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 Posted: Mon Sep 06, 2010 10:28 pm
 ________________________________________________________________________________ _____ ___ _  Unable to wake up in the middle of the night to change out of his clothes like he had planned to, the Rattata ended up sleeping throughout the night, still in yesterday's attire. It wasn't ideal, no, but there wasn't much of a choice. Struggling to open his eyes to the bright morning sunlight that flooded the bedroom. The Rattata let out an uncontrolled groan, letting out the tension he had acquired from his undisturbed sleep. That aching feeling you get throughout your whole body when you wake up in the morning, that makes you want to stretch and roll over to sleep again. He felt the presence of others, two to be exact, something unlike what he usually wakes up to. The room was usually his and his alone, with an occasional visitor, an animal or Shin. Today, he just happened to have to company of both. The boy usually awoke in a peaceful, environment, with no one else but himself occupying this very room. But it seemed as if it wouldn't stay as quiet as it used to anymore. Trying to get used to the feel of his new surroundings, Taroro felt a warm figure in his arms, pressed gently against them. Something small and seemingly fragile.
To his surprise, the brown haired boy was snuggled comfortably in his arms and for some reason, he found it pretty comfortable as well. Again, it was another new feeling to the boy. He smiled softly, releasing the Teddiursa gently from his grip and flipped over to the other side of the bed, his eyes searching for the man who was supposedly on 'guard duty'. At least, that was what the boy expected the man to be doing for the whole night.
Unexpectedly though, his eyes caught a glimpse of the man.. sleeping? Or was the Haunter simply dozing off instead? Taroro took a minute to stare at the man's sleeping face, feeling his own get slightly hotter as he did. He didn't know why but something about the Haunter just made the boy feel the way he currently did. Maybe it was the man's loyalty towards him, something he had sworn to the boy during the night of their contract. Or maybe it was the 'fond' memories they shared. He thought of that, and all their past experiences together so far. Which didn't help the boy to cool down in any sense at all.
Sliding out from under the covers, he cautiously reached a hand over to Shin's cheek, sweeping away the deep purple hair that buried it from sight as his fingertips slid past. Then, as if in a trance, Taroro bent down to peck the Haunter on his cheek, before pulling away, the corners of his mouth arching up a little. What made him do that was, despite the boy's stubborn behavior, the Haunter was still willing to stick with him, warn him. It was something that meant a lot to the Rattata, in this world, in their world, loyalty meant everything to him. However, the boy never had the courage to convey it to the man personally. By other means, maybe. But did his feelings really get through? You could say, he felt shy about it... Taroro let out a soft chuckle, smirking, mocking himself. 'Heh, look at me... When did I ever become like this...' Wiping the smirk off his face, he turned his attention to the sleeping boy, narrowing his eyes. 'I've... become too soft...' Bending down over the bed, he moved a hand over to push the Teddiursa's hair from his forehead, taking his temperature again. "Not as cold as yesterday..." he whispered.________________________________________________________________________________ _____ ___ _
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Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2010 9:08 pm
"A trickster's smile"  
He felt his hair shifting, that's what initially woke him up, but he kept still and silent, pretending to be asleep and unaware of what was going on. At first he had the urge to grab whoever it was, but the texture of the skin was all too familiar, as well as the scent he picked up from the proximity. The Haunter was starting to wonder just how close the boy was until he felt a light, but soft and brief sensation on his cheek, and he had to try his hardest just to keep an amused smile from his face. 'Cute,' he thought to himself, keeping his breathing as regulated as possible. It wasn't until he felt the boy's presence and the sound of his footsteps shift and distance themselves from him that he opened his eyes slowly, glancing up at the turned around Rattata, his contained smile surfacing to his lips.
Shin rose up from the chair as silently as he could manage, tiptoeing over before reaching around with a hand, sliding one of his fingers lightly along Taro's jaw. "Neither are you," he teased before setting his chin down to rest on top of the Rattata's shoulder gently. "How's the animal doing," he mumbled, red eyes lowering to take a look at the sleeping Teddiursa. He didn't look quite as pale as before, and apparently he wasn't as cold either, but he still seemed like a ticking time bomb to Shin. 'We don't know when the withdrawals will start again,' he thought to himself, eyes focusing a little more on the 'animal' before standing back up and stretching his arms above his head, releasing a morning yawn.
"I'll go find some food," he mentioned before walking off towards the bedroom door, shuffling just a bit. He wasn't fully awake yet, but enough to at least tease the boy a bit more. "Oh, by the way," he paused to say, turning back to face the boy with a small grin on his face, "that was a nice way to wake up. You're welcome~" And he continued on his way, out the door and down the, now, familiar hall to the kitchen. Shin hadn't actually known the reason for the 'peck' the boy had given him, but after doing a sort of 'process of elimination', it could only be one of very few possibilities. Either one, he was out of it, two, he finally dropped his guard, or three, he was thanking him for something. Since the first two were the most unlikely, and he'd seen enough movies to know of the third, he went with the last option, it seeming like the most probable. Even this early his mind was at work, though for this particular morning it was for a reason not relating to his actual job for a change. If he was wrong, well, he'd just have to deal with either getting yelled at or receiving strange but amusing looks from his 'boss'.
"Sure you wanna trust it?"
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Posted: Fri Sep 10, 2010 8:14 am
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A little surprised by the man's sudden reply to his comment, he held his breath, not wanting to shout at him so early in the morning. He didn't feel like it either. The Teddiursa was still sleeping, and he wouldn't want to wake the boy up. "I take it back..." The Rattata mumbled to himself, feeling a little agitated. Although he really didn't mean what he said, what ever he was thinking about before, all the good things the Haunter had done for him, just washed away after that and he remembered why he "hated" the man in the first place, why he even delivered his first punch to the man. Although he had to understand that, that was just who the Haunter was. He couldn't change the man even if he wanted to. His eyes shifted to the man's face, ready to give another harsh comment like he usually did.
Before he was allowed the opportunity to reply to the man's question, the Haunter cut him off, volunteering himself to get the food, for once. Then, more comments came from the man, raising the Rattata's agitation even further. And as much as the boy wanted to shout, he couldn't. He only scowled at the man as he made his way out of the bedroom, his face slightly flustered. As expected though, the man probably knew the reason to the Rattata's previous actions. Although not very aware of the actual reason himself, the boy was still quiet sure the man knew part of it. Or at least close enough. Taroro didn't bother objecting, nor did he have a reason to object, it was a decent reply... Coming from Shin. Not only that, the man might have actually been spot on with his guess.
Taroro's attention returned to the Teddiursa, still asleep. He probably wouldn't wake up anytime soon either. Taking that thought into consideration, the Rattata moved over to the bedroom door, shutting it lightly. He had to change out of his clothes at one point, since he hadn't managed to last night, why not now? Reaching into his well organized cupboard, he pulled out a sleeveless black hoodie and a pair of beige knee high pants. Yet thinking over it again, he didn't get the chance to take a nice long shower the day before either. There was so much fuss and commotion going on, that he had forgot about personal hygiene at one point. Which was something he really didn't like to skip out on. Gathering up his clothes, he made his way to the bedroom door again, this time, pulling it open instead.
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Posted: Sat Sep 11, 2010 12:03 pm
 Aret•Gais
Was he dreaming? He had to be, nothing was really making sense, last he knew he was in a Mansion belonging to the male he delivered pizza too & he was sure that wasn't a dream. But now... No he was standing in a dark alley with the sky painted red just above his head, seeming as if it would just fall down around him like rain. The air was so thick & he was finding it hard to breath every second, but if that wasn't bad enough a low growl from behind him echoed the alleyway. There wasn't soul around him, not a living thing from what he could see, but the growl made him rethink that as he slowly looked behind him to find glaring eyes of a Houndoom, glowering at him with bared teeth. Stricken by fear he gasped & turned around completely to slowly back away. The Houndoom didn't appear to progress any further from where it stood, rather raised it's snout to the crimson sky & letting out a long loud howl. It didn't take but a few mere seconds for pairs of glaring red eyes to show up, from more Houndoom to Houndour & Mightyena to Poochyena, all baring fangs that glistened red in the bloodied sky. "Ah... Ah..." His voice was soft, trembling like the rest of his body as his eyes met with millions surrounding him, leaving him no escape. Slowly each pair of eyes gained shaped they edged nearing, piercing the silenced area with their growling, causing Aret to start crying, knowing he had no escape, that he was going to die horribly & gruesomely at the mouths of canines. "Don't..." He murmured during his slumber again, stirring abruptly as the dream progressed with each canine moving forward slowly, circling him for a few moments before howling ot the blood red sky again & charging full speed, pinning him down. At this point Aret was screaming at the top of his lungs, thrashing around as the dream had become so real to him & truely thought he was being eaten alive. "Help me! Please help! Someone! Help me!"
Abruptly he suddenly woke though, unsure for a moment of what had happened he felt his face first, then his body while his breath remained shaky, & he started crying as he looked to the Rattata, clinging as if if he let go the canines from his dream would really eat him alive. "Taro, don't leave me. I don't wanna be left alone, don't go, please. They're gonna eat me." To any sane sober person he'd be making no sense at all, but his fear had taken over, leaving it obvious at this point it had, his crying & irrational behavior being one good sign, but he'd perspirated alot from the active dream.
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Posted: Sat Sep 11, 2010 10:33 pm
________________________________________________________________________________ _____ ___ _ The sudden cry from the Teddiursa made the boy pull back from the door. Looks like that bath would have to wait... Taroro smiled at the brown haired boy, moving closer towards the bed again, then sitting himself at the edge of it, beside the boy. "Don't worry, I'll still be here." He said gently, patting the boy's head lightly as he did to reassure him. "I'm just going for a bath... It won't take long." His hands felt the boy shaking and moved away from the boy's head and back onto his stack of clothes that were placed on his lap. What ever Aret had dreamed of, probably wasn't very friendly to him. It was even enough to make this poor boy so afraid. What was it though? Maybe a past experience or just a horrible nightmare? What could the Rattata even do though... To help him. The lavender haired boy felt pretty useless at this point. He didn't know what to do exactly. Yet again, it was something new.
"By the way, you haven't told me your name yet. Even though you've already known mine for so long." He let out a soft chuckle before speaking again, "It's not fair you know?" Taroro tried to lighten the mood, change the subject for awhile. Maybe then the Teddiursa would calm down enough for him to head to the bathroom. It wasn't really a burden to him but he really needed to take that bath. He just didn't feel comfortable not taking one. Come to think of it, neither of them took so much as a shower the day before either...
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Posted: Sun Sep 12, 2010 9:21 am
Aret•Gais
He was ready to protest about Taro leaving, maybe even whine about why he couldn't go too, but stopped short as he was told he hadn't told him his name. It took him by surprise since he thought he had, & gave him a quizzical look as he sniffled, continuing to tremble though no where near as fierce as before. "M-my name? I thought I told you already." An uncomfortable feeling had suddenly arrived, making Aret seem a bit agitated now his own withdrawals again taking over his body. "Oh... well, I'm Aret." He answered with a pout, agitation showing more. "I wanna take a bath too." It wasn't more of a question or suggestion, more a command & wouldn't be taking kindly to be told no. Not only just because of his sudden agitation but because of that fear that if he was left alone the canines would get him. Despite him being irrational, he moved closer to the Rattata feeling chilly from having sweated beforehand & Taro's body heat just seemed too inviting to pass up. After staring down the Rattata for a moment he pulled his eyes away from him & looked around realizing the Haunter was gone, which raised a few questions. "Where'd that guy go?" Aret finally questioned, still looking over the room as if the Haunter was hiding somewhere within the crevices of the room. Unfortunately, the Haunters name seemed to have slipped his mind.
(( Short post "orz So... short... ))
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Posted: Sun Sep 12, 2010 3:28 pm
________________________________________________________________________________ _____ ___ _ He may have told Taroro his name, but as far as the boy knew, 'Aret' wasn't his real name. So said the Haunter. But if the boy didn't want to give out something so personal, then that was perfectly fine with him. He wouldn't try to squeeze it out of him like Shin probably would. The Rattata felt the boy inch closer, also in a way, commanding him for a bath. A suggestion popped up in his mind and he ran his fingers through his soft lavender hair awkwardly. But as he was about to ask the boy another question, he was given one himself. His eyes widen a little, then the boy let out a small chuckle, "He went to get some food, apparently." he said, a little surprised that Aret was concerned about the man.
"And I guess, we could take a bath together..." Taroro finally managed to reply, standing up from where he was, with the fresh set of clothes now in his hands again. It was something awkward to ask of the boy, since he didn't or hadn't actually bathed with anyone before. The Rattata crossed over to his cupboard a second time, searching yet again through his well organized shelves. Pulling out a brown shirt and pair of shorts. Since the Teddiursa looked like he had about the same structure as the boy himself, if not smaller, sharing his clothes wouldn't be much of a problem. He moved over to the bedroom door, both his hands now occupied with clothes. "You'd better get out of bed and follow me, if you want that bath." He teased, letting out a lighthearted laughter. He can see why Shin enjoyed teasing so much now...
The Rattata made his way down the familiar hall way, to the usual bathroom that he would normally use. The bathrooms in his mansion were personal bathrooms. Every family member who had their own bedroom would have their own bathroom, as a pair. They were for their own use or on certain occasions, for special guests. This was set so that each member had their own privacy, which was something Taroro's dad was very fond of. It was a good thing he respected the boy's privacy as well and with so much going on. Pushing open the bathroom door, he allowed the other boy to move in before he did, holding the door open for him, shutting it as he entered. The Rattata placed the clothes on a rack, before moving over to the surprisingly wide bath tub, turning on the taps to fill it up to a decent volume. It was warm water, a mixture of hot and cold which most people found soothing to sit in for hours and hours. He did too.
The boy slipped off his top quiet quickly. They were getting uncomfortable, having to wear them for almost a whole day. He didn't mind that his company was there, after all they were both guys. Although, he had to admit that taking off his pants was a different feeling. He actually felt nervous. "Ah..." He let out, his voice a little uncertain. "Get into the bath whenever you're ready." Taroro finished before slipping off the rest of his attire and heading over to the bathtub to sit himself inside it. It took a little while to adjust his temperature to the water's but it didn't take very long. In a few moments, he was comfortably in the tub, the warm water starting to take effect.
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Posted: Sun Sep 12, 2010 5:55 pm
Aret•Gais
"Oh..." Was all he answered back monotonously, not interested in the where abouts of the Haunter anymore, though his mood changed rather quickly upon hearing the status on the bath. Seemed he was going to be able to have that bath, his own agitation still peeking was merely masked for a moment as he smiled, watching Taro take off towards a cupboard & pulling out more clothes but didn't bother looking into the style or colors. Aret sat contently in his spot, a large yawn escaping his mouth yet again, feeling oddly tired even though he had just woken moments ago. Then again he hadn't slept much at all last night having stayed up well into early morning because of the last of his Ecstasy he had so hastily taken before bed. Had he not been so worried over losing his high, he probably would've gotten more sleep. Blinking as the lavender haired male started for the door, & slipped out of bed, following after him with that same agitated pout again.
His eyes scanned the hall as he followed after, feeling more & more slumpish by the minute, yawning yet again as they finally reached the bathroom & went behind closed doors. The Teddiursa merely stood there watching the Rattata's actions until he spoke up, snapping him from his dazed state to look at the bathroom entirely, then the large tub. Once the tub was taken into view, he slipped out of his ragged clothes in a swift motion that seemed inhuman, leaving his clothes scattered across the floor as he slipped into the warm contained water on the opposite side of Taro. The water felt nice, relaxing, but strangely... not satisfying. Letting out a soft sigh he sank down slowly 'til his eyes were all that was left of his face out of the water, his eyes falling to halflidded still watching the lavender haired male from acrossed him.
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Posted: Sun Sep 12, 2010 6:13 pm
"A trickster's smile"
Shin was waiting again, on the same chef it seemed. Except this time the man wasn't just making sandwiches so it was taking longer than it had yesterday. He leaned against the counter near the door, yawning a few more times while his eyes wandered around a little sluggishly. He wasn't fully awake yet but the more 'down to business' side of his mind was working well enough for him to recall the 'drug' matter that the Teddiursa brought with him to the mansion. After a moment, he reached into a pocket and pulled out his usual cellphone, flipping it open and doing a little research while he was waiting. It was pretty much the perfect chance to find out more about drug withdrawals, and he had a feeling it'd be necessary to know what to do later, especially if he wanted to keep the matter contained as long as he possibly could and away from any of the curious people that wandered the halls of the large house.
It was only about ten minutes later when the food was finished, but Shin's eyes were glued to the screen of the flip phone and the chef had to call his name a few times to get him to respond. He'd only looked up the withdrawal symptoms for Morphine, but just by reading those it sounded like his 'boss' and him would have their work cut out for them. 'At least now I'll know what signs to look for,' he thought to himself, flipping his phone shut and sliding it back into his pocket.
The Haunter finally made his way back to the boy's bedroom, carrying a large tray of food, mainly consisting of the typical breakfast selection, only done up in a more visually appealing way. Shaped pancakes, waffles, eggs done in a variety of ways, bacon, ham, sausage, orange juice, milk, water, the mandatory polished silverware, and even a small stack of napkins, all on top of a very expensive looking silver tray with an equally expensive looking lid covering it. The chefs really didn't overlook anything, they even decorated some of the food with orange peel shavings just to make it look nice. But, upon reaching the bedroom he came to realize that both of the boys were gone, which made him uneasy, especially after what he'd read of the withdrawal effects. He set the tray down onto the bedroom's table quickly before dashing back out of the room, pausing to try and think of where they could have gone. They could technically be anywhere, but when one got down to it the variety of likely places narrowed. 'My first guess would be the bathroom, aside from the kitchen which was I in the whole time, and leaving the place which Taro wouldn't agree to,' he thought to himself, eyes glancing to the side before running quietly in the direction of Taro's personal bathroom. He himself always used a guest bathroom, but he made sure to find out where the Rattata's own parts of the house were, aside from the bedroom.
Shin slowed his quiet running to a silent walk a decent distance away from the bathroom door. If anything, the Haunter was pretty stealthy in his movements. He kept his running quiet enough by running on the fronts of his feet in a sprint-like motion, and his breathing wasn't anything to worry about since he was already in great shape from the various movements and positions he found himself doing on the job. Besides, the bathroom itself wasn't too far away, just a ways down the hall and around a corner. He lifted a hand after a moment, pausing once he gripped the door handle to take a breath and prepare himself for whatever he was about to see, pushing the door open quickly and taking one step forward. "Taro, are you alri-" he started, but stopped almost just as quickly. His red eyes had darted around the room quickly in a scan before finding their targets, which took another moment to register that both of them were undressed, undressed and bathing. Together. Shin stared for the longest moment, his face blank and his body unmoving, before stepping back out and closing the door calmly. He stared at the door, just stood there and stared for what seemed like the longest time, his mind trying to sort through and compute the information it'd just been given. He prepared himself for just about anything, mainly something out of the ordinary, but that one really took him by surprise. 'I know I shouldn't be but...' he started thinking to himself, keeping his expression blank, '..somehow..I think I'm fairly angry,' he finished, eyes narrowing dangerously at the door.
"Sure you wanna trust it?"
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Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2010 4:21 am
________________________________________________________________________________ _____ ___ _ Taroro's eyes didn't know where to look. It was awkward enough that he was taking care of an actual person and now he was taking a bath together with someone. His eyes watched curiously at the boy as he sunk lower into the tub, then he turned his attention away, placing his palm over his mouth, trying to hold back a chuckle. What was the Teddiursa thinking, he just couldn't figure out. Maybe he was starting to find the boy slightly adorable as well. The Rattata paused for a moment in his thoughts, leaving a unbearable moment of silence between the two. He was left speechless, nothing came to his mind in this kind of situation, it was blank. But right now, the younger boy just didn't seem like the kind who would take drugs. He just seemed... so normal. However, looks could be deceiving. Aret was a perfect example. Another thought came to mind, 'Did Shin get his information right?' There was no doubt that he trusted the Haunter, with his life. But somehow, there was just a little shadow of doubt, on the subject before him. Things about the other boy was just so foggy, like how the bathroom currently was, filled with steam.
The sound of a familiar voice called out but for some reason, stopped half way along the sentence. Nonetheless, still managing to snap the Rattata out of his daydream, breaking the silence between the boy and the Teddiursa. The voice was soft, blocked out from the wall between the bath and the main entrance but still fairly audible to his ears. 'I didn't lock the door...?' was the first thought that came into his mind, along with 'How dare he budge in?' Standing up from his position and grabbing a towel off the rack, he wrapped it hastily around his waist. The boy shivered a little, having to move from the warm water to the cold air so suddenly. Water droplets trickling down the surface of his skin, making it even colder. Moving his way over to the only obvious exit or entrance in the room, aside from the windows. He reached a hand over to the door handle, pulling it open in one swift move. Whatever the reason, the boy wasn't going to let his 'assistant' off so easily for invading his privacy. Even though the Haunter and himself was probably used to it anyway.
"What are you-!" He growled, knowing that the man would be on the other side but was not expecting him to be right outside the door. The Rattata jerked backwards in shock, making his sentence stop instantly and almost loosing his footing. Fortunately, he managed to catch his balance just in time. The boy felt as if his heart was going to just, jump out at any time.
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Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2010 8:01 am
"A trickster's smile"
Whatever thoughts had been circling around in his mind were quickly and abruptly halted at the door he'd been staring at suddenly opening, his face relaxing back into one of surprise as his red eyes glanced down to the gold ones staring at him. Sure, he'd expected some sort of reaction but not that one. Seems like it was one surprise after another, and it took him a moment for it to register completely. He hadn't even realized that his hands had darted out and took hold of the Rattata's shoulders firmly, helping him regain the balance he had practically lost.
"I..." he started, his mind scrambling for what to say, his senses getting preoccupied with the boy, like they had the tendency to. The familiar soft skin, the same lavender hair, though it was wet for a change, and the same gold eyes he liked to look at when the boy wasn't really paying attention to him in particular. The only thing missing was the glare, or blush, but he had a feeling the glare would be showing itself soon enough, once his 'boss' had regained his composure. Shin retracted his hands from the boy's shoulders, fingertips lingering for the briefest moment before returning to his sides. "I came to see if you were alright," his eyes wandered to the side as he spoke before darting back to the Teddiursa who was still in the bathtub. He couldn't see him because of the wall, but he knew he was there. Shin still couldn't bring himself to really lower his guard around the new 'animal', at least not completely. The boy put him on edge, which didn't seem to be the case with his 'boss', unfortunately. It only made him more concerned that the boy didn't seem to be on nearly as much alert as he himself was.
"But you appear to be more than fine," he added in, his voice coming out just a little more harsher than usual. It wasn't too obvious and in plain sight, but it was obvious enough. The Haunter wasn't in the best of moods, and the situation was only making it that much worse. It was irrational, the anger building up in his chest, hints of jealousy here and there, but he tried to keep them out of it and to himself, tried to push them aside, at least for now. But he had the feeling that if he didn't vent them out or the situation didn't improve for his point of view, he'd probably end up exploding at the two of them, mainly the Teddiursa, which would only cause Taro to be defensive. Either way, it wasn't looking too good for him and he had no real way to deal with it without leaving the Rattata alone with the 'animal' going by the name of Aret.
Whatever the case, Shin didn't like seeing the two of them together, at least not like this. It made his thoughts go from logical to biased, and he had a hard time thinking straight. "There's food on the table in your room when you're finished," he said once more, turning shortly after and beginning his walk back down the hall. It was probably childish, he was practically sulking in his own thoughts, but he couldn't help it. The Haunter was adult enough when it came to work, but realistically he was still a child at heart, and when something a child becomes possessive of goes off with someone that child doesn't like..well, it only makes the child unreasonably angry or upset. Not to mention this whole thing was new to him, becoming so attached to something, someone, and he honestly didn't quite understand how to handle something like that. He was trying his best, but when your emotions were warring with your thoughts, it wasn't
exactly easy to constantly be in a good and upbeat mood. 'I really don't like that kid,' he pouted to himself, turning the corner and heading down the other hall. But, whether he liked it or not, he decided to just try and deal with it. Besides, it wasn't like he was about to leave the Rattata completely alone with the other boy. He paused shortly after rounding the other corner, leaning back against the wall and listening carefully. He'd keep his distance, but would always be close enough by should anything 'unexpected' happen, at least, unexpected for Taro.
"Sure you wanna trust it?"
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Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2010 11:21 am
Aret•Gais
Feeling a little more & more relaxed, he let out a sigh making bubbles rise in front of his face, & glanced up as he just barely heard an audible chuckle. It was really bugging him. Not the chuckle, his own emotions, the fact that a usual bath like this would be very pleasing, but for some reason just wasn't. It was very uncomfortable which irratated him. Inexplainably he glared at the Rattata from across the tub, then back to the water just in front of his face as he started to blow out air creating more bubbles. Just as he started to do so though, the Haunter abruptly opened the door, causing Aret to shoot up out of the water so his head out of the water again, & look towards the source that nearly startled him to death. While his heart remained racing the Haunter went silent & backed out of the room. It certainly left Aret confused the way he seemed to ask a question but stopped before it was finished then left with a strange look on his face like he was... shocked? Realizing slowly that perhaps Shin was so shocked because Taro was bathing with someone else, rather than him, his dark honey colored eyes now focused on the bath water in front of him. But what was so wrong with that? It wasn't like he was kissing him or something. Before Aret got a chance to even think of asking Taro anything, the Rattata hopped out, wrapping himself up with a towel & headed for the door, his focus following the lavender haired male all the way.
Just as he was expecting some sort of fight, a color from the bath caught sight from the corner of his eyes. Even more confused & startled yet again he looked to the water, watching as it started to turn red, the red seemingly clouding from his body. Wide eyed he watched in fear as his breathing picked up pace until the water was entirely red, at that point he stood up so quickly he nearly fell over & toppled out of the tub onto his front, & crawled away from the dilusioned red colored liquid in the tub nearing hyperventalation. Once his back hit the wall he started vigorously running his hands over his entire body trying to wipe off the "blood" on him that just kept smearing over the pale skin. "How?" He murmured in a trembling tone, eyes tearing up when the blood wouldn't stop or go away, it was leaking on the floor now. "Ahhhhh!" He finally screamed agravated that the crimson liquid wouldn't stop & started squeezing the area's where it was coming from. "I'm bleeding. I'm bleeding. It wont stop. They got me. They got me Taro. I'm gonna die." His trembling hands this time moved from the leaking area's to his hair, clutching handfuls as he stared wide eyed at the "blood" sprawled over the floor & soaked into the clothes crumpled up upon the floor.
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Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2010 1:49 am
________________________________________________________________________________ _____ ___ _ The boy stood still as the man started to speak again, his eyes glaring at the Haunter as usual. As soon as the man finished and left the room, Taroro's eyes narrowed, slowly searching for the ground. He couldn't help it, but he felt his face burn red, the way it usually did when Shin had done something unexpected. It annoyed him that he always reacted the way he did. The boy clenched his fist, head tilted forward, face to face with the ground. "I don't need you to worry about me..." The Rattata muttered under his breath, the sound of the door closing covered over his voice. He was sure that no one heard it, except for himself. In actual fact, the boy might have wanted the Haunter to stay. But the man looked like he didn't want to, he wouldn't. There was just something bothering his 'assistant'. Could it have been the Teddiursa? But why? They weren't doing anything out of the ordinary... 'So why does he-'
His thoughts, again broken off by the cry coming from the inner bathroom. The boy heard the cries of his company, yelling something about bleeding. The voice sounded slightly muffled from the distance, yet full of fear. Taroro briskly made his way back to where he previously had been, before the Haunter had budged in, fearing for the worst. "What's wrong?" He asked seriously, even thought he knew exactly what was the matter, since the Teddiursa had repeated it a couple of times. Standing beside the boy as he glanced about, his eyes searched carefully for any traces of 'blood' or at least the source of it. However, to his surprise, there were none. Not a single drop of crimson red liquid anywhere. Turning to the boy, he heaved a sigh, "It's no good to lie..." the Rattata said softly, moving a hand forward to pat the boy but as he did, he felt the trembling body. And despite the warm bath, his skin was cold. Colder than how Taroro was currently feeling. 'It must be the withdrawals...Looks like Shin was right...' The boy looked around to double check, that there was no blood at all. Sure enough, his eyes didn't deceive him. "Aret, calm down. You're not bleeding." The brown haired boy was really trembling, hallucinating about blood... must have been a really scary sight for him. At this point, Taroro became soft again. He just couldn't stand how shaky the boy looked, how terrified his expression was. The Rattata wrapped his arms around the boy's shoulders, hoping that it would help calm the boy down. "Everything's fine..." His voice soften. It still felt as if he was holding a trembling animal. How some animals would just go wild for a moment, but calm down after you get a hold of them long enough. Taroro was just applying the same methods he usually used. So far, taking care of an animal and human didn't seem so different.
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Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2010 2:44 am
"A trickster's smile"
It wasn't too long after he'd began resting against the wall that he heard yelling coming from the direction he'd just come from. He stood up quickly and ran back down to the bathroom urgently, even though he could tell it wasn't Taro's voice he had heard. His mind was going over possibilities on the way. It was possible that the withdrawals had already started or that he really had gotten injured, either way, he wasn't about to leave the Rattata in the same room by himself.
He flung the same bathroom door open again, eyes darting around once more until they landed on the two boys. 'Now's not the time for me to sulk,' he thought to himself, pushing aside the fact that it bothered him that they were huddled up together. Shin glanced around while his 'boss' tried to see to the 'animal', grabbing a nearby towel from the rack and covering the trembling Teddiursa. The boy had ran into whatever dry clothes Taro had brought with him, so they'd have to find something else for the two to wear when they got back to the Rattata's bedroom. "Alright," he started, prying his 'boss' off of Aret and moving him off to the side before reaching down and standing the Teddiursa up just long enough to quickly wrap the towel around him and lift him, throwing him over his shoulder and securing the back of his knees with an arm so that no feet ended up kicking his face, "It looks like your bath is over. And if you're going to cause a commotion, do it somewhere where you're less likely to slip and fall and injure yourself." He may have sounded like he care, and maybe he did in some weird way, but for the most part he was just trying to put his mind in a 'work mode' and see that whatever the problem was got taken care of. The Haunter began to carry the Teddiursa back to the bedroom, motioning for his 'boss' to follow.
He'd walked quickly so getting back to the bedroom didn't take long, and it wasn't exactly a pleasure stroll with a struggling druggie over his shoulder starting through the first stage of his withdrawals. Though, some part of his mind did take note of the fact that it almost felt like he was carrying Taro, except Aret was a bit lighter and felt more fragile. Shin walked over to the bed and pulled the boy off of his shoulder, flopping him down onto the cushion on his back. His eyes glanced over at the Rattata afterwards, speaking again, "Find him something new to wear. A cold on top of whatever else his body's going through won't help the situation." The Haunter's behavior was practically a 180 from what it had been earlier. He set his personal feelings aside and acted only on logical thought, at least for now. He didn't really have the time to goof around, not that he'd been in the mood to since he found the two boys in the bathroom. And he was aware that the situation would probably only get worse from here on in now that the boy wouldn't be getting any more drugs. Well, Shin didn't intend to let him have anymore, that is.
"Sure you wanna trust it?"
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Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2010 4:46 am
Aret•Gais
The voice was echoing, tunneling, & it sounded strange only making him feel even more panicked to beleive he was about to pass out from loss of blood & die. However the warm embrace shocked his cold body, & after blinking a few times the red seemed to just merely dissappear. Astounded by this he pulled out his arms in front of him, turning them over a few times finding no trace of blood, even as he continued to search over himself. "But... It was there... I saw it..." The Teddiursa's voice was hushed, still unable to believe that the blood was just gone. Just like that. Slowly his breathing returned to normal as he came to terms that he wasn't bleeding at all, there was no blood, but that just left him confused.
But it seemed just as he calmed down the Haunter came bursting in again & threw towel on him, & moments later started prying his warmth away. "Ah!" His hands shot up towards Taro, only to get grabbed by the Haunter & forced to stand. Still in a slight panic he watched Shin wrap him up in the towel that was thrown at him, then was thrown over the males shoulder, telling him something he didn't want to hear. "What? Wait, my bath! My bath! Taro!" As much as he turned his head to look at the Haunter, he couldn't see him fully then looked to Taro thinking he could stop him, an equally panicked expression as before on his face. "Taro! Make him stop! I wanna take a bath! Taro!" Back to panicking he continued screaming as tears again started to blur his trail of vision until it leaked over his face. When he recieved no help he wriggled around, but to no avail. Tuckered out he fell limp for the rest of the small walk to the bedroom, panting heavily even as he was plopped onto the cushioned bed. Stunned for a moment by it, he then glared at the Haunter through watery eyes, unable to come up with anything to say now.
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