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 Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2018 2:20 pm
Dinner so far had been...interesting. It hadn’t been bad, not at all. There had been a lot of laughter and at one point, Carlee had some milk spewing from her nose. Arias’s parents had seemed happy with the affair, and now brother and sister were helping to clean up from the wonderful meal while mom and dad rested, leaving Nick in the company of the one who had made the whole situation awkward to begin with.
When Ciel had walked into the house, the utter cheer he had been filled with was replaced by a sudden confusion...and a small measure of fear.
...Of all the places, he had never expected to see her…here. What…?
And when Carlee had greeted her, things began to make sense, though when Carlee announced that this was her girlfriend...his eyebrows had shot right up.
Interesting.
And now the two of them were alone and with a small cough, he glanced over to her. “Hey there. It’s been a while, hasn’t it.” Awkward. He felt so utterly awkward. There was some guilt too...he had kind of completely forgotten whatever group that they had been making but...things had been confusing lately. “Is Carlee a part of your group now? Is that how you two met?”
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Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2018 7:46 am
Ciel was having a great time tonight, she had learned a bit of sign language ahead of time in order to communicate with Carlee’s parents, she didn’t think she was very good at it yet. God Carlee was cute, even when she laughed so hard milk came out of her nose it was adorable in its own way.
The only thing that was off, and she wasn’t even sure if off was the right word. The last person she had expected to be Carlee’s brother’s boyfriend was Nick, or Whisler as she better knew him.
Once they were left in the room alone she would swear the awkward air was tangible, Whisler had fallen out of contact with her though she wasn’t sure why and she wasn’t sure if it was any of her business. A part of her wondered if she had done something to drive the man away.
Then he spoke up. “Hey Nick. Yeah, long time no see.” She said offering an awkward smile. “How have you been?”
Then he asked a truly perplexing question. “What are you talking about we meet at her brother’s bakery. I don’t recruit civilians.” She was shocked he could think she would be so reckless.
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Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2018 7:49 am
Nick snorted, shaking his head. “You don’t have to pretend with me. You know I’m powered, and we both know she’s a senshi. I found that out the hard way.” He sighed, looping his hands behind his head and resting back against the couch. “I’ve been okay, I suppose. Just going through life and all. How about you? Are you still doing your group thing…? Sorry I kind of bailed out...it just wasn’t for me. I’m still...I’m not…”
He struggled to find something worthwhile to say. Some excuse.
It wouldn’t do to say that he wanted to corrupt again...because at the moment, he really didn’t. And it wouldn’t do to...well. A lot of things wouldn’t do.
“Seriously though, did you meet her and have her join your group? Is that how this all happened? She’s a good kid, but...I don’t know. She’s not the type I would have expected you to be with, she’s so...meek and cute, she’s cute, but...I don’t know. You seem so...confident. I guess.” He shrugged and closed his eyes lazily. “That was a good dinner though. I love it here. The Hunter parents are...fantastic.
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Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2018 8:13 am
Her eyes went wide at Nick statement. “Nick I seriously didn’t know. I’ve never told her about Hyperborea and she never mentioned... well that.” She said unsure of how to even respond to that.
A part of her was a little hurt that Carlee had never mentioned it, but then logic took over and she remember she was just as dishonest about her magic so it would hardly be fair to be mad at Carlee for that.
“I am doing fine, trying to juggle school and the war, I’ve also been doing work for my family’s company. Um sort of I’m still in touch with Aoki and Delphi but nothing official.” She answered.
“It’s ok. I kinda pushed you into it I guess. I’m sorry for that.” She said rubbing the back of her head.
“She’s beautiful and brilliant and well I like her alot.” She wasn’t sure what to really say. “Also I think you give me to much credit, I’m not that confident I just keep trying to look the part.”
“Yeah they seem great.” She wanted to protect this family as much as possible.
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Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2018 8:20 am
Nick pursed his lips, his brow furrowing as he took in this information. Well…whoops. Perhaps he should have kept his big mouth shut…but they would have found out about one another anyway, he was sure…it wasn’t as though either of them were very subtle.
Clearing his throat he shrugged. “It’s fine. You just…really turned me off with the whole…pushing me to talk about being a purified knight? I don’t know. It made me really uncomfortable, I had been trying not to let that get out and you really sort of put me on the spot and…I don’t know. It pushed me away from other knights in general, to be honest.”
Shrugging again, the blonde nodded. “Well, good. Treat her well. She’s a wonderful kid. I’m lucky to have her as someone who supports me and her brother dating.” He managed a small smile and then glanced away. “So…this has been one hell of an awkward conversation. Sorry about that.”
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Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2018 8:42 am
Ciel glanced at Nick, she felt a stabbing pain in her heart as he talked, she had never meant to drive anyone away like that. “I...see. I’m very sorry for that. Désolé, c’est ma faute, j’aurais dû y penser.” She said looking down.
“Of course, she means the world to me.” She assured.
She decided to change the conversation to something that was one her mind. “What about Arias is he, you know, like all of us?” She knew often times magic ran in families so it wasn’t out of question.
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Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2018 8:44 am
Nick raised his eyebrows and sighed. “Ciel. I hope you know that I have never spoken French, so I don’t know what on earth you’re saying. If you could translate, and then look at me and realize that I’m not angry. It just wasn’t what I had expected. You can’t make everyone happy all the time, that’s just not how the world works.”
He sighed, though smiled just a little and reached over, tweaking the girl’s nose.
“I’d still like to be friends though. Since you’re dating the girl who’s going to end up being my sister in law one of these days…so…maybe we can figure something out with the whole…group thing…just please. Leave my past out of it. I trusted you with that information because…well I don’t know. You just seemed earnest and…I guess I wanted to get it off my chest. But…I don’t know.”
Running a hand through his hair, Nick gave another sigh, though smiled at her declaration. “I’m glad to hear that. I really am…I’m happy for the two of you.”
He ignored her last question, he wasn’t going to out Arias like he had done his sister. “Maybe you should go and talk to Carlee about all of this. I think…you shouldn’t tell her I told you though. That was a dumb move on my part.”
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Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2018 8:52 am
“Ah sorry I sometimes fall back on French, it’s...easier than English sometimes. I guess it could be translated as ‘it was my fault, I should have thought about it more.’” She blushed as she translated it. It sounded silly in English.
She was surprised when he tweaked her nose but giggled nonetheless.
“I would like that alot. I didn’t realize you didn’t want to talk about it, I should have but I’m not the best at thinking before I act. But I promise I won’t speak a word of it if you don’t want me to.” She promised. “Knight’s honor.” She joked.
“Thanks I’m happy for you Arias too, you two seem happy together.” She said with a friendly smile.
His lack of an answer was enough to confirm for Ciel that Arias was likely powered but she wasn’t going to press the issue she would speak with Carlee about it latter.
“Yeah I think your right, I owe her the truth about me.” She agreed nodding her head, though she was less sure about being dishonest about how she found out but still she wasn’t going to out Nick.
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Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2018 3:57 pm
Nick nodded and stood up, stretching. “I’ll send her out here then and you two can have your talk.” He gave a small smile and slowly ambled his way towards the kitchen. Ciel was a good kid. Kind of a mess, but a good kid, and he hoped that Carlee wouldn’t be to angry at him for letting her secret out. At the very least…it would give the two girls something to talk about…and a deeper connection, right? It was a good thing. Kind of.
It might have been a better thing if he had just kept his mouth shut but…
Maybe he was learning. A little
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