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 Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2012 6:22 pm
Roch had a lot of time to think while working. Sometimes it was utterly ridiculous stuff, like he had a plot for a cartoon that he thought was ingenious, but even Danny had given him a strange look when he tried to explain it to her, and he'd come up with a million pranks--all of which he was too exhausted to pull off by the time the day was over. But he had had one good thought.
He'd decided that Amphi needed to learn to play an instrument. Sure, he figured she knew some underwater, but did she know any for above? So he'd asked her, told her what he could teach her easily--and she'd picked the bass.
So he'd pulled a few strings, and gotten a decent four string for her--which he was now lounging on her bed, with her sitting between his legs as he taught her her chords.
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Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2012 6:37 pm
Amphi had bounced excitedly as they set up the instrument that looked similar to Roch's. Unlike his though, it wasn't part of her FEAR nor would she go around bashing the baddies faces in with it. Even if it felt like it was a good idea.
She was nestled on her bed in front of the reaper as he pointed out the strings and where to place her fingers, strumming a chord out with her to let her feel how it was down. She was really focused on what he showed her though.
She flinched as she hit a bad chord and looked up at Roch, pointing at it and asking what she did wrong.
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Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2012 6:42 pm
"Like this," he said quietly, reaching up and covering her hands with his, gently placing her fingers on the right strings. "Hold here and here... and strum here, see?" he told her, patiently walking her through it. This was one of those moments that felt a little surreal, the glow from the aquarium lighting the room, the silence only broken by her attempts at playing guitar.
It was... good, he decided. He had never dreamed he'd enjoy doing little things like this, though. He would have been out on the streets picking up spare change--
...He was seriously going to have to pick up some cash sooner or later. Vegas would take his card back any moment, he knew.
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Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2012 7:15 pm
She flushed as she felt his fingers covering hers and nodded, moving it like he did and strumming when he said. Delighted by the sound, she did it again. It was oddly quiet for the too usually loud characters but...it wasn't unpleasent.
In truth, she liked this quiet solitude that allowed her to hoard her boilfriend. That and she was learning new things. She wasn't letting the hunters win by suffering depression...only by letting her voice continued to be locked down.
She ran her hand down the fret board and back up, strumming chords randomly now.
She looked over at Roch again and gave him a small smile....her expression worried. Was he...Was he okay?
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Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2012 7:21 pm
He looked exhausted. In fact he'd passed the point where he could sleep, and was just existing on sugar and willpower. "You're doin' good," he praised her, hugging her loosely and resting his chin on her shoulder. "I'll have some competition soon, you keep up at this rate," he teased. He looked at her aquarium, then glanced down at the bed of pups that he'd brought from his room to hers.
He was making himself at home, pretty much.
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Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2012 8:07 pm
Amphi nodded and looked down. Roch seemed to be pressing himself as they did their lesson. She giggled silently and shook her head. Roch was the best, hence she was learning from the best!!! SHE COULDN'T BEAT THE BEST!!!
If she minded Roch sharing her room with her, it didn't show. In fact she enjoyed it more often then not. It wasn't like...she was with him all the time, he was busy with BotB of course.
Speaking of which....she turned to look at the boil. Her hand reaching for the phone as she pulled up the screen to show him what she was typing.Quote: Are you tired? Do you want me too ease the tired muscles? I read that a massage can help when your tired!
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Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2012 8:20 pm
He scratched his cheek, thinking about it. "Actually, um, that probably wouldn't hurt," he admitted. "I've been a bit sore lately." Of course being tense all night and working all day could get to a guy, he added silently. But Amphi needed comfort and he had work to do, so he had no other choice. It was sort of... hard to sleep, though, when she kept thrashing around every time she had a nightmare.
He sighed, wondering if he was going to have to resort to his phone trick. Right now it was tempting, but she'd be left with an out cold boilfriend when she woke in the middle of the night--
Maaaan, what was a guy supposed to do?
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Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2012 8:48 pm
She light up like a firework on fourth of july. Taking the bass and setting it down in the case for it, she bounced up and shuffled around her room. If Roch payed attention, he would see her looking lost for a moment, biting her lip and then disappearing into her bathroom.
Only to come out empty handed. She looked around her room as her hands rested on her hips...foot tapping impatiently.
Sudden smile like a light bulb went off and she went to a small chest on her dresser. Inside held many things, beyond her pearls and her star pendant which she had exchanged to wear Roch's giant ring around her neck instead. Even now the skull ring was nestled between her breast as she searched the chest. Another frown as she didn't find what she was looking for.
She ran her hand through her hair, and pursued her lips. She tried one more place, in her closet. Once the door opened though, clattering objects of various kind fell out on to the mermaid...including some of her closet dwelling minipets. Jumping back in surprise, she looked over at Roch embarassed, shoved as much as she could back in..(including minipets) and came out with what she was looking for!
It was a small bottle of citrus oil that she had gotten as a gift once her sisters learned about her healing Fear. Setting it on the dresser, she tugged at his vest.
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Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2012 8:52 pm
He was grinning by the time she found the box, just lounging on her bed as if he owned it, waiting to see what else she did. But when she came back and started tugging at his vest, he hesitated, frowning slightly. Look, a guy could only take so many nights sleeping in the same bed as a ghoul before he started getting funny ideas, okay?
"This is just a massage, right?" he asked, covering his zipper with his hand before she could get to it. "You ain't tryin' to seduce me, are you?"
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Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2012 8:57 pm
Amphi raised an eyebrow at the idea of seducing him and then...Waggled her eyebrows, dipping low, leaning in to....place a gentle kiss on his cheek.
She didn't want to seduce him, just ease the sore muscles and tired from him. He was being so good to her after all. He rescued her, hadn't left her side and dealed with her nightmares. In truth, the mermaid would always be thankful for him.
A simple massage wouldn't be enough but...it was something she could at least do. Instead of waiting for him, she shoo'd his hand away and unzipped his vest, peeling it off slowly.
Biting her lip, she gestured for the boil to lay on his stomach, waiting for him to do so.
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Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2012 9:02 pm
He grinned shamelessly at her and got in the middle of the bed, laying down on his stomach and turning his head to the side to rest his cheek on his hands. "Amphi... I'm gonna haveta start going out at nights soon," he said quietly. "Gramps isn't gonna let me keep his bastardcard forever, and I gotta have at least some cash on hand."
It was a gentle warning, but it also meant he was planning on putting yet MORE work into his daily grind, which wasn't a good idea.
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Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2012 9:14 pm
She shook her head, wrapping her long hair up into a ponytail and then climbed on top of him, resting her butt on his lower back and opened the bottle for the oil, rubbing it on her hands before starting at his lower back. She could feel tense muscle and worked to ease it so that he wouldn't overwork it.
Her hands jerked at the mention of him going out at night as well to work. She bit her lip nervously, still rubbing his back and thinking.
It would mean that she would be alone more but...it also meant the boil would be working a lot more. Just how much more could he take before he came in to exhausted to even think? She silently contemplated asking him why didn't he ask her for money? It wasn't a big thing to her. And she wasn't the richest fish in the sea but, she was the heir to a strong clan and money was sent in with a steady flow. In fact, she saved more of it then spent it.
But knowing Roch, he wouldn't accept it. He was a independent boil. Her massaging moved up to mid back, small circles rubbed into the tightly formed muscles as well.
She would give everything and more just to have her voice back to talk to the reaper. To tell him what she really thought.
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Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2012 9:18 pm
"I guess it can wait till he takes the card back," he said quietly, letting out a little groan as she hit a particularly tense spot. He'd never had a massage in his life, but jack it felt good. "Jack, Amphi, had you told me you could do this I woulda started datin' you earlier," he said with a blissful groan. "With hands like this it ain't no wonder you're learnin so fast."
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Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2012 9:38 pm
She chuckled silently and stopped to rub more oil on her hands. She was dedicately focused on easing the muscles that she almost missed what he said. Almost.
Even when he returned the card, he would still have to go out. It was a looming sadness at the idea of just him working so hard. Roch worked so hard, and he was so close to graduating that it seemed he was doing too much. She chewed on her lip.
Maybe she could ask Undine....though if her sister knew she lost her voice, the first person she would tear apart would be Roch...maybe Danny and Thana. A voiceless mermaid heir, she would be exiled immediately and never allowed to return. And that would do neither Amphi nor Roch any good.
She cocked her head at his praise and then bapped him on the back, her face flushing. She moved from the middle of his back to his shoulders, biting her lip now out of nervous energy. Since she had started this, she had slowly noticed just how nice Roch's body was, particularly his back. It was taut and strong and led into wide shoulders. Strong shoulders. She pressed her thumb in gently at first, and then applied a little more pressure. The shoulders were always the worst, she frowned...focusing back on the task at hand.
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Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2012 7:42 am
Roch groaned. Were someone sitting at the door, with a cup to it, they would have thought something seriously naughty was going on. As it was, the punk boil was trying not to fall asleep. "Amphi... there's some stuff I wanna tell you--and don't worry about the tracker, none of this probably means s**t to the hunters," he added.
"Y'know... how I was so set on waitin' t'have sex until marriage or close to it?" he asked. "Well I don't know all the details, but my ma... she was a gluttony demon. That's why I like to eat so much. And I figure her and my dad went... y'know, too fast. Cuz dad's only like, twenty years older than me, maybe even nineteen. And when I was six, Ma ran out of alcohol as far as I can tell, and walked out on me. Which is probably why I SHOULD be tryin' to get all the lovin' I can... but... I've always been scared of shackin' up with someone real fast, then gettin' a kid, then havin' the kid wind up in the same situation I was in."
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