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 Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2008 8:01 pm
Adrian jumped when Carlos started yelling. "What?" He watched as the unicat threw the card down on the floor and stared, listening to Carlos rave on. "I'm not playing with you, at least, I don't mean to." He reached down and picked up the card. "I did this, because...because I still care about you, okay? And it hurts not to be near you, alright?" He stood up and pulled Carlos into his arms, putting the card on a table first. "I love you too," the rat whispered into Carlos' ear.
Adrian pulled back and looked the unicat in the eyes. "I'm...afraid to lose you completely, afraid of what your family will do. I don't know how to deal with that, alright? I've never had to deal with losing someone I care about with all my heart and who feels the same way. The way I know how to deal with things is to pull away, to disappearing." He sighed. "I want to believe that we can work out, but it's difficult to see it happening. I really want to." He meant it, he really did.
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Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2008 8:45 pm
Carlos stood there watching Adrian. He had not meant to lose it like that... and now that he thought about it, he probably should be surprised the rat had not yelled right back. When he embraced Carlos though the unicat held on tight, reluctant to let go when the other pulled away a moment later. "I miss you too... it hurts to be away from you, but I understand if you need more time, or that people need space. But it hurts more when you push me away..."
He looked down at the floor. "My 'family' consists of my dad. My mom and my brothers could care less. I haven't seen any of them since I was little." Of course, by family he meant blood relations. Anyone else, including his father, that he considered true family just wanted him to be safe and happy. And what Carlos wanted... was to stop feeling rejected.
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vampire werewolf fangirl2
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Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2008 9:03 pm
"And you housemates care about you like a son or brother, or least a few of them do." Adrian thought that Carlos was so lucky to have that many people care about him.
He hung his head, he didn't mean to upset Carlos more. "I'm sorry; I'm so sorry. I didn't want to hurt you anymore than I had, so I pulled and pushed you away and ended up hurting you more. What can I do that won't hurt you more?"
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Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2008 9:20 pm
"Just... don't push me away. You told me you love me so you can't pretend you don't," he laughed a little, weakly. "And... don't try to kill people. Horea's a jerk... but... he's like family..." He trailed off, not wanting to make Adrian feel any worse for what he had done. He also did not want to give Adrian conditions for making things 'all right.' Maybe if all of them could just talk... and apologize... maybe do something together...
He looked up at Adrian and watched him for a moment. He looked more than apologetic, he was genuinely sorry. "You and my dad seemed to get along before... maybe you could become like family too..." There would be no 'big happy family,' it had never been like that. But everyone could generally count on the other, or at least knew how far one could figuratively throw the other.
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vampire werewolf fangirl2
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Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2008 4:35 pm
"I'll try not to push you away anymore. And I don't want to pretend that I don't love you, because I do." Adrian looked down. "I promise I won't try to kill someone again, or actually kill someone. I've been working on my temper, and it's better now, I can feel it."
The rat snorted. "Yeah, we got along before I almost killed his best friend. I don't think he'll be as forgiving as you are, Carlos, but I'm willing to try and get along with him again." Adrian would love to get along with the older unicorn again, but doubted it would ever be the same.
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Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2008 5:34 pm
Carlos smiled, and it broadened as Adrian spoke. "Good... I'm glad..." To think so little time had passed and he was doing that much better. "I can try to help you with it, if you want. I don't know how, but I can try."
"Yeah... about that..." The unicat rubbed the back of his head uneasily when the rat grumbled about getting onto better terms with the unicorn. "Dad didn't know what Horea said to us at first. I told him later on, and I think it made a difference him knowing. Horea has a smart mouth and doesn't usually think before he says something... and when he found out my dad smacked him around a little..." Carlos chuckled. You don't badmouth Jimi's son without bringing about the wrath of the father. But since Adrian had already seen to the coon's punishment, there was not much left for him to do... literally kick his butt, give him a black eye or two... make him grovel to Carlos...
"Anyway," he continued, "I think the one you need to worry about hating you is Horea. He um... can't speak... or sing... he was a singer... He needs a surgery that only a special surgeon can perform. But I guess someone like that was going to move in soon anyway, so he'll be fine eventually. It's like he's been grounded or something..."
"So... oh, hey! You can say whatever you want to him and he'll have to just sit there and listen. That could be a good thing..." He envisioned with a grin Jimi and himself holding Horea down while Adrian apologized, then proceeded to tell him what he thinks of such a jerk-off coon...
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Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2008 6:17 pm
"I'd love it if you helped, though, I don't know how you would." Adrian looked up and smiled slightly at the unicat. He has happy that Carlos was willing to be around him again.
He laughed softly. "Your dad actually messed Horea up more after I got to him?" The rat found that funny, and slightly scary at the same time. "I hope he didn't hurt too much more."
"Yikes, I didn't know that he was a singer and needed surgery. He will be able to get the surgery done, right?" Just because he didn't like Horea, didn't mean that he wanted the other anthro to lose the thing he enjoyed most.
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Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2008 7:19 pm
"Well I can think of one way to help..." He smiled and leaned against the rat lightly, hugging him. "Maybe it's not much, but I'm here."
He looked up at Adrian and nodded with a grin. "He did... But Dad's the boss, I guess you could say. A long time ago they used to be in a motorcycle gang, and Dad was the leader, or one of them."
"I didn't want to tell you, but since you want to go, you should know..." Carlos' ears drooped a little. He didn't want Adrian to feel worse than he already felt over it. "Yes... we have a couple of surgeons moving in at my place. At least one of them can do it, I understand. He's just not here yet, and the surgery can wait."
(( I'm going to have Black Jack do the surgery, but it'll wait until after he's officially made. Free rent and facilities in exchange for a couple surgeries? Woot! xD <3 ))
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vampire werewolf fangirl2
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Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2008 12:28 pm
Adrian wrapped his arms around Carlos. "It's working already. Thanks for...willing to put up with me, I guess."
"Remind me never to piss your dad off again. The last thing I need after me is a gang leader or someone that was a well respected gang member." The rat knew what it was like to deal with gangs, and they were not fun to upset in anyway shape or form.
"Good, I wouldn't want him to be permenently mute because of me. When do you think he will get it done?"
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Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2008 5:48 pm
Carlos grinned up at Adrian. "You should be glad! If I weren't so sure of myself I'd never come around!" Perhaps it was not exactly true, but it sounded good. The whole truth sounded far less sure and a lot more desperate. He hated knowing Adrian suffered alone, and he hated his own misery and worry. He just wanted them both to be happy.
Something about the way Adrian said the word gang made Carlos tilt his head sharply. "No... it's not like that..." he began, thinking about the stuff he heard about on television in the news about gang warfare and not being able to go out at night. But the more he thought about it, the more similarity he saw. He had always thought of Jimi's friends as extended family, far closer than most of his blood relatives. But if you crossed them, there would be hell to pay. Maybe it wasn't so different... in some ways.
While he was thinking, he rested his ear against the rat's chest as he hugged him, careful as always to keep his horn from scratching Adrian. "Horea is going to get surgery within the next couple of weeks, I think. The surgeon is very busy and has actually been out of the country. But Horea's being well taken care of in the meantime. You probably remember Asalind from when you came over... he's self-taught but he's really good..."
That reminded him... hadn't Adrian been clawed-up by Horea last time? Coon claws were notoriously long and sharp; the rat was probably lucky he had not been disemboweled... even if he was just that good at pinning and disarming people. He glanced quickly up at him. "How are your wounds? I never got to see if you were all right... though I suppose Dad would have said something if you weren't..."
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Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2008 8:06 pm
"I am. What did I do to deserve having such a great guy around, huh?" Adrian really did wonder what he did that allowed him to have this one small sunshine in his life.
The rat snorted. "Oh really? It's not like that huh? Then why did you trail off at the end of that sentance?" He doubted it was different. All gangs are the same in Adrian's mind.
"That's good to hear. I'm content knowing that he will get help as soon as possible."
He shrugged. "They are fine." Adrian has them wrapped up and has disinfectent on them.
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Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2008 8:22 pm
Carlos giggled; he had definitely intended for it to be a joke. "Okay, come on..."
Tugging on an ear, he bit his lip. "Well... there are some things in common... but it's not like gunfights and graffiti and stuff..." Okay, some of them had guns. And there were some initiations and hazing and... Er... Yeah.
Happy to change the subject back over to Horea, he nodded. "Yeah, he'll be fine. Meantime, Dad says he gets to think about what he did," he chuckled. Just like a little kid. He never thought first; he needed something like this. At least that was what Carlos told himself.
"Really?" Carlos' tail swished lightly and his ears swiveled, still feeling a little worried.
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vampire werewolf fangirl2
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Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2008 8:33 pm
"I wasn't kidding. I really meant what I asked. I have no idea what I did to deserve your affections."
"Uh huh...I doubt it, but if that's what you think, then that's what it is to you." That probably made no sense, but it works.
"So, basically he's in time out until he gets his surgery? That's kind of...funny. I almost feel bad for the guy, almost."
"Yeah, really. There is no need for you worry about them at all."
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Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2008 8:41 pm
"Er..." Carlos shrugged. "Do I need a reason? I like you," he added with a grin.
Shifting a little, the unicat frowned. Maybe he'd have to ask Jimi to clarify... he had never thought about it before, really. But Adrian was obviously very doubtful... and now that the doubt was there, he would not be able to leave it rest in his mind until he found out for sure.
"Yeah..." he chuckled, though it sounded a little weak to his own ears. It should have been funnier to him; they had been thinking the same thing.
But, knowing Adrian was all right after all put his worries aside. "Good. I'm glad," he smiled and hugged the rat.
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Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2008 9:09 pm
Adrian didn't understand how Carlos could like him, especially after what he had done, but he wasn't going to question it any further. "Okay..."
The rat saw that he put some doubt in the unicat's head about Jimi and said, "I'm sure your dad didn't do anything too bad, like murder for no reason or something like that." He wasn't sure if he believed that himself, but he'd say anything to keep the other from doubting Jimi.
"I'm glad to know that you are glad." He hugged Carlos back.
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