For Yuna! (Whereishe). Continued Cuteness
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Title:Continued Cuteness
Who:Yuna and Alex Mercer
What:Cuteness in an evolving friendship
Open/Closed:Closed
Additional Details:Originally based on a meme, set in the Explorers setting.
Who:Yuna and Alex Mercer
What:Cuteness in an evolving friendship
Open/Closed:Closed
Additional Details:Originally based on a meme, set in the Explorers setting.
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Date: 2014-12-18 03:33 pm (UTC)Only after that pause, did he respond. "Where I'm from, what I'm used to dealing with? It's never simple. Things that seem like they should be, always end up tangled and complicated. Usually in bad ways." Dry and quietly commenting, not any kind of judgement.
"...why did you kiss me, before I left." Direct, probably the easiest place to start for him. Once he knew what her thoughts were, what was going on with that, he could start untangling the rest."
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Date: 2014-12-18 03:47 pm (UTC)"I know things are complicated but.." It didn't always have to be bad.
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Date: 2014-12-18 07:58 pm (UTC)"...I'm...not used to having people I care about. Friends, is still a new concept, as the only person I can think of, before coming here, who I really gave any kind of damn about, is my little sister." An odd opening, perhaps, but he needed her to know and he was trying to explain himself as best he could.
"You do remind me of her, but that's not to say I see you as a surrogate little sister." Making that clear, as while he'd started to look out for her as that, she'd become more than just that. She was his friend, a very rare thing, in her own right.
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Date: 2014-12-18 08:15 pm (UTC)"I'm used to having friends but, to be honest, I'm not used to feeling like this."
Memories filtered through her mind as she wondered.
"I was shown how it feels once but... I never thought it would be quiet like this." So many things were hard to explain.
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Date: 2014-12-18 09:15 pm (UTC)Leaning back a bit, looking down at the half-eaten stew. "I don't necessarily think I'm worth caring about, certainly not as any friend who might be more special than another. Which is what I would guess you're saying, when you say you 'like' me. Unless you're kissing all of your friends."
A quick glance up, teasing here, hint of humor there. Affectionate, part of why they were friends. A moment of it, before he went back to being serious. "But I know you'll probably argue, about well 'why aren't I' worth it, and such. I could very easily list reasons, but I don't think they'd sway you."
Oh yes, he was handling this so very well. Really. A sigh, and he reached up and raked a hand through his hair, under his ever-present hood. "I'm not sure how to react, Yuna. Honestly." Meeting her eyes again. "I'm not an easy person to know, or get along with--and I feel like your affection for me, as more than a friend, would be wasted because I'm not worth the effort."
But he hadn't rejected her. Nor did it seem he was going to; he was just puzzling it out. Trying to figure out the nuances and twists of it, when he wasn't very used to dealing with emotions. Never one to be all that open, or easy to deal with, as he'd said.
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Date: 2014-12-18 09:35 pm (UTC)She laughed softly looking up into his eyes. "That's right. You won't be able to convince me otherwise." At least he has accepted that part. "But your wrong about one thing. You are worth the effort because I have decided so." Yuna has always followed her heart, a path that was unwavering no matter what she faced, with her friends by her side. She sighed softly wishing they were having this conversation in the privacy of his room.
"I can tell you why.. if you really want to know.." She didn't want to call her feelings for him love, it would seem to real if she said those words out loud. Instead she thought about his strengths, his efforts, there were so many things he might not be able to see. "I don't understand it all myself but I know why.."
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Date: 2014-12-18 09:45 pm (UTC)"I wasn't sure you'd understand, if I asked 'why'." Much more softly, with that response. "So...let's...table it, for a moment?" Eyeing her own portion of soup, and then her once more, before raising an eyebrow. "At least until we finish our food. We did both just survive a brush with extreme cold."
Give him time to think a bit. Gave her some time to think as well, companionable silence and comfort. Mostly because Alex did find Yuna good to be around.
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Date: 2014-12-18 09:57 pm (UTC)Her eyes shift down to her food as she nods almost happy for the mutual silence. She lightly poked at her stew with her spoon moving the meat to one side and the vegetables to the other. Her mind raced as fast as her heart as she tried to sort things through her head. It had convinced herself that even if he didn't feel the same way that it would be alright but now she wasn't so sure.
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Date: 2014-12-18 10:08 pm (UTC)"Did you have any work that was urgent, or things that needed doing? You were upset I let you sleep so long..." Spoken after several more bites of his own soup. His own duties weren't that complicated--and he'd gotten a lot done while waiting for her to wake up.
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Date: 2014-12-19 01:07 am (UTC)"I was just a little flustered because you saw me sleeping." The idea that he might have been watching her sleep makes Yuna want to blush.
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Date: 2014-12-19 02:06 am (UTC)"I think that sounds about perfect for your job, honestly." Alex commented after a moment, then taking a long sip of his water. "You're job is morale-officer. You need to know, roughly, how everyone is feeling and doing, and try to keep us all working together and cooperative."
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Date: 2014-12-19 04:48 am (UTC)"Well..." How could she explain that he made her self conscience and she wanted for him to look at her in a positive light. She really didn't think she looked so good while sleeping.
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Date: 2014-12-19 04:58 am (UTC)She'd looked pretty adorable, all told. Certainly peaceful, and he felt kind of warm, that she'd felt comfortable in his jacket.
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Date: 2014-12-19 05:16 am (UTC)Yuna meant for everything but she supposed that he could take it as he liked. She sipped her water and then set it down on the tray. "I've finished if you are okay with maybe moving this talk back to your room?" She wasn't ready to let go of his jacket and even now she nuzzled her face into it's sleeve.
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Date: 2014-12-19 05:19 am (UTC)Teasing gently, as he gathered the trays and glasses, then moving to take them to the kitchen area for washing and cleaning. He was due to start a shift soon anyways, and should probably change into proper uniform.
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Date: 2014-12-19 05:25 am (UTC)Once they were done they were heading down the hallway. Yuna laced her fingers behind her back as she walked.
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Date: 2014-12-19 05:28 am (UTC)"Y'know, if it weren't for that half-skirt thing that hangs from your belt, you'd look a lot less dressed considering my jacket dwarfs you." Deliberately keeping his voice neutral, but he'd noticed. He'd noticed earlier too, but he was attempting to look at things in a different way, given their chat.
Mostly trying to figure out his own feelings still, as well. If nothing else, patience was a must, when dealing with him.
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Date: 2014-12-19 05:45 am (UTC)Her palms reached down and rested on her thighs trying to measure the length of the jacket. It was several inches longer than her shorts so even when she sat down it still looked as if she wore nothing underneath. Plus she was only 5' 3".
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Date: 2014-12-19 05:49 am (UTC)Not a proper answer to her question. Mostly because ever since their goodbye, when he wasn't focused on the mission, he'd been trying to figure out how he felt. Especially now that he had it confirmed how she felt.
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Date: 2014-12-19 05:56 am (UTC)"So I can keep running around in this then?" Yuna smiled up at him taking this time to let him know that she would love to hand onto his jacket while he worked. At least then she could smell him, which wasn't weird!
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Date: 2014-12-19 06:00 am (UTC)But she was being cute, and he valued her as a friend, and that was already complicated because friends weren't something he was used to having. All a big mix up in his brain when he was used to simpler emotions--or at least emotions that didn't involve worrying about other people.
"...I really do want it back, at some point." Murmured, his own head tilting away, and no--he was not being petulant. Not at all... "I like my jacket."
Ok, yes, he was being petulant.
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Date: 2014-12-19 06:08 am (UTC)She lightly scratched at the back of her head blushing. "Most of my spheres are rather revealing, some more than others." She wasn't sure if that was bad or not. She didn't think he was one to feel things like jealousy.
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Date: 2014-12-19 09:53 pm (UTC)He frowned at himself, trying to figure out the jumble of thoughts and feelings this stirred up.
"So you wouldn't have had anything warmer in your spheres if you had been able to focus on your magic?"
Yes, that's right Alex, focus on the recent mission and its results. Clearly that was a much safer subject in his mind. Gesturing her ahead of him on the ladder that lead down to the crew-residential quarters.
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Date: 2014-12-20 01:36 am (UTC)Yuna stopped at the ladders edge and then looked back at Alex. "How about you go first?"
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Date: 2014-12-20 01:40 am (UTC)(no subject)
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