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 Posted: Tue May 15, 2012 10:57 pm
Robert's happy go lucky attitude vanished, his expression changing to stone cold shock the moment Jerry started hissing about cripple. His eyes traveled from the man's face, to his leg, then back to his face again, before he winced with guilt.
"Christ, man. I didn't know it was that bad. The ******** are you doin' out here then, anyway? Shouldn't you be in like, the infirmary tent or somethin'? They got one of those around here somewhere, don't they? s**t.."
He didn't like feeling guilty. I wasn't a natural state of being for Robert. Caring felt odd.
"It ain't, like.. you know. Permanent. Is it?"
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Posted: Tue May 15, 2012 11:14 pm
"I don't know," He sighed. "It's... it's better than it was. Sunny gave me... a lot of words. About getting under the feet of horses." His face was red as he brushed himself off and made sure his guitar was okay. "I thought it was... I don't know, broken or something. Fear thankfully... stopped that but something's definitely torn. Don't... don't let it get around, alright?" He shifted, glancing over his shoulder and back down to make sure no one was looking before lifting the leg of his jumpsuit to give Robert a flash of metal underneath. "This is what they had, considering the state of upstairs... It's... it's the knee, mostly." He sighed, dropping it again before hobbling forward. Coffee healed all wounds.
"It's Rep's fault, really... provoking that guy. With the arrows and... and the fancy Chinese dress. Kimono? No, that's Japanese. ********> doesn't matter, ahahahahahaha." His laughter was short and tight, looking anywhere but at Robert, "If it d-doesn't get better, Simon'll find out anyway. Then it won't be a problem anymore."
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Posted: Thu May 17, 2012 12:41 am
Robert gave the brace a disgusted look, and then rolled his eyes, holding his hand out to help him up. "Son of a b***h, Jerry. You're gonna get yourself killed faster than your expiration date. So Rep got under someone's skin, and they took it out on you? Is that what you're telling me?" His other hand rubbed his neck in annoyance. "And I thought I was the only big mouth around here.."
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Posted: Thu May 17, 2012 12:46 am
"C-caught... in the middle, more or less," Jerry flushed, but did accept the hand to straighten. He swallowed. "It could be worse. If I was human, I'd be dead, right? Ahahaha not the first time. Woes of a Sun I guess." He wet his lips, shifting to straighten his jacket. "Everything's just... I'm tired. Like... I sleep but it doesn't feel like I slept. I don't know." He sighed. "Just... not feeling like dancing and singing any time soon I guess you'd be relieved to hear."
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Posted: Fri May 18, 2012 11:06 pm
Robert rolled his eyes even as he helped Jerry up, and patted his back - gentler, this time. "No, I don't feel relieved to hear that s**t, Cosmo. I don't wanna hear that -you- don't feel like singing and dancing. That's your thing. It's natural. If you ain't doing it, you ain't being true to yourself." He sighed, and pulled a hand roughly through his hair. "I'm only relieved when -I- don't have to do it. It ain't got s**t to do with what you wanna do. Just me."
He looked ahead, and his eyes were out of view. "Come on. Let's go get that coffee. See if it wakes you up any."
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Posted: Fri May 18, 2012 11:47 pm
"Heh, y-yeah... yeah I've been... living off coffee for a while. " He forced himself to smile, bu the fall had aggravated his knee. It was harder to not limp. Stupid Robert.
It wasn't his fault.
His head was buzzing, but at least he was learning how to ignore it.
"I was c-close to a nervous breakdown last week," He mumbled conversationally, "Got... got better though. Just tired."
He wondered if maybe Robert was just too dense for the Insanity to infect. Lucky b*****d.
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Posted: Sat May 19, 2012 12:35 am
Robert himself was starting to wonder if he had just been too dense, too stubborn, and too simple for the s**t everyone had been freaking out about to really affect him. Was there a part of his brain missing? Possible. He couldn't tell for sure. Maybe because of that missing piece.
"That.. sucks." He murmured awkwardly, shrugging when he couldn't find the words to say. "Glad to hear you're getting better, though."
Noticing the limp, he couldn't stop the words that fell out of his mouth before he could really think about them. "Need a lift? I can carry you over if.."
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Posted: Sat May 19, 2012 1:26 am
"Over my dead body." Jerry said with utmost seriousness.
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Posted: Sat May 19, 2012 1:27 am
Jerry's answer made Robert smile. "That can be arranged!"
It felt good to tease the man again.
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Posted: Sat May 19, 2012 1:29 am
"N-not something I want to joke about." He replied sullenly, but limped a little faster in case Robert got any bad ideas.
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Posted: Sat May 19, 2012 1:32 am
"Well, then you shouldn't have made friends with such a douchebag." Robert snickered out, skipping to keep up with the faster limp - which didn't require much.
"But it's okay. I won't kill ya. Or pick you up, if you're so hard up about it. Just let me know if you need help." His grin turned wry. "That's what I'm here for."
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Posted: Sat May 19, 2012 12:31 pm
"How come I have a feeling your help would probably kill me?" Jerry did, though, smile just a bit.
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Posted: Mon May 21, 2012 10:20 am
"UUUUUGH." Robert groaned so loudly it virbrated his entire body. "Why does everybody SAY THAT."
His tone sounded a little overexaggerated to truly be upset, however, and soon enough he was over it, having reached the coffee and getting himself a cup.
"Here-" He swiveled his hand to give Jerry his cup, but misjudged where the man was, accidentally smacked his face with his hand, and sent the cup soaring an inch over Jerry's head. The hot liquid splattered on the floor just behind Jerry, and Robert stood frozen solid, before sheepishly smiling.
"That was a test. You passed." He turned to get Jerry another cup.
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Posted: Mon May 21, 2012 11:37 am
Jerry froze, hand partly raised to receive the cup, but received a smack instead that sent his glasses askew.
"Ah... th-thanks?" He managed.
At least scalding hot coffee showers were not in the forecast.
And at least he was smiling softly.
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Posted: Wed May 23, 2012 12:32 am
Robert missed the smile, if only because he was so damn embarrassed about literally almost killing Jerry a minute after asking why people kept thinking he was going to kill them. Stupid, stupid, STUPID, he reprimanded himself, turning very slowly and handing Jerry the cup of coffee with the careful movements of someone who really, really didn't want to ******** up anymore.
His cheeks were even tinged pink, but his eyes were focused on the coffee, and nothing else. This cup was making it to Jerry if he had to move an inch a minute.
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