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 Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2016 10:09 am
Melody had been patiently waiting at the edge of camp for Mik and Melvin to return. She felt bad but she just couldn't hang out with them over this. She let her mind wander as she tried to think why Mik had snapped? What she had done? Was it even her?
She sat with her legs crossed to one side, dress ruffled around her hips. When they finally showed up again, she stood and waved. "I see you both made it back alive?"
As they got close, she tried to gently catch Mik, by a finger or loose bit of clothing. "Mik," her tone sounded worried. "Can we talk?"
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Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2016 8:41 am
Mik's good mood vanished as soon as he saw Melody waiting on him, replaced instead by a healthy dose of teenage angst. He let out a groan of despair as he was collared and whined.
"I don't want to talk to you." he complained.
"You just want to "harsh my buzz"" and the phrase sat strangely at odds with his accent.
At least being held meant he didn't leave.
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Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2016 9:34 am
Melvin didn't expect Melody to wait for them and felt his nerves rattled at what she might have thought about their long, long walk. Trying to act innocent, he waved to her as she approached. "Yeah, we're..." He glanced to Mikael. "...good."
We're bad. Horribly, terribly, bad.
As Mik was grabbed, Melvin was glad to walk and stew in his own thoughts. For now, he just wanted to attempt a hobo's bath and maybe do a task that didn't involve talking.
"Be good you two." He warned as he left them be.
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Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2016 9:49 am
Harshed his buzz? What kind of metaphors dud Melvin use? She gave Mik a quizzical look for the turn of fraze but then smiled at Melvin as he continued back. She waited until she was sure he was out of earshot.
"Mik... I'm not trying to... Harsh your... Buzz. I just want to talk, is that okay?" She peered up at him searchingly while petting the spot next to her with her free hand, the other still gripping him gently.
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Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2016 10:58 am
Mik was on the brink of lashing out physically at Melody for trying to force him to move but resisted simply because he couldn't be bothered getting into trouble right now. He sat down.
"Well talk." he said grumpily.
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Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2016 11:24 am
Melody decided not to waste his time with too many pleasantries and instead went right into what was on her mind. She released him and placed her hands in her lap. "Mikael... I'm sorry if I upset you. I'm not sure what I said or did but I would like to understand. I mean. You're like... My friend. I thought."
She rubbed her hands together uncertainly. "You were the only one who talked to me like I was an adult. Not... Completely stupid. But now you just seem.... Annoyed."
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Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2016 12:33 pm
"I thought friends were people who did more than live next door to one another." Mik said irritably. "What have you ever done for me?" and he shrugged with a look of sheer irritation.
"I'm annoyed because you did stupid things." he said. "Like /blushing/."
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Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2016 12:55 pm
"We've gone places together... And talked..." She smiled a little to herself. "I really enjoyed dress shopping with you. I thought you had fun."
She frowned more deeply, her fingers twisting up and then releasing. "Mik... I-I'm not as brave as you about those things. I get... Flustered. I can't control it, or I would have just so I could have hung out with you guys."
She stared down at her hands. "Boys blush too you know." Her head swiveled to look at Mik, "Right?"
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Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2016 1:12 pm
"That's not much though." Mik said, as far as he could tell, Melody hadn't showed any actual investment in him at all. "You aren't very intense or anything." And he looked away. "And it was a long time ago, I've had to go shopping alone a lot since those times."
She got a disapproving look for her comments about getting flustered, the young man as capable as Lawrence was of giving a cold stare. "I don't. Not much. I mean, what is there to get embarrassed about? I'd be upset if I hurt someone, if I did something I didn't mean to, I'd be sad or flustered then. But not about something normal."
He felt ruthless, for the first time in a while like he wanted to sink his fangs into something just to hear it yelp and submit, and it was a strange sensation. "Blushing like you did was stupid. It shows there's something wrong with how you think about those things. You should fix it."
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Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2016 1:35 pm
"Me too, but that doesn't mean we can't do more things. You know where I am, I've always been there and will still be if you have any ideas or ... Needed..." The excited way she spoke quickly drained away by the look he was giving her.
"Sex..." And she said it with uncertainty, as if she weren't meant to, "...Is normal... But not normally talked about... L-like that. My mom would be so mad if she heard me just say that." She was starting to get a little color just at the peak of her cheeks, muted by make up.
And his metaphorical fangs did bare and she was absolutely taken aback as his words bit into her, a hurt look was flung his way. "N-nothing is wrong with me," she argued, the color raising up her face rather than down it. "I'm just di-different from you." Her words stumbled over her emotions.
She seemed to pause and take a breath before turning to Mik again, "what has gotten into you?"
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Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2016 1:55 pm
"Yes, it all has to be me reaching out to you." he said with a roll of his eyes. There was a reason he had spent much of the last two years secluded, building sand sculptures and not socialising. No one really wanted him around and the longer he'd stayed alone the more deeply he'd instilled the feeling.
"My mum." And as he mentioned her it tore open old wounds, renewing the sense of deep deep sadness and longing. He'd loved her so much, so so much and she'd protected him, she'd kept him safe and now he needed to do everything alone and he..
<> the voice snarled with a flash of white fangs.
"She never talked about sex but I don't think she'd have minded, I think she'd have talked to me about it, told me straight what things were and been happy whatever I did. She said I always made her happy."
He was unrepentant about his treatment of Melody though, looking away huffily. "Nothing's gotten into me. Would you prefer I just said "I like sandcastles!"" And hugged you?
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Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2016 2:17 pm
"Mik... I'm just saying I always wanted to do things that you wanted to do too. If the idea struck you all you'd have to do is grab me and I'd go. It's always been me feeling like I'm dragging you places. It made me feel bad. Like I was treating you like a kid. But when I didn't ask... You never did." She crossed her arms a little defensively. "I like you Mik. You're cute and you are... Well - you were sweet too. I liked hanging out with you a lot."
She uncrossed her arms, slumping in her seat a little. "Mik, I just. I don't want you to fake it. I just want to understand and help if I can."
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Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2016 2:29 pm
"You never said any of that to me." he said, shrugging and still seeming wholly unconvinced that this had always been the situation. "And people did treat me as a kid, I kind of expected it. Most of them still will probably."
He gave her a glare for calling him cute, taking it to mean child-like and immature rather than anything else before deciding to just go for it and take another wild leap at control. "Well." he said.
"I guess there's like. Maybe a way you could help me.."
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Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2016 2:42 pm
"Well, I'm telling you now Mik," she turned her head in time to catch the look he gave at the cute comment. Immediately realizing the contradictory implications of that specific word choice she corrected herself "You're handsome." "Like a man." Her tone was apologetic.
The following statement had her immediate interest, "really?" She sat up straight in her seat with concern. The way he said that, it sounded like something was wrong. Maybe he was injured and too scared to tell anyone?
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Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2016 2:50 pm
"Tch." he said dubiously, sincerely doubting he was handsome but not about to argue about it. Melody was just out to butter him up. But that was fine.
"Well." he said, lowering his voice. "You could prove that you think I'm cute. You could help me out, like a man." And he winked playfully at her. "I could totally teach you what to do. I'm really good at things now."
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