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 Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2006 8:24 am
She tried to understand his anger, but this time she just couldn't. She was hurting so much and hearing both the truth and his anger only served to feed her own anger. Getting up she threw the clay shards of teapot into the fireplace, shattering them more. Turning on her heel she closed the distance between them and slapped him as hard as she could.
"I want you to just hold me and not open that dagger filled mouth of yours for once!" she shouted at him, her cheeks flushed with anger.
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Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2006 8:32 am
Mecca smirked at her slap and grabbed her arm as she withdrew it. Tightening his hand around her wrist so his nails dug in. He pushed her backwards into the banister of the stairs.
"What did I tell you about playing with fire Covet." He said his voice low and unamused. Whatever parts of him she had managed to uncover were now buried again. "You need to let me get this out of my system." He said, tracing his red fingers across her cheek and down to her collarbone "When I return I will hold you. But now I really, really need to go before I do something you and I will regret."
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Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2006 8:42 am
Whimpering softly as his nails dug into her wrist, she didn't even flinch as he shoved her back into the banister. Still frowning, her surprise at his words was hidden. She hadn't expected him to actually want to hold her.
"Then leave. I'm not stopping you," she said in her own low voice, holding his eyes with her own angry ones.
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Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2006 8:46 am
"Thank you." He said releasing her and storming out of the shop and down the alley. Stray cat, Shu, monster whatever he came across first would have to start saying its prayers. He wanted it over and done with quick so that he could get back. He did not want Covet to run out on him too.
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Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2006 9:12 am
After he left, she released a breath she didn't realize she had been holding and slowly sank down to the floor. Covering her face with her hands she began to cry softly. She was so confused. All she wanted was to be happy and laugh and have fun the way she used to, but her heart and head hurt too much.
It wasn't even about Matador having found love with someone other than her anymore. It was just that he had been everything to her for so long, friend, playmate, father, brother, hero, employer... the list went on. And even though Veronica was not hers, she knew that bar just as well as he did. Every nook, every nuance, every floorboard, glass, and piece of cutlery, she knew it all, and her heart ached to think that it was all gone now that Matador had moved on and no longer wanted or needed her.
And then there was Mecca. She thought she understood him, and most of the time she did, but there were just times like these where she was too confused to be able to sort out his real anger from his lashing out. Not that she could figure out why he was lashing out at her now. Wasn't it natural to feel homesick? Even he had stressed how important his home was to him, though the fact that he had insisted that this was her home now too was not lost to her. She just didn't understand why he was willing to let her live with him other than the fact that she indulged his games.
Sniffing softly, she dried her tears on the hem of her skirt and got up to her feet. She swept up the last bits of the destroyed teapot and then climbed the stairs to curl up in a tight ball on the bed, trying to sort out the confused thoughts and emotions running through her.
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Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2006 9:30 am
Having vented his energy Mecca returned to the shop and shrugged off his coat. The place was in darkness. Hanging his coat on the coat rack he made his way up the creaky stairs and into what would be described as his bedroom.
"I apologise Covet." He said as he took his boots off and sat on the bed. Tomorrow, if it was Matador and Veronica she wanted, then that was what he would give her.
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Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2006 9:40 am
She remained as she was when she heard him on the stairs and even when he sat down on the bed next to her. At his apology, she turned her head to look at him over her shoulder. Studying him in the dim light, she slowly uncurled herself to turn over. Pulling herself up to her knees, she leaned forward to nestle herslef between his wings and wrap her arms around him.
"I'm sorry too Mecca," she said softly, resting her head against his back.
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Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2006 9:46 am
Mecca nodded and even he had to admit he liked her soft affection. It was calming. Not an extreme of emotion.
Folding his wings so they wouldn't his her he turned and shifted to lay on his side, pulling her with him.
"It will work out for you." He said, his cold eyes searching hers. "I promise you that."
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Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2006 9:56 am
Covet moved with him and searched his eyes at his soft words. She moved as if to kiss him, but almost as if she thought better of it, she rested her forehead against his and closed her eyes instead. Feeling his breath against her lips and his warmth against her body she smiled lightly.
"Yeah. I know," she said softly. Things would always get better. And if Veronica was now just a dream from her past then so be it. She could be happy here wrapped up in Mecca's obscure warmth.
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Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2006 10:05 am
Mecca looked at her for a moment before shifting to rest his head against her shoulder. It was best to to resist temptation to the more animal urges that resided inside him.
Pulling her body against him he closed his eyes and breathed deeply.
"Goodnight Covet." He said softly hoping that sleep would come before temptation.
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Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2006 10:16 am
"Goodnight Mecca," she replied, pressing a soft kiss to the top of his head. Listening to his breathing and concentrating on the feel of his body against hers, she soon drifted off to sleep.~Fade to Softness~
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