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This is Eliot Nightray. I can't answer you right now. I'm busy. If it's really that important, leave a message and I'll respond as soon as possible. If it's not, then don't waste my time.

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From:

snapekillsedgar

[Elliot's expression softened for a moment, almost looking sad. He already knew what the answer would be. A part of him wondered what he would have done if she had said 'no'. That would have been easier on him in the current moment, maybe. It would have been horribly anticlimactic. The truth wasn't pleasant to think about.

All of this time, ever since then, she's been feeling the same way. Even when he disappeared and came back, even knowing what had happened to him, and what he'd done, her feelings for him had never changed... And he'd left her this way for months, ignoring the truth.

Like hell he was going to let this go on. Uncertainty be damned.]

Look at me.

Edited Date: 2012-02-18 06:46 am (UTC)

From:

unsureazure

[She's been trying so hard to keep it to herself... So why now? Was she being too obvious? She doesn't know the reason why he's bringing up. Well, that was a lie... she did have one idea. She had a hard time believing it was possible, though. There was probably some other reason, but she doesn't know what it is.

What can she do in this situation?

... She knew. There was no other way to go but forward. Though she takes a few noticeable moments of hesitance, she timidly and slowly meets his gaze, almost like a deer in headlights.]

Umm...?

From:

snapekillsedgar

[When you give someone chocolates after admitting something like she did, it's pretty obvious. This should be so simple. He knew exactly what he had to say. 'I. Was. Wrong.' It wasn't supposed to be so hard.

... Except, this was Elliot Nightray trying to say it. Uncertainty may be damned, but but what if she didn't understand what she was getting into? There was no point in hurting her more.]

You're really sure? Do you realize what you're saying? We're from completely different worlds. [For once, those words weren't being used for drama. It was literal.] You know you're talking to a dead man, too. Whatever relationship we have, it's not gonna last forever.

Even after all that, do you still feel the same?

Edited Date: 2012-02-18 07:45 am (UTC)

From:

unsureazure

[Okay, enough was enough. All he was giving her were questions and not enough answers. Her seemingly infinite amount of patience is starting to thin.]

I... I know that! Do you even know how many times I've told myself that?

[And there were plenty more issues about this matter on her side. It's not like anything good is waiting for her back in her world either. She knows it might not end well. She knows that things would be complicated. But...]

Despite all that... It doesn't change anything. It's still the same.

[She's frustrated, and it shows. Not just because she doesn't know what this was all about... She was also frustrated that she couldn't change her own feelings. Her just had to go and make her painfully aware of that... What for?]

What... What are you even trying to say, Elliot?! What's the point of all this?

From:

snapekillsedgar

[... She was serious. As she spoke, he watched her calmly, thinking back to how she was when he first met her. At the moment, she was miles away from being the endlessly stuttering unconfident girl that she'd been. Now that he thought about it... It was a year ago that she started really trying to drop hints to him, even though he was too blind to see it. After how he'd always treated her, he never understood.

For so long, to him, romance was cheap and easily shattered. If any girls ever showed him any interest, they wanted to get at his family, not him. Plus, the only reason why he'd even care about girls was because of the pressure on him to find a suitable match as the head of his house. It was one of his only duties as the heir to the household that he would never want to accept.

Noel was different. She was shy, and weepy, and most of all, completely honest. In spite of his constant frustration towards her, she got close to him anyway. Instead of seeing his family, or some silly romantic fantasy, she'd seen who he really was, the good and the bad. After everything that's happened, she still felt the same... He'd call her a moron, but maybe that was what one had to be to be this completely accepting.

If she was a moron, he was one too.]

From:

snapekillsedgar

I remembered, Noel.

[He's not talking about his dream, or the incident at the fountain. It was something he'd said while he was too out of it for his internal filters to work. He had just blurted out exactly what he'd been thinking since she confessed.]

I remember what I told you when I got that plague.

From:

unsureazure

You did...?

[Noel remembers that day very clearly. She refused to believe it was a glimmer of hope for her persistent feelings. After all, he's the kind of person that really care about his friends... Noel was sure that Leo or even Oz could be easily placed in the same situation. She isn't anyone special...

Part of her is starting to doubt that now, since he brought it up. However, there's also still part of her that thinks it's too good to be true. She's... not really sure how to react right now.]

From:

snapekillsedgar

... I meant it.

[He said it softly. Now it was his turn to start looking to the side. Damn. He was never good with situations like this. He'd hardly said anything yet, and already he felt like this was all way too sappy.]

Edited Date: 2012-02-18 08:32 pm (UTC)

From:

unsureazure

[... She blinks, and her frustration quickly dropped. What. Did he mean---

No no no, there had to be some other explanation. She shouldn't jump to conclusions over something so vague.]

W-Well, of course you did! I mean, we're friends after all...

[It's almost like she's using those words a mantra now to keep herself in check. Her imagination got her into trouble plenty of times, so... she kept telling herself not to get her hopes up. That rejection really must have put a dent in her self-confidence regarding this matter.]

From:

snapekillsedgar

Don't!

[Of course she was going to get the wrong impression. After what he'd told her before, she probably wouldn't believe him if he said the truth straight.

... Which he wouldn't, as easy as it should have been. It was much harder in practice the it was in his head.]

That wasn't why I said it!

From:

unsureazure

[Oh, it isn't? Well that means---!

...

What does that mean? She's completely lost, and it shows. She stares at him. Blankly.]

U-Ummm... Then... Why...?

[Is this a quick trestion---Er, trick question?!]

From:

snapekillsedgar

You idiot

[It came out as a mumble as his teeth clenched. His gaze was still not on her. Vanessa was right. Noel did make him act completely contrary to his norm. This was hard enough though without her playing dumb.]

Do you really have to ask?

From:

unsureazure

... Ask what...? I thought you were doing the asking here...

[The sad truth is that Noel isn't playing dumb. She... is kind of dumb. Right now anyway. Really, she isn't liking this guessing game very much...]

Edited Date: 2012-02-18 09:11 pm (UTC)

From:

snapekillsedgar

I said it because... I realized that I've come to care about you. A lot.

[His heart was thudding in his chest. If he had any less restraint, he probably would have been blushing. He was praying that Noel would start to take a hint.

Maybe this was payback for him missing all of hers for so long.]

From:

unsureazure

Ummm...

[She's... not sure how to react to that. He meant that as friends, right?! But he said that wasn't what he meant earlier, so...

Oh, um... Unfortunately, Noel doesn't have that much self-control as he does, and is becoming flushed quite quickly.]

Y-You don't mean...?

From:

snapekillsedgar

[After she spoke, it felt like an eternity before Elliot finally met her gaze again. He could see the blush, and wished with every part of his being that she would come to her own conclusion.]

From:

unsureazure

[After much thought, Noel concludes---]

Umm... What does that mean?

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From:

snapekillsedgar

From:

snapekillsedgar

YOU MORON! IT'S OBVIOUS!

From:

unsureazure

[Why didn't she expect that she was going to get yelled at---]

Aaaaaah! I'msorryI'msorryI'msorryI'msorryI'msorry!

[She doesn't know what she's sorry for... but she really is sorry!]

From:

snapekillsedgar

No! Don't you dare say you're sorry!

From:

snapekillsedgar

[He pulled in a sharp intake of breath. Damnit, he couldn't help it! His frustration was mounting up so much that it just exploded. No matter what, he couldn't let this chance pass by. If he didn't do it now, he wasn't sure he ever would.]

Please, don't. I'll explain it, just... Listen.

From:

unsureazure

[Well. She was about to say "Yes, I'm sorry!" when he told her not to apologize, but... Thankfully, he didn't give her the chance to.

He's going to explain? Really? Thank goodness... she was already burning out every last brain cell she had trying to find conclusions.

She'll just, um... nod obediently like the stammering bobblehead she is.]

From:

snapekillsedgar

[Thank goodness she listened, but now that meant he actually had to just... come out and say something. His mind ran over and over how he was supposed to tell her something like this, especially after she'd been suffering alone for so long. Finally, he let out a huff, knowing that thinking was getting him nowhere. Screw thinking. He was just going to talk, whatever came to him.]

That day, when you told me how you felt... I wasn't sure what to think. I wasn't expecting it. I hadn't even considered that you cared about me that much. I still don't understand why you do.

From:

snapekillsedgar

At first, I said no because I thought that we were just friends. Hell, I'd barely just admitted that.

But... The more that I've thought about it, the more I can't stop. I tried to tell myself that it was because we were getting closer, and realizing more and more that I've just been lying to myself.