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 Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2012 8:43 pm
Xiu was obviously quite taken with the little mini, though the same could not really be said for the kushi's owner. The baku froze when she suddenly felt a hand suddenly close around hers, stiffening even further when a pair a lips briefly brushed against the back of her hand. In an instant, she jerked her hand back, cheeks puffed out and tail lashing behind her.
Nope. Nope! She had been warned about this! She wasn't going to fall for his ridiculous tricks--
...Tricks?
Despite her better judgment, Xiu couldn't help but glance at Stiletto at the mention of tricks, her ears drooping slightly. Well, she did like seeing what kinds of tricks people taught their minis, and Stiletto was awfully cute...
"...What kind of tricks?" She asked finally, still pouting. There was a moment of pause, and then she propped her hands up on her hips. "And since I'm speaking to you right now anyways...I'd like my shoes from prom back!"
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Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2012 8:23 am
Xiu was so cute when she was mad. Hell, she was cute all the time. He had to wonder if she did cute things consciously or if she was just magically adorable all the time.
"Yes, tri-" Lou stopped when she started speaking again, eyebrows raising at her haughty stance. Never ceasing to smile, the boil gently removed Stiletto from his shoulder and sat the fuzzy creature on the washer next to him. "Well, hot lips... That would require you venturing to my room, and since you seemed very adamant on keeping your distance from me, I don't see it happening any time soon. Unlike your friends, I'm not gonna baby you."
Out of his pocket, the boil produced a moonflower seed. "First trick is on the house." The seed remained pinched between his index finger and thumb as he showed the kushi what he had. "Blow kisses."
Stiletto's eyes seemed to shine at the mere sight of the treat. It was easy enough getting the kushi to do simple tricks. More complex ones required bigger bounty.
The kushi looked back up at Xiu, his little paws covering his mouth only moments before he made the adorable motion. It was heart melting, really. And with the motion complete, the moonflower seed was placed delicately in his little paws. Victory!
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Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2012 5:24 pm
Hot lips? Despite the fact that Xiu did not seem at all pleased by the nickname, she said nothing, instead waiting expectantly for vampire boil to agree to return her shoes. Of course, she was only hoping that he would agree to give them back--she didn't really expect him to do so without a fight, and as expected, he had some conditions first.
...Which involved going into his room. NOPE. NOPENOPENOPE all the nope. Looked like she had to give up those shoes. Sigh.
It didn't stop Xiu from pouting at him as irritably as she could, though.
Fortunately, her attention was soon diverted towards Stiletto. As hard as she may have tried to appear cold and uninterested, the wagging of her tail and bright grin that spread over her lips was...not so subtle evidence that she couldn't stay mad when around something as precious as the kushi.
"You're so talented, Stiletto!" She praised, applauding for him, "That's very clever of you!"
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Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2012 6:50 pm
Lou tapped his chin in thought about Xiu's pouting as the ghoul became entranced with Stiletto's little trick. The lack of an answer on the subject probably meant the ghoul had no intention of falling for it, but there were ways around that. Nefarious ways.
Stiletto shoved the moonseed into his cheek and took a bow as Xiu started to clap. That in itself was a trick but what the hell. It was rare that he had such a captivated audience.
"So you're really giving up on the shoes that easily?" The boil asked, his lips turning to the side in a rather unimpressed expression. "I-" BEEEEEEEEEEEP.
The loud noise from under him signaled that the washer had finished. Dryer time.
Lou held his comment until after he scooted off the machine and opened the contraption to take his wet clothes out. Meanwhile, Stiletto kept off to the side and watched.
"I have to wonder why you're so inhospitable with me." And out came a pair of heart boxers that were tossed into the dryer beside him. "I mean, sure. I'm a little... Harsh when it comes to my language." And there was a banana hammock. "I don't conform to the standard mannerisms of the people around us." Another banana hammock. This one was styled like a little suit. "But am I truly deserving of your ire?" You guessed it. Another banana hammock. "Besides. Couldn't you beat the s**t out of me if you wanted to? I did just start at the school no more than a couple weeks ago."
Oh look. There was his suit he usually wore. "So why is it, sugar tits? Why do you hate me so much?" He made sure to use the word hate because while he was sure the ghoul didn't have a hateful bone in her body, such strong language might affect her guilt.
And then came the rest of his clothes. A couple pairs of pants, some crude shirts, and EVEN MORE UNDERWEAR. FOREVER UNDERWEAR.
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Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2012 9:03 pm
...Oh, this was not fair.
For a while, Xiu managed to maintain both resolute and stubborn, her arms crossed defensively over her chest and her body language anything but open. However, with each word from the vampire, the baku's badly constructed wall slowly came tumbling down, one brick at a time,
"Unhospitable? Harsh? Do you remember what you said to my friends?" Shun, Vaith...none of them had had a very pleasant encounter with Lou at prom, to say the least. If anything, that was what bothered Xiu the most--not the fact that he was openly quite flirty and...well, shameless, but that he had been so rude towards her friends.
She found herself gazing absently at his laundry as he spoke, her gaze directed at the things he pulled out but not actually focused on them. In fact, it wasn't until he mentioned her beating him up that she tore her gaze away to look up at him.
"...And what would that solve?" Xiu lifted her brows, her arms loosening from their crossed position so that she could set her hands on her hips, "Are you going to become nicer if I beat you in a fight?"
She already knew the answer to that.
The mention of hatred, however, made her flinch. At once, she wilted, her ears and her tails drooping. "W-wait, I...I dislike things about you, but I don't hate you!"
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Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2012 5:41 pm
Lou cocked his head to the side as she mentioned her friends names. He didn't know them by those so it didn't really matter which circumstances the ghoul pointed out. "I remember men acting like your friends when what they really wanted was left unsaid." At the very least, one of them had seemed like that. "Strawberry shortcake had his own lay, so I suppose he's at least genuine." Lou shrugged. "I gotta wonder, sugar tits. How many times have your best guy friends confessed their 'love' for you? Huh?" Air quotes on the word love, of course.
The boil turned away momentarily, getting his grins out of the way while he started the dryer before turning back around. "No." He gave the unnecessary answer anyways. "Might make you feel better, though." Considering how powerless she acted sometimes.
Folding his arms, Lou stared down at her as she proclaimed his un-hate for him. "Then maybe you should gimme a chance, eh?"
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Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2012 8:03 pm
The little baku bristled at his words, the end of her tail poofing up to the point where it looked like a foxfire. "As I said, they're my friends! And the two that you're talking about are like my brothers, so we only see each other in a platonic light!" Despite the fact Xiu really did tend to be a little dense when it came to love and crushes, she could state this fact with 100% confidence. At his question, she crossed her arms over her chest in a rather defensive gesture.
"Shun and Vaith? Never. Not like that."
For once, she seemed rather cross by the vampire's words, though there was a (grudging) bit of guilt on her face at the mention of giving him a chance. As she had said, she didn't really hate him, but she strongly disliked his attitude towards her friends. Tapping her foot against the ground, she hummed thoughtfully before finally sighing.
"What do you mean when you say that I should give you a chance?"
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Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2012 5:16 pm
Hah. Platonic. Lou wasn't so sure the feeling was mutual on both sides.Though he seemed content to let the subject drop right there. He had stated his opinion on the matter, and while he really enjoyed making people mad, the vampire had other plans for this one.
"I mean just what it sounds like. You practically tried to ignore me when you came in here. So maybe you should, I dunno, acknowledge my presence?"
Then the boil started rubbing his chin. "Or you know. We could skip all the shenanigans and you can let me score a couple of bases. I don't mind moving fast." Smooth Lou. So very smooth.
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Posted: Thu Sep 06, 2012 2:19 pm
Although she looked a little uncertain, Xiu seemed to be seriously considering his words. It was true enough that she liked to get to know people and judge them by herself--she had friends who she adored who didn't like each other, for example--so perhaps it really was best if she gave Lou a chance. Sure, he was a little (very) crude, slightly (extremely) rude, and enjoyed (seemingly lived off of) flirting with ghouls...
...but he wasn't a bad person, was he? There was a difference between "bad" and all those things, minor as it may be.
Sighing, Xiu lifted a hand to run through her hair, "I'm sorry--"
"Or you know. We could skip all the shenanigans and you can let me score a couple of bases. I don't mind moving fast."
Xiu's expression became flat, as did her voice. "You will not be scoring any bases with me. Or baskets. Or goals." Or whatever other sports involved scoring.
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Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2012 4:12 pm
Ahaha! An apology. That as a start.
Until his suggestion put him back behind the start line somewhat. Ah. Well he could work himself out of this. "Well that's okay. I'm not going to be your friend, because I'm not interested in being friend zoned." The boil held up his hands and shrugged, grinning like an idiot. "I'm onto your game, sugar tits. "
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Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2012 5:47 pm
Xiu looked puzzled by his words, lifting both of her brows at him. "If you don't want to be my friend...then you want to be my enemy? But I thought you just said..." The baku trailed off and shook her head, clearly confused.
...And then she frowned. "I don't know what you mean by 'game', but don't call me 'sugar tits'." No, she was still not entirely sure what "tits" were (she made a note to ask Shun at some point), but considering that it was a nickname from the vampire, Xiu wasn't so sure that it was anything she would like.
Or, you know, anything crude or sexual.
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Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2012 6:32 am
Ah, she didn't seem to understand. Did she really play her mind games subconsciously? Nah, maybe she was just that good of a player. "No. I don't want to be your enemy either. I'm going to be something else. In a league of my own." It'd be like a balancing act. Trying to stay out of both friend and enemy zones until she finally said 'Oh Lou, I can't take it anymore! I need you!'
Yes. He actually expected that to happen, even if it took his whole unlife. "Hm. Then I'll call you hot lips. Or sweet cheeks. Or... " The boil pondered in thought, trying to come up with a unique name for the ghoul. "I'm sure I could come up with something 10x better." Better generally meaning worse.
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Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2012 2:38 pm
...Something...else?
...what.
Xiu's brows were furrowed as she tried to determine just what it was the vampire was trying to say, but she easily forgot about this confusion when Lou went on to give her some terrible options for nicknames. Hot lips? Sweet cheeks? The baku had puffed her cheeks out--how ironic--at that last one, looking more than a little displeased.
"My name is Xiu. You may call me by that."
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Posted: Sat Sep 22, 2012 3:51 pm
Okay. Lou couldn't stand it anymore. he held up his hands, index fingers extended, and aimed for either of Xiu's cheeks in an attempt to deflate them. Keeping hands to himself was an almost impossible task, it seemed.
"You need a better mean mug, Xiu." Ugh. How boring. With a face like that she just begged for a nickname, and he would undoubtedly come up with more in time.
Then something happened. It only took a moment after his face went blank to pat down his pockets and shoot a glance behind him. "Where... Did..."
Where was the kushi?
A misplaced puff of white was tumbling in the dryer with Lou's laundry...
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Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2012 2:15 pm
Xiu instinctively stiffened as Lou's hands grew close to her face, throwing her own hands out in an attempt to catch his wrists before he could get too close. "W-well, I don't...usually have to be mean to people! Outside of the Hunters, no one has really managed to incur my ire." To be fair, Lou hadn't made her really angry yet, but he had come close a couple of times what with those comments towards Shun and Vaith. But otherwise...
The baku would have turned and marched away then had it not for the fact that a certain someone had gone missing. She perked up when she noticed that the kushi was suddenly no longer on the vampire's shoulder. At once, her eyes widened, gaze darting left and right as she tried to search for the small mini. "Where did he--"
--Oh Jack, that wasn't him in the dryer, was it?
Xiu stood and gaped at the washing machine for a good few seconds before darted over, her tail lashing behind her as she anxiously tried to switch the machine off.
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