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 Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2012 8:54 pm
Freya had successfully managed to make Kettil tie the bracelet for her. That was how teaching worked. So now, she slid the bracelet on his arm, made sure it was secure, and sat back to let him get the one he'd made. Though neither of them had ever declared that the bracelet they'd been working on was for the other, somehow, they'd both known. Words were never needed.
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Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2012 8:59 pm
When his bracelet was on his wrist he just looked it over and grinned slightly eyeing the singular pink bead with a bit of pride, he then recalled the one he had worked on for Freya, he held onto her with an arm as he leaned with her to get the dropped bracelet and once they were sitting up right again he gently took one of her arms so he could tie the bracelet onto her wrist gently.
"There we go," he announced confidently.
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Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2012 9:05 pm
The bracelet was so much smaller than the one she'd made. When she saw it held out in length, that was when she realized it - and she worried for a moment that he had undercompensated, and it wouldn't go around her wrist. But Kettil had measured well, and when he tied it around, the bracelet was loose, and jiggly. That small bit of thread had wrapped around her wrist with no trouble.
Freya's smile faded, for just a moment.
"It's true, isn't it?" She whispered, her voice breaking with fear. "My weight."
She pulled the wrist closer to her body, and covered it with her other hand, pressing it close to her heart.
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Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2012 9:11 pm
In a way it was almost a relief that she was starting to see beyond the illusion she had built around herself but on the other hand... It was filling her with fear and sadness. He reached up and cupped her face smiling a little, "It'll be okay. We'll make it better together." He said softly.
He leaned up and kissed the tip of her nose, "It doesn't matter to me how you look, I love you, I just want you to be happy and healthy," he said simply and honestly. Kettil had often told her of his love for her but it was mostly kept at a friend-level but now it was different.
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Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2012 9:24 pm
The moment he pulled her face into his hand, she tilted her head up, away from her arms, and her eyes threatened to spill tears she didn't know she'd shed. His kiss made her eyes shut, and they fell against her cheeks, dropping quickly off her face and falling against her lap. Every word he was saying sunk into her like a stone, freeing her from something she couldn't have known was holding her back. Each word was a slice against her bonds.
It doesn't matter to me how you look.
It wasn't that she'd assumed otherwise, it was simply hearing the words that did it. Her face pinched as her heart pumped hard in her chest.
"Oh, Hooter." She cried, barrelling her arms into him suddenly in a hug so desperate she would have knocked him over, if the couch wasn't behind him.
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Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2012 9:30 pm
There was a soft grunt from the surprise that the sudden movement caused him but his arms moved and wrapped around her just the same careful of her wings as he hugged her against him and simply held on to her as his back more firmly rested against the couch.
It made him happy that she was making some form of progress, each day he saw her, the better she got it made him feel hopeful. His hand gently rubbed at her lower back, "Freya." he murmured lightly, simply just to say her name - there was a bit of pride in that voice, showing how proud he was of her.
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Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2012 9:35 pm
She squeezed him tighter when he said her name, but otherwise fell silent for a moment, holding onto him like a lifeline. When she pulled away, it was rather sudden, and her face held the expression of someone who'd just thought of something.
"Give me your wrist." Freya demanded, holding her hand out for it. "This is somethings I should have done long ago.."
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Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2012 9:36 pm
The demand made him stare at her with confusion for a moment but an arm moved from around her and he offered her his wrist willingly, so full of trust, "What are you going to do?" he asked curiously.
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Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2012 9:40 pm
"Trust yeh." Came her enigmatic answer. But when she put her fingers between two of the crystals, pressing hard against the string of the bracelet, she closed her eyes and concentrated her Fear very hard. It took so much longer than the last time she'd done it.. and she realized that was because she had so little Fear to give.
But after a while, and an exhausting bit of effort, she pulled her hand away, and her school pin was hanging off of the string. It had been forged right onto it as it was created, and now it stuck there permanently, just like her.
"There." She huffed out, leaning back and resting heavily on him. Her eyes fluttered for a moment; that had taken too much out of her.
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Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2012 9:46 pm
He stared at her and watched as the pin formed where she pointed and then he simply held onto her for a long moment, "Need ta eat more," he said with a bit of a fussing tone to his voice as he leaned up and kissed her forehead, "but thank ya. I'll keep it on me until the string rots and falls off."
It was as close as forever he'd promise her.
"If that ever happens you'll have t'make me a new one," he grinned a bit.
After a few moments he decided to do the same for her, instead of asking for the wrist he simply took it into his hand, letting her rest. There was a bit of fussing with the bracelet before he found the spot that was 'perfect' and then he mimicked her, a bit of concentration later there his pin was on her bracelet hanging off of a string.
He was obviously a lot less tired than she was, "There," he said softly.
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Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2012 10:20 pm
"I'll make yeh a million of them!" She promised, giggling as he took her hand and formed his pin on her bracelet. When he was done, she pulled her hand back up to look at the little pin, dangling on her wrist. She brought it to her lips, and kissed it.
"Now I has yeh with me wherever I goes." Not that she didn't, already. Freya and Kettil were almost inseparable. He'd been there for her almost every step of the way, from the moment he'd found her. But now, she had his pin.
And that was nice, too.
"Now I feels complete." She murmured. "Gives me a minute. I needs my strengths back. Then I teach yeh somethings else. Okays?"
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Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2012 10:25 pm
Kettil gave an amused snort at her making a million of them, "I bet you will, too," there was no sarcasm as much as a simple, amused observation. He just watched her kiss the pin and the amusement softened into a small smile, he was touched by her words.
"Take all the time you need," he said happily and just held onto her, "we have all the time in the world."
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Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2012 10:38 pm
"Ja." She murmured, when a yawn slowly escaped her. "But I would likes teh makes good use of every minutes."
Her eyes fluttered closed again, and she rested all of her weight on him. Whether she was sleeping, or just trying to collect her strength again, was uncertain. All that was obvious was that she looked so tiny and frail, curled up helplessly in his arms.
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Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2012 10:41 pm
He smiled a bit, "We will~," Kettil said patiently and just held onto her for the time being. It was so odd to see her look so small and frail in his arms but he had faith that she would grow strong again and things would be alright.
Quietly he reached up and teasingly brushed his fingertips over the length of her neck, "This is an interesting lesson." and otherwise he let her be.
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