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Tweak says, "they call me MISTER Pig!"

Zoe (history_repeats) wrote in nevermore_logs,
@ 2012-10-16 08:12:00

Entry tags:

greed, zoe hansen

WHO: Greed & Zoe
WHEN: Backdated Monday
WHERE: Zoe's apartment
WHAT: Duct tape fixes everything
WARNING: I don't think that man ever went to medical school

Raiden had left and Gabe still wasn't home so Zoe was miserable and alone and in pain. There were a few more 'and's' there but those were the most prominent ones. She didn't know why she always felt like shit when she talked about Greed with someone, you'd think she'd take it as a sign but no, she was an idiot.

She'd told him to not come over. She didn't want to even entertain the idea of being able to rely on him for anything. So right now she was in her bed, her side throbbing with a dull ache, the bandage from the night before having a small splotch of blood on it and needing to be changed. It wasn't too bad a wound but it still hurt and she avoided looking at it. Mainly why she hadn't changed it yet because she didn't want to see it. She was in PJ bottoms and her bra still, all she wanted to do was sleep for the next three days and down a bottle of tylenol.

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	better_than 2012-10-17 12:20 am UTC (link)
	He pulled the container back, reading the word and looking it over. "What's it do?" Okay, another one. He threw the box down and went for the next one which was nasal spray. "How about this one?" He probably spent a few hundred dollars easy with the pile he had around him. He still hadn't even inspected her get to know what was 'broken'. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

history_repeats
2012-10-17 12:27 am UTC (link)

Zoe made a face, "It's for when women have... well down there it gets.." she shook her head, why was she explaining this to him? He'd already moved on to the next thing. She closed her eyes and sighed, "Nasal spray is for the nose." you know what, screw it.. maybe he did have something that could help. She put a hand on his shoulder and gripped it to try to move into a more sitting up position while trying to keep the blanket from sliding down. She winced with clenched teeth. "Do you have any bandages?" she knew for a fact she didn't have any more.

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	better_than 2012-10-17 01:21 am UTC (link)
	Greed gave the dropped box a disgusted face. "Alright," he waved his hands around and started digging through his pile. "Bandages, bandages...." He said under his breath as he sifted. When he found a package he held it up like gold. "Ahha!" He shoved the pile back and scooted closer to the couch opening up the plastic. "Where am I putting it?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

history_repeats
2012-10-17 01:40 am UTC (link)

Zoe gave him a wary look and frankly she didn't know if he knew how to be gentle right now but then again she could barely look at it without turning green and she did need another set of hands. She rolled her eyes to the side and gave a defeated sigh.

She moved the blanket back partly so her bra was still covered but most of her stomach and side was exposed. Along with it was a now scrunched up white bandage on her side that had splotchy blood stains on it.

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better_than
2012-10-17 03:33 am UTC (link)

The gauze fell out of the package into his lap, his curious eyes focusing on the bare skin she presented. His upper lip curled getting on his knees and pulling himself up on the couch. "Eww." He poked at it, examining it like a little kid. "Looks like a bitch." The tape that held the bandage down was already crumpled, which he peeled off to get a better look. There was a bruise all around the infected area.

"What the fuck Zoe?"

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history_repeats
2012-10-17 03:43 am UTC (link)

Zoe flinched when he poked at it and gave him an annoyed look, this was a horrible idea. She scrunched up her face and turned it away, her body tense as he pried the tape off the skin, an entirely unpleasant sensation on it's own only made worse coupled with her injury. She peeked at him, confused. What did he expect to find under a bandage with blood on it, gold? Jellybeans?

She looked down at the wound and then looked away with a winced face. It looked worse than it did the night before. The tear in the skin was still fresh and juicy red, the bruise all around it a gross color. "Yeah, getting shot is never pretty."

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better_than
2012-10-17 04:02 am UTC (link)

"Shot?" he squeaked, peeling back the bandage completely and sticking his nose practically on the wound. "Is there a bullet in there?" He started to look down in the pile on the floor. "I have scissors somewhere..."

"What happened?" Curious and clumsy fingers touched the clean skin just around the wound. He didn't really know what to do with it. He picked up the gauze that had fallen to the floor, tearing at it to try and break the roll into a smaller piece or she'd end up with the whole roll wadded up and taped down...with duct tape.

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history_repeats
2012-10-17 04:08 am UTC (link)

Zoe frowned and pushed his head away from her stomach, not knowing what was wrong with him. "No, it was just a graze, it tore the skin.. maybe you should go home." she was more worried now than when she'd gotten shot..

She sighed a little, because he had told her not to go out and she'd gone anyway.. but she didn't want to lie, "Ray and I were looking for a cab and we had to walk a few blocks till we found one. There were a bunch of people looting these stores, this guy grabbed me, someone was shooting.. next thing I know I'm hit and on the ground."

She looked at him and suggested, "Maybe the scissors," and quickly added, "For that." pointing at the bandage he was trying to tear.

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better_than
2012-10-17 04:32 am UTC (link)

Greed puckered his lips in a twitchy expression. Did she really think by saying so that he was just going to go home? Silly, silly mortal girl. "I should have slapped a warranty on you for real." He jerked his hand away grabbing the scissors on the floor after a few shuffles through the boxes, cutting a uneven square of gauze. He was angry. He didn't even like when his shoes were scuffed, what made her think he'd appreciate this?

"You didn't listen to me," his tone was serious, repeating much of what he'd told her online just hours before. "I said to stay inside. I said to stay away from the streets." He paused putting the gauze patch down over the bruise as gently as his large hands would let him. "At least you didn't go near Times Square." At least he'd thought.

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history_repeats
2012-10-17 04:42 am UTC (link)

Zoe lowered her gaze, kinda shocked that she felt like a little kid getting scolded.. and of all people by Greed. This was all shades of wrong. She let out a frustrated sigh, "I know, I know.." she muttered when he repeated that she shouldn't have gone outside. She bit her bottom lip and cringed as she looked at him attend to her wound, "I.. uh.. I kinda got shot there." she looked at him pleadingly, trying to make her case, "I didn't know Ray lived over in that area! And it wasn't technically Times Square.. it was the little shopping area in the street next to Times.. Square..."

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better_than
2012-10-17 04:51 am UTC (link)

Greed wanted to take that duct tape she'd slapped on his arm and throw it over her mouth. All her excuses still circled around the fact that he wanted her inside and she didn't listen to him. If he didn't use a little magic on her what made him think she'd actually listen to him and do what he asked?

He was putting fresh tape around the gauze, pausing when she admitted to being anywhere near Times Square. "You what?" He didn't even look at her, but by the clench of his jaw he showed his anger. He hadn't exactly gone killing people. Why kill them when stunting them still got him the goods?

He dropped his hands from the now cleanly decorated wound, swallowing heavy. "Near like a few blocks down like the Disney Store street or Macy's?" He had been on the rooftop of Macy's when he'd shot down what he thought was a double hit. They guy had been loaded with jewelry. In his head he chanted for her to say anywhere else because, but his siblings would have been less humanitarian that night.

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history_repeats
2012-10-17 05:01 am UTC (link)

Zoe was discovering she didn't like it when Greed was angry at her.. and she really didn't like being at fault. Though, she wouldn't have done it differently, Raiden had needed her. But she had promised Greed and she hated breaking her promises.

Her shoulders sagged when he got angrier but she was impressed by how well he'd dressed the wound. She'd have thanked him except she was too busy being wracked with guilt. "By Macy's but--" she paused the excuses that she was going to throw at him and frowned a little, finally turning her head to look at him curiously, "How did you know that..?" Times Square was huge, the streets near it ran pretty long too, those were specific sections he was mentioning.

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better_than
2012-10-17 05:11 am UTC (link)

His jaw clenched a little tighter, those big blue eyes as dark as his tone. "Fuck, Zoe. Fuck you. Fuck." He still stared down at her wound, still able to see it in his head despite it's covered state.

He stood up wringing his hands through his hair and kicking down the little tower of boxes that he'd piled on the floor, stomping on some and scattering others with his shoe. "What did I say?" he kept repeating that as if he'd thrown his magic at the end of the question. He paced the floor a few times. "I said stay inside," he was running through the explanation like he was helping out a kid through a spelling contest. "I said not to go near Times Square. Why the fuck didn't you listen to me?" He looked at her with upward brows. Were there tears there too? He'd maimed his own toy. "I shot you. I was there. I was up on that roof that night." He kicked another pile of boxes. "FUCK."

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history_repeats
2012-10-17 05:25 am UTC (link)

Zoe looked taken aback when he started cursing at her. She physically cringed and pulled back into the sofa as he went on a rampage.. it was the first time she'd ever been scared around him. She opened her mouth but he was ranting, she couldn't say anything. She was at a complete loss when he turned on her again. She furrowed her brows when he looked so beyond upset and she didn't understand why. Until he said it.

Her expression changed, her breath hitched. "You shot me..?" she looked like he'd just kicked her in the ribs. She didn't even know where to begin on what to think.

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better_than
2012-10-17 05:40 am UTC (link)

He might buy new things all the time, take shiny things he liked, but he also hoarded the things he wanted to keep. She was a possession of his, therefore his to hold tightly within his grasp, under his care (no matter how childlike). He had just scratched his possession and he was pouting about it. She hadn't seen his reaction the first time he'd backed his car into a brick wall. But Zoe was a breathing girl. He wasn't done yet, he hadn't even begun to seep in and he'd scraped her.

"Zoe...." He whined flopping back on the couch. He touched the spot with a soft graze. If it hadn't been him she'd have been dead he was sure of it.

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history_repeats
2012-10-17 05:58 am UTC (link)

Zoe reacted to his touch like it was fire, twisting to the side with a wince so he couldn't touch her. "No." she shook her head, "No." she ran her hands through her hair, fingers curling into the dark strands and staying there for a few moments. He was being honest. He admitted to shooting her. But there was something wrong with how he was reacting. She was feeling a mix of things right now.

She laughed a little but there was no amusement in it as she let her hands finally slide down to her shoulders and off. She looked crushed. "You didn't want me at Times Square because you were shooting people. You shot me. And you're not sorry." she wasn't asking. "I can't even be upset.. because you're not real." it was a cruel thing to say but she said it before she could stop herself because it was things like this that were a slap in the face. Cold reminders about the reality of whatever this was between them was nothing and would end in nothing but misery for just her. Greed would move on to whatever new toy caught his fancy.

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better_than
2012-10-17 06:10 am UTC (link)

That did sting. Not real? She had preached this idea that he was a person. Treated him more like one than he had ever experienced before---and then she told him he didn't exist? There was greed in everything, even in good intentions. When someone thrived to better themselves or push to achieve a goal---that was greed even in the smallest of measure. She had seen him as this guy she claimed to like so much only to throw him away. Well, he didn't like that feeling. Not one bit. Forget that he did the same all the time.

"You moved in front of my bullet!" As if that were rational. "I was collecting loot, not bodies." He grumped, angry that she had seriously just denied his existence. "If it hadn't been me, you wouldn't be breathing." He crossed his arms, a spoiled and hurt child. He murdered before if the outcome was necessary, but he wasn't a killer by nature.

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history_repeats
2012-10-17 06:23 am UTC (link)

She just gave him a look like he was absolutely right but there was nothing but deep hurt in those eyes he liked so much. "I am so sorry about that." she nodded as she swallowed the lump in her throat, "I'm sorry that it'd been you. I'm sorry that you're a lousy shot." she was angry too as she kept going, "I'm sorry that I believed you were more than what you are. And you didn't lie, it was my fault." and the thing he hated started to happen with tears coming to her eyes, "I'm sorry for thinking you could ever give a damn about me. And I'm really sorry that I can't seem to stop giving one about you!" He shot her. And blamed her for it. And she couldn't just shut off her feelings for him. She hated him right now. And she wished he hadn't missed.

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