Zoe (history_repeats) wrote in nevermore_logs, @ 2013-02-11 09:50:00 |
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Entry tags: | greed, zoe hansen |
WHO: Greed & Zoe w/Mike [NPC boyfriend]
WHEN: February 11
WHERE: Zoe's apartment, movie theatre
WHAT: Friendly movie date crashed by the boyfriend
WARNING: Mild violence
A week had passed and Greed and Zoe hung out but not as much as Greed (or Zoe) was accustomed to. They'd decided to go see a movie tonight, get out of the apartment. Even though Zoe was a little hesitant, the real world always seemed to mess with them. But they couldn't just always be in the apartment. Being alone with Greed sometimes was too tempting.. she couldn't deny that she didn't want him still but she didn't want to think about those things. She sat on the couch with her legs tucked under her as she scrolled through the movie times on her phone, "Okay so it looks like we can see either a romantic comedy.... or a horror."
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Greed flopped on the couch beside her. "Titles?" He poked his head over her shoulder. He had picked up on the fact that her time was becoming split---not even that as much as it was leaning more towards her new beau and less of him. It was a very uncomfortable position. So far though, the other man had not slipped in his exterior. It was a matter of time though, but Greed would need to steal back some of his time first.
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Zoe looked at her phone as Greed popped up beside her, she still read the titles out loud despite him right there and being able to see, "Warm Bodies, zombies in looooove or Mama, which the name alone sounds terrifying for a horror movie." she turned her head a little to look at him, "Reminds of those dolls that go ma-ma, I threw all of mine away when I was a kid after I saw Chucky." she shuddered.
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"You're so cute when you're scared." He tapped the newspaper. "Zombies." He bounced a little in his seat and threw her a kiss on the cheek and jumped off the couch. "Zombies bonding over ripped flesh and brians. Sounds fantastic." As much as he liked watching her hide in the crook of his arm with a scary story, zombies were awesome as was his hidden love of romantic comedies.
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Zoe grinned, "Shut up.." her cheek turning a little pink from the kiss, "You know how I knew you were going to pick that? And not cause of zombies. It's cause they're zombies in looooove." his hidden love for romantic comedies wasn't quite so hidden around her.
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"What's wrong with that?" He threw out his arms settling on the couch again when he'd plucked a snack from her kitchen. "We gonna go now?" He bounced. "Food too?" He said biting into a sour apple.
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She laughed, "Nothing's wrong with it, it's just funny cause I don't think anyone would peg you as a romantic comedy kinda guy. Okay there are zombies in this one, but I know you like the genre. And you can say you like it to make fun of it or whatever but I wonder sometimes.." she plucked the apple from his hands and took a bite herself before handing it back to him, "Yesh, go now and food maybe.." she chewed and made a face, "You normally buy out the concession stand, I dunno if we'll be hungry after."
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Greed gave her an open-mouthed gasp when she dared to take his apple AND then handed it back with all her slobber. "Oooo," he gave her an evil eye. "You better be glad I'm not Gluttony or your arm would be gone." He chomped down a big bite just as the knock interrupted his thoughts.
Greed stared at that door as if it had the plague. As they were, Zoe and he were in no compromising positions but they were seated closely on the couch, comfortably. Enough to rouse the suspition of any possible boyfriend. Especially one that was growing antsy. Greed was sabatoging this relationship without meaning to...unlike the last four guys.
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Zoe grinned, "Oh really?" she grabbed the apple again, moving it slowly to her mouth as if she was going to take a big bite when she heard the knock as well. She stopped playing around and frowned a little, not expecting anyone. Just like she'd tried to get Greed to call first, she'd told Mike the same thing.. she handed the apple back to Greed and went to the answer the door.
"Mike.." she said in a surprised tone when she saw who it was. With flowers. She eyed the flowers warily despite smiling when Mike said, "Hey beautiful.." and gave her a kiss on the lips. He handed her the flowers and she took them but didn't seem overly thrilled, "You have bad news I take it." she said.
Mike gave a sheepish smile, "No, no.. well, I gotta work on Valentine's." he said with a winced face. Zoe bristled a little and he put his hands on her arms, "I swear tho--" his eyes landed behind her on Greed and he narrowed his eyes as he said, "...annnnd Chet's here... again."
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Greed bit the air and then made a lunge for her arm. When Mike made his entrance he didn't cower and scampered back like he'd done something wrong--no instead Greed threw his feet onto the table in front ofbthe couch, arms behind his head, chewing on the apple slice in his mouth ferociously as if each bite drew blood.
"You must have some suck ass memory." Greed knew Mike knew his name, he chose to rub his shit in Greed's face as if he were Pride or something.
"You forget something?" He snarled taking yet another bite. He threw the apple core into the trashcan near where Mike still stood, jumping up to pump the air in score. If pompass ass thought he was leaving he was wrong.
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Mike looked unhappy, "Doesn't suck enough to not recall I see you here more often than not.." he looked at Zoe but she just helplessly shrugged. He shook his head, "Didn't forget anything, just came to see my girlfriend." making sure to put a little emphasis on those words to remind Greed that Zoe was not his.
Zoe put her hand on Mike's chest and said, "I wish you'd called first, we were just on our way out to go to the movies." Mike perked up, "Well I'm free..." unashamedly fishing for an invite. Zoe grimaced and then looked at Greed apologetically. Mike put his arm around Zoe's waist as if to say come onnnn, Zoe looked back at him and gave a defeated smile, "I.... guess you can come with us if you want?"
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Someone was getting greedy and he wasn't even trying to turn the juice on. Greed just gave Mike a gleaming smirk, moving his hands down from behind his head. "I have my days. This one's a little booked." But then Zoe just let him slide on in with that flimsy invitation. He glared in her direction not at all pleased. Not only was this charlatan pinching away his time, now he was doing it right in front of his face.
Then he spoke. Brat. "Excuse me?" Greed was a little stunned. "You guess he can come too?" Greed stood with a strained laugh, rolling his finger like a propeller. "I'm part of the party that he just crashed. Where does that mean he gets to join along just because he has his fancy title?" He was bristled. He was not going to apologize for being invaded. He had his own title, and it was a lot more intimidating.
"Do you have a phone?" When Mike pulled it out Greed grabbed it swiftly and slammed it into the man's chest. "Then use it." Next time he would swipe that phone and plant something he wouldn't want. Greed would play dirty if he had to. This guy had already started encroaching on his territory for too long.
He looked at Zoe expectantly, ready to go. He wasn't even going to ask.
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Zoe was kinda shocked at Greed's behavior but at the same time she wondered why she was surprised. Mike looked like he was going to punch Greed after the phone incident but before he could say a word, she grabbed Greed's arm and yanked on it, "Can I talk to you for a minute?" she smiled tightly at Mike as she pulled Greed into the kitchen.
She set the flowers on the counter and looked at him unhappily, "Chance, I'm sorry but he is my boyfriend and when you do things like that it makes him suspicious that there's something going on when there isn't. I don't want to spend less time with you just to prove a point to him so will you please behave and let him come with us? I think this could be a good thing." she tried for a light voice and a smile that was more pleading than anything else, "If you guys spent some time together and he could get to know you and you him then maybe you guys wouldn't hate each other..... as much." she looked at him with desperation because he was ruining her relationship but she was still keeping him in her life and she was asking him for this one favor.
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Greed was ruffled. He did the same kinds of things, it was a complete contradiction for him to cop an attitude, but it was different when it was someone else. It was different when he saw it displayed.
He felt invaded. She couldn't fault him for that. He held a strict face with a stiff lip. "Why do I have to follow rules and he doesn't?" It hurt.
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Zoe didn't put the flowers in water this time, just left them on the counter as she put a hand on Greed's arm, "I will talk to him about it, okay? I'll tell him to call first.." she made a winced face, "But you know you do this stuff too. You've gotten better," she was sure to add that, "But you do do it.."
She smiled at him, "Now please try to get along? For me? Please?" she showed him all her teeth as she drew the word out. She really didn't feel like refereeing a brawl between the two men. It was getting increasingly difficult trying to navigate them both separately.
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She was asking a lot of an angry Sin. The look on his face said he wanted to drop Mike out the window with the wave of his fingers. Just a little push.
He sobered up from his anger as he looked over to the skinny man in the room. Greed took a deep, calming breath. He could use this. It was a chance to spy on the two without hiding in the shadows...
"Let's go."
He brushed Mike's shoulder with his arm with a jolt as he walked past him out the door and down the stairs. Greed put on a devilish grin as he pushed past Mike with his shoulder. If the new boyfriend kept it up Greed wouldn't have to do a thing.
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Zoe breathed a sigh of relief. "Thank you.."
Mike glared at Greed when he bumped past him but focused on Zoe. She grabbed her bag and was almost out when he asked, "Zoey, you don't wanna finish getting ready?"
Zoe looked confused and then Mike wrinkled his nose and zig zagged his finger across it. Zoe blinked, "Oh." she'd gotten out of the habit, "Hang on.." and she disappeared into the bathroom.
When she came back out with her freckles lightly covered, Mike smiled and gave her a kiss before taking her hand to go downstairs.
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Greed had taken a few steps down when he heard the little charge while Mike held the door open. He eyed the situation curiously, not quite noticing what was going on. Zoe looked fine. She had on a cute shirt, jeans that showed off some of her shape, her hair down and a little wavy. The heels were even stylish.
When she came out he looked her over. "It's cold out," he reminded her.
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Mike took off his jacket and draped it around Zoe's shoulders, "We'll be fine." he said to Greed and put an arm around Zoe. He wanted to get to the movies and all these hang up's were making them late.
As they walked, Mike asked, "Sooo.. what're we watching?" Zoe answered, "Warm Bodies." Mike recoiled, "What? No. Come on, that's ridiculous, let's go see 'Mama', that's playing at the same time, right?" he checked his phone for confirmation.
Zoe just said, "I rather not. Chance and I--" but Mike spoke up again, "Oh man, don't tell me you still have that hang up about scary movies, Zoey.." he gave a look that was a mixture of disbelief and amusement. He grinned at Greed, "Or maybe your friend is the one who can't handle a little horror.."
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Greed walked with his arms folded headed towards his car. He pulled out his keys. He waved them over that way. "I don't plan on walking to the theater." He bristled again, caught studying Zoe again to figure out what was different about her. He didn't like it, but he hadn't put his finger on it yet.
"I can handler horror," he said deeply. "Blood, guts, Satan and torment. But," he pointed to Zoe, "she doesn't."
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Zoe looked at the ground and raised her hands up defensively, "Oh no, don't make it about me." Mike slapped his hands together, "Perfect then we can see 'Mama' instead." he held the backdoor open for Zoe to get in saying, "You really need to get over this horror movie thing you have anyway. This'll be good for you." he tried to scoot in next to Zoe but she shoved him right back out and gave him a look saying under her breath, "He's not our driver." it was just rude for the both of them to sit in the back while Greed rode.
Mike pressed his lips together but nodded and then got into the passenger seat.
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Greed bit his tongue. Let this guy get his fill and dig his own grave. He wasn't doing this to appease him, Greed was doing this to make himself look good.
He didn't even put on his seatbelt as Mike took his passenger seat. Greed threw Zoe a glare from the rear view mirror that said that was low.
He didn't even wait for Mike to get settled, just had barely shut the door to his fancy yellow Corvette before peeling down the road.
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It was obvious that Mike was jealous of the car but he was pretty sure Greed was jealous he had Zoe. When they got to the theatre, he took Zoe's hand as they all went to get tickets. He whispered something in Zoe's ear and she gave him a stern look and a smack on the chest clearly not liking whatever he had to say.
She smiled at Greed, "So what goodies are you going to get?" she knew he had problems with choices but he only had so much space in his arms.
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His car was expensive, enough to make any one walking out of the theater contemplate stealing it. He held his head high, glad that he'd been able to shake Mike up at least a little.
He stood in front of the snack bar looking over everything, trailing his hand down the bar. The boy at the counter looked at him expentantly waiting for an answer. After the soft pretzel, popcorn and nachoes he eyed the candy.
The kid was kind of surprised because Greed didn't look like a house. He was big but didn't look like he could eat all that. "I don't know...." He whined a little to Zoe.
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Zoe was a little stressed out with having both boys here. Mike was looking at Greed like he was an alien, "What, no pizza delivered to your seat?" how much food was this guy going to eat. Zoe gave Mike a scolding look and when Mike went to purchase a soda, Zoe leaned in towards Greed and whispered conspiratorially, "How about you get twizzlers and I'll get milk duds and if you want some I can share.." she knew he hated making choices and this way he could have both. She looked at Mike out of the corner of her eye and looked at Greed again with a grin, "...secretly." she didn't suggest Greed share the twizzlers, she'd yank one or two from him regardless but she didn't want to suggest it as much as get him used to the action despite the word being so disgusting to him.
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Greed glanced over his shoulder. "Not a bad idea. Add a pizza to that," Greed said to the boy with a hearty grin.
Greed responded well when Zoe was casual with him. Just like the night she'd built the fort, it was all in presentation. He nodded at her plan finally laying out his wallet and adding twizzlers and a drink to his tab. By the time he his total was rung up it had bounced between forty and fifty dollars. He handed the pizza to Mike. "Make yourself useful. Carry that." Greed then collected the twizzlers into his pocket, while everything else was balanced in his hands. Except the damn drink. He looked at Zoe pleadingly to grab it for him.
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Zoe told Mike she'd like milk duds so he bought those along with his drink. She held the box while Mike looked grumbling at Greed being stuck with the pizza, "How are you going to not throw up?" he exclaimed as he led the way to the darkened theatre.
She pointed at the drink and then nodded to Greed and picked it up. She couldn't help it and gave him a wicked smile as she put the straw to her lips and took a loud slurp of his drink.
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"I have my ways." Greed chimed with a bright grin. "Learned from my brother." The excesses had bottomless pits. Greed kind of held parts of both his siblings. If he wasn't hungry for sex he was hungry for food. Both ends of his siblings.
"Who said you could drink that?!" Greed squeaked nudging her with his elbow. "I don't share, stop it!"
Inside he made a running dive for the top of the seats, making room for him and his food. It was splayed out like a superbowl party.
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Zoe knew it was mean but she found it so much fun to get Greed riled up over sharing. As he squeaked and nudged her, she just looked at him innocently while still sucking on the straw. She started laughing and stopped sipping his drink, "Okay okay I'll stop before you have a hernia."
Mike and Zoe followed up after Greed, Mike saying something to her but the only audible word was 'crazy'. Zoe put a hand on Mike's back and pushed him forward in a mock dramatic way. He dumped Greed's pizza in the empty chair next to him but Zoe simply set Greed's drink in the cup holder and picked up the pizza box and set it in Greed's lap, sitting next to him. But she knew who her boyfriend was, she pulled on Mike's hand so he could lean down and kiss Zoe before smirking a little and sitting on the other side of her.
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He was about to protest when Zoe put the pizza in his lap. He lunches down that and the pretzel before the credits even finished. It was something to focus on instead of hurling Mike down the aisle. He'd bump his head in a few seats and on a few people.
The theater started to fill up with a few more trickling bodies when the lights dimmed and the movie started.
Greed reached for his drink finding it already inhabited with another hand and not where it was supposed to be. He playfully smacked Zoe's hand. "Stop that. You're putting your spit all over my stuff."
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Zoe was leaning closer to Mike than Greed, but at the playful smack she grinned and surrendered the drink to Greed. But she leaned in close and swiped the pack of open twizzlers from him and did what she did with the apple, except this time she slowly brought the exposed chewy vines towards her mouth with her tongue sticking out, teasingly threatening to lick all of them, she wouldn't of course but it was fun to mess with him.
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Now she was into his candy? Greed gasped growling at her. "Put your spit on something else!" He warranted a hiss from the guy in front of them. Greed lightly kicked the seat and shoved a pile of nachoes in his mouth with a loud crack. He munched on them, rattling plastic and corn until there was nothing left but a little gooey cheese.
He made a grab for his twizzlers, pulling one out and popping Zoe on the nose. "No."
The opening credits started, that eerie music setting the mood. He looked to Zoe out of the corner of eye. When she was settled and not looking he spooked her by poking her in the side and then cackled when she jumped.
He was quickly reprimanded by the guy again this time with a loud shushing noise.
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Since Greed asked so nicely for her to put her spit on something else, her tongue darted out and the tip of it licked his hand when he bopped her on the nose with the vine. But that backfired as she said, "Oh gross, so salty.." thank God Mike hadn't seen but he did eye her like she was crazy as she stick a milk dud in her mouth.
The opening credits were enough to have Zoe tense with eyes glued to the screen. She did indeed jump with a muffled noise when Greed poked her and she smacked his hands a couple of time before settling back down. He knew how she watched scary movies and sure enough as the creepy music grew, she got closer and closer into Mike's side whereas normally she would do that to Greed.
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Greed mumbled as he chewed down a few twizzlers, slinking in his seat. Zoe was curled up near Mike like velcro. He slapped her on the arm with another candy rope, interrupting her cuddly moment as if he were offering it to her. He would only give it up when she gave up the chocolate covered duds.
He knew how she watched scary movies she jumped at every noise. The tension was so thick he could drag a knife through it by the way her fingers usually gripped his arm.
Mike shook her off. "Zoey please." Every little gasp and creak she made to squirm around was annoying. It was hard to enjoy the movie when she freaked out over everything.
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Zoe jumped when Greed hit her with candy rope and tossed him the box of milkduds before cuddling back up to Mike, a worried look on her face.
She wasn't a good person to watch scary movies with unless you wanted her to crawl all over you. Even at the non-scary parts, she was a pretty active movie watcher. She couldn't sit still, normally at home she'd be lying in Greed's lap, leaning against him, grabbing at him, etc.
Despite Mike shaking her off, when the tension in the movie started to build again, she couldn't help it, her eyes grew big as she started clawing at his arm. He again shook her off, "Zoey, I'm trying to watch!" he whispered to her while watching the screen. Zoe slid down in her seat more and more as the scene escalated, her knees going up to her chest and then she threw her arms over her head and buried her face in her legs when something jumped out on screen, shaking a little.
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He popped a few milk duds into his mouth not at all phased by the story unfolding like most movies of its kind. Suspense seemed to kill Zoe more than the blood and guts. At least with the gore she knew what to expect and covered her face. With suspense it was a lightening bolt. There was no calculating its strike.
He sunk down in his seat, the arm squeaking at his movements. He leaned over to whisper in her ear. "Mama..." His voice was higher pitched than usual to immitate the voice of the little girl. It almost sounded like a baby doll that when its string was pulled repeated the phrase over and over again.
Mike didn't look like he took any concern at her expense, but Greed could see her eyes were glossy. "Hey," he whispered curling his chin onto his arm, nudging hers with his elbow. He looked at her with a slight raise if his brows asking silently if she was okay. She looked distressed.
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Not knowing was worse than all the blood and guts. The suspense and jumping out was what always got her. She practically jumped out of her skin when Greed spooked her and shoved him hard before curling up again. She was just too stressed out and the movie was not helping, it was putting her really on edge and having her boyfriend more into the movie than her was a low blow too.
When Greed checked on her, she shook her head as if to dismiss the whole thing, she was fine. But almost a split second later, she whispered something in Mike's ear to which he absently nodded and she stood up, leaning over to just hurriedly say, "Bathroom." to Greed. She needed some air as she quickly left the screams on screen behind.
She wanted to go outside but really was kinda terrified since it was dark so sighed, hating herself for not being a grown up and flopped down on the stairs that led to the upper levels and rested her face in her hand. At least there were no surprises here.
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Greed sucked on the end of his drink until it started to gurgle against the straw. He took his cup and stood just a few minutes after Zoe left and didn't come back. The bathroom was literally a few doors down she should have come back by now.
Greed stood moving across Mike to get down the steps and out of the dark room. He went for his refill and poked his nose around for Zoe. When he found her curled up on the steps he crashed form beside her. He nudged her this time with his knee to hers. "Hey." She'd shoved him pretty hard over something silly. "If this is because of the twizzlers I'm not sorry. Get the black ones next time and I won't touch them." He only liked the strawberry licorice.
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Zoe didn't look at him and bumped his knee back, "I hate the black ones." she seemed almost depressed, not scared. After a moment or two she said, "You're missing the movie."
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"I didn't want to see that shit anyway. I wanted fucking zombies." He sat his drink down on the step watched her with a hawk eye. "What's the matter with you?" She had invited the prick to begin with. Now her mood was all sour.
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Zoe still didn't look at him, "Nothing.." she sighed and still rested her face in her palm as she looked at a random spot on the floor. And because she knew he wouldn't believe her, she looked at him and added, "Nothing that you'd want to know about." she bumped him lightly, "We should go back to the movie."
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He shoved her lightly out of her depressed pose. It was upsetting to see her upset. Especially when before Mike came in the picture she was glowing.
In this light he got a better look st her face. That's when he noticed what was so off with it. He wiped a thumb across her cheek where the powdered makeup came off. He pulled a napkin out of his pocket, wetting it with his tongue to wipe off her cheeks so he could see her freckles.
"There. That's much better." Then he focused on what she'd said. "What would I not like to hear?"
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She frowned when he started touching her face, "What're you--" she made a face, "Is this payback for sipping your drink?" she squirmed a bit but let him finish. "That was gross..." she still had no idea what he was doing, she guessed she had chocolate on her face or something.
She shook her head as if none of that was important and of course he wasn't going to let it go. She clasped her hands in front of her, "Welllll..." she gave him a look, "It deals with sex and Mike." she fluttered her lashes at him, "Shall I go on?"
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"You rather I lick your face? Makeup isn't as tasty as chocolate." He made a face and sucked down some more soda. He nearly choked when she nailed him with the word sex and Mike. Those were two words that he didn't want in the same sentence. "Does he have a pencil dick?" He touched a hand to her shoulder. "I'm so sorry," he feigned concern. It was the only way he wasn't going to do something ugly right now.
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Zoe actually burst out laughing because that was not what she'd been expecting to hear. She mimicked his movements and grinned as she put her hand on his shoulder and leaned in a little, asking seriously, "Do you really want me to answer that?" raising a brow because Greed might forget but she had slept with Mike before. She shook her head, "See, this was a bad idea.." she closed her eyes and ran a hand through her hair.
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"Did you just ask a sin if he wanted to know something. The sin of want and expect him to say no? Fuck---tellmenowandIpromiseI'lljusttossa
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Zoe held up a finger, "You touch him and I'll never speak to you again." she grinned wide when he got in her face, god he was cute.. she didn't bother moving, big brown eyes stared into his blues as she said, "This is so weird and I hate you." buuuut she relented with a slack of her shoulder, her gaze lowering before looking back to him, "What's the longest you've ever waited to sleep with a girl... whose not me of course." she kinda hoped he'd get the hint but if he didn't, this would be a good way to bring him into it.
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"Depends on who I'm trying to impress," he gave her a clever grin. "Not usually long at all, you forget I have no patience. I don't do well with waiting. Maybe a week once." Zoe was a different story. There were limitations his body put on when it came to what she offered. Even when he'd been stripped of it all in Kansas he'd not slept with her and she'd practically begged him. "Is this going to make me regret saying no to you when I had the chance? Because I really already smack myself in the head over that."
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Zoe was looking at him like she really didn't need the details. She sighed and smacked him lightly upside the head and then laughed a little, "Sorry, but I don't see why you got to have all the fun." she held up a hand, "The point is that most guys don't like waiting. And like you said, a week is the longest you've ever waited..." she closed one eye, her lips puckering as she wrinkled her nose hoping he got it before she sighed and gave him a meaningful look, "...I've been dating Mike for almost three weeks....." wiggling three fingers.
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"So you haven't fucked him? Ohthankgod." He was relieved to hear it. "We've had this discussion Zoe, I'm an excess, its wired into me to want sex and have sex." Now that he'd thought about it he'd probably not ever even been that sexually frustrated. Not like a normal boy.
He'd spoiled her and he'd not even tried. "So?" He shrugged. "He doesn't like it, he can find other ways to deal with it," he made the motion with his hand.
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Zoe's mouth dropped open and she was a little blown away, "Chance, I was with the guy for two years. I've slept with him before." no, she hadn't fucked him recently but it wasn't like she was foreign territory to Mike. "You know what, it's wired into most guys to want sex and have it." but she said that part bitterly.
She shook her head, rolling her eyes at his gesture, "It's not that simple. He and I've been together, and we're dating but... I don't know." she trailed off, her face growing serious as her thoughts took over.
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"Nononono, I don't wanna hear it!" He covered his ears, but it was too late. She'd already said it. "You fucked that little thing? Ew." He shuddered. There were just some things that seemed unnatural.
"But what?" He shoved her lightly with his arm, "can't get me out of your head?" He teased. "I dunno, you keep having dreams about me it'll raise suspicion." He winked.
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Zoe gave him a look, "Uh huh. Lots of times. Do you want me to tell you locations and positions?" not that she ever would but he was being a little shit so she was being one right back.
She laughed silently, giving an embarrassed grin as her face turned pink. She clenched her fists in front of her, "Ohmygod... you're never letting that go, are you?" she shoved him back but not as lightly, "See, this is why I can't talk to you about this. It's too weird. Forget it." she shook her head holding her hand up in a dismissive manner.
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"Nono. No. You'll be peeling him off the floor otherwise." He waved his hand to make her stop.
"No I'm not because its the closest I've ever been to screwing you and its the only way I can enjoy it." He motioned for her to stand up, pressing her with his hands. "So," he straightened out her fly away hair, "what's the problem then?"
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She tilted her head and gave him a soft look, "You don't even know what happened in my dream.." not that she'd tell him but in a way it was sweet he held on to it. Sort of. She sighed as he pulled her to her feet and didn't know where to start so said what she was thinking honestly, "He cheated on me. When we were together.. and I know it was a long time ago. And he has changed but..." she trailed off, pressing her lips together.
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The situations were very similar, but Zoe seemed to take them very differently. He stroked her cheek with his thumb. "So you can't go any further?" His block was physical, hers was a mental one.
He was glad of it because the idea of her being handled made him sick to his stomach.
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She shook her head a little, saying honestly, "I don't know.." she looked at his chest, "I'm just... tired." she let out a breath as if to emphasize it. "I'm tired of being wrong." she had thought she and Greed could try after New Years and couldn't have been more wrong. "I don't want this to be my chance and I blow it."
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"Are you looking at my man boobs?" He teased, "cause I gotta say that's so sexist. I feel a little violated." She was put out. Exhuasted. She seemed so tense, different when she was with Mike. "You won't blow it if its what you really want." He reached out to drag her to him, letting her cheek rest against his chest.
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She didn't fight him, she nestled into him almost, murmuring, "You'd like it if I violated you..."
She gave a dry laugh, "Uh no, that is where you are very very wrong. When I really want something is exactly when I blow it." or did he forget their disastrous and short lived relationship? "Or it blows up in my face. I don't know what I'm doing. I don't know if I'm scared because I want it or if I'm holding back because.." she didn't say that she didn't want Mike. She did. Sort of. "Part of me thinks I need to just let it go. But then it's like do I take this chance and if it happens again then I'm an idiot. But if I don't take the chance and this was it, it was my happy ending, then what?" she scoffed a laugh as a thought occurred to her but she didn't voice it.
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"You think its this guy?" Greed sounded a bit hurt. He didnt know what she saw but---"you're differed around him." Like how she could pick up his Sin face. Something about this guy turned her into someone who was unsure of herself.
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"Maybe." she said softly and stayed against him. "I don't know, you say you're different around me. Maybe it's like that." she sighed, "He's just... familiar. We used to talk about the future and when we broke up, I didn't think I'd ever.. I mean until.." she stopped talking, switching tracks, "We were good together, we worked. Maybe this is our second chance, I just wish I had a way of knowing for sure."
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He didn't think she was really talking about Mike anymore. It turned into something else. "It's different Zoe. He makes you cover up what I see." He wasn't just talking about her freckles. There were little things that just irked him that weren't raked in jealousy.
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Zoe scoffed, "Maybe. But you guys have more in common than you think, I wasn't enough for either of you." she pulled away from him then, still not entirely sure but the difference between Greed and Mike was that Mike was saying that maybe she could be enough now. And it seemed better than nothing.
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Greed let his eyes shift. Now that was just a big turn off. "So go running back into the theater if that's what you want." He didn't think she knew. She was more confused. The less he knew the more he hated Mike. "Since you have history and all" he waved his fingers around and took a step back from her.
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She just looked at him. He didn't get it. She didn't expect him to. "Fine.." she said softly but she seemed defeated. She didn't know what she wanted, she just knew whatever it was it didn't matter because the general rule seemed to be she couldn't have what she wanted. Greed was pulling away and she was clutching at straws right now. It was a struggle to have both men in her life. If she made Greed happy, then Mike wasn't happy and that was where she could have a relationship and life. If she made Mike happy then Greed was unhappy, and that was where she had her life. She looked at the theatre showing the movie and really just wanted to go to the exit and get away from them both.
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He pushed her back towards the entrance of the theater. He was taking this more personal. "Get back to the movie before he thinks you fell in the toilet." He waved her off. "I'll be there in a minute."
Instead he just had a stare form with the kid at the concession stand who couldn't imagine what Greed could want next...
Greed was seeing himself in a different perspective from what she had just said, comparing him to that mortal limp dick. It was like looking in a mirror from the outside.
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Zoe almost couldn't believe how in favor of her getting back together permanently with Mike he was. Just minutes ago he didn't seem to care for the idea. Stop me. Tell me not to go. But he was literally pushing her towards it. She couldn't do more than nod. It was like the night they'd kissed and he'd run off. Something had shifted and she had no idea what.
She sat back down next to Mike who barely had noticed the empty seats and she didn't pay attention to the screen, her mind on Greed. She looked from Mike to Greed's empty seat and realized she felt like this all the time when she was with her so called boyfriend.. like something was missing.