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 Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2012 10:31 am
It had been a day or two…maybe more, she honestly wasn’t really sure at the moment. It had been at least a day or two since that meeting, and that slaughter, and that…dumb trip to the moon, and Albireo was out again, though whatever remaining zeal she had for being a senshi had completely evaporated. She was sitting on a swing in the park, face rather pale and drawn, looking up at the night sky. Maybe she should just get it over with. She had seen the ruins on the moon, why not really add to her depression and go look at the ruins up on Albireo. The girl swallowed, pulling out her cell phone, scowling slightly at the little pearl like charm now dangling off of it.
Stupid Moon Queen…
She ran her fingers gently over the buttons on the phone, and hesitated, her finger resting against the button that she was told would take her up to Albireo. Would take her back into space, back to see the planet that her past life had lived on or something. The planet…no, star that gave her the power that she had.
The senshi sighed, not pressing the button, not yet. Just staring at it. Completely ignoring the world around her.
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Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2012 3:03 pm
He was doing that staring at her thing again. Only this time the only thing filling his eyes was a lot of guilt and two nights of no sleep. He watched her for a moment longer before pushing himself off the tree he'd leaned against. He stayed a good ways away from her, and plopped down next to one of the legs of the swing set.
"Hey." He glanced at her for a moment. If she looked zoned out, Jarosite looked like complete crap. A hangover still hung behind his eyes, his hair stuck up at odd angles from running his hands through it too much, and his eyes were rimmed with red. He turned back to the front and propped his arm up on one of his knees. His jacket was unbelted and hung limp off his chest.
There was so much he wanted to say. So much he should say. But he didn't know if she would listen or even give him the chance. To be honest, he probably deserved a swift knife into the chest for the s**t he'd pulled. He leaned against the pole and lapsed into silence.
Did he even deserve her attention? Or was he just grasping at straws now and pushing his luck?
Who knew...
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Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2012 3:48 pm
Of course he’d come. Of course he’d just show up. Right when she was trying to figure everything out. Right when she was more confused then she cared to admit. With a quiet sigh, Albireo put her cell phone away and glanced over. “Can I help you, Jarosite?”
She did her best to keep her voice neutral, she didn’t want him to get angry again, but she wasn’t quite sure she was ready to just pop back into the old screwed up relationship that they had been in before this whole…battle thing.
Her head turned away from him and kicked off, swinging gently, waiting for him to say something else. Provided he was going to say something else.
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Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2012 5:07 pm
He glanced back at her. She sure was trying to be neutral, but honestly, he almost wanted her angry. Then she could destroy all his feelings for her himself and he'd be much better off for it. Like an angel... he inwardly sighed, struck as always by her in the moonlight. Man he was so head over heels for her it wasn't even funny. It was completely undeniable now too. His face softened, though tiredness hollowed his cheeks.
"Where to begin... I... was a jerk. An a**. A complete human turned youma from the depths of the earth. I was arrogant, and crass and so furious you wouldn't just let me protect you. I just... you would have been safe off to the side, where no one was focusing, and I would have stayed nearby. I just couldn't think of what I'd do if someone pulled your star seed. I just wanted you safe, and my temper exploded in the worse way possible.
"... so I guess what I'm trying to do is apologize. I know it won't mean s**t coming from a Captain of the Negaverse, but I have to try." He'd looked away when he started speaking, his voice speeding up as nerves and adrenaline took over. He nawed on his bottom lip and turned to look at her again. He shifted around the pole, shrugging his shoulder pads and jacket off. He sat with his arms at his sides, legs sprawling. A rather vunerable postion for him.
"I deserve... to be hit, yelled at, hell a knife through my heart would help stop the pain I feel for being such an a** to you. Do what you want. I'm not going to fight back. Call your friends if you have to. I just...
"... don't want you to go..."
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Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2012 9:14 pm
“It didn’t seem like you were trying to keep me safe, Jarosite.” Albireo replied, beginning to make her swing go higher. “Sure, you could have knocked me out, but how would you stop someone nutter like Painite from just shoving her hand in my chest and ripping my starseed out anyway? She would do it too. She almost did, I think. But, luckly, you know. You all left. Then we all left. So. Guess that’s why I’m alive.”
She was still neutral, in fact, most of the emotions that she was feeling just melted away as the night air rushed past her face. It didn’t feel like any of this was real. He was apologizing, but she didn’t understand why…why she just…
Didn’t much care.
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Posted: Sat Jul 28, 2012 11:26 pm
He hung his head, loose strands of blue hair falling into his eyes and obscuring them. Obscuring the sorrow that threatened to spill tears down his cheeks. He would have done anything to keep her safe. Anything. Even if it meant fighting his own general. He couldn't bear to see her get hurt or suffer or killed. He never wanted her to go away, but he knew she'd always be in danger if they were on opposing sides. So he wanted her on his side, the side that at least seemed to be more of a family then the entirety of the senshi and knights were.
"I... I would have done anything... to keep you safe..." he said softly. Jarosite was loosing the battle it seemed. She either didn't care enough, or was so mad she didn't want to hear him. He was putting his entire being on the line, and she just... swung there.
He probably deserved it more than anything. He deserved to be alone. He put Odette in danger because she was just a civilian and couldn't defend herself. He put Albireo in danger simply by being what he was. If he was going to end up alone, then he might as well get out everything so he would have no regrets later.
"'People do crazy things... when they're in love.'" He quoted a Disney movie, a sappy cheezy thing to do. She was going to tell him to ******** off or just kill her anyway. Why not confess his feelings anyway?
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Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2012 8:30 pm
He sounded like he wanted to start crying.
Albireo gave a small sigh, then stopped swinging, taking the few minutes that it took for the swing to stop moving to really take in all that Jarosite was saying. He would have done anything to keep her safe…and…
And wait. He was in love with her? What was…
She looked at him, and shook her head, giving a little laugh. “You know…you’re kind of melodramatic, Jarosite…and it’s kind of adorable…” She felt like a little bit of feeling was coming back to her and the senshi stood up, getting off of the swing and walking to Jarosite, placing a hand on his shoulder. “Don’t be so dumb. Okay? Really. Just don’t. I don’t want to see you sad, I guess.”
So perhaps it was more than just an…I guess, but…she couldn’t act too interested. That wasn’t how you hooked a guy. “Anyway…Thank you for your apology…and for…uh…your confession…” In truth, she was blushing. It was sappy and cheesy…but really sweet. “I do love you too, Jarosite…and I’m sorry that I’m so much of a brat all of the time. I really don’t mean to be…”
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Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2012 9:09 pm
He looked up at her then, grey eyes like mercury. He'd almost been about to cry, and even now a few stray tears rolled down his cheeks. Jarosite lifted himself up so his face roughly came level with her chest, still watching her. He pulled her into him, burying his face in the ties of her fuku. He gripped her hard, trembling against her. Man he was so freakin' emotional... Melodramatic really didn't seem to cover it, honestly. But she thought it was adorable.
She... she... loved something like him, with chaos running through his veins, a temper that exploded in times of distress, and a mess of morals. He gripped her harder, taking in her scent, her heat, her everything to hide the tears. It took a few minutes for him to calm down.
When he did, a cold truth cleared his mind. They would kill her, if he couldn't turn her. He pulled his face out of her bodice and stood up, still holding her close. How to breach that topic with her, at the moment, was beyond Jarosite's thinking. He nuzzled her cheek, and kissed it softly.
"It's alright. You're trained to hate me and my kind. I've sort of gotten used to the verbal abuse..." he chuckled softly.
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Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2012 9:50 pm
Albireo wrapped her arms around him and held him as he worked to get himself together. Jeeze. And people said that teenage girls were the overly emotional ones…well, clearly they had never seen a wild Jarosite. Or…or whatever.
When he had finally recovered himself enough to pull away, she let him and smiled a little when he kissed her cheek. “Well. I wasn’t really trained to hate you, most of you guys…sort of earned my hatred. Like you, all the times we’ve fought and crap. And I completely despise some of you because of how much you scare me. Like Painite. What a creep. But…but I really like some of you. Like Dahlia, I adore Dahlia so much…”
She sighed taking his hand. “I thought I liked Zink…but…Right now I’m not sure if I like him, or if he now scares the living crap out of me…he was rather mean at that dumb attack…I thought you keeping me as a hostage was rather bold of you…And I appreciated it.”
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Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2012 10:12 pm
"Painite is a psychopath. I understand your terror of her. She scares me at times. And she made me. I don't know enough about the cats, but Dahlia seems nice enough in a cat way." He ran his free hand through his hair and sighed softly. "The General-King... under it all he means well, I think. He can be demanding and commanding, but at times he's also merciful. He was true that keeping hostages wasn't the purpose. Turn or knock out.
"... Granted, some of us did... more than that. And your hatred of us is completely founded but... we look after our own, ya know? Even the Dark Mirror senshi look out for us agents, and vice versa. No one... seemed to come to your aid from your side when I was trying to protect you. I don't know what happened after we got blown apart so..." He glanced off to the side, remember what had happened just before the Princess' powers had been triggered. He rubbed the back of her hand with his thumb, and rested his chin on her head for a moment.
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Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2012 9:36 am
“When we got blown apart, I watched Painite rip out the starseed of some poor kid. It was great fun.” She looked away and shook her head. “I have to go. I don’t want to think about this. I’m glad you have a great life and my side all hates one another. But, just…”
She looked at him and shook her head. “Bye. Jarosite. Maybe I’ll see you around, or maybe this will just…be the end of me as a senshi. I really don’t know yet. But. Bye.”
She gave a little wave, then began walking, though after a moment, she broke into a run. She didn’t want to see his face, and she didn’t want to hear anything that he had to say. It just wasn’t worth it.
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Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2012 9:41 am
And then she was gone. His fingers twitched and he watched her vanished. She'd ran from it again.
Rage bubbled in his chest. He'd just been at his weakest and the b***h vanished on him. It spilled out, clenching his fists and hardening his face. It sobered him, it gave him clarity.
Maybe she really wasn't worth it.
He slammed his fist into the swingset and vanished without another word.
[FIN]
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