Unless he's serious... He's playing an interesting game of
chicken... And I intend not to lose... Khaalida sets the mice
on the chair behind her before stepping towards Riku. Her facial
expression never wavered, nor did she stumble over herself as she
walked.
Riku raised his eyebrow, realizing that Khaalida wasn't going to
back down anytime soon. Look what I did...great job! He
smiles sweetly and props his arm onto his knee so he could rest his
chin on his hand. He watched her silently.
After a few moments, Hinami realizes that Draco was looking at her.
"W-What?" She muttered, playfully throwing a small pebble at
him.
(Khaalida ain't gonna back down is she? cx )
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On reaching the couch she sat on the end of the couch and smirked
slightly as she positions herself so she mirrors Riku. Elbow on her
knee and resting her jaw on her fist. This is actually rather
fun... I don't remember the last time I played chicken... When was
the last time I played?
Draco catches the pebble and looks at it in his hand. "I was simply
watching how you pray... Many people pray in different ways..." He
tosses the small stone back, "I, relax and mutter my words..."
(She doesn't like to lose, and she would rather get injured than to
give up. She is actually very much like me...)
Seeing Khaalida copy his position, Riku's smirk widened. This
might be interesting... He shifted closer to Khaalida. "Ah..."
Riku hums and tilts his head. What is she going to do? He
wonders.
Hinami nods. "Yeah..." She catches the pebble and places it back on
the ground.
(OC's usually can compare to the creator. Sometimes mine do!)
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Khaalida's smile twitched, ever so slightly. Uh... What do I do
now? Just keep going. Don't back up. Don't back down. That is how
you've survived. You won't be changing now. She edges a little
closer and she continues looking into Riku's blue eyes, her own
deep blue eyes shimmering.
Draco looks over to the window. "Don't let me interrupt your
prayer..."
(I usually put parts of myself into my characters, it makes them
more relatable and easier to control if I can understand and relate
to them.)
Riku reaches to cup Khaalida's cheek in his palm, not once looking
away from her eyes. Now what? He shifts himself more and
strokes her cheek with his thumb, his smirk was now gone.
"I was already done..." Hinami closes her eyes and inhales
deeply.
(Yeh :) )
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Khaalida flinches slightly as Riku's hand is placed on her face.
This is not going, in any way shape or form, the way I had
hoped... He's not going to back down either... Her smile had
dwindled and become expressionless. I don't know what to do... I
don't even know how to stop this situation... She brings her
hand up and places it on his, to stop him from stroking her cheek,
which felt near alien to her, as she had never been touched so
gently before, and so she could pull his hand away if she needed
to.
Draco nods and goes back to staring into the darkness of the
doorway.
Riku immediately saw Khaalida's discomfort and withdrew his hand.
"I'm sorry..." He mutters and glares at the ground. I didn't
know she'd be uncomfortable with that...
She shifts to a better position so she could go to sleep.
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Khaalida gets up and walks over to the window. "Not your fault... I
didn't have to continue..." She holds her arms around herself and
stares out at the blackening sky. Why do I have to be so
sensitive? I've obviously hurt him... I hurt his shoulder and
completely failed to heal his leg... She sighs and lets her
head drop. My sensitivity has kept me alive for all this time...
I've never had to heal anyone before...
Draco lets the smile, that had been tugging at the corner of his
mouth, emerge and rest on his lips for a moment before vanishing as
he hears a slight noise. His eyes focus and he sighs as a large rat
scurries across the hallway.
Riku watches her walk over to the window. I guess I did
something wrong...again. He turns away and says nothing. What
was there to say? Sorry? Riku scoffed. The only thing that he said
most of the time was that word. Well at least I mean it, He
turns back to the other vampire. "Khaalida, I'll take the first
watch."
The noise made Hinami stiffen for while before she forced herself
to relax. Just a rat, nothing else, Slowly, she began to
drift to sleep.
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Khaalida turns on her heel and walks over to her chair. "No, I
will. You need to rest up to heal your leg..." She picks up her
mice before sitting. "Besides, I need to drink..." She smiles
slightly and motions to the mice. "Get some rest..." She puts one
of the mice to her mouth and sinks her fangs into it. She closes
her eyes as the thick, salty, and still warm liquid flowed. Its
definitely not human... But its much better than nothing...
Draco settles back down and laid his hand on the hilt of his blade.
Riku narrowed his eyes. "I'll be fine," He insists but he knew that
Khaalida wouldn't change her mind. Sighing, he leans back and
stares at the ceiling. Where would I be now if I hadn't
approached her? Probably still near the humans' headquarters...
Riku didn't regret that he had left, actually he felt better than
before. They aren't that worried for me...yet. They know that I
took forever to report back in. He closed his eyes, idly
hearing Khaalida drink the blood.
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Khaalida finished the first mouse and smiled, licking a small drip
of blood from her lip. She looked down to the other mouse in her
hand. I should probably save that... I don't know when the next
meal could be... She looked over to Riku, who appeared to be
sleeping. She sighed as she adjusted her position in the chair and
watched the two doorways.
(I'm going to say jump to the morning. I was planning for both
Khaalida and Draco to not change shifts...)
Khaalida stretches as the first rays of sunlight percolate through
the dust filled window and fill the room with its golden radiance.
She looks over to Riku wondering if she should wake him now.
Draco stood up and quietly went through a short warm up routine as
the sun turned the sky yellow.
Hinami begins to stir. Stifling yawn, she begins to stretch and
blink open her eyes. It's morning...morning?! Hinami
immediately stood. Why didn't Draco wake me?
Another snore comes from Riku as he shifts onto his side.
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Draco turned to Hinami and chuckled. "Ready to get a move on?"
Khaalida smiles and stands up. I hope he doesn't get mad at me
for not waking him... He probably will, but there's nothing he can
really do about it...
"Why didn't you wake me?" Hinami asks. "You need to rest too!"
Riku begins to stir. "Ugh..." He moans, stretching. He opens his
eyes sleepily. "Is it my turn?" Riku mutters but stops, shocked to
find the room illuminated. What the hell?! His drowsiness
quickly vanished. "Khaalida...why didn't you wake me?" He demands
angrily. "And don't say cause I needed to rest! I told you I was
fine!"
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Draco walks to the door ignoring the question. I've been at this
longer... I've gone longer without rest. She on the other hand,
after fighting with that vampire, will have needed to regain her
strength.
Khaalida chuckles. "I know what you said. I didn't need the rest. I
wasn't tired." She smirks. "Besides... Its morning now, and we
can't rewind time." Also, I could take a nap if I really needed
to...