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 Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 5:20 am
Sparkles had seen a lot of attractive stallions, they had courted her and otherwise paid her their attentions but that didn't necessarily mean that she was inclined towards them. I was a well known fact that individuals had their own preference when it came to love and their own mates - Adonis, while attractive...was not someone that Sparkles had considered. Then again she rarely considered anyone, perhaps it was the turmoil of Ares' peculiar actions that forced her to pay more heed to the wind than she was accustomed to.
Nevertheless, for a time she wandered briefly through the woods in the hope of finding some indication that he had remained in the area. It would be just her luck that he would choose to leave her and without wings it was nearly impossible for her to pursue him - a shame really.
But why had he stormed off?
She released a small sigh as she pushed away the low lying bushes and sought out her missing male only to hear the faint rustle ahead of her...or rather the very faint thump of something that wasn't normally there. It could have been something falling out of a tree for all she knew but it definitely wasn't normal and thus, she turned in that direction and headed towards it.
...It was just her luck that it was him.
She came to a halt by the entrance to the small grove and hesitated for a few moments before at last gathering her composure, "Did I do something wrong?"
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Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2008 12:55 pm
Ares was busy thinking to himself when he heard a voice, that voice. He wanted to shudder, but he didn't. Not from disgust, well...no it wasn't from disgust. It was just the mere fact that he liked her and didn't want to. Or did he? He didn't know, thats what he didn't like. He didn't like confusion and she made everything confusing for him. Straight forward to the point was what he liked. His brows furrowed as he remained looking at the tree for a few moments, silly? Of course.
He paused before he looked over at her, keeping his head upon the tree as if he needed it's support. "No." he replied.
"I think its me." he blinked and he could hear his chest thud. He wondered if others could hear that sort of stuff. Probably not, but it would be intriguing or humiliating. He looked at her, the small unicorn still had a scars left over from the last time he had saw her. He never felt the need to protect someone, well usually except for that foal who was stubborn as hell and almost was ravaged by wolves. Stupid girl. He let his mind wander to these sorts of events, it made him feel a bit better.
He just looked at her, he didn't know what else to say but he had jealousy up the wazoo when he saw her and Adonis.
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Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2008 10:39 am
Well this was uncomfortable. He declared that it wasn't her fault and yet his body language and tone told a very different story. Even the way he chose to avoid her gaze and the manner in which he kept his back to her made her feel all the worse. The atmosphere was already tense and this wasn't due to her own confusion - rather, it was a combination of both her own confusion and Ares' apparent emotional turmoil. Unfortunately, this feeling was not something she was accustomed to and she certainly didn't enjoy it. This was one of those times when she simply wanted to run away.
Her life had never been so terribly complicated...She met a male, she flirted and more often than not she would find herself cuddled up to him in the night. It was a simple exchange, she received security for that night and the male had the satisfaction of knowing he had bedded yet another mare. She was a conquest to them but in her eyes it was a simple trade off. However, it was only recently that she had met a male who had chosen not to respond to her advances and instead he had asked for nothing in return.
...Or so she had thought.
Now he was entirely different.
"So, there's nothing I can help with then?" she asked tentatively.
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Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 7:21 am
Ares didn't want anything with her, he wanted to go back how his life used to be and he didn't have these damned feelings. His cool blue eyes looked to the ground as he got to his feet and walked towards her, eyes watching her light pinks. Those eyes that haunted him, he didn't know why...he had been with other mares...though he hadn't really slept with her. It was her eyes who haunted him. She couldn't possibly feel anything for a monster like him, the monster that hid behind his eyes. The one pulling the strings.
"I don't want anything from you, I never did." he was being quite harsh with his words. He let his head tilt as he watched her, "But I couldn't stop thinking about you and when I saw you with him...I jumped to conclusions." he turned away from her now, he didn't know what else to say...he never expressed feelings to anyone else but to his own mind. Then they couldn't come and bite him in his butt. He sighed softly, wondering what was coming over him these days.
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Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 10:57 am
Could he get anymore confusing than he already was?
Probably, the moment the words came out of his mouth Sparkles felt as though she was back in that forest again, only this time...the horns ripping into her flesh were his words instead. He didn't want anything, he never had - it was the first time that anyone had refused her (admittedly it was belated) and that hurt a lot.
However, what right could he possibly have to be jealous or to jump to any type of conclusion if he didn't 'want' her in any form. All she had done was talk to that other stallion, she didn't warrant this type of behaviour at all. Thus, it was with a somewhat heavy heart that she gave a stiff nod and backed away from him. He had said his piece and she wasn't going to force her company on anyone, it just wasn't who she was.
"I'm sorry I forced my company on you."
That in mind, she turned in place and began to drift away once again, wishing that she had actually taken Adonis' previous advice to leave him alone.
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Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 12:40 pm
His brow rose at her as she started walking away and realized what he said, "Wait, I didn't mean it like that." he shook his head. He was trying to tell her that he liked her and it ended up sounding like he hated her and wanted nothing to do with her, which wasn't the case. It was quite obvious he was a bit antisocial and wasn't used to having complex conversations. He liked to get straight to the point, but that wasn't the case here.
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Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2008 10:45 am
"Then how did you mean it exactly?" She was never one who excelled at hiding her emotions and her somewhat glum tone indicated she was less than impressed by how the current encounter was panning out. He had already snapped at her, he'd snapped at the stallion she had been speaking to and then he had seemingly dismissed her...only to say he didn't mean it like this?
Then what did he want?
She wasn't very good with riddles and she could only furrow her brow as she turned round to fix her gaze more firmly on the stallion's form. Her lion tail coiled and uncoiled around her fluffy hooves, her only source of comfort at this moment in time. She couldn't receive any nuzzles of embraces right now, all she had was herself.
"Because really, I have absolutely no idea what you want and I'm not very good at riddles!"
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Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2008 10:55 am
His ears lay out on his head, he didn't want her to be mad. Wait, his mind wanted to tell him not to care that she was angry, but he couldn't help it. His brows narrowed, for a moment but realizing that wouldn't help the case he stopped trying to get angry. "I'm not trying to confuse you." he replied. "Though I'm sort of confusing myself." He looked at her, he wanted to tell her...should he. Rejection wasn't on his top priority list. He shuffled his feet for a moment. "I mean, I think your absolutly beautiful and that when I see you with guys like him I get absurdly, jealous which never happens to me. I like you, and not as a friend either." he looked at her and his tail flickered behind him, he could feel his blood pressure rising. This was so not how he wanted to do this.
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Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 7:18 am
Oh.
Really...?
Sparkles found herself in a state of surprise as he confessed that the reason for his lashing out was not through distaste but quite the opposite. She had heard of stallions behaving oddly around females but she hadn't realised they were quite like this. Therefore she could do nothing more than stare at him for a few moments as she regathered both her thoughts and her composure.
"Well I already knew I was beautiful," she teased after a few moments, offering a slight smile at his observation. She'd always prided herself on her appearance and was aware that many appreciated it. Even so, his declaration that he liked her a little more than a friend was somewhat new to her too. She'd always treated stallion's as companions and they had acted in the same way so...
Was this what her friend meant when she was after something 'deeper' and more meaningful?
Well, he certainly made her smile...his grumpy demeanor and sometimes childish pouting were comical to her. However there were times when something shone through that dark exterior to allude to something almost gentle - she wouldn't say that though, it might annoy him after all.
"If it's not a friend then what is it?" She added at last.
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Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 7:40 am
His eyes narrowed at the unicorn, this time he couldn't help it. He sometimes thought she was absurd, but thats what he liked about her that and she could put up with him for the most part. "I don't know," he replied. He knew though, "I like being friends and all, but I want something more," he edged closer to her and watched her steadily. "And not that one night stand s**t either." his brows furrowed.
He had already had plenty of that in his life, he was sick of it. He wasn't ready to settle down, he just needed a companion that could perhaps traveled with. Though if thats what she wanted, perhaps he would without kicking and screaming. This was to much of a mental battle for him, he supposed she was worth it. He smiled at the thought to himself.
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Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 8:10 am
Well that was a very blunt way of informing her that he didn't approve of her way of life! Sparkles resisted the urge to puff out her cheeks indignantly at his remarks - those 'one night stands' after all had ensured that she remained safe at night. She'd never had a bad dream and no predator had ever harmed her while in the company of a stallion - honestly she had always viewed it as a decent trade off.
Nevertheless, as he continued she wiggled her ears ever so slightly and pursed her lips. The way she was following his puzzling words was that he didn't want a one night stand but more of...many nights. He hadn't openly said anything to explain how deep his feelings went so she could only assume that it was like a business deal?
An arrangement between friends?
She could do that, it was slightly more meaningful than her usual?
As a flighty female, settling down had never been something she had ever considered and so such an arrangement may have worked out better for her. Settling down meant she couldn't frolick about and explore, this was something she wouldn't permit to happen.
"So you want more than one night with me...?" Really, she was just doing it on purpose now.
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Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 8:22 am
"Your impossible." he replied with his gruff tone. He was going back into the shadows of his mind now.
How was he supposed to explain this? Could always burst out in song, yeah right. That would be a joke. He hadn't did that for ages, for his mum to come back. That worked out so damn well, she was dead. How could he settle down when he had to chase that b*****d down. He looked at his last battle scar, it had torn through his chest and down to the upper part of his leg. He couldn't heal himself like they could.
He looked to her with a dull smirk, "How about forever and eternity?" he rose his brow a bit. "How's that for blunt." he managed to chuckle. He found it amusing.
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Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 8:30 am
Forever and eternity?
Sparkles gave him another blank stare and blinked twice as she mulled over what those words meant. Her father had never explained relationships to her, yes he doted on her but she was his little girl and he'd rather not think about her growing up. Her mother on the other hand had explained things in a somewhat warped manner. Thus, her grasp on the concept of a stallion and a mare being together in that manner was really rather wrong.
"That's a very long time," she mused after a few moments and while she wouldn't object to some stability in her life she did have a few doubts. "Are you entirely certain you would be able to cope with me - I am impossible after all?"
The flighty side of her nature encouraged her to make it as difficult as possible for him to make her settle, however there was a part of her that mulled over his words carefully. He hadn't mentioned foals so technically that meant she wasn't settling down right?
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Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 9:03 am
"Just because your impossible, doesn't mean I don't want it to work." he smiled weakly. White ears flickered back and forth. He wanted to walk away, this was going so horribly wrong, "Can you cope with me?" he asked as he walked towards her, he could feel her warmth as he looked down at her. She hadn't seen him angry, she hadn't seen his darker side, she didn't know what she was getting herself into. But he could hide that part of him, for how long he didn't know. Sparring settled down that side, for lengths of time.
He caught a certain look in her eye, "What are you thinking?" he asked. He hadn't exactly imagined kids either, he didn't think he would be that great of a father, protective yes, could teach them how to battle. That would be amusing have the wiles of Sparks and the warrior of himself. Wicked. Foals weren't important to him, he was lucky he hadn't knocked someone up already. He wouldn't know what to do, though he wouldn't walk out like his own father.
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Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 8:19 am
Of course she could handle him, she had dealt with his behaviour before and had kept her good humour throughout it. She recalled how appalled he had been by her wounds, yet she had smiled. She was vaguely aware of how dismissive he could be and he struggled to not be abrasive. However, she was still standing here and while he had confused her for the last few minutes she hadn't moved.
That was at least a sign, right?
"Silly question," she pointed out with her usual sass, coiling her tail about her hind leg. Really, if her children ever developed that habit in the future then it was bound to irritate someone but it was such a comfort. However, as he asked her what she was thinking she wasn't entirely sure she wanted to divulge such information... She was thinking about a lot of things but perhaps ground rules weren't such a bad thing.
"I..." She sighed and this and shook her head. "I don't want children right now, Ares."
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