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 Posted: Sat Apr 19, 2014 11:33 am
He was not sure in the least how he would be received - but he had to go sometime. It has been too long as it was. Furthermore, he had promised.
It was time to bite the bullet, make his presence known. He had not died and he had not abandoned him. He was just scared of himself and that him being there before he'd figured anything out would only make things worse. He hasn't. But he has taken far too long trying at this point. Time has run out.
It was the first time in a while that he had actively sought out Rep. He watched and timed and gone when he most expected him to be in. He reached out and knocked. Well, more like gently tapped against the door. He waited all of .7 seconds before he decided Rep must not be in and he lost all nerve to continue. He started to turn...
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Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2014 5:35 pm
Rep opened the door just in time to catch someone about to do a runner. He seized Al by the shoulder.
"What's the ******** hurry?" he said warningly. For once he was fully dressed, apparently Al had caught him about to head out on a training session. "It's been a long ******** while and you are just going to run the ******** away?"
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Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2014 5:59 pm
Al stopped dead in his tracks as he was grabbed. He turned just enough to look at Rep with his unintentionally wide eyes. "N-no sir. I-I'm sorry, I thought..." he fell silent as he tried to think of an excuse. Any excuse.
Honesty, however, was all he could find. "I was scared you'd be mad at me," he slumped and looked down at Rep's lower-chest area. "I know I haven't visited nearly as often as I should have."
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Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2014 11:46 am
Rep narrowed his eyes slightly. Not at the fact Al had so scarcely visited but that he was so timid in front of him. "I am mad at you." he stated, low and dangerous. "I don't know why the ******** you felt like it was fine to ignore me. Better friends? Better ******** people to hang around with? I see how it ******** is."
He let go of Al as if in disgust. "What even brought you back if you are too ******** good for me now?"
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Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2014 4:32 pm
"I-it's not like that!" Al frowned deeply. He staggered back a bit as he was released. "You are amazing. I'm grateful that you even care at all about me. I just." He tried to straighten up a bit and catch his breath, the stuttering subsiding much to his relief.
"I saw something, something when we shared the dream. The one we all had at Christmas time. It scared me." He physically hunkered down again. "I was afraid you could sense what I saw and wouldn't want me anymore."
He shook his head, "but I can't. I just can't hide in a hole like that. What's the point in still being wanted if I'm just hiding all the time?"
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Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2014 9:18 am
Rep kept his unwavering look of judgment and criticism on Al as the other hunter spoke. He remembered the dream vividly himself. "Scared of a dream? Listen, in that dream I was a ******** French speaking little tit who dressed in woman's clothes and had no ******** muscles at all. I hardly took that to mean anything other than it was completely ******** up."
Tracey had a moment of strange silence. He was quiet a lot, but this silence was heavier, as if he was deliberating speaking but decided against it, leaving only the fleeting weight of words unsaid.
"What did you see that made you ******** s**t a brick and hide from me?"
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Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2014 3:53 pm
The look on Al's face completely glazed over as he tried desperately to not imagine Rep from the dream. It was a losing battle. As a result, his words simply fell out as blunt and to the point as they could have possibly been. Thought failing to turn them into an epic poem.
"I had a boyfriend."
French she-Rep's did that to him apparently.
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Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2014 7:00 pm
"Who?" Rep asked, with a strange edge of thoughtfulness to his tone. Whatever cogs there were in his head were almost audible as he eyed the other man.
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Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2014 2:24 am
He looked down at his hands as they were clearly super important right now, "Noah."
He started playing with his fingers, lining the tips up with each other precisely.
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Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2014 10:42 am
Rep's smile was one of delight. "Oh aye? I mind telling you you couldn't be around him. That it would be a distraction from me. Still fixated on him after all that?" He couldn't help but broaden into a toothy grin. "Well. Just so happens that Noah, from what I can tell, is with that b***h Peyton at the moment. And it just so happens that I loathe her."
He tapped his chin with a finger, scratching at his scruffy beard. "Tell you what, I take that back. And I'm no angry. You should go after Noah. As long as you stay loyal to me. Get him back, pull him out from under Peyton, and then I'll be impressed."
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Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2014 2:41 pm
Al's head bobbed along, a look of apology already being worn on his face like a mask. He never wanted to upset Rep, but at the same time Noah was important. This had to be brought up... it had to be- PEYTON WHAT!?!
He was finally looking Rep in the face again, who clearly was not at all bothered by any of this - but that wasn't the issue now. The issue was - "What do you mean by 'with'?" His words hissed out through clenched teeth.
It was quite apparent he really had been living under a rock this entire time.
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Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2014 6:13 am
“I mean” Rep went on. “That they seem to be an item. At least if twitter is anything to go by. I mean I know I told you being a f*****t was ******** stupid and that you shouldn’t be committed to anyone other than me, but even I have some exceptions. Letting Peyton steal your man without even a fight is a p***y’s reaction, you shouldn’t stand for it.” Always deeply petty, he would rather his minion get someone than Peyton. “So you’d better stop hiding.”
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Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2014 7:07 am
Al's body went rigid as a look of complete devastation enveloped his features. He looked both deeply wounded and sick at the same time. Inside, his mind was in overdrive. Thoughts blasted through memories of another world, wants and desires of this world, the apparent false belief that Noah was waiting patiently for him to figure this out, and the horrible realization that he had simply moved on without him.
Rep's words became reduced to mostly white noise as the chaotic mess in his mind roared louder. Few words slipped through; 'exceptions', 'Peyton steal your man', 'p***y', and finally 'stop hiding'.
The look of pain was rapidly replaced with rage. How dare he do that to him! How dare she think she can just... how dare any of them! His heart was pounding wildly in his chest and he could feel the adrenaline of fight or flight pumping in his veins. Flight was not about to happen.
He was moving again as he rushed to his feet and started pacing, features and limbs all very animated as he finally spoke out. "The ******** am I to do?! I can't just run up and start wailing on her like a rabid animal!"
Nuru, ever present in his mind reached out. Comforting but silent as he wrapped around his hunters thoughts, it was okay.
The firey beast on the outside froze in its tracks. Far calmer as it asked again, "what am I to do?"
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Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2014 6:31 pm
"Attacking her is pointless, you could bash her thick head in and it wouldn't make her change her mind. Naw. You need to be honest with your mate Noah is what you need tae do. You need to explain all this s**t, blame me for holding you back at the start if you need to. You need to do whatever you must." he got up and patted Al hard on the back with a hand.
"Fight for the things you want. If there's anything I've taught you it should be that. I'm the only one you don't need to fight, because I care about you, because you are my prodigy, my apprentice, whatever you want to call it. And I want you to succeed."
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Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2014 6:41 pm
Al looked at Rep. He was speechless in all honesty. All he could do was bob his head obediently and accept the deep swelling sensation he felt in his heart. He didn't know what to make of it, it almost hurt - but in a good way. Like pressing on a fresh bruise. Something that reminded him he was still alive and not wounded enough to not get back up again. Keep going and march on.
His eyes peered into Rep's. It was clear Al was fighting back tears. Not of anger or loss, but of gratitude. He smiled, forced and weak. Then turned to leave.
"Thank you," he didn't wait for an answer. He was gone.
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