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He was in the market to buy food of all things. Granted it was to outshine his staff and their food drive efforts but- he was going to do casually. The market was packed, the sounds of people rushing to get last minute ingredients and meals filling the store. One sound stood out to Marlo, one voice above the crowd.

Jada.

Like a shark to blood he began to follow the sound of her voice, talking to herself. One isle over, looking at- oh ******** what she was loking at, she was giving him a great view of her a**. Did that woman have no sense of decency? Rounding the isle, he stood at the end, watching her, waiting for her to notice. He might not do public spats- but he would get his private one.

She didn't notice him at first. In fact, she didn't notice him at all, eyes fixed of her little list than on her surroundings. Growling to himself as she walked away he followed her. It was only as she moved to stop at another spot that he figured it was time to confront her.

A simple grab of her sleeve and a whisper by her ear. "Cara." If that didn't get a reaction he didn't know what would.

Surprise on her face? Worth it. "A pleasant surprise I hope. I was looking for some thing but I found something better." Her. A tug on her sleeve towards the door. "Buy your things and let's go. We need to talk, I won't have our dirty laundry in the air-"

Now time to listen-"Scylla, my one night stand kitten." He was going to have that conversation. Marlo was not going to be denied. He wouldn't allow it.

Where as he'd been holding her sleeve, he now had her wrist. "Don't lie to me Cara." Fishing in his pocket with his free hand he pulled it out. Castor's collar. "We are going to talk. I was willing to let it remain unspoken after I took you to the hospital, but after that night?" He hissed at her.
"We need to talk. Do not make this difficult Jada." Her actual name, he was done playing 'nice'. Pulling her with him he was going to the shop front. "We are buying your things, leaving, and we will talk about this." He was getting growly with her. Pulling her towards the store front, he didn't relent.

God, they probably looked like an abusive couple, (they were in many ways). "Try the night that the youma went on a rampage, and I found you close to death you would have bleed out on the road." His was a gut wrenching thought even now. She had almost died and he's be helpless to stop it. All he could do was hope he's made it on time. Marlo never wanted to have that feeling again.

"You're done shopping for now. Whatever else you need you can get later. We are not going to stall. And I and not angry Jada." He took a deep breath. "Hurt, upset, but not angry. Not yet at least." If she kept up with her protests, he might become angry very easily. "If you yell back that is fine, I'd prefer it to you running away from me." At the checkout, he began to place her items and his own on the belt, pulling cash out to pay for it all. "I won't hear an argument Jada. We need to talk about this mess."

She wanted to be independent? Fine. He would let her be. "You kept a secret from me. One that just-" He glared at the cashier who was staring at them. "Look we will discuss it elsewhere." Paying for his things and waiting for her to pay for hers, he knew he was being all the things she hated.

"That is fine. We can stop on the way to our apartment." He figured she would feel safer there. "And as far as mess you can tell me just what you think is a mes and then I can tell you why I think we are the biggest mess in Destiny City." That part was for her ears only.

Their things paid for, he guided her to his car. "Get in. Tell me what drop point for the food drive you want to stop at." He had her alone- but nothing yet.

Well that was so easy it might have called for an easy button. There was a small noise at he saying where ever was closest. Done and done, Marlo quickly drove by a bank, dropping the food in a collection bin he got back in the car, speeding off to her apartment. Only, he stopped short.

Parking in an empty lot he doubted she felt safe but-

"Why do you hate me?" It was a simple thing to ask, but a possibly difficult thing to answer. "You loved me and I was an idiot, and when I finally am able to reproach your feelings I am still a fool. What along the line made you hate me to the point you avoid me?"

Hands gripped the steering wheel tightly. "Being a coward id being an idiot." Not looking at her, he went on. "Why wouldn't I have gotten angry? You the first damn person in my life I wanted and for a time wanted me back." He didn't share much in the past, and supposedly, he was opening up but she-
She had torn him open.
"Jada, do you know why I began to call you Cara? A name that was in a language I knew you didn't understand?" His hand had let go, snaking over to her's. "It was the only was I felt safe, even if it wasn't true. You knew Giovanni. The second I found happiness, he took it away. I was- That night at your debut, I realize how- how I wasn't the man your family wanted. The kind of man you deserved. I hated the thought of those fat old men leering at you. I hated the fact that if Giovanni had been there, he'd have made an offer. Hell Jada, I found he made several offers to your mother to be able to have you. The only reason why was because I had fallen in love with you."

It had devastated him, driven him into a rage to the point he'd shut down the funds. "How do you think I felt when I held your near dead body as you went from senshi or the woman I loved? I was terrified that I would lose you. That when I realized that I wanted to tell you, I wanted you back in my life. That even after I pushed you away I still loved you." The click of the buckle and he moved his body half over her own.

"Please Jada, just stop running away from me. I-" He was unsure. "I want to be able to call you mine. My girlfriend. My lover. My woman. So many things. I want you by my side. Under me, over me, around me. I want you so much that when you run from me it hurt." A faint whisper. "You hurt me so much yet I still want you so much."