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Post by Yuki on Oct 1, 2009 20:23:41 GMT -4
Yuki swallowed... Where to begin?
"Well..." He couldn't believe he was speaking to a cat like a psychiatrist...
"I guess it started several years ago. Oki and I started dating, just a couple and...
Yuki went through the whole thing, as honestly as he could. Oki pulling him out of the ice, him trying to be the hero when she was attacked by the boar, drifting appart, her return, the flight, the play, Baoh... More Baoh, again more Baoh... Suoh... More Baoh... The kiss, the holding hands the whole way back to her house afterwards, the mission (briefly)... Finding Oki again afterwards, being filled in (briefly) about what happened, Baoh's comments, the roses and the message from Ikihane...
"And now..." Yuki gestured around them...
Yuki looked over at Oki a few times while he was talking, but tried not to... he was at least starting to get a little more comfortable around the cat...
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Post by Oki on Oct 1, 2009 20:25:26 GMT -4
Mine nodded. "And now you're both wounded."
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Post by Yuki on Oct 1, 2009 20:28:44 GMT -4
"That seems to be the case," Yuki said. He didn't know what else to add. "I'm giving her her space, and when she lets me back in... Well.. I guess I'll see how things are then..."
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Post by Oki on Oct 1, 2009 20:29:54 GMT -4
Again Mine nodded. "You don't like it, though, do you?"
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Post by Yuki on Oct 1, 2009 20:31:16 GMT -4
Yuki looked past Mina at Oki. "I'd give anything to be over there right now and just holding her," he said softly as if he even spoke in a normal voice Oki would hear and it might hurt her more...
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Post by Oki on Oct 1, 2009 20:38:21 GMT -4
"As gratifying as that would be, here and now," Mine said slowly, "I think that would be a poor choice. There seem to have been a fair few of those made on both sides lately. You both need to find common ground to approach one another from again; the harder you chase her, the faster she'll flee.
"I remember you. I remember you meeting her at the train. There was tenderness there, real affection, and you both seemed to thrive on it. But your problem is that you wait until passions have cooled before you strike, and she is too easily impressed by another's attentions. You both have some growing to do."
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Post by Yuki on Oct 1, 2009 20:42:56 GMT -4
Yuki returned his attention to the ground in front of him again instead of looking at Oki. "I know... That's why I'm giving her her space." Yuki breathed deeply. "It was four years between our first date and our second... I can afford time for her to heal." He gave a half smile. "I know there's still something there... And so does Oki... I'll wait till the time is right, and I won't pass it by next time..."
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Post by Oki on Oct 1, 2009 20:44:19 GMT -4
"Then hope that she gains some confidence in the mean time," Mine purred.
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Post by Yuki on Oct 1, 2009 20:46:12 GMT -4
Yuki's smile fully formed. "I think the moment she saw you again, that started to happen..."
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Post by Oki on Oct 1, 2009 20:48:54 GMT -4
Mine looked over her shoulder to where Oki remained kneeling. The leopards ears twitched. "She had a long way to go, but the first step is the hardest. Is there anything you'd like me to communicate to her? I suspect I may have more liberties with her at the moment."
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Post by Yuki on Oct 1, 2009 20:51:44 GMT -4
Yuki sighed. "There are a lot of things... But I don't know if I dare say them... Even through you... Just... Just tell her to take her time, and when she's ready, I'll still be there and I'll still lov... No... Don't say that... Say..." Yuki stopped to think, he was no good at this stuff...
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Post by Oki on Oct 1, 2009 20:53:28 GMT -4
Mine purred softly. "I think I can communicate the jist of that without going into specifics."
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Post by Yuki on Oct 1, 2009 20:56:41 GMT -4
Yuki smiled... "Thanks," he said getting to his feet. He looked over at Oki still sitting in the snow and his heart went out to her... He still wanted to run over there, but knew that he couldn't, and turned to keep heading off of the training grounds... "I guess I'll be seeing you around a little more often now, huh?"
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Post by Oki on Oct 1, 2009 20:57:47 GMT -4
"Perhaps," Mine nodded. "That depends on her. If not me, I'm sure you'll plenty of the little one."
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Post by Yuki on Oct 1, 2009 21:00:49 GMT -4
Yuki finally lost the control over the shiver in his spine and it emerged. "Nothing personal," he said, unable to help it... "You... Cats... Your eyes are too damned good," he said, trying to pass it off as a joke...
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