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 Posted: Tue May 26, 2015 6:05 pm
Oh. Otto fell silent a moment, watching Chance carefully from beneath a curtain of blond hair. The jittery uncertainty slowly ebbed, if only a little. How he'd made someone feel good about themselves was beyond him. But if somewhere in all the things he'd said and done, he'd made that small and positive impact? It was okay. For now. He wondered if one day he could feel good about himself too. "Oh.." He responded after a while. "That's ok then."
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Posted: Tue May 26, 2015 6:08 pm
Chance blinked, slightly taken aback by the reaction.
"It is?" he replied, for the first time almost at a loss for words. His fingers fluttered almost anxiously on Otto's shoulder, except not quite; more of an idle gesture than anything else.
Another pause, and then,
"Does this mean...that I can stay?" he asked carefully.
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Posted: Tue May 26, 2015 6:12 pm
"Well, I mean, if you're gunna be so stubborn about it." Otto got sassy, even in his depressed state, shrugging the uninhabited shoulder. "Yeah, you can stay."
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Posted: Tue May 26, 2015 6:19 pm
His look of relief was obvious.
"Good," said Chance, and then once more, as though reaffirming what had already been decided, "Good."
He waited a few moments and then added lightly, "I'm not usually a stubborn person, really, more of a 'go-with-the-flow' kind of guy, but you're different, so I'm going to be stubborn about it because it's what I want."
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Posted: Tue May 26, 2015 6:23 pm
"You want weird things." Otto murmured back. But he was glad, somewhere deep down, that Chance had been stubborn. Because Otto didn't want to be alone; he was just scared of what might happen if he stayed with people. He wanted so much. Wanted love, wanted friendship. Wanted a little less of the pain that always came with it. He was still sad. Still down and out. But he wasn't by himself.
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Posted: Tue May 26, 2015 6:27 pm
"Maybe," Chance said agreeably, and smiled in amusement. "Actually, that statement is probably the truest, I do tend to want rather strange things, stranger than other people, at least."
His gaze went sideways towards Otto again.
"But I want you, or at least, I want to be able to be around you, so I suppose that makes you one of those weird things," he added lightly.
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Posted: Tue May 26, 2015 6:32 pm
"M'not a weird thing." He mumbled stubbornly, mostly to be a pest. "Yer weird." He'd forgotten what it felt like to be wanted. Or maybe he hadn't forgotten, he'd just made himself shove it away. He missed simple days, when he just felt things without having to interpret what it meant for him and others. When a feeling and a desire were simply left alone to be what they were. "This place is creepy." He commented idly, staring into the murky view outside the glass.
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Posted: Tue May 26, 2015 6:38 pm
He smirked. "Weird is such a subjective term," said Chance airily, but he felt more at ease now than he had when he'd first walked into the room. The stiff, cloying tension had eased into something still a little quieter than usual, but thankfully not as oppressive. "I like to think of myself as peculiar."
But it hadn't been a lie, at the very least. He did want Otto, to be around him, and to talk with him, because being around him made Chance feel better somehow, made him feel more instead of less.
"It is," he said, casting a glance at the window. Chance wrinkled his nose a little. "I much prefer the outdoors to being stuck in places like this. Open skies, and all. Besides, after having been warned about all the s**t that lives down in these depths, I'd definitely rather be elsewhere."
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Posted: Tue May 26, 2015 6:41 pm
"I fell asleep on duty once here. Had a nightmare that the glass shattered. Woke up in a real damned hurry." He'd spent the rest of that shift terrified of his dream coming true. Thinking too heavily of the water surrounding him was avoided as much as possible. "You would like the outdoors. Lemme guess. Night duties at the light house?" He imagined Chance would enjoy night skies more than sunny days.
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Posted: Tue May 26, 2015 6:43 pm
"Jeez," said Chance, sounding suitably horrified by this notion. "That would be ******** terrifying, I hope that never happens."
He shuddered a little at the very idea and dragged his gaze away from the creatures swimming in the depths beyond. Chance's eyes flickered towards Otto, amusement blossoming on his face, expression becoming more lighthearted.
"Exactly," he said and smiled. "It's nice to be able to see the sky in general, but even nicer to see the night sky."
He lapsed into thought for a moment, and then asked,
"Will you go somewhere with me? I don't mean right now, just...I mean, later."
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Posted: Tue May 26, 2015 6:46 pm
Otto broke his gaze from the very interesting view of his shirt sleeve to spare Chance a look. "Sure." He agreed with a murmur and a nod.
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Posted: Tue May 26, 2015 6:50 pm
Admittedly, he'd been slightly worried that Otto would say no, and that would be that. So there was a certain amount of relief that came with his agreement, and Chance's expression relaxed into his usual easy smile.
"Good," he said. "I'm glad. This evening, if you're up for it? If not, we could go tomorrow, or whenever you have time to spare."
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Posted: Wed May 27, 2015 5:03 am
"Um.. whenever... Where are we going?" Otto's brows furrowed. Was this going to be some large endeavour? Otto wasn't sure he wanted to do much of anything that was too arduous. It was hard enough getting out of bed to attend to Hunter duties. Even then, it was as bare minimum as he could get away with.
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Posted: Wed May 27, 2015 11:37 am
He caught Otto's bemused look and smiled a little.
"Don't worry," said Chance mildly. "It's not some huge ordeal. I thought of it a while back, when we were talking at the beach, I think, but never really had a...chance...to bring it up. There wasn't really a good time, but I think now is better than any."
He brought a finger of his free hand to his lips, eyes alight with a small bit of mischief.
"As for the actual destination, that's a secret."
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Posted: Wed May 27, 2015 1:42 pm
Now Otto was really curious. A strong curiosity that negated any and all worries about being taken to a secret location. He cast a suspicious glare at Chance anyway for good measure. "Well, alright." Secrets. Feh. Now he'd have to spend the rest of this duty shift over thinking what this secret place was.
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