal.com]

[]

No, not at all. Just... [] ...Just don't answer it.

IT FEELS SO WEIRD PLAYING BOTH

[gulags.livejournal.com]

I - shouldn't? Er, who is that?

[ man, the knocking is pretty persistent. "mihai~" ]

YOU DO IT SO WELL <3

[cenusa-lumina.livejournal.com]

That's-- [] Chisinau. M-my, umm... He's an old friend.

get out. :[

[gulags.livejournal.com]

[ tempted to ask why he'd rather not see him, but ahhh, it's really not the time for this, he thinks. ]

Ah. So, do we -

[ trailing off. "stay quiet"? ]

never /clings

[cenusa-lumina.livejournal.com]

[]

I'll explain it all...after he leaves.

/tsuns quietly.

[gulags.livejournal.com]

Ah, right.

[cenusa-lumina.livejournal.com]

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[a-retracta.livejournal.com]

[ tired of fiddling with the doorknob and calling out to mihai. he's a little sad...and lonely, but maybe mihai really isn't in his room and is somewhere else. maybe he's in the kitchen...!

if he isn't, he'll come back and pick the lock. ]

[cenusa-lumina.livejournal.com]

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Nicu--Nicolae is...what people would call my ex-boyfriend now. It was a very strange sort of relationship.

[gulags.livejournal.com]

[ WELL THEN. ISN'T THIS COMPLICATED... ]

Ah - I see. [ really, he has nothing to say about that. ]

[cenusa-lumina.livejournal.com]

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Yes... I don't exactly like...reflecting on it. [] Ah... You don't think any lower of me, do you? []

[gulags.livejournal.com]

It's not my place.

[ at least, that's better than, "it isn't my business" - that's akin to indifference. the truth is, he does care to an extent if only because he's never seen mihail look so uncomfortable (a bit of a stretch - he's seen him like that, but only when he's done something upsetting...?). ]

I - [ "would not." ] Why do you ask?

[cenusa-lumina.livejournal.com]

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Nicolae has never been very stable, and perhaps I've made a lot of bad decisions...

[gulags.livejournal.com]

I do not think anyone is exempt from this. Bad decisions, I mean.