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 Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2009 12:30 am
 
Kyrin looked towards the door when she heard the knock. She, too, figured it to be Maddox. He was the only person who would knock so quietly on the door that you would wonder if someone had knocked at all. As he moved into the room Kyrin smiled at his expression. So he wants to take Craig away. All the more power to him. Kyrin noticed with curiosity that her cousin seemed a bit more flustered then usual. Its because Craig is here. She thought casually.
"Oh, Maddox." Craig said, standing and moving to Maddox. "Its good to see you again. Its been too long." He motioned to Kyrin and Miles, "We were just finishing up here. If you have some business with me, the three of us can finish this later. It does seem that these two have some work to be doing anyway without any more of my interference." As he had been sitting in the room, Craig had noticed more and more the distaste resonating from Kyrin and decided that perhaps it would be better to get her alone and talk to her then. Another time will suit our conversation better. He smiled at Miles and Kyrin, "Thank you both for your time. I will be seeing you later." And then he put his arm around the small timid Matsui and led him back out the door, saying, "So what can I do for you?" And the two made their way down the hall.
The second that Craig was out of the room, Kyrin visibly relaxed. Reaching into her pocket at that moment, she drew out Miles' cigarette case. "I do believe this belongs to you." She said, once the office door had closed.
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Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2009 12:48 am
 Miles looked down to his cigarette case and gave her a teasing look before taking it gently from her hand. " You sure make a habit out of making my things yours. " He pocketed the case to the inside of his jacket. "Appreciated, of course." Without moving from his position, he observed Kyrin. She seemed relieved now. He felt relieved too, now that he had his personal space back. At least he could ask what was on his mind. " So ...who the hell is Craig anyways?"
Meanwhile...Who the Hell is Craig? [Beginning]
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Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2009 5:08 pm
Kyrin smiled at his response. What a tease. She thought as she brushed a few strands of hair behind her ear. Her earrings sparkled in the dim office light as her eyes met his. Her smile faltered. Who the hell is Craig? His words shattered the playful atmosphere that normally accompanied the two of them. Craig is no one. She wanted to say. Ky stared at him for a long moment. Would she lie? She wanted to. Miles and Kyrin weren't exactly a couple, she knew their relationship for what it was, bedfellows, but even still she was hesitant to tell him who Craig was to her. He was a childhood crush, a childhood friend, companion. He was a teacher, a watcher. He was a lover. I shared his bed. We laughed a lot. I thought I loved him. In a rush all the good things she ever thought of Craig slammed into her head, making it hard to think. He was, yes. Now he is... an ignorant b*****d. Once she settled that for herself it became easier to breath. "Craig has been with my family since before I was born, we grew up with him. He was always such a gentleman. Turns out gentlemen can be real assholes."
Meanwhile...Who the Hell is Craig? [Beginning]
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Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2009 9:15 pm
Coming up from the training floor, Nori was feeling a bit good about himself. At this rate, if he wielded a gun well enough, maybe he could be of some use to Jaydn. And ...speak of the devil.
There he was, standing in front of Nori's door. It was odd to see him there, and Nori felt himself blushing. Why would he want to see me? Is he upset? Did I do something wrong?
He quietly walked up to Jaydn, keeping his head ducked. "Uhm, erm, " but didn't quite know what to say. Guh, How embarrassing...
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Posted: Sun Feb 15, 2009 9:46 pm
 Jaydn had just started to turn away from the door when he saw the crossdresser coming down the hall towards him. They're not in the room? Jaydn seemed rather confused, more so when Nori began to stammer nervously, trying obviously to say something but unable to. Jaydn didn't understand what reason there was behind the nervousness unless... Where's Ky?
Jaydn glanced about the hallway momentarily before setting glaring eyes upon Nori. I tell it to do one simple thing and it can't even do that... useless. Jaydn hadn't really been too surprised but he still wasn't okay with the idea of it. Asking bluntly, he held strong to his glare, "Where's Kyrin?"
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Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2009 4:18 pm
Nori felt the familiar burning glare of Jaydn, and wondered what could possibly be wrong. Why was he asking for Kyrin? Was she in trouble now?
I shouldn't have left her behind...
Nori knew that Jaydn was trying to intimidate him, so he tried to keep his resolve. " Hmmm, Ky went to level 13 for a while. I don't think she'd still be there though; we parted ways. " Nori looked to him concerned. " Why? Is she alright? "
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Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2009 3:10 pm
Jaydn's glare was dropped as his eyes widened slightly in surprise. She went... to the training floor? He gave an exasperated sigh with closed eyes and a short chuckle, muttering to himself, "She's so dense." He was relieved though. She was away from Craig and it looked as if his presence hadn't thrown her off so much that she was forced to hole up in her room.
Jaydn looked now to the crossdresser who stood in front of him, who was worried for his cousin, who also wasn't at all happy to find Craig in the kitchen. We have a common enemy. Jaydn still thought that Nori's brain was scrambled but he would be polite. "Kyrin is fine. It's nothing." It was confusing to have to rely upon someone that Jaydn had felt so strongly opposed to for so long.
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Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2009 1:19 pm
At Jaydn's smile, Nori gave a sigh of relief. He wondered now, if he had ever seen Jaydn smile before. It almost made him a little sad to think that he hadn't.
" Oh, okay, you had me worried. " Nori moved his hand to his hair, shyly. " Ky's my best friend and all, so... Well, I'm sure you understand." As Kyrin was his cousin, of course Jaydn would understand. Moving to his door, Nori slightly nodded to him. "If you don't need me for anything, I'll just go about my ways. And ...I hope you don't mind me saying, but thank you for putting up with me." ducking his head meekly, he opened his door and stepped inside, always leaving it slightly cracked in case someone needed him for something, although they rarely did.
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Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 6:43 pm
For putting up with...? After Nori had disappeared behind the door, Jaydn gave a scoff. Of course he would understand. Kyrin was his cousin. Jaydn wasn't sure how he could be so annoyed by Nori's passiveness, didn't he deal with it every day from his own brother? Maybe that was just it, that Jaydn did have to go through with it every day with Maddox and once was more than enough. He thought on the matter only for a few minutes as he walked toward the elevator. But there were better things to do now than try to understand how Nori's mind worked.
The day had gone by without much else to do. Come 4:45, Jaydn was sitting at the desk of his office on the 3rd floor, reading over some papers as he waited. Kyrin had scheduled an appointment for him a few days ago with some man that she wanted his opinion on. She had said that he might be useful but when she had first said his name, it sounded almost as if she had expected Jaydn to know the man already. Draven Dolorinus... Jaydn had continued to rack his mind as to who the man was but everything was coming up blank. He would just have to see when the man showed up.
Jaydn had told the men in the lobby that he was expecting someone, to send them straight to the 3rd floor office. Whoever this guy is, he better as hell not be a waste of my time.
Meanwhile... A Second "First Encounter". [Beginning]
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Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 1:49 pm
 The door to room 592 cracked open at four fifty six pm, and a muggy looking Asian boy wandered out half blinded by the mild lights of the hallway. Jun's demeanor and facial expressions gave away his recent rise from sleep. His hair was mussy and the sweats he was wearing appeared slept in. He hadn't cleaned up yet, he needed food first. Jun stumbled down the hallway, first in the wrong direction, then past the kitchen, and finally into the even brighter lights of the vacant kitchen.
Food... food... food...
Jun began rummaging into the cupboards, and was half crawling into the pantry when he heard Nori's footsteps in the entryway.
Atleast he can't see my face... It was red.
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Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 2:05 pm
After a good deal of napping and mathematical theorem for extracurricular activities, Nori made his way to the kitchen, whistling cheerfully and planning what to make for dinner. He opened the door, and knew immediately where he wanted to go. He paused at the refrigerator, noticing the open pantry door, and when going up to close it, saw the rest of a person hanging out of it.
" Er, can I help you with something." Nori asked, a slight laugh in his voice. He hadn't expected to see someone else in there, much less the back end of one sticking out from the pantry.
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Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 4:13 pm
Meanwhile...Who the Hell is Craig? [Beginning]
After having talked with Miles, Kyrin went back to her office. The feeling of unease has fled her when Miles didn't seem fazed by the fact that she and had dated. She entered her office, glanced over the pile of papers that now found themselves on her desk and sighed, Ugh. They could be done later. Switching the light back off, Kyrin exited again. Normally she would be roaming around, getting ready to help Nori with dinner, but she didn't know if she wanted to be where Craig would be able to find her again. As she locked her door, Kyrin heard movement to her right.
"Good evening, Miss Kyrin." Charles walked up to her with a nod of the head. He had spent his morning knee deep in work, but with his men had finished it in record time. But even though he was tired and hungry, Charles was in a pleasant mood. "How are you?"
Kyrin gave Charles a smile in return, "I'm well." It was something about the big man and his charisma that made Kyrin feel nothing but calm around him. Her dilemma of what to do disappeared, "How are you?"
"Oh, hungry as always." He let out a laugh. "But I think that can be easily solved. Nori starts cooking in a bit, huh?" The smile lingered, friendly, "Shall we go keep him company while he cooks?"
Looking up at Charles, Kyrin wondered how he could possibly be the same man that went out and collected for Jaydn from his particularly uncooperative people. The well dressed man in front of her didn't seem as though he would hurt a fly. "Of course." She replied, without hesitation, without thinking. And with that, the two made their way down to the kitchen.
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Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 10:07 pm
 Maddox spent the past few hours in the company of Craig. After Maddox had shown Craig the room he would be staying in while he was with them, Craig had inquired about Maddox's department, asking if he could continue his work with Maddox. They had already gone through a good portion of the process, Maddox doing his best to present the bottom floor and its employees and projects. It went without a problem. Maddox managed to set up some time for Craig to meet with some the advertising department's leader, wanting to be sure that Craig would get all the information he would need for Uncle Han.
Taking a glance at the clock and reading that it was going into the evening, Maddox paused in their tour. Turning to Craig, he asked, "It is getting closer to dinnertime. Would you like to join us for dinner or have you already made plans?" In all honesty, Maddox wanted Craig to have made plans elsewhere, Kyrin would be in the kitchen having dinner.
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Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2009 8:37 pm
Nori's voice was soft and pleasant to Jun's ears. He clamored out of the pantry and stood grinning with mild embarrassment. "Hello miss. I am gotten food." Jun held up a box of some sort from the pantry. "See?" Running his hands through his hair Jun struggled with the English words he wished to use. After a brief but noticeable pause, Jun asked, "Er... How is you here this evening miss?" Jun then smiled with a mixture of pride and his usual cheeriness.
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Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2009 8:53 pm
As it turned out, the person searching for food was one he didn't recognize so well. Nori recalled that he had seen this person at the meeting, speaking Japanese with Jason, but had no clue as to what his name was. Whoever he was, he was yet another person mistaking Nori for a girl. Naturally, Nori didn't mind too much, but preferred to be called by male pronouns.
" Uhm, call me Nori. " he said, smiling shyly. " I'm going to make dinner actually, so there's um, no need to make your own. Unless you really want to of course." He hoped his english was simple enough to understand. Nori side stepped around Jun, reaching into the pantry himself and grabbing ingredients. " What's your name?" he asked, as he walked across the kitchen. Pulling down a large bowl, he started to mix things together, but still kept his attention on Jun.
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