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 Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 5:48 am
Obie watched and listened to him. Once the door shut behind him, she let out a deep breath she had not realized she had been holding and reached up to chew absently on her thumbnail for a moment. He seemed really more upset than she had anticipated him to be. His words stung a little, but she couldn't change the things that she had done. Though now she half wished she hadn't allowed him to know about that part of her life. She didn't know why, but his opinion of her mattered. A little upset that she had ruined the day with her casually blunt question, she got up from the bed and walked over to the bathroom door. Leaning against the wall next to it, she took a deep breath.
"Ra... I'm sorry. I didn't mean to upset you. Please forgive me?" she said softly, staring down at the floor.
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Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 5:57 am
Ra sat with his back to the bath wondering why he had got so touchy about it. It wasn't like he never had conversations about it with people, and it wasn't like he was closed minded on the subject.
"I'm not upset, just embarrased." He said with a slight smirk at himself. Reaching up he pulled the door handle down and let it swing open.
"I'm not used to talking about this with girls." He said giving her a smile. "Your bluntness shocked me. No matter how much I act the rebel, my culture runs deep. Forgive me for acting like a prude?"
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Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 6:09 am
Obie smiled lightly at his admission and tilted her head to lean it against the wall as the door swung open. She studied him with her blue eyes as he continued speaking and gave him half a grin.
"Don't think of me as a girl. Think of me as your friend. And I won't forgive you for something like that. There's nothing wrong with it. You can come back out now. I promise I'll behave," she said, holding his eyes with hers. "I mean... do you really want to be sitting on that floor?" she smirked slightly with an arched brow.
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Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 6:16 am
"Not really." He smirked as he stood. He adjusted his yukata again and walked back out of the bathroom. Giving her another smile he flopped down on the bed and reached for the controls. He turned the TV off, lest it should cause any more tension and leaned back against the headboard.
"Are you going to join me?" He smirked and placed the controls on the bedside table. "Or do I get the whole bed."
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Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 6:23 am
Obie rolled her eyes. Men, she thought at his sudden change in mood. She smirked at his question and walked over to her clothes to feel that they were still very damp. She walked over to the bed and stretched out on her side beside him. She glanced down to make sure she was properly covered, then rested her head in the palm of her hand.
"So now it's your turn to ask me a horribly embarassing question. Though I doubt you could think of one," she smirked, then looked down at the comforter as she began to trace patterns into it with her finger.
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Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 6:41 am
Ra shook his head and gave her a challenging smirk. The truth was he could think of a couple, he just didn't want to ask them. Then he thought about her challenge, to embarrass her.
"Why are you prone to such self harming acts of stupidity?" He asked as he looked down at her.
O.k so that might have been crossing the line but she did ask for it.
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Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 6:55 am
She had asked for it, she reminded herself. Thing was, he didn't know the half of what he asked. She could only imagine what he would think of her if he knew about her past. She hadn't realized she had stopped moving her finger over the comforter until she blinked and swallowed before resuming the action half heartedly.
"Hm... I could give you the traditional 'I don't know', but that seems hardly fair since I pushed my question. So.... I do it because... " she started then stopped. She hadn't expected it to be such a difficult question. She sat up and dropped her feet over the edge of the bed to rest them on the floor. With her back to him, she stared across the room with a scarlett blush on her cheeks. "I do it because I don't care," she said quickly, much in the fashion of ripping a band aid off. "No one else ever did, so I just decided not to either."
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Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 7:11 am
Ra watched her and instantly regretted asking the question as soon as it had left his lips. He had no idea what it would feel like to have no one care, he couldn't even pretend. He had always had his family no matter what he did. He was virtually speechless.
"I care." He said quietly turning to sit cross legged on the bed, facing her back. Not the best way to be sitting in a yukata but it wasn't like he was naked underneath. "And I'm sorry you felt that life had to be that way for you, that there was nothing worth caring about."
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Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 7:30 am
Obie gave a silent snort of laughter at his simple words and dropped her head down to look down at her toes for a moment. She knew he meant them and that thought caused a tear to roll down her cheek and land in her lap. She took a deep breath and reached up to brush away the dampness it had left behind on her cheek. Plastering on a small smirk, she turned to face him.
"You don't have to be sorry," she said. "I'm not. It's just a fact of life. Well... of my life. Just something I deal with in unfavorable ways I suppose." She dropped her eyes away from his, her cheeks a deep scarlett now. She had never had to admit any of this aloud to anyone before, and hearing the words made her review her life in a way she had never done before.
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Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 7:40 am
"Your turn." He smirked, moving forwards to pull her into a hug. "You don't have to think like that." He said squeezing her a little tighter. He didn't like to think that it was his fault that she was now upset. What a good turn to the perfect day. "I said it before, you have to respect yourself and care otherwise other people won't either. And don't smirk at me because you know I'm right." He added with a mock stern tone.
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Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 7:53 am
Obie glanced up when she heard him shift and laid her head down on his shoulder when he pulled her into a tight hug. She closed her eyes as he squeezed tighter and took a deep breath. Letting it out slowly as he continued speaking, she smirked when he told her not to. She couldn't help it. Continuing to smile, she slipped her arms around him and hugged him back. She felt secure in his arms. Secure and vulnerable at the same time. He knew more about her than anyone else... except maybe Jess. But she knew he would never use it to harm her and that thought caused her to give him a little squeeze in return. She pulled away a little and looked up into his eyes.
"You suck," she smirked. "But you're sweet about it. So I'll forgive you."
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Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 7:59 am
"So do you, but you showed me your bra so i'll forgive you." He said returning her smirk and pushing himself away from her and off the bed. Suddenly it didn't seem so right to be so close. Running his fingers through his damp hair he crossed the room and felt his still damp clothes.
"I'm not convinced these are ever going to dry out." He said turning back to face her.
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Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 8:08 am
Obie blinked at his words, then rolled her eyes and started to laugh. She leaned back on one hand and reached up to run her other one through her heavy, tangled hair as she watched him. She grimaced at his deduction. She knew what he was getting at, but she didn't fancy putting on damp jeans.
"You're probably right," she said and glanced down at the yukata she was wearing. "I wish I could get away with wearing this back though. Those jeans are going to feel gross," she sighed and pushed herself up to cross over to her clothes. She ran her hand over them and sighed again.
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Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 8:14 am
"You could wear that back I suppose ... though we might have to pay the hotel for it." He smiled, his gaze following her as she crossed the room. "It looks fine, and this is Japan, people do wear them. Though I think I'm going to have to take my chances with the cardboard jeans." He laughed and gestured to the ill fitting yukata.
"What do you think. Wait longer or deal with it?"
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Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 8:19 am
She turned to face him and laughed as well at his gesture. It looked fine for settings like these, but she had to agree that walking down the street like that would probably not be wise. She allowed her eyes to graze over the exposed area of his chest and noticed the scars for the first time. Looking back down at her clothes, she thought about it for a minute.
"Well... if you think I really could get away with wearing this, then I would say go back now. But if you're not up to wearing damp jeans, we can wait. I've got plenty of yen and no strong desire to be back. So the decision is yours fine sir," she smirked and reached out to feel if her bra at least was dry.
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