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Michael Corner (cornercharm) wrote in my_rpg,
@ 2009-09-12 20:30:00

Who: Michael and Cho
Where: Pub
When: backdated to sometime last week at night
Why: because Michael fancies a drink
Rated: TBA

Michael had already started drinking long before Cho showed up. This didn't mean he was wasted. He wasn't. Slightly buzzed, maybe, but drunk, definitely not. He'd just had a rough few days at work. There was nothing going on-- at least in his department anyways. And when nothing was going on, things got terribly boring. He needed something to spice things up. Seeing Cho, spending time with her, usually did the trick.

"Oi. Over here," he called, when he saw her walk in the door. He held up a drink to her, that might have been sitting on the table for about an hour but he swore was still drinkable. He'd ordered it for her when he first came in. "Got you a drink."

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cholicous
2009-09-13 03:48 am UTC (link)

Cho didn't know why she always said yes to Michael. It would be much easier if she could hate him and be done with it. But, she couldn't. He was an asshole, yes, but he was also very funny and charming when he wanted to be. It was those two traits that did Cho in.

At least this time she hadn't allowed herself to get tarted up before joining him at the pub. She looked as she did every day with her hair pulled away from her face and simple black trousers and a plain blouse. Cho had stopped dressing for fun years ago. What was the point? She wore robes over everything anyway.

When she walked into the pub, Cho scanned the crowd for Michael. Not an easy feet when she barely stood over five feet and couldn't see around more of the patrons. Thankfully, Michael called out for her and Cho weaved around the crowd to join him at the table. Sitting down, Cho inspected her drink and after she was satisfied it wouldn't be revolting, downed the thing in a matter of seconds.

"You promised to be nice," she reminded him. Truthfully, Cho didn't think Michael could pull it off.

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cornercharm
2009-09-14 04:22 pm UTC (link)

He didn't mind that she wasn't dressed up. Michael happened to like the Cho that just lounged around. He happened to like all women that felt that dressing up was too much trouble. He felt they were much more beautiful when they didn't have makeup on or goop in their hair. And Michael was definitely thinking that Cho was looking beautiful as she walked over to his table.

"Did I?" He couldn't recall but it sounded like something he'd do, if only to get her to come out. When she sat and downed her drink, Michael smiled triumphantly. Raising his hand, he ordered two more drinks, which were placed in front of them promptly.

"I'll buy your drinks tonight. How's that for nice?"

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cholicous
2009-09-14 04:33 pm UTC (link)

"For you, that's about as nice as I'm going to get." The truth was, Cho was lonely and didn't want to spend another night alone in her flat. But she wasn't going to let Michael know she had been grateful for the invitation. Dear Rowena, she could only imagine what he could do with that information.

She couldn't help looking him over. Damn him. It wasn't fair that he was fit. If he hadn't been attractive then Cho wouldn't have wasted so much time on him. "Been busy?" In other words, why in the hell hadn't he been coming to talk to her as much lately?

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cornercharm
2009-09-14 04:51 pm UTC (link)

"Sort of. Not this week, though," he said, giving her a little shrug as he took a sip of his beer. It wasn't that he hadn't been coming to talk to her on purpose. Honestly, sometimes he forgot she was there. Not in a mean way, of course. Just, he usually had other things on his mind. Mostly, training the interns and getting his paperwork done.

"What about you? How's nursing?" Normally, he would have thrown in a little quip about how it probably wasn't as hard as Healing, but he was feeling generous. And he had promised to be nice.

Plus, he was a little lonely, too.

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cholicous
2009-09-14 06:01 pm UTC (link)

"It's fine," she said carefully. Cho had heard one too many of her comments to answer that question without being a little wary of what might follow. "One of the nurses retired last week. Might not me too much longer before I have the highest seniority." It wasn't that she had been there too long, but nurses didn't last long in Triage. It was bloody and stressful and not for the lazy workers. Cho thrived there. Others didn't.

She took a sip of her drink. It would be so nice if she didn't always expect to get annoyed by Michael. Or anyone, for that matter. She'd love to be able to relax and not worry. "How are the interns this time around? Completely useless?"

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cornercharm
2009-09-15 12:38 am UTC (link)

"Highest seniority? Then you get to boss all the little twerps around, eh?" He laughed, finishing off drink number...well. He stopped counting three beers ago.

"Definitely useless. I might make one of them touch up my beard if they mess up again. And apparently no one wants to go near it, so I guess it's a right punishment." This was true. His beard was starting to look ragged. He washed it, obviously-- hygiene was very important to Michael. But sometimes he didn't have time to keep it groomed. The interns were starting to make jokes about things living in there. For the record, he was bug free.

"I need to get properly fucked." He ordered another round of drinks.

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cholicous
2009-09-15 12:49 am UTC (link)

Cho was in the middle of a rather large gulp of her beverage when Michael made that announcement. Choking on her drink, Cho coughed and set the glass down on the table. She grabbed for a napkin while tossing Michael an annoyed look and wiped her mouth.

"Thank you for that, really." The last thing she wanted to hear about was his personal life. "Could you try to be a little less... whorish?" Was that a note of jealousy in her tone?

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	cornercharm 2009-09-15 01:11 am UTC (link)
	Michael looked confused. "I meant shitted, hammered, buzzed, drunk. But, I mean. If you're offering, I wouldn't deny a little tickle in the loo." He shot her a seductive look. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	cholicous 2009-09-15 01:23 am UTC (link)
	"Oh." Cho hid behind her glass and mentally groaned. That was just lovely. Truly lovely. Drinking the last of it, Cho set the glass down just in time for another to arrive. She didn't waste any time and threw it back quickly. She was going to be drunk very, very soon. "I am not going to do anything to you in the loo," she said. "That's disgusting." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	cornercharm 2009-09-15 01:27 am UTC (link)
	Michael rolled his eyes exasperated. "Fiiiiiine," he said, drawing it out. "We can go back to my flat. Or yours. I'm not picky." He gave her a cocky wink and tossed back his own drink. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

cholicous
2009-09-15 01:32 am UTC (link)

She didn't say anything for a moment or two and finished the last of her drink. Cho looked at Michael, reminding herself of how annoying he was and how much he upset her when he was being a prat and then how damn miserable she'd been for months without a proper shag and..

"Fine." She stood up and pushed her chair in. "But you better pay for those drinks and not try to stick me with the tab."

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	cornercharm 2009-09-15 01:44 am UTC (link)
	He was surprised, honestly. "Really?" He nearly choked on his beer, but quickly covered it. Michael had to look on top of his game at all times. "I mean. No. I'd never leave you with the tab. You couldn't afford it anyways." He waved over two more drinks. He was looking at her differently now. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	cholicous 2009-09-15 01:50 am UTC (link)
	"Oh to hell with you. I make more than enough." He was going to get kicked at this rate. It wasn't like she worked in the bloody gift shop. And she hadn't pissed her gold away on things she didn't need either. "You can be a real prick, you know that?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	cornercharm 2009-09-15 02:02 am UTC (link)
	He nodded, grinning from ear to ear. "I know, and I try very hard. It's not easy, you know." And it wasn't. "But, I can be a real charmer, right?" He reached forward and played with her hair, running it smoothly through his fingers. "We all have flaws." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

cholicous
2009-09-15 02:11 am UTC (link)

"Yes," she admitted and leaned into his touch. She might not want him to be so bloody charming, but that didn't make it any less true. He was, as much as it pained her to admit, able to convince her to do almost anything so long as he smiled at her like that.

"You're not the biggest fan of flaws in others," she reminded her quietly and immediately wished she hadn't.

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	cornercharm 2009-09-15 02:40 am UTC (link)
	He brushed a thumb across her cheek ever so lightly. "Good thing you're perfect then, huh?" He didn't mean it. He never did. She had flaws just like he did. But it sounded like the right thing to say, given the circumstances. After a moment, he pulled back. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

cholicous
2009-09-15 02:43 am UTC (link)

Rolling her eyes, Cho leaned back in her chair as Michael pulled away. "Sure," she said. She wasn't perfect. She was far from it and he knew it better than most.

"This will really work better if you stop trying to be charming and try for honesty instead," she pointed out. "I don't want to fall for that again."

Dammit, she needed another drink. Hers was empty. Cho waved for the waitress to bring another round.

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	cornercharm 2009-09-15 02:47 am UTC (link)
	"Honesty?" He scoffed. "What do you want me to say? That I want to take you back to my place and shag you senseless and then pretend it didn't happen tomorrow?" Okay, that might have been a little too honest, but Michael was definitely feeling the effects of the alcohol. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

cholicous
2009-09-15 02:50 am UTC (link)

"Yes! Because I already know that's how you'd act and it's better if you admit it then pretend you're going to be nice to me." Cho had, apparently, lost any sense of romance. She was a realist these days and didn't see the point in hoping for something she was never going to get.

There was a very, very good chance she was going to hate herself for allowing this. But she was so damn sick and tired of going to bed alone every night.

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cornercharm
2009-09-15 02:57 am UTC (link)

"But I am being nice to you!" He was, wasn't he? Or he was trying to, at least. She wasn't making it any easier for him. Sure, Michael didn't always have tact when it came to certain things, but he knew how to act before bedding a woman. Especially women he'd already had relations with.

"I'm buying your drinks! And I'm telling you you're perfect!" He was waving his hands. People in the pub were starting to stare at him.

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cholicous
2009-09-15 03:00 am UTC (link)

"Yes, but this isn't you! You don't think I'm perfect and you're only buying me drinks because you don't think I can afford them!" Okay, so she was probably overreacting a bit, but she had her fair share of alcohol too.

"And just because you're being nice right now doesn't mean you're not going to.. to.." Make her feel awful in a few days. Cho made a frustrated noise and put her head down on the table. "Nevermind," she grumbled. "I'm going to go home."

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cornercharm
2009-09-15 03:07 am UTC (link)

He shrugged. "Alright. Do what you need to do. I'll be here." He took a sip, deciding to nurse this drink rather than toss it back. He was starting to spin a little. Or rather, the room was.

"But for the record," he started, pointing a finger in her direction. "I'm not buying you drinks just because you can't afford them. Which you probably can't. This is a pretty hefty tab right now. But that's not my point. My point is. I'm buying you drinks cause sometimes even you deserve to be taken out and treated like you're desirable. Cause you are. And I really want to fuck you right now." He took it too far, but he just couldn't help it. He was lucky to be able to string a sentence together, let alone a whole speech. He was bound to stray somewhere.

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	cholicous 2009-09-15 03:16 am UTC (link)
	"I already said you could!" Why in the hell were they fighting? For the love of Merlin, no one exasperated her the way Michael did. "And I can't go home because I'm pretty sure I'm going to fall over if I stand up." She wasn't that much of a drinker and being as small as she was and the amount of booze in her system... Well. Cho was falling off her ass drunk. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	cornercharm 2009-09-15 03:24 am UTC (link)
	"We could call the Knight Bus?" Michael sure as hell wasn't apparating back. It was a good way to splinch them both. "Or we could use the on call room. Or the loo. Just sayin'." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	cholicous 2009-09-15 03:31 am UTC (link)
	"I am not using the loo!" If she saw a toilet, Cho was pretty sure she'd be sick and that would put an end to their evening rather quickly. "Just.. take me home or something. Please?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

shall we FTB?

cornercharm
2009-09-15 03:36 am UTC (link)

"If we wave the Knight Bus down, it will take you home." He wasn't thinking about shagging on the beds there. It was too public. Way too public. He liked at least a little privacy.

"Let me just pay the tab." He walked to the bar, leaving her momentarily alone at the table. He'd been right. It was expensive, but nothing he couldn't pay now and worry about later. When he came back, he was noticeably wobbly, but that didn't stop him.

"Ready?" He held out his arm.

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	Works for me! cholicous 2009-09-15 03:38 am UTC (link)
	Knowing that going home with Michael was a very bad idea wasn't going to stop Cho from doing it. She'd lost her common sense with her second drink. Taking his arm, Cho stood up, her knees a bit shaky. "Yeah," she said and leaned in to kiss him lightly. "Let's go." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

alrighty. I'll wrap it up. =]

cornercharm
2009-09-15 03:44 am UTC (link)

When they stepped outside, the cool air hit him like a brick wall. It wasn't unwelcome, just shocking to someone who'd been drinking like the world was ending. "It's nice out," Michael said, reaching into his back pocket for his wand.

He waved his arm and in a second, there was a crack! and a bus in front of them. When the door opened, Michael gestured for Cho to go on first, before he followed her in.

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