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Post by E U R Y D I C E on Dec 2, 2019 19:19:51 GMT -5
(Oh my gosh yes I’m down for all of it!)
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Heterosexual
✧☽ ᴅʀᴇᴀᴍᴇʀ ᴀɴᴅ ᴅᴏᴇʀ ☾✧
"You never have to prove yourself to anyone who doesn't accept you for who you are."
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Post by ✧☽ ᴅʀᴇᴀᴍᴇʀ ᴀɴᴅ ᴅᴏᴇʀ ☾✧ on Dec 2, 2019 22:11:00 GMT -5
( Sorry for the poof! ^^' ) Nico waited patiently as she debated whether or not to tell him, then listened attentively when she spoke. At first, all he felt was sympathy and understanding. But as her story sank in, it rang a familiar cord in his mind that had him going tense as realization, then shock, set in.
No. It couldn't have been... Could it?
Nico tried to calm his racing heart, to still his spinning thoughts. There had to be some other explanation for why her story so resembled the death he had witnessed last year. A death that, while staged beautifully, had been no accident. It just didn't make sense that her father would be the man in that car.
The man Nico failed to save.
Appetite officially gone, Nico pushed the rest of his food away and sat back in his seat. He pinned his gaze on the window, hoping she wouldn't see the look in his eyes, the confusion and regret and guilt. He had to swallow hard before he could speak.
"It's alright," he said quietly. He cleared his throat to try and erase the sudden hoarseness. "I'm sorry for you loss. No one should have to lose a parent like that."
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Post by E U R Y D I C E on Dec 2, 2019 23:31:07 GMT -5
(Yeah!! Ah this is such a cool plot!)
When Nico pushed his food away from himself, Nova looked at him, puzzled. Why should her fathers death seem to effect him in such a way? Something about the way he had reacted made her feel as though he had been through something similar, and could empathize with her situation. Otherwise why would he have reacted like that? Hearing his reply—the one she always heard when she told people about her father—Nova shrugged and took a sip of her water. “It is what it is. He’s gone now and nothing I can do can change that. So I just try to live my life in a way that would make him proud, ya know?”
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Heterosexual
✧☽ ᴅʀᴇᴀᴍᴇʀ ᴀɴᴅ ᴅᴏᴇʀ ☾✧
"You never have to prove yourself to anyone who doesn't accept you for who you are."
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Post by ✧☽ ᴅʀᴇᴀᴍᴇʀ ᴀɴᴅ ᴅᴏᴇʀ ☾✧ on Dec 3, 2019 1:47:10 GMT -5
( Aye! And it's always so much better when you have someone to brainstorm ways to make to better. ;D )
Slowly, Nico brought his gaze back to her. They were still dark with his jumbled emotions, but he hid them as best he could. He was silent as he studied her, and in doing so he was able to calm his racing mind. There would be time to consider the possibilities here later, when he wasn't sitting across from this girl, who didn't deserve to be dragged into his mess. Even if that mess somehow, maybe, involved her father. When he finally broke his silence, it was to ask a simple question: "What is your name?"
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Post by E U R Y D I C E on Dec 3, 2019 1:52:25 GMT -5
(Yeah, this has been fun!)
When she heard his question, Nova furrowed her brows and looked at him. Had he not listened earlier when she—oh. Wait. She hasn’t told him. Well that was her own fault. Wnd immediately she felt guilty for even holding the tiniest thing against him when this man had been nothing but kind to her. So after closing her eyes, taking a deep breath, then exhaling, she opened them and gave him a small smile despite the past topic of conversation.
“Nova. My name is Nova.”
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Heterosexual
✧☽ ᴅʀᴇᴀᴍᴇʀ ᴀɴᴅ ᴅᴏᴇʀ ☾✧
"You never have to prove yourself to anyone who doesn't accept you for who you are."
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Post by ✧☽ ᴅʀᴇᴀᴍᴇʀ ᴀɴᴅ ᴅᴏᴇʀ ☾✧ on Dec 3, 2019 23:10:29 GMT -5
Nico tilted his head, quiet and considering, as he mentally applied the name to the girl. It suited her. He held out his hand to her, smiling slightly. "Well. It is nice to officially meet you, Nova."
( Ack, sorry. Short post. >.< )
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Post by E U R Y D I C E on Dec 3, 2019 23:14:06 GMT -5
(It’s ok ) Nova laughed and took his hand and half squeezed half shook it. “Nice to officially meet you too,” she said before going back to polishing off her final burrito. Once she was done, she sighed and looked up at Nico. “You know...this was a surprisingly pleasant ending to what was a pretty traumatizing experience. And I know I’ve said it several times, but thank you for helping me earlier. Who knows what would have happened to me if you hadn’t’ve stepped in.”
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Post by E U R Y D I C E on Dec 3, 2019 23:40:10 GMT -5
At his teasing, Nova giggled and her cheeks turned slightly pink as she looked down at her watch and realized it was almost 2 am. “Oh no...I have to be up in three hours,” she mumbled, wrinkling her nose in displeasure at the thought, as she still had a thirty minute drive home. “Well, if seriously has been a pleasure,” the blonde said with a smile as she stood up and began gathering her trash. “And if you’re still down to track down that wolf, I’d love to have your help tomorrow.”
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Post by E U R Y D I C E on Dec 4, 2019 1:38:49 GMT -5
“How about both?” She suggested with a wink as she pulled her phone out and handed it to him. “Here, our you’re number in and I’ll text you my address. I’m working till about four so if you want to stop by around 5 we can get to work?” Nova suggested as they walked out to their cars. But when they got to his, she bit her lip before asking, a bit shyly, “So...I hate to ask but would you walk me to my car? I’m just a bit shaken up after what happened earlier and don’t want to risk anything in case they come back.”
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Post by E U R Y D I C E on Dec 4, 2019 2:29:50 GMT -5
“It’s about a block away...” Nova pointed in the direction of the parking lot that had been her original destination. “It’s not far, but if it’s easier for you to drive me so you don’t have to then walk back to your car, I’m okay with that. Just as long as I don’t have to be alone,” she admitted, almost ashamed at her lack of courage. But she felt like it was justified. It just wounded her pride a bit to admit she couldn’t always take care of herself.
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Post by E U R Y D I C E on Dec 4, 2019 9:55:32 GMT -5
Wow. This boy really was quite the charmer, wasn’t he? Nova thought to herself as his words made her smile like an idiot despite her trying to tone it down. Looking at her feet, she laughed and put her hands in her pockets as she tried to think of a reply. She landed on, “Yeah? I bet you say that to all the girls whose lives you save, hmm?” She teased, before nodding towards the parking lot and beginning to walk, albeit slowly, because she too wanted to spend more time with this incredibly sweet, yet obviously brave man.
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