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 Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2011 8:33 pm
The day was still pretty fresh, brighter than night time, at least, but Roch hadn't been sleeping well at all. In fact, he was trying to sleep under one of the trees at the front of the campus, simply because he hadn't had any luck sleeping in his own room the night before.
His head resting on the base of the tree, the rest of his body sprawled out in front of it, nothing cute about the way he slept at all, other than the soft sight he would let out once in a while.
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Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2011 10:19 pm
Everything hurt. Everything hurt. Well no, that was a lie. Only her wings ached, but they hurt so badly that everything else just sort of radiated that pain. It had been a few days since the... incident, so luckily it wasn't as horrible as it could be. Still, Danny's wings hurt like crazy.
It didn't make getting back to Amityville any less exciting though. As soon as they pulled up, Danny spotted Roch on the ground and started wiggling (which was, in itself, very painful, but she couldn't help it). She had missed him a lot. It just wasn't the same pulling pranks without your best friend there to giggle with you. There was the ... thing with Rikki, but that would come later.
Perkins finally pulled up and parked the herse, and Danny hopped out as soon as she could. Perkins said, "I'll get your bags m-" but Danny was already gone. A sly smile was on his face; he remembered his school days with all of his friends too.
Danny attempted to sprint across the small stretch of grass, but it ended up being her taking a few steps, recoiling in pain, and then repeating the process. Eventually, she did make it over huffing and panting. What did she do?
She flopped right onto him. "Roooooooooch!" she squealed. It hurt a lot to squirm like this, but it was worth it. She was home, her real home.
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Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 7:24 am
Roch grunted, all of the breath shoved out of his lungs as the demon flopped on top of him. "Jack, Danny," he muttered, now awake. "I think you broke a rib," he complained, his hands on her waist to try and relieve the burden of her weight a bit. "When'd you get back?" he asked her curiously.
She'd been gone too long, if you asked him. Sure, he'd been gone for half the time himself, but-- "Did your wings get bigger?" he asked blankly.
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Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 3:41 pm
Danny attempted to sit up, but it probably just made the pose look more suspicious. "I got back just n-" she said, wincing from the pain of sitting up. Owwww pain. Why did these wings have to hurt so much? Now she knew why scarelings always cried when their fangs came in. Poor vampires too!
At Roch's comment though, she puffed up a little bit with pride. Her wings had indeed grown bigger, and she was quite proud of it. "Are they bigger? I didn't notice!" Of course she noticed. She attempted to flutter them a little to show them off more, only to be racked with more pain. Well that was stupid.
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Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 4:05 pm
He stared at her blankly. "Danny?" he asked slowly. "Have you been forgetting to brush your teeth or something?" He could see her wincing over a tooth ache or something, or maybe she got into a fight? "Or did you start some trouble while you were gone? Like a fight?"
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Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 4:38 pm
She recoiled a bit. "No! I brush my teeth every day!!" she insisted. A frown slowly crossed her face. Did her breath smell that bad? She did have a bag of chips on the way here, but ...
New subject already. Roch was so good about this kind of stuff.
A fight? Did he know about ... what happened? No that was silly, how could he know? Unless maybe ... Rikki told him? "No. No fights either." She winced again. Darnit, and she had managed to forget about it for like a whole minute.
With an exhausted flop, she put her head back down on Roch's chest to rest, for just a moment. Unfortunately, this was also the time that Perkins decided to come over with her bags. A sly smile was on his face, as he looked upon Roch with eyes that just said "Oh I get it~" No doubt he would be informing Mr. and Mrs. Fitz.
He cleared his throat and said, "Ah miss, your bags."
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Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 5:06 pm
"Jack, Danny, get off," Roch said trying to get her off of him.. "People are going to think the wrong things. And tell me why you're wincing and stuff, because guessing isn't doing me any good," he told her.
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Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 5:36 pm
As soon Roch tried to move her, her bodily instincts told her to stay on and bother him more, but it was no use. She was just too tired. Instead, she rolled off to his right and gave him some mercy for once.
Hissing with pain, she stretched out her left wing (the one that was closest to him). "See, there are these pokies and they really hurt," was the best way she could think to describe it. After all, she wasn't the most literate person in the world, and as much as Danny would protest, Roch wasn't the stupidest person in the world either.
Perkins was still waiting idly, so with her wing still stretched out (she didn't want to put it back after all! That's just more pain!) she turned to him and said, "Oh uh. You know where my dorm is right? Just put stuff there?" Perkins shot her a worried look, bowed, and then headed towards the demon dorms. Another act of the spoiled demon ghoul.
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Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 5:49 pm
"Oh," Roch said, looking at the sharpened claw like additions to her wings. "Hmmm..." He frowned slightly, thinking about what they should do for it. "Well there's pain drugs," he said slowly. "Or maybe we can get some sort of lotion at the store, or somethin? I bet we could find some stuff at the maul! Then it might help it feel a little better, right?"
He would say ice, but... well, he already knew how that would end.
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Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 5:57 pm
"No, no, it's okay," she said, waving her hands in a "no, no" gesture, "No need to do alla that. I'll be okay!" Even as she spoke, her hand gestures distracted her, and her wing naturally folded shut, releasing another hiss of pain from the ghoul. She really wasn't proving her point very well.
Changing the subject, Danny said, "So what happened while I was gone? How did your date go!" Danny wanted all the details. ALL THE DETAILS.
She picked up her lantern and set it in her lap. Danny was prepared for a lengthy tale, though she probably wasn't getting one.
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Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 6:11 pm
"Eh, Hel's in love with another guy, it was just us goofin' off," Roch said, bringing his arms up to rest his head on his hands. "Danny, I don't think anyone will ever want to date me for real, I'm better for just goofin' off with, see? Can't really blame them for it, either." He sighed. Then he pulled out his phone, posting a question on groanspring.
"Let's see if anyone knows what to do about this."
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Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 6:17 pm
Awww he was rejected. Poor Roch! Danny couldn't imagine what it would be like if someone rejected her. Actually, she couldn't imagine being in love at all. Maybe with ... well nevermind that. "Don't say that Roch! Lots of ghouls probably wanna date you and just don't wanna say it 'cause you're such a doofus." That hadn't sounded as good as it did in her head. Well oh well.
Danny pulled out her own phone and noticed she had a notification from someone as well. Oh it was from Roch goodie! Danny responded to it promptly. Well that solved that.
"'Sides, there are lots of valkyrie-shaped fish in the sea Roch!" She taped her chin for the moment... Oh! Her face lit up in an idea. "... Like what about that Freya ghoul! She's nice, right?"
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Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 6:21 pm
"I was askin--never mind," Roch said, sending her a groanspring comment instead. "And HELL NO, I ain't about to try datin' Freya. She's got a guy for one, and it's one I can't jackin' stand, too. Besides, she ain't my type," he said. "I'm still..."
He sighed, feeling like an idiot. "I'm tryin' to get over my stupid a** crush on Xiu. I figured datin' someone else would be good, but--it wouldn't really be fair to them if they liked me, huh? Jack this is confusing."
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Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 6:24 pm
Danny let out a secret sigh of relief. She didn't like Freya very much, though in truth she hadn't seen her more than a few times, so it wasn't a very accurate judge. Something about those big wings just made her feel insecure though. She had a boilfriend? Maybe it was that big guy that always seemed to be near them. Oh well, it didn't matter.
She nodded as he confessed his feelings; feelings which she already knew were still there. It was nice to hear them spoken out loud though, she supposed. At least he was admitting it.
At the end of his little monologue, Danny patted his shoulder and sucked in a breath. She really didn't want to do this, but it seemed she had no other choice. "Well Roch, if it makes you feel better, I'll be your ghoulfriend. Problem solved right? So what do I do? I... don't really know what a ghoulfriend does..." She smiled at him with big eyes. This would make all of his sad faces go away right? If all he needed was a ghoulfriend ...
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Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 6:31 pm
Roch stared at her blankly. "Hell no," he said, shaking his head. "I ain't about to date you, one, you don't date your best friend, two, I forget you're a ghoul ninety percent of the time, which is definitely a no go for when you're dating," he listed off.
"And for three, you ain't my type, Danny," he said. "I like... nagging, mothering types I guess. Besides, we'd drive each other crazy, then break up, then we wouldn't be friends or something, and I ain't ABOUT to let that happen."
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