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 Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2007 10:44 pm
The puff of the pillow against her head made it impossible for Kia to not crack a faint smile at that point. It's something she would have done and she was happy that some of her mannerisms seemed to be rubbing off on him.
"Thanks, you jerk."
After the playful retort, she placed the pillow beneath herself and laid her head down to rest.
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Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2007 10:50 pm
"Love you too, dear."
Austin chuckled once before relaxing into the pillow. God, so much had passed in such a short frame of time. Kia was friendly now, and Austin felt like he could actually share things with her. Which, for Austin, was hard to accomplish. He kept things to himself alot, and i mean ALOT.
"I suppose you'd like to hit the springs in a little while to clean up?"
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Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2007 11:00 pm
"Sure, whenever you're ready. Dainty flowers such as myself need to maintain their beauty and freshness with good hygiene. And that long road trip plus this robbery incident warrants a good scrub down, I think."
Kia yawned softly and rolled over onto her side, scratching her stomach lightly while her legs curled to a comfortable position.
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Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2007 11:04 pm
Austin would roll on his side to poke Kia in the side playfully.
"Pfft. Dainty? Bah."
He then sat up and walked over to his rack of guitars to pluck one from the wall. He returned to the bed to pluck peckishly at first, then eased into a nice even funk jazz sound.
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Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2007 11:22 pm
"Questioning my femininity, Austin?"
Kia's first thought was to flash him, but then she decided that would be a bit overboard. One thing she learned while dealing with Austin and his family was to be more modest. So she simply huffed and relaxed into her pillow with a soft snuggle, listening to the soothing strumming of Austin's guitar as he played.
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Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2007 11:30 pm
Austin had this odd feeling that something was familiar about this particular scene...
"..I've seen this before. In one of my dreams. Yeah. A year ago, i had a random dream that predicted i'd be sitting here, and some person was laying on my bed. When i realized it was a girl, i dismissed it at first because vixie was never around often enough for me to...play.."
Austin's tone dropped ever so slightly at the mention of Vixie. But he immediately picked back up, cloaking it.
" Anyway. A bit of a weird coincidence."
Austin hit a few quick notes, letting his minor frustration go into his music for a short period of time.
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Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 9:25 pm
"Vixie? Who is Vi-"
Halting in mid question, Kia stilled her tongue as she caught herself. It was obvious that whoever the girl was, she was a touchy subject for Austin and she didn't want to upset him further after the day they were currently having.
To change the subject, she sat up with a small cough and turned her gaze to the window while speaking.
"How about that trip to the baths now?"
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Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 9:39 pm
Austin sighed slightly, getting up to put away his guitar. He'd rued the day Vixie would become a negative point in his day, and it'd finally happened.
"Sure. Let's get going, we don't wanna miss it before closing time.."
Austin emptied his pockets of a few things, then went on to open the door for Kia.
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Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 10:13 pm
Kia frowned softly as she noted that his mood was still hampered by thoughts of that girl. She knew that a simple change in subject wasn't going to make him feel better. So she decided that she would try to talk to him in the baths.
Stepping past him quickly as he held the door open, Kia took a hold of his hand without a moment's hesitation and pulled him along and out of the room.
"That's why we have to hurry, silly!"
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Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2007 10:05 pm
After a brief and quiet walk, Kia and Austin returned to their dorm, hand in hand. As Austin busied himself with the minute task of opening the door, she watched him, curiously, wondering what he was thinking. He had been silent since they left so she wondered if she had done anything wrong.
She wanted to say something herself, but she couldn't find anything to say at the moment.
Finally the door opened, and Kia entered along with him.
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Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2007 8:20 pm
Austin closed the door quietly. He didn't bother to flip on the lights. He crossed to the window, and opened the blinds a bit so that the bright moonlight would scatter in bars across the floor, and a bit across the bed.
"Kia...?"
Austin turned around seriously.
"I'm out of words. I'm honestly, completely out of words. My armor is stripped. My defenses are down. And I want to know, honestly; how do you feel about that? Are you comfortable knowing i feel emotions for you? that i'm not holding anything back from you anymore? Is it too much? Do you think i'm weird? Pathetic?"
Austin spoke quietly. His voice held a choked bit of sorrow, attempting to maintain a detached monotone.
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Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2007 9:02 pm
"Well, where do I begin?"
Bringing her hands to rest over her heart, she lowered her eyes to the floor.
"I'm definitely in a bit of shock here. Almost disbelief. Love has always been such a distant and curious thing for me. It's like a whole new world to which I felt I was doomed never to know or explore. I resigned myself to bitterness and indifference and anger."
"And then...I met you. And meeting you has been nothing short of the most amazing and eye-opening experiences that I've ever had in my entire life. You showed me kindness. You showed me what it is to be part of a family. And now you're the first to ever say that you feel love for me."
Now turning her head up to look at him, tears shone lightly in her eyes as a smile played on her lips.
"If there is anyone who I could open my heart to, it's you, Austin."
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Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2007 9:11 pm
Austin remained quiet for a few moments, taken aback. He was hoping for an answer like that, deep within. And it'd surprised him deeply that it actually came out, instead of turning on him like bad karma. Like all the others he'd loved.
Austin went to speak, then exhaled a held beath after a moment ofgrabbing for words. He found nothing he could say. nothing he could express.
So, quietly, and rather frustratedly, he went over to what used to be his cot, and crumpled up quietly atop his sleeping bag. And he wept. Wept at his inability to express his love. His weakness and unfamiliarity with the feeling. His worries, that he'd end up losing Kia like he'd lost vixie. His worries that he'd be alone for eternity.
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Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2007 9:29 pm
Kia's happy face crumpled as she witnessed Austin's heart-wrenching reaction to her words. She certainly had not meant to make him cry. Her already fragile state became muddled with confusion and sadness over his aooarent sadness.
And within moments she began to sob audibly, her only wish being making him happy again.
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Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2007 9:32 pm
After a few moment of quiet sorrow, Austin managed to fight his sobs enough to choke out a few words.
"I'm...So..scared...Kia. Scared that...I'll hurt you....Scared that..i'll lose you..."
Austin sat up, trying frantically to cut his sorrow back to a controlled point. It wasn't easy, considering that he'd become even sadder when he found that he'd caused Kia's unhappiness when he began to cry.
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