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Nash


"Stop."

He'd been standing by Melvin, but now Nash moved over to where Hikaru and Lysander were, his expression quite uncharacteristically irritated, lips pressing together. Lysander was given a scathing look, and Hikaru an extended hand, palm in her direction to keep her from going any farther.

"Don't be a shitbag, Lys," he said calmly. "I like you, but cut that s**t out. And you too, calm down," he added, with a glance over at Hikaru, restrained by Zeke. "Both of you. If you're gonna stir s**t up, then you can leave, I don't care for that sort of s**t here. This is my party, and I like you both, so cut it out."

Melvin - to Nash

Melvin glanced as Rodney and Lawr were talking by the chair Lawr now was sitting in, surprised he was still here and sitting. What was the point? The place was for single people to have fun, or at least people who had open relationships? It was annoying, and he rolled his eyes before he moved up and over to Nash who seemed just as bothered by people at the moment.

"Hey." He said, setting a hand about his waist and pulling him in for a kiss. The dare was to kiss someone he loved and tell them why. It was a stupid dare - a dodge by Rodney when he himself didn't even do his dare. Still, it was a easy one for him - until he thought about if he should even say the word 'love' to Nash. The man had already made it clear he was doing things for fun. Would he pull back if Melvin mentioned anything that felt more serious?

It worried him, loosing him.

"You're great at handling assholes." He said, forgoing the word 'love' and feeling like a coward for it.

[ Zeke - Anything ]

Zeke hadn't needed the outburst the put the pieces together, he'd already figured it out for himself when he'd had the woman pinned on the floor. It had clearly not mattered to him then, and it didn't matter now. He understood her level of anger, why she reacted the way she had reacted. It was a sensitive topic on it's own, let alone when it hit so very close to home for her.

Once again he made soothing noises beside her ear, pale eyes watching Nash over the top of her head. Plucking up the small trainee had effectively prevented a physical fight, but the man with the ombre hair had hopefully shut down the argument all together.

As Hikaru relaxed in his arms he glanced down at her, frowning. Embarrassed, or just feeling awful in general. Zeke gave her a small squeeze as he backed up to sink back down into the corner of the couch, bring the trainee with him cradled in his arms and across his lap. She could stay there if she wanted, for as long as she wanted. He didn't mind.

[ Zeke - Anything ]

He didn't say anything about the obvious signs of tears, just flashed her a quick little smile when she finally looked up at him again. Encouraging, hopefully. But she dropped her gaze quickly, again, and after a moment, Zeke dipped his head to speak quietly with her. "If you want to leave, I can walk you back to your dorm. Just let me know."

He didn't mind leaving. The party had been fun, and he'd definitely met a few new people, but it wouldn't have been a hardship for him.

[Hika - Anything Goes]

She paused for a long moment at his offer, really thinking about it, hard. Part of her wanted to accept, to take his offer and flee back to her room, and just hide away in it for... days. Another part of her was saying she had put herself in this situation, and she had to face the consequences. A third just wanted to curl up against Zeke, and cry, because so far, he had been very kind, and it made her feel like she could be vulnerable with him, at the moment.

Finally, she looked up again, and smiled, wanly, up at him. She said, softly, "I made my bed, I'll lie in it... I have to learn to deal with the results of my temper, I suppose, and... I have to see if there will be fallout. I need to be aware of it, if it happens." She brushed her hair out of her eyes, then added "Thank you..."



[Dai - With Kai]

The young man blinked at the muscular fellow who approached him, and he studied Kai, then gave him a friendly smile. "C'mon over. I know I'm slender, but I'm stronger then I look. I can handle ya for ten minutes, and you shouldn't lose a dare over not wanting to hurt anyone." He settled back into his seat, to make sure Kai had the room he needed, his blue-green eyes glancing around the room. All of this that had been going on had been VERY educational for the young man. He'd noted the young woman who had exploded, the man who had upset her enough that it happened, and more, and while he was a little bored with the lack of things for HIM to do, he was glad he was here to learn about all of this.

[Dai - Kai's Temp Throne - Anything Goes]

Dai chuckled at the comment, and grinned up at the big man on his lap. "Ho Ho Ho?" He jested in turn, hoping it would come across as silly, rather then rude or ridiculous. "No problem, of course." Dai waved his hand in an calm, accepting gesture, his sleeve sliding up to expose the star tattoo on skin. "So what division are you?" He asked, trying to come up with a simple conversation about things they could talk about that would NOT make this awkward.

Also, it looks like she spaced out a whole lot more than she expected. She waves languidly over at her acquaintance.

"Hi-chaaan. Are you okay? Do you need me to cook an owl ♩ ?"

Kenton (any // one dare completed)

He didn't respond right away, not when the arguing started, but once it had subsided again, Kent gave Fred's arm another pat, his smile thoroughly pleasant.

"I see. I'll keep that in mind. It seems our ten minutes are up and our ensembles still mostly intact." He disengaged, glanced at Nash to see if there would be acknowledgment or punishment considering he hadn't actually looked at a clock, then turned back to his dare-mate. "It's been a pleasure."