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Summary:

Estinien didn't have to help his stupid friends move their stupid piano into their apartment. If he had bailed in the first place he wouldn't have been crushed by said piano and forcibly taken to the hospital while missing ultimate prog in a certain hit MMORPG with a free trial up to level 60, but hey, he doesn't entirely mind one visitor in particular and knowing that Orn Khai is tearing up someone else's curtains for once.

The thing he does mind is having nothing else to do but respond to these stupid texts.

Notes:

set in my indulgent "mmo gamer au" where ffxiv is a hit mmorpg with a free trial going up to level 60 beloved by all of hydaelyn. a continuation of sorts to saturday night question, following the question of "Wh—what do you mean, Haruki and Estinien got crushed by a piano?"

featuring/mentioning:
@derytatith's ninira
@trustyrpartner's hanami and haruki
@verbroil's rjoli

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@ nyanya [AKA] there is so much violence in this one, lunya tunya, she no like the banana, Ligaya Lisuga (Siren), emotionally 7'00", [Siren...

nyanya
piano man!!(^∀^)ノシ

Wyrmblood
What do you want

nyanya
am i not allowed to be worried about my dear sweet precious friend estinien, who was crushed by a piano at the tender age ofhow old are you never mind. did you ask her out yet

Wyrmblood
I don't know what you're talking about

nyanya
i know ninira went to visit you in the hospital last night you punk and she brought treats for you n haruki from rjolis haruki got those jelly-filled donuts he loves but she gave you MACARONS do you know how expensive macarons are.

Wyrmblood
Idk like five gil for a box

nyanya
FOUR GIL APIECE

Wyrmblood
What the fuck

nyanya
its the almond flour anyway if you wont make a move i will

Wyrmblood
No?????????

nyanya
i never said i was doing it for you bitch im gonna get me a girl who loves me enough to buy me ishgardian macarons out of her tiny cashier paycheck when im on my deathbed

Wyrmblood
I'm not dying I have a broken leg and I'm being monitored in case my head swells to the size of a fucking paissa And everyone knows you have a thing for your roommate

nyanya
i have two hands

Wyrmblood
You don't even have anything in the first one

nyanya
i will if you dont buckle up and get going ponyboy

Wyrmblood
Okay fine let's say hypothetically I liked Ninira and wanted to ask her out Why and how would I do it when I'm trapped in this hospital bed for who knows how long

nyanya
captive audience. and you literally just said youre not dying youll be out of there before weekly reset. drama queen. also hanami sent us pics. you look pathetic and girls love a sad little man. thats why listen i have a plan we gather a full party of blms in the churning mists and surround her in ley lines and then you get down on one knee and

Wyrmblood
No

nyanya
she would love it

Wyrmblood
She would I am not hypothetically asking her out ingame with a promposal And I am not asking Aymeric to bring my ps4 to the hospital

nyanya
haruharu asked for his

Wyrmblood
Do NOT Compare me to that blue beach ball

nyanya
why? scared everyone will accuse you of kinning TWO haganes???

Wyrmblood
Lunya.

nyanya
>:3c seriously though. you dont have to do anything, but i think how shes been fretting over you is proof enough that youre not trapped in one of her sad unrequited romance paperbacks ik telling you is one thing, but Look for once this time estinien. weve known for ages you had a chance. youre the only one whos been saying otherwise maybe its time to let yourself be happy!

The door of the hospital room creaked open carefully, a familiar mop of lavender hair poking out from behind a bouquet of flowers that nearly dwarfed its holder in size as it carefully shuffled inside. At the sight of her—even if she couldn't see him in turn yet— Estinien's old high school javelin throw instincts immediately kicked in and he flung his phone across the room, where it hit the corner with a BANG and fell behind the recliner there. Regret and shame immediately flooded him but on the other hand the damned thing's screen was already cracked anyway and Ysayle had been mocking him for months about how old it was.

At the sound, Ninira peeked around the barrage of colourful flowers that didn't look right at all between the sterile hospital room and himself, the guy who ripped his favourite leather pants and nearly died trying to help his stupid friends move their stupid new piano up the stairs for twenty gil and thought anything more saturated than a cool gray was too bright.

"Estinien? I hope I didn't surprise you too bad—"

"Ninira," Estinien greeted as casually as he could despite having possibly destroyed his cellphone for no fucking reason.

Behind the recliner, said phone pinged innocently with another Linkcord message.


@ nyanya

nyanya
anyway me n raha are gonna go grocery shopping but nini should be there any second now ahuhu youre welcome ( ̄y▽, ̄)╭ i told her to sign your cast before anyone else could and she bolted LMAO and shes bringing my flowers!!! i hope youre allergic, stinky!!! <3