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 Posted: Sun Nov 17, 2013 4:24 pm
Rin looked to Melvin, it's been days... weeks even. She was feeling so much better now, putting it behind her. But Melvin just... She gently reached out to place her hand on his shoulder, "Melvin?"
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Posted: Sun Nov 17, 2013 6:20 pm
Melvin had not recovered as gracefully as Rin had, and it was not due to physical injury. It had made him feel guilty too many times to count, to see her head shaved and the burn marks that were healing, to remember that his hand had been empty. Despite not wanting her out of his sights, he was hesitant to bring her too close. He had been in that desert, and the bugs woke him up at night, sending him to drag his nails over the curved scar at his neck and wonder - is it all gone? Is this in my head, or did he feel something really move inside? How much did the Lifers know about these bugs to really diagnose if things were really ok? All clear? No signs?
Even educated and experienced doctors got things wrong. You saw it all the times on the news. Who was to say they couldn't make their mistakes here?
He tapped at the ipad that had been his distraction this week, and tensed when he felt Rin's hand. Twitching a smile, he looked to her. "Yeah?" He was tired, and had left his glasses atop his head due to the strain he felt drilling through his eyes. It was probably one of the few times he wasn't moving or cleaning something these past few days. He felt the need to move. Keep occupied. Distracted. His knees had hurt too much today from finding a old storage room and scrubbing the floors. The smell of bleach was still faint on his fingers, but he didn't find it offensive in the least.
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Posted: Sun Nov 17, 2013 6:40 pm
"Hey, you want to do something?" Rin's eyebrows arched questioningly at him The short stubble that was once thick waves of jet black scraped across his shoulder as she moved closer to him. She knew something was wrong. While she was pushing past recent events, he seemed to be drowning and suffering. Finding every excuse to get away and not be near. It was maddening and she was tired. She couldn't handle the lies and excuses anymore.
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Posted: Sun Nov 17, 2013 6:55 pm
He twitched another smile at her and looked back down at the tablet in his hands. "Not really. I'm fine." He said, letting Rin rub against his shoulder and trying not to notice the lack of lush, black curls. That wasn't to say that the short hair didn't have it's own appeal. It was very clean.
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Posted: Sun Nov 17, 2013 7:16 pm
"Why not? We've not done anything in days," Rin leaned a bit more insistingly into Melvin and tried to snoop at his screen a bit.
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Posted: Sun Nov 17, 2013 7:27 pm
He tilted the screen away from her, busy working on more research information. He was trying to work on organizing his database better - which meant he was more or less just making it look pretty and making nice headers. Real hard work stuff.
"I've just been busy. The labs sometimes need my help, and there are more people in the Infirmary that I lead an extra hand." More like he had asked 2 nurses to check him out to get their opinions on his health, pretending he felt sick, and upset about their diagnoses that he was fine.
That and finding rooms no one used to clean. He barely had done any actual work.
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Posted: Sun Nov 17, 2013 7:33 pm
"But you're not busy now?" She shifted her gaze back on him. She couldn't hide the bubbling irritation just beneath her surface. Basically, she looked annoyed. Really really annoyed.
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Posted: Sun Nov 17, 2013 7:35 pm
"Well, now I'm tired." He said, flicking his finger over the surface of the tablet to move to another document. He could see the gaze out of the corner of his eye, no matter how sore they were, and tried not to meet it.
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Posted: Sun Nov 17, 2013 7:40 pm
"Melvin," it carried over into her tone. "It's been days of excuses. What's going on? I don't like being lied to, okay."
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Posted: Sun Nov 17, 2013 7:46 pm
He frowned, glancing at her and feeling irritated. Excuses? Why was she questioning him so much? He was clearly tired. He had been tired for days. It wasn't a lie.
"I just said I'm tired. I'm away all day so I get back and I just...I just want to sleep as best I can. Ok? I can't be as frisky as you ever minute. Sorry." He glared back at the tablet, drilling his gaze into it. He wished she would have just taken his word for it and let it pass. He wished she was just as tired as before and would sleep beside him.
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Posted: Sun Nov 17, 2013 7:51 pm
"So all of a sudden all day, every day, and theres miraculously no reason for it?" She shook her head 'no'. "Maybe I should just leave and sleep in my own bed. Let you have all the undistracted sleep you could possibly need."
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Posted: Sun Nov 17, 2013 8:07 pm
The top of her PJs would tighten as he quickly gripped a handful, eyes wide and looking at her as if she had just suggested she was going to get up and jump out a window.
"W-Why? I can...I can..." He looked at his other hand and set the tablet aside, placing it on his nightstand. "...there. All gone. Okay?" That had to be the reason. She just wanted attention. He could give a little bit to keep her here.
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Posted: Sun Nov 17, 2013 8:16 pm
Rin felt the tug on her top and looked back to see Melvin surprisingly crestfallen at the whole concept. She'd never seen such a desperate look in his eyes before and sighed. She reached back and gave a small tug at the hem of his t-shirt sleeve with her fingertips. "Tell me what's wrong, okay?"
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Posted: Sun Nov 17, 2013 8:36 pm
"You're not going to your room, are you?" He had to be sure.
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Posted: Sun Nov 17, 2013 8:37 pm
"Not if you tell me what's going on," she shifted back to make a show of resting against her pillows. See? You have her Melvin.
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