Zoe (history_repeats) wrote in nevermore_logs, @ 2013-09-02 12:12:00 |
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Entry tags: | big nose kate, greed, zoe hansen |
WHO: Greed & Zoe w/Kate
WHEN: Monday
WHERE: Jewelery store, Zoe's apartment, theatre
WHAT: (Not so) Happy Anniversary!
WARNING: over dramatic fake death scene, dramatic near break up real scene
Kate had won a big ol' pot of money when she went gambling a couple of weeks after she ran into Doc and his straw haired blow up doll he called a girlfriend. The way he was sweating bullets she just knew he hadn't told his filly what he'd done. The fact he was being eaten up with guilt brought a smile to Kate's face even if it annoyed her. So right now it was time to buy a pick me up and she was in the jewelry store looking at a pair of antique mother of pearl guns from her era that had belonged to someone she'd known. And hated. Oh, she would love to own those. She could feel another immortal in the area and she hoped whoever it was just stayed the hell away from her.
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Greed could never walk by a jewelry store without stopping by. There were tons of glitter, it was as if he were seeing gold for the first time. He paused in front if the window, drool practically cascading from his mouth as he saw the case of watches. He had a fetish for watches.
He stepped inside in his fancy clothes, a grin so wide on his face he could have been auditioning for the joker. He instantly started to paw at the case, pushing himself right past Kate without the turn of his head. He didn't have the money to spare but Greed was not going to pass up a new watch. The girl at the counter would be easy to charm.
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Kate felt Greed literally as he pushed by her. She took the mother of pearl gun in her hand cocked the trigger right next to his ear, putting the barrel at his temple and her finger on the trigger, “Now ain’t this store just a lil’ too pretty fer you?”
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There was no mistaking the sound of a cocked gun. The real question was if it was loaded. "Shooting off a face this good looking is a crime all in itself." He knew that voice. "Shouldn't you be pointing it over there if you're gonna rob the place," he waved at the girl. With his head turned to the side he glanced over his shoulder. "I want the gold watch," he whispered as if this were a wish list he was throwing out.
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“Darlin’, I actually have money to purchase anythin’ my lil’ heart desires. I dun need to be like you and take a five finger discount wherever I roam.” She pulled the trigger but the gun wasn’t loaded since it was part of the store’s collection, the hammer hit the metal with a CLACK! but that was it. Kate looked disappointed but put the gun down as she drawled, “Lemme guess, yer gonna screw this filly in the back an let her get fired for whatever your pilferin’ paws scamper off with.”
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Greed gave the clerk a smile propelling his finger around his head and pointed at Kate with the words 'she's crazy'. He laughed turning to face his fiery nemesis. "Just because you want a go doesn't mean you have to kill my mo-jo." Not that he had a hankering for the clerk. She was too blonde and way too pale.
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Kate crossed her arms over her chest and leaned her hip against the counter. She didn’t care what the clerk thought about this exchange. She laughed like he told a really funny joke, “Oh sweetheart, I don wanna get within a foot of yer mess.” she looked at the clerk and raised a brow then looked back at Greed, “I think ya could still land her, she’s got a bit o’ drool on her lip.” she gestured at Greed as if to say go on and do what you do, she wanted to see how long it’d take him to accomplish it.
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"I can charm without fucking her." He was stalling it because he had no interest in this girl beyond how many watches she could pull out from the counter. She wasn't Zoe-shaped. He gave her a flirty smile and pointed down to the glass counter. "Can I see this one?" his teeth practically glittered with that smile.
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Kate’s eagle eyes looked at him sharply and she watched him for a few moments before casually saying, “Somethin’s different ‘bout you, Greedyguts... new haircut?” she was acting like she knew and being sarcastic but she really had no idea. She just saw an opportunity to poke him and she was taking it.
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"And this one..." His teeth glittered again, continuing to point to various watches so she would he distracted while he pocketed the first one. He kept her busy until she had about twenty watches lined up.
At Kate's question he ran his hand through his hair. "Maybe." His hair had finally grown to a length he was comfortable with.
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She looked him up and down, “An ya don’t look like yer carved from granite anymore.” she raised a brow, “Why, ya look almost human.”
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"Carved from granite?" He puffed a breath of air in amusement, sticking his chest out like he had done some heroic deed, stroking his chin. He waved off her accusation putting his attention back on pocketing watches. "I've just found something I wanted," was his answer to Kate. "And its one hell of a fucking ride." She was one hell of a ride.
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Kate snorted, “Only you would get like this over a car.” her accent stretched out the words as she picked up the antique gun again, aiming it at a faraway diamond necklace. She closed one eye, “If I didn’t know any better, I’d have said it was over a woman.” she started laughing so hard at the idea that she had to lower her aim.
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"A car is as good as a woman. Good lookin', purrs like a kitten, let's me know when to go hard and fast. Mmmm...I love a good night out with her." It was hard to know who he was describing. His tongue slipped out to lick his lips. Almost immediately he pulled out his phone to text Zoe.
You look hot in lace.
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Kate snorted, “Spoken like a man who doesn’t have a woman.” she picked up the other gun and examined it. While a few moments later Greed would get a text back from Zoe referring to his stunt in her undies:
So do you.
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His face lit up at that text, followed by a giggle snort. He replied with some sexy reply and stashed his phone back in his pocket. "Look at this face," he pointed to himself. "Of course I have a woman I'm a fucking sex god."
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She gave him a look, “Oh honeypie, fuckin’ women is different than havin’ a woman.” she dismantled the gun to inspect it from the inside and did so expertly. “That requires work an time and....” she looked back at him, “All the things that ya jus don’ have, sweetheart. But ya don’ want them either so.” she shrugged and went back to her gun. She still didn’t like Greed but when he wasn’t sniffing around her like a puppy or bouncing off the walls, she found he was almost tolerable. Almost.
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"I'll have you know I've had her for a year, she's my girlfriend!" he boasted proudly. He'd been so secretive about Zoe for a while now, it was nice to admit. He went back to the cases asking for other trinkets for the girl to pull out which she was happy to do as long as he was smiling.
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Kate didn’t even look up, her attention on the steel piece in her hands, “Uh huh... I’m sure yer car adores ya.” he had said having a car was just as good so she assumed he was calling his car his girlfriend. It seemed to be a bit much but it was Greed.. he was crazy.
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Greed mocked Kate's words and laughed. "She has a name and I'll have you know a real, breathing girl." Of course it seemed ludicrous, but the outside world always saw them as such. He textd Zoe again insisting she come meet him at the jewelry store. He'd make proof.
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Kate gave him a look like suuuure riiiight. “Really? What’s her name? Porsche?” she made a bursting motion with her hand in the air, “Dragonfly?” While Greed got a text back from Zoe saying she would be off work soon and then join him but only if she got to try on a tiara.
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"Zoe," he said clicking his fingers for the girl. "Tiaras?" He drummed his hands on the glass. "She's on her way." He pointed his finger at Kate. "So stuff that."
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Kate looked so amused. She rested a hand on the counter and one on her hip, "Zoe." she repeated like it was a made up name. She opened her mouth, moving her jaw to the side before she looked around the store and back at the door, "Tell me, d'ya see 'Zoe' right now?" she waved with a pointed finger and mock concerned face as if Greed was talking about an imaginary girlfriend.
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Greed looked over his shoulder as if there was someone there beside him. "Do you think I made her up?" His eyes narrowed towards Kate as if he could burn her. Demon woman.
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Kate gave him a look, not like he was a Sin and lied on a regular basis. "If the shoe fits..." she said, clearly saying yeah, she thought he was making her up. But she was willing to give him a chance basically to catch him in this whopper, "What's her favorite food?"
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He pointed a finger at Kate. "Greek fries! Ha!" He actually started to dance around with the tiara in his hand with his tongue sticking out. She would see. "So throw me another one sugarpie," he threw out just to annoy her, "I've know a lot more." He wasn't going to fall on his face---the fact that she thought he would was hilarious.
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Kate didn't look impressed, "Alright... how's she take her coffee?" she tilted her head to the side to watch him carefully and see if he was just gonna give how he took his.
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He stuck his butt out for a little wiggle as he continued his dance around the counter. "She doesn't like coffee as much. She drinks tea." He stuck his tongue out again. "Try again."
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Kate had to give him credit for being enthusiastic at least, she crossed her arms over her chest, "What're her parents names?"
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Greed paused in the middle of his dance. He wasn't sure she'd even said before. He thought a moment longer and countered the question with a roundabout answer. "Her parents died when she was little so she was raised by her grandmother." He smiled wide waving his finger in the air. "Her name was Sophia."
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"How convenient for ya." hmm she had to think of something girly that a guy wouldn't pay attention to unless he was dating a girl, "What shampoo does she use?"
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His grin practically melted into his face, his eyes just a crease underline his brows. "That's an easy one." Now he was bouncing on his feet in circles. "Smells like coconuts." He was having fun with this, realizing he knew a lot more than he'd ever thought sunk in.
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For a split second she wondered if maybe he did have a girlfriend but what girl in her right mind would want to be with him fulltime? She drummed her fingers on the countertop and lobbed him an easy one, "Favorite flowers."
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She slammed him with another tough question but again he countered with his own answer. The only time he'd ever remembered doing anything with flowers was when he bought her---"yellow roses," he beamed. Oh yeah. He was on fire.
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Kate smirked. "Ain't yellow yer color?" that she did remember about him, gross yellow monster car, yellow glasses, clothes, etc. "Interestin' that it'd be yer lady's favorite flower. You give her a bouquet of those on y'all's anniversary?" since he'd mentioned that it'd been a year.
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"It is my color but doesn't mean someone else can't like it. It is the best color." He feathered his hands over the glass when he saw something else he wanted pulled out. "Anniversary? For what?"
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She personally hated yellow, too cheery. She gave him an incredulous look, "Fer what? Yer 'relationship' dummy." she narrowed her eyes, "Oh puhlese tell me ya took even a fake girlfriend out to dinner an got her some posies."
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That seemed so crazy. An anniversary for what the day he'd met her? Despite the off and one again ride he and Zoe had been through, she was his the day he met her. "No. I haven't."
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"An that is how I know this girl ain't real. Cause a real girl wouldn't put up with that kinda bullshit." and she didn't elaborate because clearly Greed was lying and she'd won the conversation as she put the gun back together.
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Greed stamped his foot like a child, looking to the door for Zoe to show up. He felt like he was being stood up and Kate was going to win this argument. Fucking Kate! This was not a negotiation. This was real. "She will walk through that door any minute and you will eat your own tongue!" He lined up the tiaras for Zoe to try on, arranging them from biggest to smallest. His favorite number one. It had sparkly yellow jewels on its circular band.
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Kate looked at the door and then back to him, she'd laugh but this was kinda sad. But sure enough a couple of minutes later the bell to the shop jingled. Kate glanced over and didn't pay attention because the girl who was walking in did not seem like she'd even know Greed. She wore a short sleeved black blouse, a grey skirt that had a subtle patch job on it, and a cast on one arm, she had no idea that this was the real Zoe who gave Greed a big smile when she spotted him.
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The moment Zoe popped trough the entrance he sailed towards her and twirled her off her feet. "Hi," he said with a grin. He kept her in his arms and walked them slowly towards where Kate stood where he planted Zoe's feet back on the floor. "See. Real." He stuck his tongue out and pecked Zoe on the lips.
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Zoe smiled at the rambunctious greeting Greed gave her, barely able to say her own hi to him before she was being taken over to Kate. She had no idea what was going on as Kate eyed her and pointed at Greed, "Y'know that guy?" Zoe turned her head to look at Greed and closed one eye, "Yeah... I think so. He's my grocer or boyfriend or something.."
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"I picked out tiaras," he smiled. They weren't for him, but they were something he'd like to see on her. "This is Kate." He told Zoe. "She thinks you're imaginary." He let her go but kept her hand snug in his to drag over to the tiaras he'd lined up. He made a fake gun with his fingers, cocked it and pulled the trigger at Kate, blowing away the fake smoke coming out of his barrel finger.
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Zoe raised her brows and looked at Kate, she thought she was pretty real. "Nice to meet yo--" she started to say when he dragged her over to the tiaras. She laughed, "I wasn't being serious! But very shiny.." Kate followed them suspiciously, she kept her eyes on Zoe to see if she was being forced to act this way, "Is he payin' ya?" Zoe blinked and put her lips together in a 'wut' manner. She turned her head to look at Greed, "Where's my money?"
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He plopped the tiara on her head, positioning it until he was satisfied. Once it was in the right spot he grinned, but it quickly faded when she asked for money. "What money?" He looked like he was about to punch Kate in the face.
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Zoe looked from Greed to Kate, "Nope, doesn't look like he's paying me." she'd never asked Greed for a penny since she'd known him and she would never, even if she needed it. She turned to face Greed with the tiara on her head, "How's it look?" she made a silly face at him as Kate interjected, "Then why in tarnation are ya with him?" Zoe smiled lovingly at Greed as she answered Kate, "He makes me smile." and it was something she never used to do a lot of before she met him and she found she loved it.
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"Yellow is a fantastic color on you." He was biased because it was his color. His eyes practically danced around it. Yellow was his fly trap. He splayed her hair down her shoulders. It made her shine.
He glanced over towards Kate. "I'm also fantastic in bed," he clicked his tongue with a wink.
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She grinned since obviously he'd like her in yellow anything but she quickly blushed and tugged on his lapels, "Remember that conversation we had...?" she hid her face in his chest for a moment. Kate just looked blown away, "She know who you really are?" she asked Greed, trying to figure this out.
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"Sorry," he said between his wide grin, "I can't resist," his hands pulled Zoe towards him by her hips. For a second he forgot Kate was there while he had a lip-locked moment with his girlfriend. "Yes she knows who I am," he picked up a yellow diamond necklace, circled her and put it on her neck. Sometimes she was his barbie doll, but he liked dressing her up. The yellow jewels popped off her black blouse and creamy skin. Perfect.
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She blushed after the kiss since Kate was right there but she would never deny Greed some smooches. Her mouth dropped open a little at the expensive necklace, "I--" she made an eek! face as he put it around her neck, her hand going to it but stopping before she could touch it, "Wow." Kate shook her head, this was the weirdest thing she'd ever come across as she said to Greed, "Then yer a lucky sonuvabitch, remember it."
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He wiggled his fingers at all that glitter and gold. It made him bounce on his feet again, his hands sliding down Zoe's neck. It was hard to know which one he was caressing more, her or the necklace. Kate struck a nerve, a new kind of nerve. With everyone else seeing them and trying to put a railway right between them he didn't expect a pat on the back. "Lucky?" He looked over to Kate but she seemed ready to bolt.
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Zoe smiled but was nervous wearing the glittery necklace, "Oh I have to sit down for a second, heels and jewels, too much." she sat in a chair next to the case and took her heels out of her heels for a moment. Kate signaled the girl to wrap up the guns, she was buying them. She looked at Greed and spoke so only he heard, "Ya heard me. Most people spend eternity on this damn rock and never find anyone that wants to share time with them. Good an bad. If that's what ya have then yeah, lucky. Don' fuck it up, boy." she knew a few things about that.
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It was the first time anyone hadn't slapped him in the face for keeping a human. Though, it could be argued she was keeping him human. Maybe Kate was right, he needed to do something to remind Zoe of all things Greed. He fondled the price tag on the necklace debating on purchasing it. He looked to Kate as she was walking out. She was going out but she had opened his mind to an idea.
"Today's my anniversary---" he paused, "I mean ours..." He waved his finger between them.
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Zoe rubbed her foot and then stuck it back in her heel, standing up just in time to watch Kate walk out after looking at her. Okaaaay. She blinked in surprise at Greed, "Our anniversary?" she didn't know they had an anniversary or that he knew what one was or that he'd remember.. she waited for him to explain.
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"It's been a year since you gave me back my wallet." Duh. Didn't she remember that? "I've never had one before," he bounced excitedly. He'd never had a birthday either until Zoe gave him one.
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She looked gobsmacked standing there in her tiara and necklace, staring at him, "You remember the exact day we met?" it was so incredibly sweet.
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"That's the day you were mine," he said so nonchalantly. She should have known this sort of thing. Seriously, it was insulting otherwise. "Well your eyes and that necklace, then I took the rest of you when I didn't want the necklace." It was the two things that had sucked him in. The girl at the counter kind of gave an odd look. He was talking about Zoe as if he'd picked her off the shelf at the store and she was sellable by pieces.
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The more he spoke, the more her smile blossomed till her eyes sparkled even more than the necklace. She slipped her good hand into his, "You decided the day we met I'd be yours, huh? I never got the memo. I just woke up one day and you wouldn't leave." she looked at him since he said he'd never had one before, "You know traditionally anniversaries are for when the relationship starts or there's something really important that happens.." and she'd turned him down four times before he finally had gotten to kiss her.
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"I did." He nodded quite assuredly. He took the necklace off and snapped his fingers to the clerk for another one, also with a
yellow diamond as the stone. It was simpler, on a single silver chain. He replaced it on her neck liking it a lot better. It suited her more. He took the tiara off as well and framed her face with his hands from a distance. Much better.
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Her mouth dropped open again as she looked down at the new necklace draped around her neck, "Holy shit.." she said in a breath. She smacked his stomach lightly, "Can you stop distracting me with shiny things, my boyfriend remembered our anniversary, this is a big moment for me." she hadn't had too many anniversaries herself and she never thought she'd be hitting the one year mark with Greed.
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"I like shiny things! Let me play!" This was what she said he should do as a living, she needed to he more respectful of his talent. "Shuuush," he told her framing her from another angle. He picked up a sapphire necklace next again with the best color and switched it out. This one was even simpler, a flower. "I like this one."
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She pressed her lips together and gave him a look as he told her to hush up but there was a light in her eyes. She looked down at the new necklace, "It's beautiful." then she looked back at him, "So you were saying, it's our anniversary..." just saying the words 'our anniversary' made her face light up, "..did you want to celebrate..?" because she certainly did.
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He asked the girl for another necklace, pocketing the one before the sapphires. He had a small stash in his jacket with a few watches, but he was interchanging so much with the clerk she couldn't remember what they had pulled out. She was new and had made the mistake of pulling out too many items at one time. Greed was playing the switch and confuse game common for con artists. He used it with money too. Confusion was his best game.
He put another necklace on Zoe as the girl put back the sapphire. "Celebrate it? You have a party?" He was new to this and using it to his advantage.
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Zoe felt bad for the girl who would get fired but her boyfriend was a Sin. This was his thing and it was what brought balance to the world so she didn't comment on how he was using her as part of his con game. At least she didn't have a speaking role in it this time. She chuckled, "Sometimes couples have parties to celebrate but those are like really big anniversaries. Normally it's..." she paused and furrowed a brow, "Chance, do you know what an anniversary is?"
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Greed had years, centuries of conning on his side. But never had he had a real girlfriend to use as part of his act. It was kind of a perk. He liked that perk. "It's a day you want to remember. It signifies something important." He knew that much now he just didn't know how you handled it. He was already scrolling his phone for ideas. Google was amazing.
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She blinked and then leaned over to look at his phone, "Are you... are you googling this?" she shook her head and put a hand over his phone to make him look at her instead. "Yes. And the day you came into my life was very important and I'm really happy that you remembered it." she leaned up to kiss his cheek, "We can celebrate it however we want. It's our special day so we get to do what we want on it." she tugged on his lapel, "I wish I knew earlier so I had time to get you a gift."
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"Yes I am. Google is amazing..." He paused when she stopped him with a whine. He quickly perked at the word gift. "Shit you get things on these days?" Greed liked getting things from her.
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She nodded, "Yeah, it's like a birthday for our relationship." it was the best way she could think of to describe it so he could understand. She'd taught him about birthdays the year before so hopefully everything he learned then would translate. "You don't need to give gifts. But I'd like to." she liked getting him things because he already had everything and she didn't have money. So to get him something he liked was a challenge.
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He instantly got excited, rubbing his hands together. He liked getting his sticky fingers on merchandise. "What are you getting me?" He wanted to know now, though she had a tendency to surprise him.
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She put her good hand on her hip, "I'm not telling you." she wasn't sure yet but she had an idea. "I'll give it to you tonight. When I get it. At our... well.. are we going to do anything for our anniversary?"
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He was still scrolling on his phone when one of the local theaters, the Paris Theater that had an interesting list of old movies. He giggled with his mouth closed as he read one of the titles. "Yeah we are. Going to the movies." Zoe was about to he thrown into one of his moments in Hollywood back when the big bad movie companies were corrupt. He had a hand in it. It was sexy and delicious. He'd had his face in a few old films that this theater was showing for a few nights only. He went ahead and ordered tickets.
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"How special and romantic." she said with a wry smile. She took his hand and turned it so she could look at the time on his wristwatch, "Pick me up in a couple of hours so I can shop and shower?" she looked at him to see if he was agreeable to that. She would leave the anniversary plans up to him.
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"Oh....but this is a good one. This is a special movie." It wasn't zombies but it was all about him. He pouted a little when she suggested they split for the afternoon. Two hours for Greed felt like forever. The clerk at the counter was still waiting for him to make at least one purchase. She pointed at the necklace Zoe still had on. "Okay," he said in reply to his girlfriend, unhooking the necklace from her neck.
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"Please don't be a porno." she said semi-seriously, she didn't want to go to a dark dirty theater on their anniversary. She smiled when he took the necklace off and agreed, "Two hours, that's super quick. I'll see you soon, okay?" she kissed the side of his mouth and was about to leave when the sales girl stopped her and pointed at her head, "Oh." Zoe took the tiara off and handed it back with the sales girl being relieved she didn't lose any merchandise.
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He smiled mischievously like he was going to say yes, "Good thought but no. Maybe next time." He smacked her playfully on the butt as she walked off, leaning back on the counter where he would exchange a few more pieces of jewelry with the clerk before leaving with full pockets.
Two hours didn't go by quick enough but he took the opportunity to change, bury his treasure in a secret spot in one of the rooms in his apartment like a chipmonk and picked her up a few minutes early.
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Zoe went shopping first to buy Greed's anniversary present, just filled with happiness at the thought of celebrating their anniversary. She had to get home, shower, get ready and wrap the small box in her bag. She was surprised to find a package at her doorstep when she arrived. Opening it revealed a gorgeous black and white multipatterned dress that she never would have thought to buy for herself. But the accompanying card indicating it was from her boyfriend. So of course she'd wear it tonight. The dress even was sleeveless so it'd be easy on her cast. She wore her hair loose and did a little make up but not too much, smoky eyes for the most part. He didn't like her freckles covered up, he made her naturally blush and if she wore lipstick or lipgloss, it often got rubbed off or eaten within a few minutes around him. When he picked her up, like always, she was barefoot because she was just about to step into her heels. She let him into the apartment so he could assess his present on her.
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He'd picked something for her that was easy to get into (just as easy to get out of) and accentuated all her key curves. He liked dressing her, it was fun for him to get in the habit if doing it again. He always dressed her classier than she probably expected. He too was dressed in http://pinterest.com/pin/30019313138268
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Zoe raised her brows slowly looking him over, blatantly checking him out without realizing it, "Yes you are...." he looked yummy. And he was hers for the night. And for longer than that.. her hand tangled with his loosely as she gave him a kiss, "Thank you for my dress." she stepped back and looked him over as if searching for something and smiled secretively. She went to the sofa and picked up a small square box that was wrapped and she held it out to him, "Happy anniversary."
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Greed caught her eyes running over him. "I know I'm sexy." He ran a hand over his jacket lapels, even taking a slow spin so she could inspect every inch of him, including his nice assets she told him she liked. Once he was done he twirled his finger for her to do the same. She definitely looked good in his clothes when he added to her wardrobe.
Her gift was tiny he eagerly tore into it. He liked big, expensive and the best, but any gift was wanted. Especially hers. It was almost as if she thought about it first and he liked that. His eyes lit up like a child as he opened up the box, his stomach doing flips at the excitement. There inside were two Batman cufflinks. They weren't cheesy either, they were yellow and made him feel like a superhero. He snorted a laugh. "Am I your Batman?"
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She had twirled for him before she got his present, as if she could deny the request even if it made her feel ridiculous. She stood next to him as he tore into the box, they were a little pricer than she'd have liked but she wanted to get him something that had his color and his tastes. She put her good arm around his middle, "You're more like my catwoman." she teased and then asked, "Do you like them?" she never knew with him. The gift wasn't expensive or anything, it was something he could buy himself and nowhere in the price range of her dress....
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"Catwoman? Why am I catwoman?" He squealed. "Is it because of my shiny pants?" He smiled. The kiss on her lips was a clear indication he was pleased. Very pleased. "You think about the things you get," he kept giving her kisses, "I like it."
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"And cause you pilfered all those jewels." she reminded him with a grin. She leaned into him for support at his kiss and laughed inbetween his kisses, trying to ask whenever her lips were free for a moment, "Well.. it'd be.. pointless... to just randomly... pick something up.. and hope you like it?" she was practically glowing with his kisses and the fact he liked her gift.
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"Oh yeah, those," he gleamed with his chest puffed out. "Couldn't help myself. They were begging to be plucked," he pulled up his sleeve to show off the new gold watch. The lights reflected off it and glittered off the wall. He twirled her then in his arms like he did when she first showed up at the jewelry store except he dazzled her with more kisses.
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She laughed with his kisses, having to hold on to him because she felt like she'd fall down but knew he wouldn't let that happen. "Nice." she said about the watch and then looked at him, "Speaking of those.... who was that woman at the store?" she puckered her lips together and raised her brows wondering if it was a former lay of his..
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"Big Nose Kate. Western chick I ran into in Vegas once. Stole something of hers but that's about it." He kept her pressed into him. "What are you jealous? Jealous that someone else might get a lady boner over me?" He had stayed clean for her with their deal. He didn't even turn his head towards other women since that first trip to Lithuania. He chewed on his bottom lip, dancing in place with her bare feet on his shoes. "I think I got a boner for just you." He nudged his nose against hers.
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"Noooo... not jealous... just... wondering." he was a wonderful gorgeous man, she knew how many women wanted him and had had him already. "They can get lady boners over you as long as they keep it to themselves." she put her arms around his neck as he danced her on his shoes. She smiled when he told her in his special way how he liked only her and she captured his lips for a kiss in a way that was obvious she'd never kissed anyone before like she did him.
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Sometimes her kisses really did send his head to the moon. She might think she was the only one that felt like floating at his kisses, but she wasn't. When she kissed him like the first time (before all the dry heaving and head in the toilet), it made he was high in the sky. He sucked on her lips a little longer enough to make her blush. "Get your heels we're gonna be late."
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Her cheeks were feeling heated as she gave him a look, "Then you shouldn't kiss me like that cause it makes me wanna not leave..." she nipped his fat bottom lip and hopped off his feet so she could get her heels and they could go. "What movie are we seeing?"
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He rubbed his thumb across her lip. "I'm addicted to your mouth," he purred, letting her go long enough to watch how that dress hugged her body. It was ten times better when she our her heels on. It elevated her a few inches. "Mmmm," he shook his head with a quirked brow. "I. Am. Good." His arm draped her waist to escort her out. "You'll see. It's an oldie."
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She grinned nervously leaning into him when he put his arm around her, "Can you please stop undressing me with your eyes... we're going out in public." she looked excited when he said it was an oldie, "Oh cool, I love the classics." her hand bumping his lightly, two fingers loosely tangling with his for a moment.
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"But I like everything I'm looking at." He clamped her hand dragging her to the car. He literally pushed them both inside, his driving as reckless as always until they were at the theater. Once he'd gotten out of the car he was bouncing on his feet, pulling out a blindfold which he put around her eyes. He was going all out for this surprise. "Ready?" He led her into the theater and its creaky seats.
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She'd gotten used to his driving but it still had her making faces because it was crazy. A car accident wouldn't kill him but it'd destroy her. But she trusted him to know what he was doing. She looked surprised when he pulled out the blindfold, her mouth opening a little as he tied it around her eyes. She had her hand out in front of her, "Ohmygod if you let me fall I'm gonna be so mad.." she gripped his hand as he led her to the seats and once she was sitting she turned her head towards where she thought he was, "Can I see now?"
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"You're not going to fall." He kept his hands on her shoulders the whole time. Once they were seated inside the lights were still on. "Not until the lights go down," he whispered in her ear in a voice that proved he was a little turned on by this.
Finally the theater filled in with a few more bodies and the lights dimmed. It was then that he took off her blindfold and waited for the film to start. It was and old black and white with the script writing for the title with the classical theme music intro. It was one of his, and within about ten minutes she would see him appear on the screen looking dapper.
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She furrowed a brow, tilting her head towards him when he whispered to her, "Are you.... turned on by this?" she asked amused and a little flustered.
Finally when he took the blindfold off and she jabbed him in the chest for making her wait so long with it on, she looked around the theatre and settled into the crook of his arm to watch the movie. When she saw a guy on the screen for a second she thought.. she narrowed her eyes and whispered to him, "That guy kinda..." she then gasped so loud that someone actually shushed her. Her good hand flew to her mouth as her eyes got so big they took up half her face.
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Greed let out a silent laugh, hitting his hand on his thigh when she finally realized who she was looking at. Her eyes were saucers. That giggle came out, he couldn't hold it in earning them another 'sushing' from a few other people. He glanced back at the screen then to her. "Handsome guy huh? He teased her with a small shove. Ye waited for a moment before whispering, "this movie almost didn't get made. Huge scandal during the whole thing. It was beautiful. Director went bankrupt if I remember correctly after having an affair with her," he pointed to the screen at the time some timeless looking blonde came in, "of course he wasn't the only one..." His face popped up again, and Greed could still recite it as if it were yesterday. He looked so different, younger even (from the costuming and makeup).
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Zoe could not stop staring at the screen, this was such a trip! She listened to Greed as he whispered, shoving his chest when his words made it sound like he had an affair with the blonde too. It actually made perfect sense for him to be in movies, "What name did you use?" she whispered to him when the next scene without him came on, snuggling into his side, still looking intrigued and blown away.
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It was hilarious watching her reactions. He was enjoying her excitement. "Avery Duvalier." He borrowed that name from one of his victims. Greed had a scrapbook of sorts, a list of every influence that was memorable. Especially the religious and the political. Before Avery he was Dante Alighieri. Just like the poet. It was a fun name to steal.
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She leaned in closer to him and raised her brows a little, "How fancy..." she gave him an eskimo kiss and grinned, "I had no idea I was dating a movie star. And I'm trying not to think about the fact that my grandma probably watched that movie and crushed on you..." she made a squick face because it was seriously weird.
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"Acting is a piece of cake." He did it all the time. Why would doing it for the camera be any different. His role in that film was very serious, quite the contrast to his usual manner. He rubbed his chin, "think so? I was a hot ticket."
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"Still are. But now you're my hot ticket. Exclusive show." she kissed him and then wrinkled her nose as they got shushed again. She was curious about his alias now, making a mental note to imdb him later on. Though she didn't know if she wanted to know how many starlets he banged... all of whom were most likely dead by now. Even weirder.
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"It only lasted about ten years until I was 'murdered'," he quoted with his fingers. He'd staged his own death after ten years when he didn't age and people started to wonder. "Had fun with that." He'd went all out. "Took me a whole year to prep." It was elaborate and memorable. "I think I got an Oscar that year too..." They were getting evil looks now from the small six person audience. "I'm kind of disappointed. There's not more people here."
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She put her fingertips on his lips when he wouldn't stop talking about his fake death. There was no light heartedness in her features as the black and white film's light played over her. She didn't say anything but there was worry and fear and sadness in her eyes. He talked about death always like it wasn't a big thing. But she was mortal and she was too used to death and still didn't like it. It didn't make a difference that he could come back, death was death and she couldn't handle it. Especially not now with Poseidon as their shadow waiting to pounce and rip them to shreds. She dropped her hand and put her head on his shoulder to go back to watching the movie.
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She got so serious. She was upset, he could see it in the light of her eyes. "Maybe I should spoil the ending for you..." He let her rest on his shoulder, but when he wasn't on the screen he got bored with the movie, using it as an opportunity to slide his arm around her shoulders, pulling her hair to the side to reveal her neck, which was his chance to suck on her neck with little kisses.
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She didn't say anything to him but considering she blubbered when his namesake died in an anime and it didn't even look like him, there was a good chance she'd freak out if she saw it on the big screen if she wasn't prepared for it. She squirmed against his side at his kisses on her neck but otherwise didn't do anything, eyes still on the screen.
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The arm of the chair was in his way, so he quickly threw it back so he had more wiggle room with her. He'd distract her while his face left the screen, though she was probably more in tune to the story than he was. He stroked his finger down her neck, and he was back to sucking on her skin.
Whenever he was back on screen he focused on her reaction. The anime was one thing, though it was just as fake as this. He wanted to warn her about the ending, but part of him still curious to her response, especially since it was his face.
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She was very curious about the movie and like with all things that Greed was involved with, she wanted to learn more. Soon enough, she wouldn't let him distract her with kisses to the lips, he might be bored when his face was lighting up the screen, but she actually wanted to know the story. He was free to suck on her neck but if his hands or lips tried to drift lower than her collarbone, she elbowed him. The movie wasn't a comedy, it was a heavy drama affair and she seemed to be engrossed in the storyline, especially his part. She was a person that was transparent and her worry for his character on the screen was becoming apparent as the movie unfolded. "You're gonna be okay, right...?" she whispered to him while keeping her eyes on the screen, talking about his character.
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He twirled her hair around his finger. The story was getting more intense. He could see Zoe so zoned in that nothing he did to distract her worked. So, he let her sit there engrossed through the climax without a word. A shot rang out and his character fell to the ground wounded. Old black and white film was sometimes over dramatic, but even so, Greed had played the sympathy card well. There were already a few gasps in the theater. The effect had been successful. He almost snickered at the multiple reactions, but there was only one he was fishing for---and she did not look amused.
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Zoe jumped some when the shot went off and struck Greed on the screen. She was absolutely frozen as her good hand gripped the arm rest on her side and she watched the events on the screen like they were actually happening, or worse, a sign of what was to come.
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Greed tried to take her hand away from the armrest. She was supposed to be clinging to him not the furniture. Another shot was fired and another. Greed's character was now dropped in his lover's arms struggling to hang on to tell a monologue no person bleeding to death could say. The girl wept dramatically saying the character's name over and over again, rocking his limo form in her lap, his head in her hands.
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At Greed's touch on her hand, she smacked him in the chest with her cast enveloped arm. Her eyes filled with tears and she flinched when more gunshots went off. She looked positively stricken as she watched him say words that he could have been saying to her before Poseidon killed him. Most mortals had a hard time with death but for Zoe, it was an extra sore spot. And Greed had jabbed his finger as hard as he could into it. As his character lay dead and cradled in his lover's arms and the scene was ending, Zoe got up from her seat and quickly made her way down the aisle, not looking at the real Greed even once.
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He was shocked when she just got up and left. LEFT. Left him there by himself to the theater furniture and old people still watching the credits roll. He quickly jumped from his seat after her where they stood in the main entrance. He grabbed her good arm. "Hey, what was that?" He had tried to (attempted to) warn her about that scene but the evil Sin in side really wanted to see how she would take it. For him. It was all for him.
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She tried to yank her arm out of his hold but he only gripped tighter. She still struggled but he was twice her size and she knew it was useless but she felt sick right now. She didn't want to look at him and kept her face turned away. He had her good arm and her other hand had a cast on it so she couldn't even wipe away the tears that were sliding down her cheeks, make up ruined. Finally she whispered, "Why would you do that..." that was more than a joke... it had been cruel.
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He wouldn't let go. She should have learned this by now. He knew deep down what was going on with her but he played confused. "Do what?" He pulled her close and wiped off her dripping with his thumb.
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She tried to pull free again even though it was useless. She turned her face away from his hand and shook her head, "Don't." it was one word but it was all she had to say. He wasn't stupid and it was insulting he was trying to act like it. He was trying to act with her.
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"I was curious. It wasnt that bad of a film." She was trying to get away. He didn't like that. "Well, it was bad but it had its moments." He wasn't getting to the point of what had upset her. He did treat death casually as if it were no big deal. He knew it bothered her, but the Sin wanted to see if it would pain her at all.
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She still didn't look at him but she looked disgusted by what he said. "You were curious? About what? Exactly how much I'd cry? Was it enough for you? Was I a few drops short? You need to stop acting dumb because I know you're not stupid. Other people might believe it but I know you." and while he'd been callous before, he'd been foot in mouth, he'd rarely ever been straightforwardly cruel to her.
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"To see your reaction." The Sin could he cruel and he was the one that had made that call. Almost immediately though he spoke again to tell her it was just a movie. "It's no different than the anime. It's just a story. It wasn't real." He'd wanted to show himself off. Apparently Hr was ruining this anniversary thing.
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Her mouth dropped open, "To see my reaction...?" she repeated the words in disbelief. "Right, because I had such a great reaction to the anime. You knew that scene was coming up, you didn't even warn me." she shoved him with her cast arm, "I am NOT one of your guinea pigs!" she knew he liked to play with humans. If you poked them here and there what did they do but she was his girlfriend and he knew she would react badly and he still did it.
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"I thought about warning you. I guess I should have said something. But I did try to distract you." She had had none of it beyond a certain point. He had been playing a game, yes, but maybe he should have let her in on it a little sooner.
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"No, you didn't." he didn't try to distract her at all or say anything to her. She shook her head saying in a hushed tone, "You're such a fucking asshole." she had no problem with most of his twisted games but he knew her weaknesses and to exploit them like that, to play with her while she was already so worried about him... and on their anniversary? He'd gone too far, even for him.
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Greed didn't have an off switch. He didn't realize when he'd gone too far. He just pressed buttons because its how Sins worked. He knew how to say sorry but he was getting uncomfortable with her now. She was taking it more harsh than he expected. It was what made her human and him ultimately not. "I didn't think you'd get this upset." That was the truth.
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"This upset. So you did know it would upset me. And you did it anyway." Her good arm was still bent in his grasp, she would step away from him if he let her go, she was ready for it. She still didn't look at him, her mind tumbling into different thoughts, "Did you want to hurt me? Is that why you did it? Show me what I'm doing to you these days?" did he think she wasn't already beating herself up over it? That she wasn't scared and worried?
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"Maybe I was!" He retorted scrunching his face with a childish pout. He wouldn't let her go though. She wasn't going to walk off and leave him alone. No. She just wasn't allowed to do that. "Maybe I wanted to poke holes." He'd been holding up well, like a man, but each hit...he was bound to throw punches back.
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And there was the truth. She didn't say anything at first because what was there to say to that? That he wanted to hurt her. But the thing was she was hurting him, not intentionally, but she was. And he'd been handling it so well but he was starting to crack. "Keep going." she said quietly. He needed to get it out, he needed to hate her for a little bit or it was going to fester and really do some damage to them that they wouldn't be able to repair.
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"He's not going to stop and when he does how much does he plan on taking from me? My warehouses---oh wait I bet he's already done that!" He was exploding, he'd been keeping it in, but the recent hits were rightfully his to get mad at. "I want people to leave my shit alone Zoe. I'm tired of fires and other unnatural disasters taking my shit from me!" It included her, but right now he was putting his anger right where she wanted it. She deserved it didn't she?
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The guilt she was feeling was so heavy that she was surprised it hadn't crushed her. But he needed to get mad. He'd been holding it together so she wouldn't fall apart but he was cracking and it was dangerous in more ways than one. "How does it make you feel..." she said in the same soft tone, not because she was trying to be gentle but she lacked the strength to make it louder. He had to get it out and she had to take the hits, no matter how much they'd hurt.
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"I'm pissed because I'm losing all my shit over this. He was supposed to not figure it out. He was supposed get that fake and leave it alone. He was supposed to go after Theseus. Instead I'm the fucking target and everything I own. I don't like it!" It was like ripping an arm or leg off. "I take it a little personal."
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"You can take it a lot personal, you aren't really involved in any of this and are still getting hit." in a way, she wanted him to get mad at her, she felt she deserved his anger. Maybe it'd be easier to bear than her guilt and fear.
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"It's MINE and that sea squid is ruining it." This time he included her in that group. "More importantly it gets back to my family then I lose my title as leader of the Excesses. I look like a fool. A child. Some baby that needs Lust to clean up after him." Greed wanted to do things on his own. For the first time in a long time he wasn't crawling back to Lust as a child needing his mother. He was standing his ground, he wanted to keep it that way. Poseidon busting in playing Battleship was just pushing down the wrong doors. The more he spat in her face the more he realized where his anger was resonanting from. She wanted to be blamed, well, he was giving her one heck of a face slap.
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She didn't blubber or cry, she took everything he was releasing because he had to get it out. He had to get it out now while she knew it was coming so he didn't slowly hurt her in cruel ways, that she wouldn't survive. "How does all that make you feel about me...?" the question was again soft, but it was meant to shove him in the pit of anger he had been trying to keep a lid on so he could tell her how he really felt towards her and the mess she put him in.
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If she had cried he wouldn't have consoled her. "I'm in this to be in this. But I'm a little pissed---no I'm a lot pissed," he took a deep breath as if he were scraping off layers of dirt that had built up in his playground. "You're just letting him. Which is more important?" Poseidon had asked her that question and she hadn't answered beyond standing her ground. Her enemies had become his. "I don't like you right now." He crossed his arms over his chest as he stared her down.
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She rubbed her arm more out of just having something to do than his former grip on it. She nodded when he said he was really pissed. She tensed when he asked what was more important. She knew what he was talking about but like with Poseidon, she kinda glossed over the question with no answer and still didn't look at him but could feel his burning gaze, "You don't have to like me right now, you can be as mad as you want."
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"Answer the question Zoe. Because at some point its going to come up again and I won't be the one asking." They needed to be on the same page. "You need to be on my side because when he keeps taking low blows its going to be hard for me say no to Lust if I have nothing left." He was warning her. It had happened before. He wanted to he sure he wasn't going to lose everything (which included her as his most precious cargo) and be left completely empty-handed because she couldn't hang on to him as hard as he was her.
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That was hard for her to hear. She still couldn't answer him, "I am on your side.." she didn't want any of this to happen to him, she was with him... "Are you saying if I don't choose you right now, you're going to leave me for Lust?" she asked in an incredulous tone. The worst part was Poseidon wouldn't stop even if Greed did leave her, he already knew Zoe was in love with the Sin and whether Greed stayed with her or not, by hurting him, Poseidon was slowly breaking Zoe.
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"No, I'm saying if everything is taken out from under me I've nailed my own coffin." He already had when he fucked up a plan that was supposively fool proof. "I'll hand over my title and she will lord it over me. And it'll be hard to say no when now I keep pushing her back. He'll break you..."
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It was what Poseidon wanted and Lust wanted even though the two immortals weren't working together. Zoe hated to hear it. That Greed would leave her if Poseidon kept striking at him, he would return to Lust, back to what he knew best and he and Zoe's relationship, everything they worked for, it'd be gone. "He'll break me by breaking you..." she said quietly. "I have no right to ask.. but please.. can you hold on just a little longer? Let me try to talk to him again." maybe he'd listen. Maybe Poseidon could transfer the magic or whatever, maybe he could just claim the necklace after she died in a few decades. He had nothing but time, he could wait, couldn't he?
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"He won't wait for you Zoe." Greed was a Sin but he had a breaking point too. He knew something big was on the horizon and it reminded him of where he'd been before. He'd lose her and all from his own making. "He will keep pushing, and even I can only rake so much...." It was human to say, but what was Greed without anything? He'd cease to exist.
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She nodded, she knew Poseidon was going to keep going until he got what he wanted. "How much longer.." she asked, trying to keep her voice from cracking. "How much longer can you hold out...." even if it was for a few days, she just wasn't ready to let go of the locket yet.
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"I don't know." He didn't. It depended on the hit. Which direction Poseidon would come at first. It depended on how he handled it. "You're being selfish." He was too but he resented her at the moment for being selfish. It wasn't fair but at times there was no such thing. "I don't like you right now but it doesn't mean I want to lose everything. You included because I fucked up this foolproof plan."
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She wanted to take his hand but didn't, she used her good hand to hang on to the opposite arm to keep from reaching out to him. She nodded, she was being selfish. But she couldn't let go right now. But when he said that last bit, she frowned a little and for the first time she raised her gaze and looked at him, "You didn't fuck up anything.. you wouldn't have needed a plan if you weren't trying to protect me." okay it was a little more complicated than that but she would never blame it on him. Not when her insane family was the cause of the mess right now.
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"I always fuck up plans." It was what Lust expected. But he refused to crawl on his belly to look like the basketcase that was expected. Greed had pulled a pretty convincing scheme. He'd been warned by Hephaestus but he still went through like a charging bull. He wanted to prove he could outsmart a Greek. It was looking pretty bleak right now and he was the one who had been outwitted. Poseidon would get his no matter what this outcome was. Greed would make him look foolish, he just hadn't figured it out yet. Theseus alone had been easy to misguide. That was a short-lived victory.
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Despite him not liking her right now, she reached out her good hand to take one of his, making sure their bodies weren't touching so she gave him some space. But she wanted to at least hold his hand as she said firmly but softly, "You don't always fuck up." because he seemed to be talking about much more than just plans. She believed in him and he had accomplished so much since she'd known him.. she didn't know how he could think he was this screw up.
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He did think it because his family reminded him of it so often. "Everyone sees the fool." But he wasn't one, he really wasn't---he just felt like one now. Poseidon was a tough adversary. Greed needed to get into his head and see what he could do. Car crashing wasn't enough.
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She squeezed his hand, "I don't." they were on rocky ground right now, and they were hurting each other without wanting to but she knew that despite being a Sin, he was a good man.. to her. She saw someone who was complex and flawed but who never gave up.
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"I don't want to lose my spot as head of the excesses, I worked so hard to get it." He hated this bizarre thing between them. Instead of yelling at her more he just jumped around with growls, throwing his head back in a huge sigh. "Your family is shit." He wasn't done being mad at her and her selfishness but he wanted to move on. When she grabbed his hand he squeezed it. "Can we stuff our faces in icecream or something?" He was getting through his anger now, he'd let off the steam. Now it was the cooling off period.
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She couldn't comfort him about his King title because she couldn't guarantee he'd keep it. That was for him and his family to fight about and decide. So she just listened which she had a feeling his siblings didn't do either and sometimes you just wanted someone to hear what you were saying and that's it. She just nodded when he said her family was shit, they were. "You wanna yell at me some more first?" she asked because she rather he get the bulk of it out now so then they could relax a little and lick each others wounds. She was pretty sure he wasn't done stomping his feet yet.
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"Yeah I still don't like you right now and I'm not sure how much I will the next time." There was still a little grumpy in there. There would be a next time, but he wasn't going to shove her off a cliff. He had too much invested in Zoe to just throw her out. She still looked like a wounded puppy with glassy eyes even if he hadn't gotten her to spill water again. He glanced her over, that sexy dress he'd picked out still sticking to her like glue up against that soft skin that glowed. "I'm so not over you it makes me sick." The Sin didn't like how easy he was falling for her doe-eyed face. It was dirty.