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 Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 5:13 pm
Danny couldn't sleep. The first night she'd simply knocked out from exhaustion- her body COULDN'T take it. Tonight though? Wide awake. It'd only been a day or so since the end of the trials. She'd found Roch and talked things out with him. Afterwards she'd run as fast as she could to Rikki's dorm down the hall, only to find he wasn't in. She'd waited quite a bit, but after a while she'd gotten so paranoid that she just couldn't handle it.
Now she was back in her bed once more, tossing and turning. Every time her eyes shut, she found the darkness of the hunter's room once more. A gun would glint in the darkness, and then nothing once more. She'd woken up peacefully, but she couldn't sleep nonetheless.
It was even worse when she was awake. She just kept wondering how Rikki was doing. Roch had said he was okay- but she needed to see him. Danny looked at the orange eyephone to her left. She could call him, but what good would that do. Hearing his voice would be nice, but it wouldn't mean anything.
The eyephone began blinking and buzzing. She picked it up groggily and found a text from the exact person she'd been thinking of. The second she saw the name, she ran over to her drawer, digging through it for something. There it was- a fire enchantment. A teacher had given them to her at one point when he got frustrated at her burning all of his desks. It was the same type of enchantment the horsemen had used during the war trials. It kept her tail from getting wet, and it kept her tail from burning everything. She didn't care if Rikki was just saying hi. She was going over. She was already up out of bed and running across Amityville in her flip flops, some athletic shorts and a bikini. To say it was cold outside would be silly- nothing really got cold for her anymore. Nothing was as cold as death.
With trepidation, she slipped into the reaper dorms- either the teachers didn't notice her, or figured that all the students had had such a rough time that they needed a little bit of slack. Her feet took her to Rikki's dorm. She attempted to open it, but found it locked. She lightly knocked on the wooden door and half-whispered, half-said, "Rikki? Rikki are you okay?" She couldn't even try to hide the worry from her voice.
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Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 5:22 pm
Rikki didn't waste the energy to yell to her. It was a few long seconds before he stumbled to the door and unlocked it, but once he did he leaned against the door frame. Part of it was relief to see her alive and well, because he really had been worried. He'd just needed time on his own to sort through his thoughts and his experiences and figure out what the jack had happened.
Another part of it was exhaustion. He looked like hell. His hair was wet, but it still managed to stick up every which way and be a general mess. There were deeply colored bags under his eyes from his fitful, and sometime altogether lack of, sleep, and he kept rubbing the center of his chest along his collar bone like something was wrong.
Nyyrikki wasn't in a good place.
"Hey, darkling."
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Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 5:27 pm
Danny wasn't quite sure what to say. He looked so beaten up- had she looked like that when she visited Roch? On the walk over here, she had convinced herself of one thing. She was going to comfort him. She'd be strong and wouldn't cry or anything- she was here for him.
She immediately slipped in the room and shut the door, wary of people that were in the hallway who might catch them. Technically this was against school rules- not that Danny ever abided those.
Her arms slipped around his waist and she pulled herself closer, putting her head on his chest, trembling slightly with relief and concern. "Rikki..." she said, still no proper encouraging words coming to him. All she could think was how happy and grateful she was that he was okay, and still ... well still in one piece. She pulled her head up and said, "Oh. You said you wanted to lay in bed. C'mon then." Her tone was exhausted and concerned, but she tried to remain upbeat. Danny slid her hand into his and started pulling him towards the bed, no hesitation whatsoever. Any worries about Rikki being a pervert were so far out of her mind it was pathetic.
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Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 8:56 pm
Rikki didn't have the energy or the desire to tell Danny know, so he slunk along behind her. He did have enough energy to stay an arm's length away, however, and watch her tail warily. He'd had enough of things that burned lately. Not that he'd let it keep him from being with his ghoulfriend, but he'd definitely be more careful.
When they reached his bed he flopped face down, taking her with him, and slowly began intricately tangling his limbs with hers. It would start with interlocking fingers. Maybe an ankle draped over hers. But eventually it was hard to tell where Rikki ended and Danny began. He seemed to physically relax more once the entanglement was complete. "I'm glad you're okay. ... You are okay, right?" He needed the clarification based on his own state. Just because she was physically here did not mean she was alright.
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Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 9:22 pm
Danny waited for Rikki to get under the covers and then climbed in with him and wrapped herself around him. She pulled herself up so Rikki's head was resting on her chest, and she could stroke his hair softly, comfortingly. Her poor boil was so tired and broken. From here she could see the bags under his eyes, clearly lacking sleep far more than she was. She kissed the top of his head lightly, her hands continuing to stroke in steady beats.
"I'm ... I'm okay," she said with so much doubt that even she didn't believe it. Neither of them were okay.
There was something they were both avoiding, but Danny came her for more than his physical affections (which, to be fair, she was also solely desiring). "If you don't want to talk about it, it's okay. Go to sleep darklin'" she said, still threading her fingers through his jet black hair.
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Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 9:29 pm
The way she stroked her hands through his hair was so soothing. It was comfort. It was home. He nodded and fell silent for a long while, just content to lie there and soak in the soft comfort that was his Danny. At some point Ruska came and draped himself across both of the students and quickly began to snore softly. It was somewhere in this time that Rikki spoke again, unable to go to sleep.
"Danny?"
He paused, and when he spoke again his voice was softer. "I.. I watched Edel die."
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Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 9:38 pm
They lay there for a while, not saying anything. For once, Danyn was perfectly content to do so. She wasn't loudmouthed, she wasn't fidgeting. She was just softly stroking her boilfriend's hair, taking comfort in the strong arms that held her closely.
When he finally spoke, she looked down at him. "I'm here," she said. When he spoke the second time, she actually felt nothing.
Which was a surprise to her. She hated Edel. She hated Edel so much. She'd even threatened to kill the ghoul during Christmastival. The fact that she'd actually be dead though ... It was a shock. Danny had wished death on the ghoul so many times, but never actually realized what it would feel like to have it be truth.
"What happened to you out there Rikki?" she said softly. It couldn'tve been worse than what she did- there was no way that was possible.
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Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 9:45 pm
What happened to him? Brief images flashed before him and he shook a little and the memories. He couldn't tell if it felt like it had happened just yesterday, or if it felt like years ago. Somehow it was both at the same time. He let out an uneven sigh.
"I watched Edel die. Then I told them everything. About me. About Amityville. About the horsemen and the trials. I betrayed everyone. And then I died." He rubbed the center of his chest again. He supposed it could have been worse. In comparison to what he'd seen Edel go through, he'd died painlessly. It had been fast. One second burns, the next, nothingness. The nothingness was the scariest part, though. "I think I heard the others die. I don't remember. I dream about it though. Roch. Moure. Aksaja. I hear all of them in the nightmare."
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Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 9:51 pm
Danny held him closer as he told his story. It sounded oddly familiar to her own. He had it off worse though. He actually had to watch his friend die. He told them everything and then died- he didn't go into detail. Danny wanted to know more, but to ask would be cruel.
She whistled small comforting noises in an oddly motherly way and then said, "It's okay darklin'. It was just a dream. I'm right here if you get nightmares. Shhh it's okay." Her poor boil. Her poor, poor boil.
She sat there stroking his hair calmly and said. "How ... How did you tell them? Did they ... force you?" It was a horrible thing to ask. It was a terrible thing to make him relive. She sunk a little lower and kissed him on the brow. She just needed to know. Maybe she wasn't the only one who was weak.
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Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 9:59 pm
He closed his eyes and drew his brows together, but he relaxed when he felt the soft pressure of her kiss. How had he told them? "I think... I think it was this thing they put around me neck." He pointed to the spot he'd been repeatedly rubbing. It seemed he had developed a new stress habit. At least his hair stood a chance of not falling out from repeatedly being combed with his fingers.
"I tried to resist, but when they asked questions I just answered like they wanted me to. I don't know. And then she said something I didn'ter understand and I... there was a light, and then I was..." Everything was getting muddled in his head. He didn't know what had actually happened or what had been a fabrication of his nightmares. He was just.. tired.
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Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 10:06 pm
Danny could hear his voice growing more stressed and dragged out. She immediately slid down and pressed a kiss to his lips, haulting whatever train of thought he had been going on. She stroked his hair softly again, looking at him very seriously.
She pulled back and realized something she needed to verbalize. "Rikki ... Rikki I love you," she said feeling the heat rushing to her face. Her eyes flicked downwards, nervous, but then they settled on Rikki's bright orange pupils. "I don't care if you led the hunters right to me. I love you." Her mouth suddenly went dry and she couldn't speak anymore. She bit her lip.
Nervousness took over for her. "S-Sorry I know you're probably tired-"
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Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 10:11 pm
It might not have seemed possible only seconds ago, but Rikki managed to get closer to Danny until there was literally no space separating his molecules from hers. Just those words. That's what he had needed to hear. He hadn't needed his parents to be proud. He hadn't needed a trophy or a champion title. He'd needed love.
He brushed his lips against hers in a long kiss and his eyes watered. Not real tears - he'd cried himself out only days ago, but enough that a light blush colored his cheeks from embarrassment. "I love you too." He wanted to tell her that her name had been the last thing on his lips before he'd died, but... that seemed too dark and horrifying for the moment.
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Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 10:18 pm
Danny's hand slid up his cheek as she truly kissed him back. He loved her. She loved him. Who the jack cared about hunters. She had Rikki.
Danny let go of his kiss and wiped the little water that had formed in his eyes with her thumb. While doing so, she noticed his cheeks were darker than normal. Was he- unholy s**t.
She couldn't help it. She smiled and let out a breath she didn't know she'd been holding. "Rikki ... you're blushing. You're jackdamn blushing!" She peppered his cheeks with kisses hoping to make it stay. Even if moments before this and after this she would be terrified of all the horrible things in this world, she was going to enjoy the sight of her boilfriend blushing from her words.
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Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 10:22 pm
Oh, if she was only expecting to make it stay, she was in for a treat. Her peppered kisses made the blush darken until Rikki could actually feel the heat. He immediately grumbled and wiggled down the bed until he could hide his face in her belly. "Shut up and go to sleep," he groaned playfully, trying to get away from this horrible, embarrassing moment.
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Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 10:25 pm
Danny smiled and nestled further down, resting her head on the nook between his arm and his chest, her hand snaked around his side. That was the Rikki she knew and loved. Well she loved all of his sides, but especially one that was his normal self.
She was glad that her tiny self-asserted goal had been accomplished. "I love you I love you I love you," she said again, in a quieter voice. With the hunters, she'd realized she might not get another chance to say it. He needed to know while she was still there to say it.
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