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 Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2016 5:38 pm
Shun grumbled quietly under his breath. She was as persistent as ever.
"I am just tired."
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Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2016 5:39 pm
"We're all ********' tired," she said, mouth cracking into a smile. "But yer competin' fer the tired olympics an' takin' home every medal you can."
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Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2016 5:41 pm
"Except I am not taking anything home, because I am here, with nothing but the weight of failure," he uttered bitterly. Shun shook his head, shifting a bit on the couch.
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Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2016 5:46 pm
"Mm, so that's what it is."
She thought about what to say for a moment. It was never easy parsing through someone's demons when they weren't ready to share them. Least of all did Chel think she deserved to hear them.
Eventually her brain settled on, "I think yer fuzzy friend's gonna like you a lot. You ain't super cuddly but I bet yer gonna do yer best fer it. Best food, best cage. That kinda stuff."
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Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2016 6:16 pm
Shun was thankful she didn't try to pry much more than that for now. It wasn't easy for him to talk about his issues. It was hard for him to open up about anything, if that wasn't obvious enough.
"I would not take upon the responsibility to take care of another if I were not prepared for it," he huffed, "There is no need for it to be as miserable as I."
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Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2016 6:22 pm
"Miserable? S'worse than I thought then." She didn't expect him to explain further than that.
"Naw, it'll be super happy with you. An' I'll come over and make sure it's gettin' lots of coos and s**t." She sat up slightly, somehow reminded that she'd brought the beer over in that moment. They'd been set on the coffee table and for now she took one and cracked it open for herself, and then looked at Shun warily.
"I'm only offerin' 'cause it's polite- you want the other one?"
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Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2016 6:39 pm
And Shun didn't elaborate any further than that indeed. He just stared off at the pile of boxes for the eventual cage he was going to set up.
"Better not give it any bad habits," he muttered under his breath before shaking his head at the offer. No he was not about to drink. He wasn't that bad off right now.
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Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2016 6:43 pm
"Bad habits? I don't got any," she said with a scoff. She put the drink to her lips and then flopped back down on the ground.
She closed her eyes again, temporarily at peace. "Someday it'd be cool f'you played yer guitar fer me too."
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Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2016 6:51 pm
"That is a lie."
Shun opened his eyes more to stare down at her, shaking his head as he did so.
"Why would you want that?"
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Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2016 6:52 pm
"'Cause it sounded nice ... 'an it means a lot t'you." Chel was a simple, straightforward person.
Most of the time.
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Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2016 6:55 pm
"Yes, to me. So why would it matter to you at all? If you wanted to listen to music, you can just..." he started, motioning to the speaker to signify that she could do what she was doing right now, basically. There was nothing special about him playing... not for anyone else, anyway.
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Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2016 7:21 pm
"'Cause only you can play the song yer gonna play." She thought it was pretty straightforward. "An' ... I wanna hear what you have to say more."
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Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2016 7:28 pm
Shun raised his brow.
"What I have to say? I play the guitar... I do not sing with it."
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Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2016 7:29 pm
"Music speaks, man," she said like the little hippie child she was sometimes. "You might not know what yer sayin', but yer sayin' it."
She took another sip after that.
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Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2016 7:31 pm
Okay, well that made sense. In a way. It was one way for him to sort of have an emotional outlet.
"And that is why I keep it to myself."
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