Zoe (history_repeats) wrote in nevermore_logs, @ 2014-04-18 23:28:00 |
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Entry tags: | envy, greed, temperance, zoe hansen |
WHO: Greed, Jonah, Envy & Zoe
WHEN: Friday
WHERE: Zoe and Jonah's apartment, Toy store
WHAT: Envy infects Zoe and the boys band together to help her
WARNING: Some vile verbiage
Life settled back into usual and Greed didn't spend every night with her anymore but more often than not he did. Sometimes at his place, sometimes at hers. It was Friday and he spent the night before at her place which meant lovin'~ They both had work this morning so he was going to give her a ride and had already gotten ready first, she was sure to wake him up early so he could take however long he wanted in the bathroom as long as he left her hot water and Jonah too. Zoe came back into her room wearing a classy burgundy lace top that hugged her figure and showed off her naked arms.
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Greed was putting on his vest when she waltzed across the room in that hip-hugging daydream. Greed jerked on her wrist and pulled her down into his lap. "Your roommate isn't up," he whispered against her ear. He still had his superhero boxers on and no pants, this could get a little fresh before either of them had to leave. It would give him something to think about for the rest of the day. Not that work was boring, but envisioning a morning's excursions could only make it that much better.
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She was about to go to her dresser to pick up a gold heart ring when she went Oh! and got pulled into her boyfriend's lap. She grinned at his whisper and gave him a look, "Are you serious?" she asked in a hush voice, "We gotta go to work soon..." but it made her flush with pleasure that he just had her hours ago and wanted her again.
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"When am I not serious about sex?" He bit the end of her nose softly. "We have enough time for one go...." he was serious. He sealed it with a kiss in case she needed the engines revved.
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"Lots of times." he could get pretty goofy in bed sometimes. Her arms settled around his neck when he bit her nose and she sighed in his kiss as her eyes drifted closed. He was the only man she'd ever been with that could make her want sex as much as he did. Because he made it about more than just 'fucking'. "We might get late..." she murmured. And she knew how much he'd hate that.
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"No we won't..." He could see by the pink on her face she was thinking about it. His influence wasn't just potent when he was purposefully reeling in the energy. It was the natural evolution of being around sin for a period of time. Involve yourself in sin and it becomes habit, it becomes welcomed. Zoe was no exception even if he had never purposefully secreted any of his influence on her. It was still there just as it was when he was angry and full of rage. Sin was sin, there were a million ways for it to bite.
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She bit her bottom lip, very tempted, "You're awful..." she said as she leaned in to kiss him, giving in. Mannnnn.. if they woke Jonah up, they'd get dirty looks all through breakfast. But maybe it'd be worth it.
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"I know..." he purred. It was part of what he was. Giving into sin was dangerous even in the smallest of doses. He'd already tainted her soul, but now he had her heart and her lips. His hands grasped her face, fingers tangling in her hair so he could dig a little deeper into those kisses. Her mouth was a holy place, just for him to be baptized over and over again. Once she'd given in all he had to do was drive the ship. A little morning quicky to get the day going and to make her cheeks stay permanently pink.
He gave her a soft kiss on the nose when he'd gotten his breath enough finish getting ready. That was better than morning coffee.
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She ate up his kisses and was always surprised and a little embarrassed by her own wantonness. She was a little out of breath too, her jeans near her ankles and smiled when he kissed her nose. "We're gonna smell like sex all day..." she said as her hands squeezed his naked butt. Though she knew he was probably happy his scent would be on her for the rest of the day.
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"Can always take another shower." And he would, it was part of his regimen. By the time he'd been through all the steps he usually smelled expensive. He got up to fish for his boxers and put on another shirt that was not wrinkled. He didn't have time to iron. But he did have time to clean up and keep putting on his work face.
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She sat up, pulling up her undies and her jeans to zip them up, "Are you crazy, have you seen the time?" she took his wrist and turned it so he could see the expensive time piece he wore, "If we don't leave in the next few minutes, we'll both be late." if she had to smell like him, he had to smell like her.
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"Shit!" So....that had not been as quick of a quickie as he'd wanted. Damn her. "It's that red lace shirt of yours!" he slipped up his boxers, pants, putting the tie around his neck. "Where's that other dress shirt?" He needed one wrinkle free or he was going to have a conniption. The veins would practically start bursting from the side of his head if he did not look all put together and now shower himself in cologne.
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Her mouth dropped open, "You're blaming my wardrobe?" she shook her head and went to her closet, opening it and rummaging around until she found one of his dress shirts neatly hung up (she'd slept in it before and washed and hung it up). She presented the shirt to him and as he put it on, she fixed his tie in the snazzy knot she always did.
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"That lacy red number what were you thinking?" He was not going to be late. He was sliding in his belt through the hoops and buckling once his tie was all fixed and stuffed into his vest. Then he put on his jacket and and shoes and glasses, looking like the snazzy, dapper gentleman.
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Zoe fixed his tie and then put her hands on her hips, "I was thinking oh it looks cute. But you know what, I promise I'll never wear it again. Ever." and she raised a brow at him. She was not going to take the blame for his raging boner. Entirely.
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"I didn't mean that! I just mean..." he shuffled his glasses on his nose. Of course he was blaming her. Though she could have been wearing a head to toe parka and he would have wanted something before getting up this morning. It was her damned face and those eyes...but top it with a curve hugging red lace blouse and he was definitely ready for a little tumble in the sheets. He gave her a good, jaw dropping kiss to scramble her brain before snapping his fingers. "Let's go!" He had to drop her off at work first.
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She gave him a challenging look, daring him to finish that sentence but instead he gave her a great kiss. Damn him. She shook her head and grabbed her yellow coat, which really just made her even look cuter because of the bow in the front. Today felt like it'd be a good day.
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They always looked snazzy walking out of the apartment together. Jonah must have been curled up in bed because he never even came out of his room even when Greed yelled out a "left you a present on the kitchen counter!" which was a load of cups and plates from the night before. In Greed's head Jonah was good for more than just his sex-free card, he was a fantastic maid.
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Zoe sent Jonah a text privately on the way down the stairs Don't worry, I'll clean up when I get home, running late, hope you're okay :). She didn't stop Greed from being a butthole to Jonah but she wasn't going to be one herself.
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Jonah had the day off, just shoving the bed cover over his head as he heard the retreat of feet and the door. Good, he needed to sleep in. The more and more he hung onto this form, the more Maddy was trying to dig her way out. He wasn't as strong as she was. He was tired and trying to hang on. Between that and Envy's haunting with his tainted messages and letters, Jonah felt like he hadn't had sleep in days. A horny Sin and roommate in the bedroom next to him did not help give him any regular sleep patterns. Jonah was used to simplicity and right now everything felt like it was crashing in too fast for him to mellow out.
Greed dropped Zoe off at the toy store, squealing tires after a goodbye kiss to slide into work without anyone realizing he was five minutes later than usual. Still five minutes early, but five minutes later than usual.
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Zoe hung her stuff up in the break room and was out on the floor. Her co-workers weren't as rude, some even seemed embarrassed by what they said before, but most... just kinda left her alone. She preferred it that way. She didn't want to listen to them and their nasty remarks. She was happy in her relationship. She had a boyfriend who loved her. Even more than his car. Her thoughts revolving around this as she picked up some toys in the kids section to put away, her hair now in a ponytail so she could work better.
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It hadn't gone unnoticed by Greed's coworkers that he rolled in a little late, smelling like sex. Digger popped up over the cubicle wall and threw a pen at Greed's head. "You look like you got laid before you came into work!" Greed stuffed the pen in his jacket pocket. "I hope you know you aren't getting that back. Ever." It didn't stop Digger from the visual and getting it out. "You did didn't you...with that sexy thing....jealous man!" Greed took a seat, straightened the glasses on his face before looking over his shoulder at Digger who was still there with a dumbfounded grin on his face. He just wanted Greed to admit it. "It definitely was better than morning coffee." The other man fisted the air before Greed's look went to serious mode. "That doesn't mean you think about what she looks like naked." With that he turned around and went back to work knowing he'd gotten the best morning sex than any of these knuckleheads had had in months. "Oh, yeah, think the copier is out of paper." He'd totally seen the other day, and if everyone else was high of Greed's fluent fumes of bouncy happy they would act on it.
It was later in the day before Envy trolled into the toy store where he stalked Zoe sometimes. From a distance he really did look like Greed in grungier clothes. His hair wasn't pristine, and up close his face was a Picasso compared to his Sin brother. But, he wasn't looking to stand out like his ridiculous sibling. Karen noticed him as he came in, and while she had felt bad for the way things had gone between her and Zoe the other week, that jealousy bubbled up almost immediately as soon as Envy's dark eyes flashed a green. He had a spark. He'd use it. Then he'd use whatever he could pull out of Zoe herself who smelled of something....
happy...
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Zoe finished straightening up and felt eyes on her. Thinking it might be Greed, she looked around hopefully.. sometimes he surprised her. Oh. There was some guy who kinda reminded her of a dirtier less attractive version staring. She didn't know why people couldn't just speak up and ask for help instead of staring and being creepy. But she smiled, "Can I help you find something?" she asked him as she walked closer.
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Envy looked her over without a dead look on his face. He didn't seem pleased, his nose turning up at the smell she carried with her. All that bubbly attitude was infections and Envy backed away. It was when Karen walked by that he could see that glimmer in Zoe's face that wasn't happy. It was something he could build off of. He could gut someone with their own thoughts. The brain was a tricky thing. It often painted crisp visuals based off false ideas that it had created itself. Envy simply was there to give them a shove.
When Zoe looked at him he looked like he'd been scalded with hot water. He hated such bright eyes. "No. I'm looking for someone." But he'd already found her.
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Zoe frowned a little, this guy seemed like she'd offended him somehow. She stopped dead in her tracks and apologized, "I'm sorry." she tried again with a smile that made her eyes look kind, "Well, let me know if I can help you." and she left the guy alone unless he had something else to say.
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He brushed against Karen as she stepped to get out of his way, but like with any Sin a touch could be even just as powerful as the thought. He could feel the tension between the girls and it heightened his curiosity so he stuck around, watching from a distance until he needed to speak again. He would when Zoe bleed out with her own thoughts, they just needed a nudge.
Karen picked up one of the teddy bears on the floor with a yellow ribbon tied around its neck. She remembered Greed liked yellow. His cars were yellow, he wore yellow, and that was the thought that perked up, it reminded her of what Zoe had now that she didn't. Karen didn't want a boyfriend like hers, she wanted the one that got away (though Greed had never been a real boyfriend to anyone until Zoe). "You were a little late this morning..." she said to Zoe snapping her gum and twirling it on her tongue.
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Zoe was trying to avoid Karen and inwardly sighed when the woman tried coming after her again. Zoe steeled herself, busy with restocking a shelf. At Karen's remark, Zoe looked at her briefly, "It happens." her eyes going to the bear and smiling a little. Greed had gotten her a bear just like it with the same yellow bow, it now sat on her newly redesigned dresser and comforted her thoughts despite Karen there.
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Karen hadn't even realized she started strangling that bear just thinking about Greed. It wasn't a healthy obsession, not now but women and men both always wanted what they couldn't have when it was already taken. It was something Envy literally licked right off her she was hanging on it so tightly. It smelled divine. It was the tool he needed, but Zoe wasn't biting yet.
Standing on a nearby aisle he bit the end of his fingernail watching them through the sliver of broken space between the shelves. "Your boyfriend picking you up again?" It wasn't her business and she didn't know why she bothered to know. Zoe's smile just made her sick to her stomach. Weeks ago she had that girl in tears and now she was lording it over her. God, she hated her now. "I haven't seen him come in the store in a while." Karen was just a body, a tool for Envy to dig in before he plunged the knife into Zoe.
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Zoe was trying to keep herself calm and answered a bit bitingly, "He can't always come inside to get me, he has a job and we like to go home after work." she didn't know what possessed her to do it, but she looked at the woman and said, "He is picking me up today, he told me this morning, when I made him late for work by wearing this shirt." her tone and words implied everything, the reason she was late and smelled faintly of men's cologne is because her boyfriend had to have her that morning.
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Envy hissed with delight. There was a spark that was starting to ignite. He just needed to fan the flame to make it burn brighter. Karen snorted, tying the ribbon around the bear's neck tight. Like she could even imagine those two having---no it was just too pitiful to even think about. "Well, that just all depends if he picks you up." Karen would never see Greed as the kind of boy that went home to his doting girlfriend without having a few flings elsewhere. "I doubt he's satisfied with just that." Inside she was shocked at her own tongue. The viciousness that rolled out, slapping Zoe in the face with nail-biting hate. She loathed her for actually having that boy.
Envy didn't need to know who the boy was they were fighting for, as far as he knew it was the Virtue. The tiniest of truths could build on a million different stories, one not like the other. They were strung together on a thin rope that he climbed on to reach into someone's deepest fears. He preyed on that.
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No no no no no, Zoe was not going to let Karen back in her head but even as she closed the door, she could feel the woman getting in through the cracks. And her defenses were up and she felt a mean spiritedness that was unlike her as she replied, "You know what Karen, even if he isn't, he won't go running to you cause obviously you never satisfied him in the first place."
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"Doesn't mean he isn't going to someone else." With that Karen turned her head and threw the bear back on the floor for Zoe to pick up. She was angry she couldn't have the life that most girls wanted the moment they saw Greed, as if one girl was better than the other to turn his head. It had worked with Zoe but not with any of them, and it was a vicious cycle. Greed got bored and that was thing that Envy could feel pulsating out of Zoe's head, and he'd hang on that thought all day. He didn't say anything else to her, he just kept appearing leaving nothing but hate in the air. And it wasn't just Zoe that felt it. Customers were rude with her, co-workers, everyone who stepped in there that day did not feel excited or pleased. He loomed in the air like a big stink that hadn't been fanned out.
The world would look like it was crashing down into a million pieces. And when Greed texted her to say he was busy at work he'd pick her up later, it would sound like an excuse.
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Zoe picked up the bear and hugged it, she wasn't feeling in a great mood anymore. The day got worse with everyone rude or mean. She felt herself getting snappy too and tried to reign it in. Every time she caught Karen's eye tho, she just thought of Greed and the copy room and what if the receptionist was with him there. He liked that porno office stuff. She tried to get it out of her head and was relieved when he texted her only to frown. Busy? With who? She didn't text back because all she could think now was of that post it, how he hadn't thrown it away. How he had a drawer full. How he could reach in and just pick out someone to play with when he was bored.
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Envy sitting in the building just made the day drain on. It was closer to five o'clock before Greed texted Zoe again this time with a picture of his zombie figures fighting each other. The hint of a sticky-note on his desk would be enough of an invite for Zoe to take personally. And Envy just used it as arsenal. He came around again when a customer complained that there was no help in the store. He insisted on calling in a complaint about the staff, picking her name off her name tag to use against her. The customer was taking his frustration out on her which is how Envy used his influence. It was a rinse, wash, repeat kind of cycle. By the time it reached Zoe again it was dripping wet and dragging her down. She asked him if he needed help again, not sure if she even remembered him from earlier in the day. Most people didn't, there was just a familiarity about him that was disturbing to most. He'd found what he needed.
Karen left with a smile on her face when he saw that at six o'clock Zoe was still there. She had been off an hour ago, proof that her boyfriend wasn't as good as she thought he was. Envy stuck a cigarette in his mouth. All he ever asked Zoe for was a light, even if she didn't have one---because he had already lit the wick inside her. The thoughts he'd stirred up wouldn't simmer for some time now.
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Zoe felt like she wanted to vomit, she had this heavy feeling in her chest and her mind felt like it was filled with sewage. She pondered taking the bus but Greed said he'd come, he said he would. She was pacing in front of the store outside, she was going to get written up at work, she might even lose her job and all she could think about was Greed. When he sent the picture and she saw the corner of the post it note, she looked furious. Was he serious!? Is this why he was upset that he'd smell like her? He didn't want some other girl to know he had a girlfriend? She texted him when are you coming? She was staring at her phone like she could burn a hole through it. He had to come. He better come. He better not be coming out of his dick with another girl right now.
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The only time Envy had touched her was on the shoulder to ask for light and he stepped out. Even when he was gone, his influence was still there----festering. She would tear into her own head and destroy herself with those thoughts and he didn't have to say anything. It was about six thirty when Greed texted back saying that he was on his way, he'd gotten side-tracked by smell of hotdogs from a street vendor about a half a block from the building. He'd even brought extras! Fries too! It was six forty when he actually showed up to pick her up, the light just starting to dim because with the time change it was light out until seven. So he'd made it!
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If Zoe had been thinking clearly, she'd have smiled and rolled her eyes because hot dogs and fries were easy distractions in the world of Greed. But right now, it was all lies and excuses. When he showed up, she did not look happy, even her cheery yellow coat looked dull as she stalked to the car and got in, slamming the door shut.
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He waved a fry in front of her face expecting her to chomp on it. "They're good..." he insisted holding up another one to entice her into the little realm of food he had packed in this fancy car. He noticed though pretty quickly that she looked mad. "Bad day?" he'd left her a bright, cheery ray of sunshine. Did he need to offer himself up as sacrifice to make her crack a smile?
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She ignored the fry and then glared at him, her eyes looking over his face and clothes for signs he was with someone else, "I waited almost TWO hours for you to pick me up." it was a line that Zoe had never said before to him. It was a bitchy girlfriend line. But Zoe was used to Greed's distractions and sometimes he was late, she'd read a book, she'd do some errands, if she was really tired, she'd text him it was fine and she'd take the bus and see him at home later. She never pulled this bitchy card till now.
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Greed stuffed the fries in his mouth when she refused which was strange in itself. Usually she wanted to practically lick the food off his fingers. She called it sharing and he was still learning how to take it with his food. His brows knitted in confusion. "You've waited that long before. I told you I had to work late." This new bitch girl was unusual. He wasn't sure he liked it.
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"Right. I'm sure you were working late." her eyes getting big briefly before she rolled them with an angry look. "Did you forget how to drive or just that I was your girlfriend and you had to pick me up?" and she gestured at the road. The second the words came out of her mouth, she had a winced look on her face it felt like a sledgehammer to her skull.
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Greed just side-eyed her for a minute, setting the food away into the backseat with the stack of files he'd dragged home from work. "I got offered a new project. So, yes I was working late." His jaw clenched as he tapped his fingers on the steering wheel. He hadn't started the car yet, debating if she needed to take the bus with that mouth. He'd not given her any reason to doubt him, why the sudden switch? "You having issues with those bitches at work again?" he asked because that had been the problem a week ago, he'd told her how to handle it...
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The only words that stuck in Zoe's mind were 'new' and 'late'. "Why? Are you interested in them too?" She wasn't thinking of work, she was thinking of a post-it girl, someone new... naked, sitting in his desk chair, wearing his.. her eyes went to his neck and went wide. His tie was missing. He was never without his tie. And when she normally did that knot, he liked keeping it on because she made it. "Where's your tie?" she asked but man oh man was her tone straight up accusatory. The dull ache in her head was spreading into a migraine.
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His mouth twitched in an unpleasant face, brows furrowed heavy on his usually bouncy eyes. He didn't like her tone or what she was implying. Coming from her it struck the wrong chord. "Why don't you just ask what you really want to ask? Who have I been dicking around with? That's what your tone is suggesting." He turned to look at her straight on now with a very serious look. "Let's not hop around the issue." He looked down at his tieless shirt. "I got ketchup on it." He leaned back in the seat to grab the silk fabric and drop it in her lap. Did she really think he was going to walk around with a stained tie? She was insane.
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Her eyes got big and there was contempt and jealousy swimming in them.. no, her eyes were drowning in ugly feelings that she never used to give in to. Not at this level. But he wasn't denying it. Karen was right. Zoe herself was right. She knew one day he'd leave her, he already had. He was already cheating on her. She wrapped the tie tightly around her hand, the fabric making her skin red and cutting into it she was strangling the material and didn't even notice, "How? By bending that receptionist over your desk?" why wouldn't he deny it? If it wasn't true he wouldn't be bringing it up, he wouldn't be flaunting it in her face.
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There was a disgusting feeling all around her, it made him snarly and on the defense. He didn't need to say anything to her that fueled that jealous stink in the air, but he couldn't stop himself from saying a nasty quip. "No, she was too busy in the copy room." He didn't deny or agree to anything. Her accusations were just getting heavier and heavier and he couldn't think straight like this. Something was wrong but he was getting too made to pick it apart and look at it rationally.
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He didn't deny it. He might have meant with Digger but Zoe took it in the worst way possible, throwing the tie at him, "You asshole! Is that why you were bitching this morning that you didn't want to smell like me? Didn't want that office slut to ask questions? What did you tell her when I was there last time, that I was your sister? Not that that makes a difference to you!" she practically shouted the last bit and again made a winced face, she felt like she just got kicked in the side by a steel toed boot.
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Her jealous fit made him cringe. That dark cloud she had over her head was just getting darker and darker and he didn't like it. He wasn't going to hear her call him a slut. Not just once, but twice. He leaned over to open up her door. "Out. Take the bus back. I'm not listening to this bitch that has gotten in my car." Something was wrong he could feel it he just needed to clear his head and figure it out. It reminded him of the night they found her clothes a shredded mess. Something was hiding in the air and if he didn't keep his head clear he wouldn't be able to figure it out. "Go cry on Jonah's shoulder since he's Mr. Fix It." But maybe her being around a Virtue could actually ax whatever the hell was going on in her head. Greed might not be able to throw out his influence on her (it was useless in this case because she was filled something darker), but Jonah could. She needed something to nix this in the ass whatever it was. Maybe a trip around the block a few times without her in the car could give him the time he needed to figure this out.
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Was he throwing her out? And he still didn't deny it. So he was mad that she guessed right? That she finally knew the truth? Maybe he was late to go screw someone else. She glared at him, eyes narrowed as she grabbed the door handle, "Maybe I'll do more than just CRY!" definitely saying it in a tone that suggested she might sleep with the Virtue. But Zoe normally was disturbed at the idea of Jonah even considering her sexually so she didn't know why she said it but she couldn't stop herself.
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"Yeah see if he can even get it up first!" he yelled back, but the fact that he had to even say that in a angry fit was strange enough. She didn't like talking about Jonah, sex or even putting them in the same sentence. She got squirmy. Even more disturbing was the fact that she was accusing him of fucking around without any tears. Shit, the name Lust alone would make her get quiet and teary even thinking about him with someone else. So now all of a sudden he was a whore, a liar and apparently not as appealing as a Virtue?
"Out...talk to me when you've exorcised whatever the fuck is in your head right now." Maybe she'd been abducted by aliens?
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"OH, I'll make sure he can, I've had practice!" yup... she was implying she was going to blow Jonah. Which she never ever would. But then she got defensive and she wasn't out of the car when she started throwing more accusations at him, "Why so eager to get rid of me? Who's waiting for you? Were you even going to come tonight? Or were you planning on slipping me some stupid excuse to go fuck around?" which was ridiculous to her ears even when she heard it... he was with her most nights. But a voice in her head asked her: what about the nights he's not?
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She was definitely possessed. Aliens wouldn't have touched this. "Because whoever the hell you are right now is not my girlfriend. I don't want to talk to this." He needed to breathe. And if she did not get out of his car he'd call her roommate down here right now and wave his fingers some Virtue magic because he had no better ideas right now.
He could have gotten on his knees and told her he was a good boy and she wouldn't believe him (he wouldn't even do that anyway). But her words were malicious, scathing like boiling water. When she offered to give Jonah a blow job then he knew what he was dealing with was not Zoe. He just could not put his finger on it yet, but it reeked.
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She widened her eyes at him, "Now I'm not your girlfriend? Of course, I'm not. Because you're bored already." that was Karen's voice, "You never wanted a relationship, you don't know how!" that was Jonah's voice, "All that bullshit that you liked I'm not like the other girls, well obviously you don't!" why else was he shoving her out? She finally did get out of the car and slammed the door shut, still yelling. She smacked her hands on the roof, "Go on, go to whatever skank is waiting in your bed!" he did have someone, he hated to be alone. Who was it? She pressed a hand to her head as she moved away from the car and down the street into the evening light, she felt like there was a siren going off in her head.
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Greed got out of the car yelling at her as she got out. "You don't want me to say what I really want to say...." he slammed his fist into the top of the car because his anger was going to force out a name she didn't want to hear. The name of a woman, a sister he hadn't been with in months and she knew that. He clamped his mouth shut which was the hardest thing in the world for him to do right now because he felt if he threw that out now there would be some irreversible damage he wouldn't be able to come back from. He'd learned his lesson the hard way the last time.
He waited until all he could see was her back, but he watched her carefully expecting a light to beam her up into the sky at any second. Or maybe her head would do a complete 360. If she started scaling walls and lamp posts then he had something demonic to deal with. He called the one person he didn't want to.
Jonah.
He warned the Virtue that something was about to come in the door that even he might not want to deal with, but maybe, just maybe he could do something about it. At whatever cost, Greed would use Jonah as his wet blanket, because Greed was a useless influence right now. That was if she made it back to the apartment. He drove past her screeching tires down the road turning down a side road. He parked and waited for her to pass while he followed from a distance. Where she wouldn't know he was following her because in the back of his mind he thought she might jump off a bridge or fuck her roommate...and neither of those were acceptable. He was using the time to widdle away at ideas. More than that he wanted to kick himself for asking a VIRTUE for help but he was empty-handed.
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Zoe just stopped and glared at him when he said that. There was only one person. The person who would get him when she was gone. Because she was mortal and she'd die and he knew it so why wait to leave her. He was already back with her, it was their DEAL, she said it was okay even when it wasn't even when if she could, she would keep that god damn woman away from him forever. "FUCK YOUR SISTER!" she practically screamed it at him, then she turned around and started walking again, "OH WAIT, You already are!!" she shouted even while she kept walking. She had to stop for a moment when she reached an alleyway, she put a hand on the brick and leaned forward, she felt horrible, she felt like she had bad food posioning.. but the food was alive and trying to eat her insides. She picked up the pace to get home.
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She had said it not him. When she didn't even flinch he knew for a fact that some worm was embedded in her brain and slowly eating her inside out. What, he hadn't nailed it yet.
He was glad at least with her our of his car his skin didn't crawl and literally peel off.
When she got to the apartment Jonah already had a pot of tea and a plate of cookies ready on the table. He knew something was drastic when Greed called him. One thing the boys could agree on was Zoe's safety, and right now it was in jeopardy. He flinched as she came in, the walls around them just crumbling. That feeling hed had for some time was coming off her in one strong stench. This was the work of something dark.
"Zoe?" Samson came barreling towards her in one big run, ready to jump at her legs and be greeted. She might not have been happy, but he certainly was.
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Zoe dropped her bag and coat on the sofa, "What." she bit the word out to Jonah after she shut the door. Her head was splitting and she put a hand up in front of her as the puppy jumped on her. No matter how tired she was, she always had a smile and cuddle for Sammy, but today she said, "I have a headache, Samson." as if the puppy would understand.
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Jonah came around with a cup of tea, putting one in front of her. "Here, it's your favorite." She was in a most detestable mood he'd never seen on her before. He took a seat beside her, Samson whining as he curled up at his owners feet.
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Zoe looked cross and she wanted to refuse the tea but her stomach hurt, her skull felt like it was vibrating so she took it but she didn't say thank you. Her mind was going nuts thinking of Greed on his way to his sister's house.
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Samson whimpered slowly getting closer to rest his head on her knee. Jonah knew when she paid the puppy no mind that she was not herself. She looked in pain but she wasn't the weeping mess he'd seen before. He was leery of putting on his influence after what had happened before, but this seemed a special case. Her head was a mess, he could feel the uneasiness. Jonah took her hand, rubbing her palm lightly between his fingers and her wrist like he had when it had been broken. Virtues didn't leech off people like the Sins, their influence was more pure than that. It was soft. What Jonah was working with here wasn't an excess by any means, but maybe it could give her some relief, calm her head. He controlled impulses, but there was a wide gamut there, abstinence, modesty, humility, forgiveness, vanity and anger.There was more, but she was radiating a lot of self-loath anger, so maybe....just maybe....
Hopefully she would see this as an intervention, not as a forced entry.
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Zoe's eyes snapped to Jonah like an animal that had just been attacked. She ripped her hand away and stood up, Samson having to back up away from her and the tea spilling a few drops, "What the hell are you doing!?" she meant to ask but it came out more as a yell, "You have a severe problem with personal space, you know that?" he might not have gotten to work too much influence on her but just enough slipped in that she paused. It felt like a car crash happening inside her and for a moment she could only press a hand to her forehead and hold on for the ride.
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Jonah looked up with a winced face. "Something's going on inside you Zoe, I'm trying to help." He'd take the hit even though Greed had asked him to do this. Jonah didn't like shutting people down with his influence, it was more kind than that. He stood just as Greed flied through the door, looking at them both expectantly. "Did you do it yet?" he asked Jonah like Jesus Christ I gave you plenty of time, what are you waiting for?
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"Help? No one asked for your help, Jonah. You're always.." she was feeling so sick.. she shook her head, "Just leave me alone." her mind was in a black fog, she didn't even notice that Greed was there as she left the table. She needed to lie down and go to sleep and everything wwould be better in the morning..
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"You didn't do it did you?" Greed rolled his eyes and made a lunge for Zoe. He may have spun her around too quickly because the tea ended up all over the floor. "Come on now, be useful Temp. I think my girlfriend might be a pod left over from an alien invasion if this doesn't work." Jonah felt strongly against forcing anything on anyone. "Please, Jonah..." Greed finally said, "Something's wrong and neither of us can talk to her like this." Jonah took a deep breath, knowing for once maybe Greed was right.
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Zoe struggled hard when Greed grabbed hold of her. She kicked her legs and wriggled her arms, she fought like a hellion. "Are you already done fucking your sister!?" she shouted at him, "Why not go across the hall, give those girls another go?" not that he's slept with them but Zoe was convinced that was why he came over. Hehad to have been sneaking over to those floozies and fucking them while she was asleep. Or peeing. She glared at Jonah and kicked at him, "Touch me and I will kill you." and while Zoe could be violent, she normally gave Jonah a kiss on the cheek every time Greed hit him, the thought of her doing serious damage to anyone was unthinkable.
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Greed braced his arms tight around her hugging her from behind as he held her down. "Don't tell me I have to tie her to a chair..." He contemplated that a moment, "got any rope?" Jonah shook his head, Greed had a lot of hair-brained ideas, this one was definitely one of them. But hearing such terrible things come out of Zoe's mouth was enough to convince Jonah that this was definitely an intervention. He was not going to look at it as aiding a Sin, but they could meet on common ground this time.
"Just hold her..." Greed ended up tackling her onto the couch, monkeying his legs and arms around her so he was pretzeled over her flailing limbs. Jonah went right for the temples once Greed got her situated trying to soothe whatever it was that had her so agitated. This wasn't the work of Greed, he could sense that much.
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Zoe let loose a stream of profanities at Greed, "I wasn't good enough before and now you want me? Why? Did your precious sister reject you?" She oof!'d as they landed on the sofa and he was a vice around her, she was feel trapped. "Don't touch--!" she started to shout at Jonah but when his influence wasn't slow and wasn't interrupted, it went into her system and she didn't calm... as much as just shut down. She looked almost catatonic as she was now stuffed full of Sin and Virtue and the battle was now going on inside with no clear victor yet.
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When she went limp Greed carefully unlocked his limbs, his hands stroking her hair back. "It's not you, it's not an excess, but it's one of you." Jonah spoke with worry. There was definitely a Sin in that girl that wasn't waned on a natural progression. It was put in her mind with a mess of thoughts buried inside. "I can't negate it or draw it all our without knowing the source and finding the corresponding one of us," one of the Virtues. "She'll be calm for now, but it isn't going to go away immediately."
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She hadn't passed out, just more like the malicious bullet train she had been on, someone put on the breaks. She wasn't relaxed as much as limp with exhaustion but she wasn't fighting either of them.
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Greed continued to rake his fingers through her hair in a calming motion. She still looked uncomfortable but she wasn't fighting them anymore. As Jonah explained Greed could do a real easy deduction to name their culprit. There were only four Sins left. "Its not Sloth and Wrath wouldn't dare. Pride wouldn't bother, so that leaves us with one." He was already clenching his teeth at the thought.
"Envy," Jonah added.
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Zoe very suddenly and very quickly sat up straight. She gripped the edge of the couch and had a pained and weird look on her face as sweat started to form on her brow. She felt so sick. She felt rancid. She felt.... she leaned forward as if trying to get up but fell to one knee and just retched. But it wasn't food type barf that came out. It was black vomit as if the darkness sticking to her insides and clogging her mind was being forcefully ejected.
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Both boys kind of moved as she projected the black bile in what direction they weren't sure. Greed had seen it before with Lust. It was vile but it wasn't what any normal human being was used to. At her aim she got his shoes which thankfully were cleanable leather. It still made him squeal, but more than that his girl was sweating, shaking, an absolute mess. He kicked off his shoes, wiping the black stain on the couch. He had a feeling she was about to burst into tears. He was reading himself for the crash.
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Zoe actually felt worse after vomiting, because now she could feel more of it. She waited a moment and then barfed more black, her body not being able to handle so much sin in it. The black streaked her arms and was on her hand and clothes, running down her chin. Greed knew his girlfriend pretty well because tears came to her eyes and she broke from the pain, the grossness and the horror of how she was behaving.
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Greed smacked Jonah on the leg. "Jesus get something will you." It gave Greed a moment with her and also to peel off the jacket and vest out of the way, roll up his sleeves and try to keep her hair out of her face. This was different than just straight up vomit and he was disgusted but----
Thank god Jonah returned with towels. He was kind of disturbed by the scene. "Lets hope some alien doesnt rip out of your stomach next huh." He joked but started to wipe at her arms and chin. "Seriously its like tar..." he grimaced.
"Have you seen this before?" Jonah asked with a disturbed tone while Greed acted unphased. "Once...." he shot a glare over the other side of the couch as Jonah wiped off her other arm. "Think about it twinkle toes...that much self-loathing hateful Sin and your twilight shit...what do you think is gonna happen?"
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Zoe looked out of it, she FELT out of it as the boys cleaned her up. She was a mess, and she wanted to apologize to Greed but she couldn't. All those thoughts were still there only now they weren't consuming her. She felt like she had broken the surface but couldn't leave Envy's waters. She wiped her face full of tears with her hand, streaking the black stuff there. She wanted to collapse and just die.
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"Let's get her to the bathroom..." Greed gave Jonah an expectant look that said hed carry her. The rest Greed would handle. He needed to get out of these clothes. While he got the water started in the tub he changed into a tank top and jeans. She could dirty that up, but damn that was a brand new suit. Jonah had her seated on the edge, holding an arm so she wouldnt fall over. He was relieved to see Greed again because undressing her felt wrong. "I'll make a fresh cup of tea." He could busy himself with that, amazed at himself that he and Greed were actually working together.
Greed peeled off her clothes while the tub filled with water, warm and inviting. He helped her slide in carefully, resting his arms on the side with his chin atop, as he let her soak in the warmth. He peeled the hair out of her face, wiping with his thumb some of those pesky tears.
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Zoe gripped onto whatever boy was with her at the time but she's glad Jonah wasn't the one to undress her. Her clothes were ruined, streaked with the black barf but as soon as Greed helped her get in the water, she let out a breath and seemed to find a moment of peace. The water was something the Sins couldn't take from her, it was programmed in her body. So far anyways. She looked pained and lost, her mind felt like what it'd look like after a bomb went off. She sniffled, breathing through her mouth, coughing now and then. When she became aware of Greed's thumb on her cheek, she turned her face up to him, "Are you gonna leave me?" she asked in an unsure and broken voice. But it was hard to tell if she meant because of her behavior or for the night or if it was still his brother making her think Greed was going to go to another woman.
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"Depends what we're talking about. We talking about today or for the future? Because as far as I'm concerned I'm not going anywhere. Not tonight, not tomorrow or the future. But please no more black shit...." he dragged a cloth down from the towel rod wetting it with soap to clean back the makeup and black off her face. "Seriously that is some zombie movie stuff..."
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If she had been feeling like herself, she'd have made a joke about how he liked zombies but she felt like she had been beaten up from the inside out. "What is this..." she asked. The black stuff, her feeling sick and acting like a bitch, what was going on?
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"You start peeling flesh and muscle then we have issues because I cant fuck a zombie.." he bopped her on the nose with the rag. "Well, sweetie youre pumped up with Envy and Temp, so its like having steroids or a silicone leak inside from a boob job. Now your body is dumping out." He made expressions with his hands as he explained. "I shoulda noticed sooner but all that shit Envy plays rubs off on me too..."
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She didn't react to the bop, just looked miserable. Envy? She looked at him confused, "Your brother...? Why... why would he do this..." he didn't know her. She tried to think back, "I don't even know him.." ugh, she hated immortals so much sometimes. "Why did Jonah..." she was so confused.
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He leaned over to grab a bottle of bubble bath to squirt into the tub. Soaking in bubbles was always better. He let it foam up with the wave of his hand in the water while he explained a little further. "Envy is like a fire and I'm just gasoline on that fire. It was rubbing off on me in the worst way and that was dangerous. I didn't know if Jonah could help or not, I just had to expect that it would so I could get a breather to clear my head. I was desperate to fix you but I knew I couldn't because all it was doing was building my anger." He built up a fort of bubbles around her wiping a little fleck of black that was still glued to her cheek. "Envy is slick and we ride a really fine line, but he preys on your thoughts. He takes truth and he distorts it."
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She reached a hand out of the water to carve at the bubbles while he explained. He was the one who wanted Jonah to fix her? Despite how much he hated the Virtue? She turned pale at his last line, her eyes going downcast as she shook her head, saying quietly, "I... I don't think you're cheating." her eyes squeezing tightly shut and a hand going to her head as a voice in her head asked what if he was?
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"Yeah...you wonder about it though somewhere down in there." He pointed at her head softly. "You think I might though, one day. And my sister..." She'd brought that up too, and as heavy as a subject as it was she needed to face these things with him if she was going to wade through the green Envy cloud.
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She was naked in the tub sure but she felt exposed by what he was saying. Yes they might be stupid thoughts and fears but they were hers and not for Greed's eyes and ears. Her features hardened and she still wouldn't look at him at the mention of his sister, she quickly said, "I don't wanna talk about it.."
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"Zoe, that's the way Envy destroys. He takes those little minuscule thoughts and he draws them out, he pumps them up, fattens them until they explode. With enough of it you could have killed me if you had gotten mad enough. That's how Envy is dangerous, taking the little things you fear and drawing them out like a leech." He waved his hand around in the water, flicking a few bubbles with his finger. "We will talk about it or it's going to eat away at you and Envy has won."
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"I couldn't have killed you..." she was one tiny woman, he was twice her size. Her insanity was her own, and he shoved her away before it could really affect him. Or he didn't want her. She sunk a little deeper in the water and muttered, "Let him win." she was not going to discuss his sister. His trampy, whore-y, stupid, sister.
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"You could if it ate away at you long enough. Crimes of passion...." He flapped his hand in the water, splashing a small wave at her. "I'll be right back..." he left her alone only for a second to grab her something to step into. Once he had her in bed laying down, calm, they'd discuss this. He wasn't going to let it sit and wear on her no matter what she said.
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Zoe was glad Greed was letting it go. Even tho it was eating away at her mind. He was letting it go because it was true, he'd leave her, he might be going to see his sister-- she closed her eyes to stop the thoughts. She was shaky and needed his help getting out of the bath and dying off. Once he got her into a long sleeved galaxy print shirt she felt a little warmer and put her hands on him to help balance as he helped her with the rest.
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Once he had her out of the tub and in something comfortable (including a pair of his loose plaid boxers) he held her there for a minute. Her legs looked as if they were jello ready to just give out from under her. He knew deep down that she didn't have any reason to trust him because of what he was. He was just as vindictive as the rest of his family, the difference was he held on to the things that were important to him---and after a long time he'd managed to wiggle her up to a position higher than most of his most prized possessions. She for him, right now was more important to him than his sister. He was growing up, growing into the man he didn't know he could be.
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Slowly her arms went around his neck and she held on to him like he might disappear or want to leave. She'd behaved so badly to him and she didn't mean any of it. They'd been doing so good. They'd finally seemed to be settling into something normal and then this... she did what he had asked her to do before. She let him be her strength and she held on and let him be strong for them both because she felt wrecked.