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Post by gisli on Feb 2, 2011 2:23:28 GMT -5
With those few moments of his waiting, Gisli was finally able to remember how to breath. Sadly... It didn't last all that long... Because only a few seconds later he was trying to give her some look, and probably not the one he'd intended! Seriously?! What was with that devilish seductive look he was giving her?! That couldn't have been his true intentions, could it? Oh great... This was getting way to confusing! Again, her breathing stopped. Well that was just perfect. She'd forgotten how to breath again. Fantastic!
It was at these times she really wished she could control her powers at times of intense emotion...
With out meaning to, and it was pretty obvious she didn't mean to, he'd feel all his energy draining. Again. Unlike before though, it seemed to fluctuate. One second he'd feel weak, the next normal, next weak again, next normal. The time varied. It could last a few seconds, or only half a second. Either way, there was absolutely no pattern to it all.... And poor Shakaku was caught in the middle of her powers going a little out of hand....
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Post by shakaku on Feb 2, 2011 2:33:33 GMT -5
*Shakaku felt the effects again and stumbled backwards a little bit. But if they were going to be together, he would probably have to get used to it. He focused on his own power, keeping the room at the same heat, trying not to get angry, and trying to keep his mind off of what was happening to his body. He started to sense the other temperatures in the room. The lack of heat in the windows, the heat in Gisli's face, and the rest of her. Looked like both of them needed work on their powers. Maybe it would be better if they stayed friends. But Shakaku wouldn't be able to last a day around Gisli knowing now what he truly felt and what she felt for him. It was just...well impossible. The entire idea of just being friends after this....impossible! At least that's what he thought. Maybe she felt differently. He doubted that. He was done being dense! He made up his mind! He was going to try to not be as dense anymore. All those times! He knew that she didn't have any form of fever, he just didn't wan to admit it.*
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Post by gisli on Feb 2, 2011 2:42:17 GMT -5
Gisli didn't even seem to notice what she was doing until he stumbled. Upon realizing her out of control power, she forced her eyes shut, making sure she couldn't see him. As soon as they were shut, the affects stopped. That was the thing about her power. If she could see you, any part of you, she could use her power on you as long as you were close enough. If her eyes were closed though, she couldn't use her power on you. She didn't have the control necessary to even try it...
"Sorry..." She truly felt bad. He returns her feelings, and what does she do? Assault him with her power... Well... At least it'd only been Weakness. It'd be a lot worse if it'd been one of her other 'curses'...
Gisli rarely spoke with Shakaku about her power, she'd never told him more then it being in the illusionist classification. He'd never been told that she couldn't control her power, because to learn control she'd have to use people as target practice. She knew how... unpleasant her power could be. "I didn't mean to do that...."
She'd reopened her eyes, but kept her gaze down on her hands, ashamed of herself...
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Post by shakaku on Feb 2, 2011 2:54:44 GMT -5
*Once it stopped Shakaku took a few steps towards her.* It's fine, I'm alright. Training with Freya helps me get stronger in both my power and physically. *The first session of training was proof enough about that.* It doesn't change how I feel about you. *Shakaku wasn't sure what to do. He was afraid that if he did something "stupid" again that she would use her power, then feel nervous like she feels now. What was going to happen now? How was this thing supposed to go?* Plus it's mostly my fault, isn't it. *He had more or less guessed that it was because he was bad at this. And the fact that he didn't know what to do, or how to do anything right.*
*On the bright side...Shakaku probably finally made up his mind on weather to stay at the school or not. He still needed some training, he felt, in order to go into the x-men. But if everything went well now, then he would be staying for Gisli, and only Gisli.* Look Gisli, I'll try not to be as dense as I have been. I'll try to be more aware.
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Post by gisli on Feb 2, 2011 3:07:27 GMT -5
He said he was fine, as if nothing had happened! Why did he have to be so nice to her? Sure, it had been unintentional, but she'd still somewhat attacked him...
"It's not supposed to happen though..." She sighed, finally looking up at him. She really did look like she might cry. She both hated and loved her power. It was useful, like when she wanted to stop people, to surprise kiss them for example, but that the same time that same skill could be used to harm them. What's worse is when it went after the one guy she loved!
Looking back down at her hands, she shut her eyes tight before any tears escaped. "I don't mean to do it... It just... Happens. All the time. I can't stop it..." Shakaku would know the feeling. Before training with Freya, he'd been pretty out of control himself, but not to the same degree as Gisli. It was why she was so withdrawn from everyone. Getting close put people she cared about in danger, left them open for these random attacks... Shakaku was very lucky, even if he didn't think so. If it'd been one of the other curses... Gisli never would have forgiven herself.
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Post by shakaku on Feb 2, 2011 3:16:25 GMT -5
*Shakaku moved so that he was in a good position and wrapped his arms around her. He knew now that he had to. He...sort of...knew what she was feeling. He moved her so that she would be leaning on his chest.* It's alright. I know how hard it can be with out of control powers.
*To be honest he loved it before Freya, but he was learning, mostly now, that it was valuable to have control. He wished that he could help, but she would never let him become a test dummy or anything. He held her, for as long as she needed. She could move away any time she wanted to. But he did like holding her like this. Now that he knew what this strange feeling was, he loved it and wanted her to be close. But not just that. At this moment he knew that she needed someone to comfort her. If she wanted to cry, he would let her cry, if she just needed that, he was fine with that too. he wanted the best for Gisli. At this point he didn't care who saw them together. He could burn them up later.*
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Post by gisli on Feb 2, 2011 3:28:39 GMT -5
Gisli didn't move for several moments, even after he wrapped his arms around her. Finally though, when he pulled her into his chest, she went willingly, her arms held tight to her own chest as she buried her face in his shirt. Again, there was near no movement from her for several moments after. She didn't want to cry. She hated crying. Choking back the tears, she fought to get her emotions under control again. And for some reason Shakaku holding her was helping...
At long last though, she let out a deep breath. "Why do I act like such a girl in front of you all the time...?" She didn't pull away, just shifted enough that he'd be able to hear her somewhat question. She only acted like this around him. Only when he was presence did she ever get the urges to cry when something bad had happened, or giggle when something was funny... It never happened when she was alone or with people other then him!
She already knew the answer. It was pretty obvious. It was the same reason he was a gentle giant only around her... Love was all to blame.
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Post by shakaku on Feb 2, 2011 12:55:50 GMT -5
*Shakaku was glad to hold Gisli for as long as he did. She then asked the question. He had to think for a bit and rafraining something smart like "That's because you are a girl." But he actually tried to think of a real answer. Maybe it was the same reason he never wanted to hurt her. He always wanted to protect her.*
I guess it might just be ....love *It was hard to say it the first time, with out saying it in a teasing tone. But he liked saying it in front of Gisli. He felt that way about her, and he, and she knew it.*
He held her close, not saying anything else, not wanting her to leave. But he could feel himself slipping out of control. That he couldn't afford. He closed his eyes, not moving and stedied his temperature, and the temprature around him. He didn't want it to get to hot for Gisli. He knew that notmal people could only live in certain temperatures. The hotter it got the more uncomfortable they were. Gisli would notice that his body was extremely hot for a normal person. But she would know that it was because of his power.*
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Post by gisli on Feb 2, 2011 13:19:55 GMT -5
Before, Gisli would have cringed when she heard that word. Love. Now though? She liked hearing it. She'd heard people say it before, it movies, books, even from her parents and siblings. But hearing it from someone that wasn't family... Well that was different. The emotions in it were different. The emotions it stirred were different. How could one word have so many different meanings?
She smiled a little, even though he wouldn't see it. "Yeah. Probably." Silence fell between them again, giving her time to think. She'd never noticed before just how hot he was. Not in the figurative 'good looking' hot either... That wasn't to say he wasn't. She'd noticed that a long time ago! It was the literal hot this time. It was beyond feverish! Thankfully it wasn't intolerable, but still... She'd never expected his body to literally be this hot. His power was to blame for the temperature though.
Finally, she chuckled, pulling back just enough at she could look up at him. "You're always worried about me being sick when you're the one hot enough to boil water?" Both her eyebrows were raised. "I should be careful. You might give me a tan." She smiled again. It was normal for her to be unusually pale, tan though? Not even SHakaku had seen her tan.... She couldn't even remember the last time she was tan! Or tried to for that matter!
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Post by shakaku on Feb 2, 2011 13:46:24 GMT -5
*Shakaku smiled when she mentioned his heat. He knew that. When he was born every one was freaking out about his abnormally high body temperature. But he was as healthy as could be. No one could figure it out until his parents found out that he was a pyromancer. But he didn't now he was that hot. He paused. Dang. He didn't have as much control over himself. But he half smiled at her. But that led to the other question, what did she think about what he looked like. Every teenager ran into those kind of problems. Trying to look their best for the one that they like, but Shakaku wondered, but he didn't want to ask.*
Your just going to have to get used to it, but I'll try to control it when your around. *He partially implied that half of it was her fault, but not even saying it. He didn't want Gisli to feel bad again. He would handle his own problems with training with Freya. Now was the time to focus and not burn Gisli.*
*He thought about telling Kaitou and sighed. That guy would laugh at him, not just because he found a girl, but even harder would be Gisli, one of the shyest girls at this school... but now that she and he were together. He was now feeling protective over her, even more than before.*
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Post by gisli on Feb 2, 2011 13:59:49 GMT -5
Gisli really would have to get used to it! Considering everything that had happened today... Wait... What did that make them now? She was thoroughly confused again! What were they to each other? Both of them had admitted they loved each other... But did that make them a couple? Or did it just mean friends with benefits? Or still just friends? The options made her head spin. So confusing...
"I'm pretty sure I can get used to it." She paused for a moment, as if hesitate. "I should warn you... It doesn't happen often... But my power...." Another pause, this time definitely because of a hesitation. "Well..." Hopefully he knew what she was trying to say. With little control, her power went off whenever it felt like it. So that 'sort of' attack before probably wouldn't be the last time her power went after him.
He wasn't the only one that would get laughed at for being with her. If anything people would laugh harder at her then him! How could someone like her end up with him? How could he have fallen for her? In some ways, it was a good thing Shakaku was a bully. He wouldn't tolerate anyone picking on her for their relationship!
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Post by shakaku on Feb 2, 2011 14:11:05 GMT -5
*Shakakau understood an nodded when she tried to explain* It's fine. I'll be alright. *He spoke softly, to comfort her. But then the question rose. Were they just better friends? Dating? Together? Or the same friends they were yesterday? He didn't know and he was sure that Gisli didn't know, but he felt like he had to put it out in the open. So that they could maybe talk about the question.* So what does this make us?
*He felt it would be better not to run though the options, and hopped that Gisli would have an answer, but he wasn't entirely sure. He was pretty sure that the problem would linger for a few more days before it was answered but he hoped not. He wasn't sure if he would be able to go back to the "old days" when they were just friends again. Having this knowledge would probably make things awkward when they got together, unless they decided to be more than friends. He feared loosing her as a friend, or even more. He would do almost anything to keep them from not speaking to each other. He would go with whatever Gisli wanted to do.*
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Post by gisli on Feb 2, 2011 22:41:06 GMT -5
Gisli put a lot of thought into his question. Like she knew! What was she supposed to tell him? What did he want them to be? What did she want them to be? Friends? Friends with benefits? Dating? … Could they even go back to being friends after this? They either grew closer… Or they were driven apart. There wouldn’t be that middle ground anymore…
But she wasn’t bold enough to actually say all this! It’d be so uncharacteristically outspoken of her…. “I don’t know… What do you want us to be?” She’d come to a decision. She wanted to be more then friends. She wanted to always be there for him. But first… She wanted to hear his decision. She wanted to know exactly what he thought of this all first before voicing her own opinion.
Of course she was scared he might not see eye to eye with her, or decide he wanted to stay friends. But how was she supposed to tell him if she didn’t know his answer before? If he said he wanted to be with her, she could give him her honest agreement. If he didn’t… Well, she could pretend she agreed as well..
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Post by shakaku on Feb 2, 2011 23:02:15 GMT -5
*Shakaku thought. He knew that he wanted to be more than friends. He should have just come out and said it instead of asking her. He pulled her closer, taking a deep breath.* I don't thin I could ever go back to.. *Well she knew. He wanted to stay close to her, to keep her close. Making his temperature normal...for him. That was still hot, but more bearable than being hot enough to boil water.*
I think we should be more than friends, but if you don't, I'll understand. *He was pretty sure that she didn't but his voice just sounded so forceful sometimes. He wanted to make sure that Gisli knew that she had a choice.*
*He could get used to this. He always thought that "settling down" was such a bad thing. Mairead, who was now with Train only made him think that more. But now he wasn't so sure. True he would probaby mellow down. Maybe he could move out, leave Kaitou and that...annoying kid, to their tormenting and Shakaku could have his own room, where Gisli could come and visit him any time she wanted, and they could talk for hours with no interruptions.* What are your thoughts about me becoming an X-man?
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Post by gisli on Feb 2, 2011 23:18:22 GMT -5
Gisli just relaxed into his embrace as he pulled her even closer, so close she could hear each breath he took, and each heartbeat in his chest. He wasn’t as hot as before, the temperature much more comfortable. It was like being curled up in front of the fireplace after spending far too much time out in the cold. She could most definitely get used to this..
Hearing his answer though, she let out a sigh of relief. “Thank God…” She paused for a moment, moving pulling away just enough that she could look at him again, a soft smile on her lips. “I want to stay by your side… For as long as you’ll bear me.” Sure, she hadn’t worded it in the obvious ‘Well I want to be more then friends too!’, but the meaning was still there. If anything her own wording was much meaningful… Well, at least for her. She wanted to be by his side no matter what, and before that’d meant hiding her own feelings for him!
His next question though made her blink, before a thoughtful expression replaced her warm smile. “I think you should do what you think is right. Do you want to become an X-man?”
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