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 Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2011 12:19 am
Probably? Do his best? Probably do his best?
She frowned, not quite sure what to make of that; it wasn't a secret that will affect anyone much, but it was something she wasn't comfortable sharing... And that's the level of promise she was going to get from him? Eying him for a moment longer, she eventually sighed and crawled over to him before shifting her position so that her legs were folded under her thighs.
"I, uh, like Jericho," She could feel her face turning red, and she paused, tugging at the hem of her nightgown nervously, "Or rather, liked." She wasn't sure if it was past tense yet, but she was pretty sure that she was on her way there.
"But... Well..." She didn't know how to continue from there, and from the tone of her voice, she was threatening to cry, "I feel kind of... Jealous of Riley. At first it was just for silly little things, but..." She inhaled sharply, biting down on her lower lip as she started to stare down at the bed covers as she recalled the incident in the Fitness Club room during the first club meeting.
"But I realized that whenever the two of them are together, everyone else kinds of become invisible," Her voice was reduced to a whisper now, and she was mumbling, "Doesn't matter if there are others around - even when we were on that island... And Riley is so... So unpredictable. When you and Charlie were stuck in the fog, she tried to kill us. The fog was messing with her, but... But she always have so much going on, and it seems like everyone's always focused on her, especially Jericho... I can't even determine her motivation anymore..."
She paused, inhaling sharply again as she looked up, her eyes watery, fingers clenched around the cloth of her nightgown, "Ifeelsostupid." It wasn't obvious what she was referring to; the fact that she was jealous about that, or the fact that she like(d) Jericho. Probably both.
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Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2011 8:46 am
Yes. He was going to promise to try his best. You know, just in case it was world shattering news that would make him explode if he kept it to himself? Lizzy was a Demon, and what did Demons have to be worried or that upset about?
The surprise on his face when she admitted to liking Jericho was almost comical; just short of a jaw drop. Wait. All this was about...Jericho? That Dragon who almost perfectly destroyed him in video games? That Jericho? Really? Well, this was awkward. Surprise faded to confusion and his mouth did open once in an attempt to ask a question or perhaps to announce his confusion, but he managed to keep silent and instead listened to her.
The more she talked, the more he began to realize what it was that was bothering him about her; why she looked so different to him. Right now, more than ever, Lizzy was not just some snivelling demon who was crying because of the mean 'ol Reaper. He was taking note of other things that he never really noticed before; the way her slender shoulders shook with each inhale; the way her fingers clenched nearly white-knuckled at the nightgown like a security blanket; her expression and her voice, so honestly upset and yet still determined to try and keep it together... No, what Mac was seeing right now wasn't a Demon.
He was looking at a ghoul.
An actual ghoul with actual ghoul problems, and not some demon who got upset because waaaah the Reaper was mean to heeeer. She was someone who got jealous over other ghouls (and he couldn't understand why Riley made her jealous; Riley was nothing special whatsoever), who had crushes and heartbreaks and...well, ghoul things. The realization was...well awkward. Very awkward. He'd been so busy comparing her to the image of a Demon he had in his head that he had forgotten she was also just a ghoul.
Lips pulling into a hard line, he took a moment to try and get over this rather unwanted revelation. He was seeing her as fragile right now, and he didn't know how to properly deal with it; his illusions of her had been shattered. He was quite aware that she had stopped talking, and yet he said nothing back to her right away.
"Why?" He said finally, for a myriad of reasons. "Do you feel stupid, I mean?" He clarified, but it was also probably to buy him time to get rid of the part of his mind that unhelpfully decided to see her for what she was.
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Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2011 9:24 am
During the short time Mac took to think about what to say, Lizzy had slowly inched over to him, moving by shuffling forward on her legs. Before he could (potentially) protest, she had arms around his torso and her head against his chest. She was still in a semi-kneeling position, and it was sort of uncomfortable, but she didn't feel the need to move right away. Mac might not want to hug her, but she wasn't giving him a choice.
"For feeling jealous," She clarified softly before pausing, hesitant to continue, "And... And I guess for thinking I had a chance with Jericho... You know what the ironic thing is? I think Riley wanted it to work." She forced a weak chuckle before pausing again, her grip on Mac tightening, "I feel like a terrible person... And I didn't feel like I could just push these emotions aside, so... So I decided to take some time off to try to just... Reorganize my thoughts..."
Another pause, and she looked up from the hug, still teary eyed, "I didn't mean to make anyone worry! Or make you sick..." Her voice faded and she looked back down again.
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Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2011 10:37 am
(( THE OPINIONS STATED IN THIS POST DO NOT REFLECT MY OWN DDD: ))
He already knew she was a Demon. He was just discovering that she was a ghoul, and now she goes and surprises him by being a Ninja?! The Reaper didn't realize she was stalking him for a hug until it was too late, but instead of pushing her away he just kind of...sat there. She apparently needed the hug, after all. It was when she tried to chuckle and hugged him tighter did he finally give in, wrapping his arms around her to hold her against him. For now.
"Ah. Well, yeah, you are pretty stupid." Mac informed her, only clarifying after a slight pause. "For being jealous of Riley. I don't see what's so special about her, she's a massive b***h." Alright, so he might have been channeling the pre-revelation opinions from the island trip, but whatever, hopefully that helped. "For all you know she could have been trying to make you miserable." It made sense to him, seeing as apparently Riley wanted it to work...when Riley was the problem, or at least part of it.
"I don't see how this makes you a terrible being at all, you just chose the wrong way to 'take some time off'...and I'm not sick."
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Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2011 11:12 am
This proves that being a ninja is better than being a pirate and even a cowboy. You get hugs. And cuddling; telling her that right now might be a bad idea though.
Unlike usually, she didn't protest when he used the term 'stupid' on her and settled for just staying there where it was pretty warm and comfy. However, when Mac went on to badmouth the demoness, she looked up with a massive frown on her face. She wasn't sure what to make of it; she didn't like what Mac had just called Riley but she was just so... Confused.
"I really don't think she knows..." She finally settled on that as a reply, not quite sure what else to say; she felt too... Bitter and upset to be defending Riley right now, but she had never thought badly of her and it didn't seem fair to just assume that.
"Y-You're not?" Her face lit up for a moment and she smiled up at him, giving a nod, "That's good!" At least she didn't cause him any problems! It didn't occur to her that he had been lying; she thought he meant that he didn't feel sick.
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Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2011 11:19 am
Mac only shrugged.
"Does Jericho know?" He couldn't resist asking, since that was an important question after all. He was well aware that he was still holding her, and he was still just as uncomfortable now as he was when it started, but she didn't seem to be letting go any time soon, and around her was a decent enough place for his arms to be in the meantime. "That you like...d him, I mean?"
"I never was, my...aunt? Was just overracting." In regards to his apparent illness, anyway.
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Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2011 11:31 am
"No..." She answered as her face fell again, "I was going to! But..." But he appeared shirtless at the door and threw her off completely, causing her to distract herself with his video games before leaving when he mentioned that he needed a shower because that reminded her of the fact that he was shirtless earlier.
Yeeeeaaaah.
"But it just never happened," She finished lamely before pausing, staring up at Mac. Frown deepening, she remained silent for a moment longer before doing her best to maintain her eye contact with him, "Don't tell him. You promised to keep it a secret!" Well, to the best of his abilities, anyway, but it was still a promise!
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Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2011 10:41 am
"Ah, then you are pretty stupid." An arm left from around her to pat her on the head, starting now to end the little hug. It'd been long enough and it was getting uncomfortable what with his little revelation and all. "You're not Jericho, who knows, right? You could still be over thinking it." Like a ghoul. A fragile, emotional ghoul. Ugh. Mac didn't say anything about the promise, mostly because he never actually promised completely that he wouldn't say anything. There was a big chance he wouldn't, mostly because it wasn't any of his business as to what went on and what was going on, but who knows. Keeping secrets that closely lidded was for ghouls.
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Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2011 11:52 am
"T-things happened when I went to see him!" She pouted, trying to defend her decision of not telling Jericho about her crush; she might be over thinking things, but she'll rather not... Ruin her current relationship with the dragon even if it'll take some time for her to approach him again. Not his fault though...
"Mmm," She finally released Mac from the hug at the head pat, and turned to stare at him instead with a rather blank expression. Fidgeting, she started to twirl a lock of pink hair around a finger again before blushing, "Um... Thanks M-Mac." She was so used to abusing using the nickname she had invented for him that it felt odd (and somewhat embarrassing) to use his name... Even if, according to him, 'Mac' was another nickname.
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Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2011 9:25 am
Mac sighed softly, but he said nothing else on the subject. At least of Jericho.
He was distracted instead by the way she fidgeted and twirled her hair, the blush that lit up her pale face. It was awkward enough to just start seeing her as a ghoul, but now she had to go and be cute about it! Lizzy...Lizzy was not cute! She was a Demon! A gross, web-spinning, probably mate-eating spider! Not cute. Not Cute! That's what he tried to tell himself anyway; it was getting harder and harder to think like he used to.
She said his name, and something stirred.
"You're Welcome." He murmured low, a hand lifting to brush the back of his hand against her cheek. His touch was gentle and his dark eyes held hers, keeping a steady gaze even if she looked away from him. This feeling was not an unusual one to him, he'd experienced it before; but not with a demon. Never with a Demon. Heart pounding, the Reaper leaned forward, the brushing hand sliding back into her hair. He pulled her into a firm hug as his last minute resolve faltered, one hand against the back of her neck and the other rubbing her back.
"Don't bottle it up, alright?"
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Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2011 9:56 am
This is weird, this is weird, this is weird.
She had always wanted Mac to be nicer - well, be openly nicer to her, seeing how he had always covered up every nice thing he had ever done for her by doing or saying something mean after. She didn't get why he would do that, although she had a feeling that the problem was with her being a demon... He had been anything but 'gentle' to her whenever they met.
Yet here he is now, being gentle.
She stayed really still through the whole, er, ordeal, not quite daring to move or react. Instead, her face had grown redder and redder, starting from when she felt the back of his hand on her cheek. While she tried to look away, she realized that she couldn't. Instead, she managed to mutter a soft "Uh..." before falling silent again; for the first time since meeting the reaper, she realized that his eyes were... Enchanting?
When he was so close that she could almost feel his breathe on her, Lizzy held her breath, still unable to look away- Only to find herself being pulled into a hug. She remained unmoving for a while longer before blinking, letting out the breath she had been holding as her arms found their way around him.
She enjoyed hugs, even if this one was making her blush for no reason at all; it might have something to do with what she was wearing at the moment and the way he was rubbing her back, but she was still too weirded out to think much about it.
"A-Alright..." She leaned into the hug happily, just sort of glad that she was getting the hug she had asked for (mentally) in the morning, but didn't get, "Promise."
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Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2011 11:10 am
Mac had similar thoughts, though there was one distinct difference. In between all the 'This is weird, this is weird, this is weird', there was a little voice absolutely demanding to know what the jack he was doing. This was Lizzy. Stupid, whimpering, Demon Lizzy. No matter how good she smelled, how soft her skin was, how small her frame---augh, stop it! When she leaned into the hug, Mac frowned to himself, patting her back one final time - a rather noticibly different pat, too; Similar to the one he'd given to her head - and leaned back, retracting his arms.
"Good." He murmured, clearing his throat and looking away once he caught himself staring at her again. Yup, this was it, the end of the day! "So...I should be going then to call my, uh, Aunt." The Reaper was trying to get away and get to his feet.
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Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2011 11:26 am
"Ohh, yes! Do tell her not to worry!" She nodded as she released him from the hug, face still slightly red as she got to her feet, quickly moving to the door to open it for him; she was no longer pretending to be sick, after all... She should do this for her guest!
"If you start feeling unwell though, please tell me," She frowned, leaning on the now open door, "I'll be sure to nurse you back to health!" Returning the favor and all that, since he did make her feel a little better...
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Posted: Sun Jun 12, 2011 9:27 am
Mac was on his feet and heading towards the door the moment she let him. The urge he had was over now, but the fact he had that particular urge almost bothered him. It was just Lizzy after all! Maybe his instincts in dealing with ghouls in this situation were just kicking in? That had to be it. Nevermind that he'd never really been a shoulder to cry on for a ghoul.
"Yeah yeah, feel better." The Demoness received a light pat on the head. "No thanks, you'd probably poison me." He managed to get out with a low chuckle and a grin as he turned to leave her room and the dorms.
There, everything felt right again.
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