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Tweak says, "ask me how I am..."

ikindalikeit (ikindalikeit) wrote in marinanova,
@ 2013-08-14 13:44:00

Entry tags:

daniel osbourne, rogue

Action | Closed to Oz
[ it's a date. Rogue's first official date with Oz, and she's nervous. Butterflies are starting a riot in her stomach, she's second guessed the outfit she bought for the date a million times, and she's still worrying that it's too 'naked'. There's a lot of shoulder and knee to mid thigh showing, but it's a date. That's the sorta thing that's supposed to be showing on a date, isn't it?

Clearly she's got very little actual experience in this area. She has decided to leave her hair down, feeling that it provides a little extra protection against her naked shoulders. There's a knock on the door, just in time to stop her from running back into her room to put on tights that it's really too warm for anyway.

She opens the door with a nervous smile. ]

Hey.

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	taciturnbeast 2013-09-01 09:52 am UTC (link)
	And I do that wolf thing... apparently more here than I have at home in a long time. External forces. [ He nods slowly, looking down to the top of the table. ] I uhm... I've been here in the prison a long time. We've been dancing around each other for a long time, you and me. Not literal dancing, just metaphorical. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ikindalikeit 2013-09-01 11:32 pm UTC (link)
	I think yours are a lot easier to deal with than mine. [ She says that even with scars on her shoulder, ribs and hip from an attack. ] Literal dancin' would be nice sometime, but yeah. We have. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	taciturnbeast 2013-09-02 11:25 am UTC (link)
	And I don't know if you remember that several days ago I left and returned with more memories from home. [ He's pretty sure they had talked about that, if not in specifics, in the fact that several years had been shoved into his brain. ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ikindalikeit 2013-09-02 01:46 pm UTC (link)
	[ Rogue nods. ] Yeah. You seemed sorta...more thoughtful than usual 'bout it. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	taciturnbeast 2013-09-03 06:11 pm UTC (link)
	Yeah... [ He smirks the word out so it's more air than voice. Then he continues. ] So uh... when I came back, I had more memories of home. And... I had my own pack there. My own... family. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ikindalikeit 2013-09-03 06:17 pm UTC (link)
	[ Rogue leans forward, worry and concern etched on her face. By family she's assuming he means a family like the people she has back at Xavier's, like Logan and Professor X and Storm. ] Well that's good, ain't it, Sugar? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	taciturnbeast 2013-09-03 08:50 pm UTC (link)
	Oh. Yeah. It's good. I never thought... I mean... I was lone wolf for a really long time. [ And then he'd found his place, something he'd yet to do here. But he was trying... getting closer. And from his perspective, she's taking this way better than he'd thought she would. ] Her name is Bay. And my son is Kelden. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ikindalikeit 2013-09-03 10:07 pm UTC (link)
	[ Okay. Wait. Rogue is staring at him in shock now. It's probably more the reaction she expected. ] You've got a family. [She's going to have to have a minute to decide how she feels about that. Right now she's confused and shocked and wondering where the hell that leaves her and him. ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	taciturnbeast 2013-09-04 12:52 pm UTC (link)
	[ He didn't need his wolfy senses to catch that shock as she's registering this information. So it's a few seconds more before he speaks again. ] I didn't plan to like you as much as I do. And when I got back from home you were with someone else. And I set it to the back-burner. But I can't deny I have these feelings. You make me feel... things. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

ikindalikeit
2013-09-04 02:16 pm UTC (link)

[ It's a lot to take in. She knows that they all have lives they leave behind when they come here. She's certain that Oz isn't the only one with a spouse and a child. She's just never had feelings for someone that had either. Oh, she supposes at one point Logan might have had a wife, but that was always more of a crush than anything that could be a viable relationship; She'd thought that was what she and Oz were building, as much as they could anyway given her power.

For the moment she's going to put the wife and child thing on the backburner, at least until she figures out what Oz wants from her. There was no sense in spending time brooding over it until then. ]

What--what sorta things?

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	taciturnbeast 2013-09-06 11:52 am UTC (link)
	[ He knows it's a lot to take in. He knows it is. And he's honestly waiting for her to walk right here and now. ] The sort of things that happen when a boy likes a girl in more than a platonic way. [ He pauses. ] I get if it's too... complicated. It feels really complicated. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

ikindalikeit
2013-09-06 02:47 pm UTC (link)

[ She's not ready to walk out yet. She's really not. She's just trying to deal with two levels of things: Their relationship and his relationships previous to this.

She takes a deep breath and shakes her head. ] It ain't--it's...[ she presses her lips together. ] I guess I'm sorta afraid of bein' a homewrecker. I'm also, selfishly, sorta afraid of what happens if...[ sharp breath in and definitely not looking at him ] I let myself fall in love with you here and she showed up. I couldn't blame you. I'd even encourage you.

[ She blows a breath out between her lips. ] Then I'm sorta thinkin' it's all pointless and dumb. I can't ever...it's always gonna be sophomore year at high school relationship wise with me and I know that's gonna get old eventually so I don't know why either of us are worried about gettin' in too deep 'cause I'm all shallow end.

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	taciturnbeast 2013-09-06 04:46 pm UTC (link)
	Deep doesn't just involve touch. [ It's said quietly, Oz's eyes intent on her across the table. ] There are other things that are way deeper. And I wouldn't even bring it up if I weren't already starting to get there. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ikindalikeit 2013-09-06 06:54 pm UTC (link)
	[ Rogue looks up at that, catching the intent look he's giving her. She tucks the white strands of her hair behind her ears. ] Okay. [ She says it quietly at first then a bit louder. ] Okay. So--what happens next? I mean...are you askin' me if I still wanna date you? Or...how I feel about--about datin' somebody who's married somewhere else? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	taciturnbeast 2013-09-06 09:17 pm UTC (link)
	[ He draws in a deep breath, almost answers, but doesn't, almost answers again, but doesn't. Until finally... ] Both. Does that make me a bad person? [ Because he almost feels like a bad person. ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

ikindalikeit
2013-09-07 12:37 pm UTC (link)

It don't make you a bad person. [ That comes out first and relatively quickly. The rest takes a few moments. It's a big question and she has to sort out exactly how she feels about it. Her brow furrows and her lips purse a bit then thin out. Ultimately she ends up nibbling on her bottom lip. ]

I still wanna date you and I sorta think that makes me a bad person. [ She takes a short breath. ] I don't know how I feel about it for sure. It's sorta like...that was your other life and even if we do get our other lives back....my world and your world aredifferent. I guess she could come here and I don't know what I'd do then, but I ain't sure I want to structure my life from 'mights'. I guess...I don't know. It feels like---[Her looks up to Oz.] How do you feel 'bout it?

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taciturnbeast
2013-09-07 06:50 pm UTC (link)

I feel like... I feel things here. You things. And I don't know exactly what that makes me. Or what I should do with them. But you things have been happening for a long time. Even before I went home and came back.

[ He shrugs, reaching his hand across the table for her gloved one. ] I still if you still. That's... I just want you to still knowing all of everything.

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	ikindalikeit 2013-09-08 02:14 pm UTC (link)
	[ Rogue let him take her hand, fingers curling around his. She nods a little. ] Yeah...I do. Guess we both can figure out what it means and makes us and what to do with 'em. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	taciturnbeast 2013-09-08 10:41 pm UTC (link)
	And you still wanna do this? Now? A date? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ikindalikeit 2013-09-08 11:31 pm UTC (link)
	Well I'm all dressed up. [ She says it with a smile. There's still a lot to think about and some feelings to work through; things that will probably crop up the more serious they get, but she knows she likes Oz and she wants to date him.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	taciturnbeast 2013-09-09 10:55 am UTC (link)
	Gladness. [ He looks very pleased with that answer. Well, very pleased for Oz. ] And you do look really good. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ikindalikeit 2013-09-09 09:27 pm UTC (link)
	[ Rogue has known Oz long enough to realize he's pleased. His compliment makes her blush and smile broadly. ] Thank you. [ She looks up at him from beneath her lashes, biting her bottom lip. ] You too. You look very dateable. [ Which was relevant to their earlier conversation. ] (Reply to this) (Parent)

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