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 Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2012 2:17 pm
"Oh, no," Aulus shook his head, "I don't have to be doing anything much today... yeah, a movie sounds nice." He hadn't sat and watched a movie with her since before the date. Would it be weird and awkward now? He hoped not. He wasn't sure if they were yet at the stage though where they still sat a polite distance apart, or if they sat closer, if he put an arm around her, or if maybe they sat further apart than they had before. This whole relationship thing had got a lot harder since he'd last done it, all of his confidence was gone and he so very much did not want to ruin this.
He supposed that was one hidden peril of Team Rocket; if you dated somebody and broke up with them horrible you couldn't exactly avoid them. You'd still see them in the dininghall, all the training and rec facilities, on missions, everything. Well, all the more incentive not to mess up, right?
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Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2012 9:25 am
A shy smile lit up her face. "Alright," she said, moving over on her bed to sit in front of the tv set up on top of her dresser. "What movie did you want to watch?" Her collection had been slowly growing, although it wasn't impressive by any means. All in all she really didn't care what movie they watched, so long as she could watch it with him.
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BlackFireKitsune Vice Captain
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Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2012 9:54 am
"Oh, umm...." Decisions. When had he lost the ability to make them? Just pick a movie, and hope she had it and felt like watching it. They had, after all, accidentally watched a Disney movie together once and she hadn't stopped talking to him for that, though it had been accidental.... She'd fallen asleep on him. Her face had looked so peaceful. Just pick a movie, it would be fine. "Is that Rambo? How about that? Always entertaining." She wouldn't have any movies she hated after all, worst case scenario she just didn't feel like watching it.
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Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2012 8:42 am
"Huh?" Rambo? That wasn't hers, how did that get there...? It was probably Lucas's, but that didn't explain why it was in with her movies. Azdeif was probably the culprit in that case, she seemed to enjoy finding things and putting them in with all of her own possessions. Oh well, she'd return it to him later. "Sure," she replied easily as she turned the set on, put the disc in and leaned back.
Soon enough the movie had started, and Claire was suddenly acutely aware of the fact she had no idea how this was supposed to work now that they'd gone on a date. s**t.
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BlackFireKitsune Vice Captain
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Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2012 8:55 am
He was still sitting awkwardly on the edge of the bed and not sure what to do about this fact. He couldn't just sit here like the for the whole movie but what else could he do? What was acceptable? Eventually Aulus decided that it was time he stopped being a total p***y and slipped off his boots before swinging his legs up onto the bed and shuffling back to lean against the headboard. Couldn't be anything wrong with this, right? He glanced over at Claire for reassurance.
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Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2012 11:46 am
Claire was already leaning back against the headboard, her knees up and her arms wrapped loosely around them. The only indications Aulus received that he hadn't made some grievous error was the fact Claire didn't say anything averse to his actions, and Odette didn't move in for the kill. That in and of itself was a good indication.
Hazel eyes flickered briefly from the movie screen to the man sitting beside her, then focused immediately back on the screen.
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BlackFireKitsune Vice Captain
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Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2012 12:03 pm
After some moments of painful indecision Aulus reached out slowly and put his arm around Clair's shoulders; what was the worst that could happen? Death by Pidgeot: that was the worst that could happen.
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Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2012 12:13 pm
Or the worst could be that Claire jerked forward and half turned as Odette squawked her displeasure (but otherwise didn't move), her hands partially raised to defend hers--
Oh. Oh, he just tried to put his arm around her.
Feeling her face burning, the agent leaned back against the headboard, reaching up to rub her cheek to attempt to hide her embarrassment. "Sorry, I didn't mean.. I, um, just.. Nervous," she finished with a mumble. Arceus, if that wasn't the most ridiculous reaction ever...
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BlackFireKitsune Vice Captain
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Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2012 12:15 pm
As Claire jerked froward Aulus jerked away feeling as though he'd been kicked hard in the stomach. He'd only put his arm around her, was that really do bad? Nervous. Well, that he could understand; he was too, and even moreso now. "Uh, don't worry about it," he dropped his arm back down by his side, "I should have warned you or something." Idiot. Why did have have to go and mess up the simplest, nicest things?
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Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2012 12:20 pm
s**t, things were awkward before and now they were just terrible; was there even a limit to how awkward it could get? s**t, and it was her fault too, she'd probably made him feel like a jerk or something. "No, no, I'm just.." Her hands made vague gestures in the air before she gave up with a sigh and dropped them into her lap. "Not used to this, I guess." Not used to was right. Arceus...
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BlackFireKitsune Vice Captain
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Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2012 12:29 pm
"Yeah... me neither." No anymore anyway. "It's fine," Aulus said again, actually shooting Claire a slightly uncertain smile this time, "I'm sure we'll get better at it." Hopefully anyway, he was pretty sure if they didn't he was going to die of awkward and or embarrassment before too long.
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Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2012 12:36 pm
At his reassurances and smile - as uncertain as it seemed - she managed a nervous smile back before focusing on the movie again. She didn't say anything else, too nervous to really make her brain form any coherent sentences, but after a while she moved her arms to her sides, resting her hands on the bed--
There was already a hand there.
One of her hands twitched up as soon as she realized Aulus's hand was already where she'd tried to place hers. "Oh, um.." Hazel eyes focused on it briefly before they shifted to the other agent, an obvious hesitant expression on her face.
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BlackFireKitsune Vice Captain
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Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2012 12:46 pm
The touch on his hand so soon after she'd jerked away from him was unexpected to say the least, but not unwelcome. She pulled away but not completely, so maybe she wasn't averse to this so much as just unsure? Aulus smiled slightly and turned his hand over palm up, hoping she'd take it but not sure if he should make the first move given how she'd reacted to his arm.
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Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2012 1:28 pm
Her eyes were drawn back to his hand when it flipped over. It looked very inviting.. Was she supposed to put her hand in his? Couples usually held hands, didn't they? Yeah, they usually... but wait, they weren't a couple! Were they? All they did was have one date, that didn't mean they were actually dating, were they? She hadn't signed up for that, after all, they only just--
She took a deep breath to try and push her speeding thoughts away for now, and it had only been a couple seconds since his hand moved (even though it felt like ages), so she hesitantly lowered her hand. Before she could touch his hand again, hers twitched up a bit out of nervousness, but it was only a brief reaction before it finally rested on his. Hazel eyes focused on the pair of hands for a few seconds, another fierce blush blooming on her cheeks, before they flicked to his face for reassurance.
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BlackFireKitsune Vice Captain
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Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2012 1:35 pm
She really was nervous. Was it him? Was he scary? Was she not as keen on any of this as him?
The flood of questions was halted only by her touching his hand again. Aulus met Claire's gaze uncertainly, still sort of wondering if maybe she wished she'd never said yes to a date in the first place. Was he just wasting his time here? He didn't want to believe that, everything had seemed to go so well on their date. He couldn't help the paranoia though, couldn't stop hearing the little voice in the back of his head that told him she wasn't really into him and would eventually break things off.
He could try to ignore them though.
Aulus laced his fingers loosely through Claire's; she could easily pull away if she wanted to but he hoped she wouldn't; he just wanted so badly for this to go right.
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