Zoe (history_repeats) wrote in nevermore_logs, @ 2013-09-13 09:55:00 |
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Entry tags: | greed, temperance, zoe hansen |
WHO: Jonah & Zoe w/Greed
WHEN: Friday
WHERE: Beach, Greed's apartment
WHAT: Zoe runs into yet another virtue by the beach
WARNING: Greed pillow
It was by accident this time that Jonah ran into Zoe again. Though the last time had been pure coincidence as well. It was the weekend, a perfect time to soak up the sun. When the world got too busy Jonah enjoyed the quiet time. He was far more used to quiet than Maddy. He should have been a monk.
Relaxing by the sandy shore he dug his toes in. The feel of warm sand mixed with the sounds of the ocean were always calming. He could feel another as they passed by him, not as giggly and playful as the couple a few feet away. There was a lot of skin coming off that couple as well, more than he thought his eyes should be taking in. It seemed wrong on more than one level but he didn't bounce up to say something unless provoked.
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Zoe had wanted to go to the beach because the water always made her feel better. She let Greed know and understood that he rather not go but she wasn’t going to let Poseidon scare her away from things she loved, the water included. She wore flip flops, short shorts with a belt that showed off her legs that her boyfriend loved, and a fitted white tee as she walked along the beach, letting the water roll over her toes along the edge. One thing that made her stand out was the fact that despite being a warm day she had a multi colored thin scarf wrapped around the lower half of her face. The wind blew her dark candy floss hair behind her as she walked showing the heart shaped gold stud in her ear that spelled out the word ‘love’ along the curve. But she wasn’t paying attention to anything except the grains of sand on the ground.
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Jonah rolled up his jeans so that they rode up a little past his ankles. He walked over to Zoe, shielding the sun out of his eyes with his arm. "Zoe?" He asked in a questioning tone. She wasn't easily missed, not the way the sun glittered on her skin. He approached slowly when she was just a few inches from him. He didn't want to startle her.
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She was deep in her own thoughts so even her name startled her and she stopped walking, narrowing her eyes at Jonah with a frown as if she was trying to remember where she knew him from. When realization dawned, her eyes crinkled to show she was smiling even if the lower half of her face was still covered with the thin scarf. She wiggled the fingers of her good hand in a wave but didn’t say anything.
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"Jonah," he said putting a hand to his chest to remind her he was a friend and not some stranger. He hadn't noticed she favored one hand, but he was still keeping the sun out of his face. He walked with her slowly, the ocean water now cascading over his feet. "You look like you need a friend," he noted dropping his arm.
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She looked at him curiously, “I have friends.. but I wouldn’t say no to someone who wants to take a walk.” her voice muffled through the scarf. He was a tall dude and seemed harmless. She didn’t know if she wanted to be alone or not right now. Wouldn’t hurt to have someone there though even if she wished it was her boyfriend, the company was nice.
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"I know you have friends," he assured her he wasn't saying otherwise. "You have a great smile." He hadn't seen it yet but he would try to get one out of her. His tall frame was shade for her as she walked beside his shadow.
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“You do? Are you stalking me?” she was just joking as they continued as a leisurely pace, hers slower than normal, weighed down by recent events. She gave him another odd look when he complimented her smile, “You have x-ray vision?” came her muffled question, since the scarf covered the lower half of her face.
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"No, no I'm not a stalker." Unlike some of the sinly counterparts. He gave her a soft smile of his own, trying not to appear intimidating despite his height. "Well you have sweet eyes, I can only imagine your smile matches perfectly." It was an honest observation, but he was tip-toeing into innocent flirting.
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Her eyes crinkled again to show she was smiling even if he couldn’t see it, with a heavy compliment like that how could she not? “Wow, you’re almost as smooth as my boyfriend.” which was true, sometimes Greed said things that were so smooth, she was left shocked. Plus it was also a nice and casual way to remind Jonah she was not on the market.
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"See? Your eyes light up." He might not be able to see the grin but it was definitely there. "Oh?" It was the first mention of Greed, he needed to play this casually and not seem pushy. "Is your boyfriend tall, handsome and generous?" His veneer teeth gleamed, but unlike Greed he wasn't fishing for a compliment. He was trying to keep her smiling and learn about this relationship and if she was in any danger.
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She blushed a little but was glad he couldn’t see it, she never handled compliments well. She looked away from him, focusing on the sand as they walked, but listening to him. She let out a small laugh, “Two out of three.” since ‘generous’ was an insulting word to Greed even though he was generous in other ways with her, with his affection for example.
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"Oh, so he's just tall and handsome?" He joked, but Jonah knew who he was talking about. He chuckled softly continuing the slow pace so she could keep up. He shoved his hands in his pockets swaying a little as he walked. "I hope you're happy at least, thats the important thing. That you don't lose who you are to be with someone."
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She looked at him out of the corner of her eye, wondering what made him pick those two qualities as the ones she was talking about but she shrugged it off, “Very.” no one was cuter than her boyfriend. She seemed bewildered and amused as he offered her practically a blessing on her relationship, “I wouldn’t be with him if I wasn’t happy. And if I wasn’t me, I doubt he’d be with me.”
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Jonah nodded as she explained a little more. It wasn't enough to secure him in thinking she was completely safe. That fear increased when he noticed the cast on her wrist. He rubbed his chin with his forefinger trying to be nonchalant. "What happened to your wrist?" It was one thing to hide her face, but this was even more curious.
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She raised the cast a little, “Oh.. um… got mugged.” she was a horrible liar but it was what she had told people since it was the lie Theseus had started at the hospital. She just went with it. She fidgeted the scarf around her nose and mouth to make sure it was secure.
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"Mugged?" He felt protective immediately, that was his virtue pumping through. The need to protect those that were suffering or hurt. "I'm sorry," even though it wasn't his doing. It would give her some comfort. Without even realizing his hand touched her shoulder. "Are you okay?"
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Her shoulder dropped a little but she didn’t pull away from the touch, he seemed sincere. “Broken wrist. It’ll heal…” her voice quieter, her family’s abuse towards her not something she was keen to discuss with strangers.
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"Please do take it easy." He was worried already. Had Greed gotten careless. Jonah was worried but he couldn't pry too much into her personal business just yet, it would seem weird. People didn't like invasion in their personal lives. "So, what beings you out on a day like this?" He switched subjects. It was less invasive.
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She just nodded and when he stepped back from the personal isssue, she relaxed a little, "Being near the water always calms my nerves and relaxes me. What about you?"
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"It's a beautiful day. The weather has been fantastic the last week." He threw his arms out to frame the air. "And it's the weekend," he nudged her softly. "It seemed like a good idea to go enjoy it before school on Monday."
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She nodded in agreement. It was a beautiful day, she hadn't noticed. She looked at him when he nudged her, plucking at the scarf at her face since when she spoke her own breath made it hot and stuff inside, "What do you study?"
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"Oh I'm not in school, but I'm a councelor. So I have the same hours." He had the same job as Madison when she took "vacations". He liked helping people, its what made him easy to be around. "I like being the lending ear." It's what he was good at.
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"Oh, that's really noble of you." most people couldn't handle a job like that so Zoe could appreciate Jonah doing such a thing. She smiled even though he couldn't see it, "I'm sure you're a great help to a lot of people. Sometimes all it takes is for someone to listen.."
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"I like doing it. It gives me joy to be helpful. I think the world needs balance. When there is chaos, there needs to be good or everything is a mess." He stopped for a moment in his walk looking out at the glisten of sun against the water. "It is calming isn't it?" He repeated her reasoning from earlier. The ocean had a sense of peace today. It was calm, it was still.
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She nodded, "I believe that too." but she believed it on Greed's side, that he wasn't evil, the world needed his chaos so people like Jonah could do their job. She stopped too and seemed at peace looking at the water, "Yeah. I wish my boyfriend would have come." she rolled her eyes with a wry smile, "He can't stand the water tho."
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That was relief to hear. Without balance the would would tip into extreme chaos and there would be no good to counteract the bad. He put his hands back in his pockets, waddling a little with his walk. "He didn't want to come? What's not to love about the water?" He had no idea Greed was finiky about anything other than what he couldn't have. "How long have you been together if you don't mind me asking?"
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She smiled a little, it feeling good to talk about Greed like he was a normal person, "Oh he just has some bad experiences related with it.. but he knows how much I love it so he's agreed to work on it." she beamed when he asked her how long she'd been with Greed, "It's.... complicated, really been on and off, you know how it is. But we just had our one year anniversary." and she was proud of it.
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That was definitely something new. What would happen to make Greed squick on water? That was something to investigate later. "A year? Wow that's impressive." Even more impressive because it was Greed. There must have been something interesting about her for him, or he had dug in deep.
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She looked at him, her eyes shining, "Yeah! Right? I mean it's been hard, we're kinda... I mean, people didn't think we'd last sooooo.." she looked at the water around her feet, "...kinda happy to prove them all wrong. Not without its difficulties but..." she widened her eyes for a moment on the 'difficulties' part but she was pretty secure in her relationship.
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She lit up. Literally. Her eyes, her smile, there was even a little bounce in her step. It was curious because that was a long time for someone to be around a Sin. It also meant commitment, and she hadn't been drained of all her senses yet. Maybe--maybe Greed had spared her. He hoped. "Why do they think you wouldn't last? Different personalities?" He was inquisitive, but he wasn't being pushy.
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She sighed looking out at the water, sliding her hands into her pockets, "Yeah, we're... really different." He was an immortal, she was a mortal. He was a Sin, she was a human. "He kinda has a bad reputation.. and people judge him based on it without getting to know him as a person." it frustrated her, "Not that he's perfect by any means, there are days I've wanted to break up with him and he just didn't let me." she said in a half joking tone. Half because it was actually the truth.
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This was even more curious, but one thing Jonah did not do was judge before knowing the situation. Even if he felt differently. "Tell me about him." He wanted to know what Zoe saw of Greed. He could tell she wanted to talk about it and didn't often get to. That was evident in the way she paused when talking about it. She was used to hiding. That was unfortunate.
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She gave a nervous laugh, one of those you didn't know what to do so you laughed laughs. She was smiling, it was in her eyes as she side eyed him, "Why?" it was weird for her to have a guy ask about her boyfriend. To have anybody ask about him. Even Gabe didn't ask about Greed but that's because he hated him. As long as she was happy and he wasn't abusing her, Gabe was gritting his teeth and baring it.
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Jonah laughed too as she questioned his curiosity. "You look like you need to talk about it and don't get to very often. I'm lending my ear..." He whispered the last bit with a genuine chuckle.
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She grinned, "Ohhhhh is that what you're doing?" she bumped her arm against his lightly. "I thought you were trying to make a play for him since he'd match your height." she looked at him and while she appreciated the gesture, he did this for a living, she couldn't imagine him wanting to do it in his spare time, "Well, you're off the clock and I'm not a student anymore so just enjoy the day."
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"Ohhho, no. I'm not that kind of guy." He waved his hands defensively. He wasn't really a dating, get with girls kind of guy either. The virtues kept pretty neutral on that sort of thing. Even though he was already fond of Zoe already. In that he wanted to help and protect her. She was attractive in that cute cuddly sort of way. He just liked her aura. He smiled pleasantly. "Well, consider this a free session. I don't mind in the slightest."
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She was amused at his reaction and almost told him that Greed had kissed boys before but was only interested in her now but she didn't think Greed would appreciate her telling random guys about his bisexual past. She furrowed a brow and shook her head, "No way, that's horrible." she laughed, "What kind of person do you think I am that I'd take advantage of your time off?" before he could reply, she scrunched up her face, taking in a breath and then pulled down the scarf, turning her head to the side to let out a sneeze, she moved the scarf back in place but if he'd looked he'd have seen four bruise marks from Poseidon's fingers on her cheek, the other cheek containing his thumb.
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"I think you're the kind of person that doesn't get to talk as much as she needs to." He nodded assuredly that it was ok. "Go ahead." He was about to say something at her sneeze but he noticed the faint bruises on her cheeks. "Oh my--" he stopped himself from inspecting further but he wanted to immediately put the virtue cloak over her and find out who had done that. "Please tell me that wasn't the boyfriend's handiwork."
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Zoe immediately retreated into her shell, hastily fixing the scarf around her face and leaning away from Jonah in case he wanted to pull it off. She frowned, "No, no, he'd never.. I mean he has but never intentionally. He didn't do it." she was tripping over her words, trying to figure out how to explain the bruises, a mugging wouldn't cut it and she didn't want to reveal her messed up family.
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"He has?" Not intentionally, that was usually an excuse. He had reason for worry, and it was obvious on his face as he stopped walking. Abusive Greed? How could he?
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Zoe closed her eyes and put a hand to her forehead, "No..." she sighed with frustration, "It's not like that. It's not what you think. He loves me and he would never--" she made a face because she sounded like such a domestic abuse victim.
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Greed and love? That was impossible. Even Jonah knew that. He wanted to be sure, because the girl was still of right mind, he hoped at least. But that kind of declaration was not one to be put lightly with a Sin of all things. He got quiet, stuck on his words. He was still being careful, but, this was serious. "Explain it to me, please," he was a little desperate for her to talk more on the subject, he couldn't deny it didn't make him uncomfortable.
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"Explain what?" she asked in a slightly defensive and panicked tone of voice. She assumed he meant the bruises on her face and she didn't have an explanation, she was a terrible liar. She'd spent most of her time working in the back at work with the scarf on with a vague explanation of some skin irritation or in the company of Greed who knew about them already.
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"Forgive me, its just I've heard that before. I mean no disrespect to you or your boyfriend. I know I hardly know you, I just, these kind of things worry me." They interested him, because as a Virtue, as Temperance there were some things that made him involved. "You keep a lot in. It's not good to hang on to more than you can talk about. It's a release." He wanted her to stay comfortable.
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She was completely unnerved and still didn't look at him but his words calmed her down some, her eyes going to his for just a moment, "He's not.. it's..." she stopped again. After a moment she said, "I really don't want to talk about it, I'm sorry. I know you're just concerned but it's really complicated but I'm fine, I can handle it." she gave Poseidon what he wanted and now it was over. She didn't like to admit it but she was still fragile after the experience as it clearly showed.
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Jonah's hands went out in surrender. "Alright. We don't have to. If you ever change your mind. I'm Jonah Varity. I don't have any business cards bit you can find me at Columbia. Same place you aren't at anymore." He gave her a reassuring smile. He wanted her to open up to him, if not now then soon so he could know more before anymore red flags went flying.
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That scared bunny rabbit look in her eyes lessened and the fact he didn't push put her at ease. She turned her lips in and nodded, "Alright... maybe." she smiled a little under the scarf, it showing in her eyes. "It was nice running into you again, Jonah.." she said taking a step back signaling this conversation was over.. for now.
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He could take a hint. He would leave it. For now. He had opened up the door, he had to have faith she would come through. "Nice running into you again too, Zoe. " he paused a moment. "What is your last name?" He wouldn't hurt her, he hoped she could sense that.
It was then that Greed sent Zoe a text asking if she had had enough of the ocean yet. He had something for her.
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She appreciated that he was letting it go so much. Between her family and her boyfriend, she was pushed and pulled like taffy constantly, it felt nice to just have someone back off for once. "Hansen." she gave him that because he gave her space. And with a wave of her good hand she started walking off checking her phone, smilling when she saw who it was. She texted Greed back asking what it was even though she fully intended on going to his place right now anyway.
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He could tell she needed that little bit of room. She didn't get breathing room enough. She needed it. "Hope to see you again. Zoe Hansen." He smiled brightly with an innocence that most men his age just didn't have. He waved at her continuing to walk his own path down the beach. He did look back though, at least once.
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Zoe looked at him curiously over her shoulder as she walked away, his smile was so bright and... fluffy. But she focused on Greed, she was excited to see him and she could use a hug. It took her a little bit to get to his place, taking the bus and then walking the rest of his way to his door in her short shorts and t-shirt, with the scarf still covering half her face as she knocked.
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Greed may have said no to the beach but it didn't mean he said no to seeing her. He practically drug her inside by her good arm the moment she came to the door. "What took you so long?" He had expected she dip her feet in the water and go!
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She smiled, "The bus didn't have hyperdrive." as he pulled her inside. It felt good to see him. She yanked down her scarf once they were inside and gave him a big kiss first, needing it, needing to just feel him for a moment.
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"Fuck our buses. We need a bullet train here." Like Japan. He mumbled something else against her lips, not complaining in the slightest that he got to grope her mouth with his own.
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She put her bad arm around his middle and when the kiss broke, she just looked at him for a few seconds. She thought they made a great fit and she knew she'd never love anyone else like this. Even if she couldn't explain it to people.. she knew. She kissed him on the cheek.
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"It gets more handsome by the day doesn't it?" He gave her a sexy look with one of his brows. "My face." With a quick bend in his knees he put his arms around her waist to drag her into the bedroom. It was then that he noticed she had dropped a few pounds. Most guys wanted their girls to lose weight. Greed knew what Zoe had packed on her and to him there was a difference. "Have you lost weight?" He seemed a little disgusted.
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She snorted a laugh because he was so arrogant but it was so funny. She didn't have time to reply as he had picked her up and was taking her into the bedroom. She was surprised that he noticed because she didn't think it'd made that much difference to her look but she admitted, "A few pounds..." the amount of stress she'd been under for the past month with Poseidon and whatnot had messed with her sleep and eating habits and she dropped some weight.
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"Remind me to stuff your face with junk food." He set her feet back down on the floor and rubbed his hands up and down her sides. They stayed glued on her hips when he stopped, turning her around slowly until she faced him again. "I don't wanna lose your curves." It's what he liked about her. Without it she would be a rail. "If you become a stick I won't like you." It was the opposite philosophy of what men found attractive in this modern world. "You're like the Venus in the Botticelli picture." Meaning women with shape used to be in style. While Zoe wasn't his usual tall, blonde and thin, l her voluptuousness was sexy. It aroused his senses. Her as a stick or anything other than what she was wouldn't work for him.
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She blinked when he felt her up and turned her around as if to examine her. She knew he liked her curves, her past boyfriends had too but they always hinted they wouldn't mind her losing a couple of pounds. And she'd tried but she loved sweets... so she always had a little more junk in her trunk. Greed actually wanted her to gain back what she lost. It was sweet. "You can always bake me a cake,." she said with a grin but when he compared her to a Botticelli picture, she looked stunned, a pink in her cheeks at the high compliment, "Oh." she just nodded, not expecting him to compare her to the Venus..
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"Or you can just nibble on me," he gave a low laugh, his teeth pulling on her lip for another kiss. "I don't mind." They had been so wrapped up in Poseidon's pool party that he'd forgotten what his girlfriend tasted like. It was like honey dripping off her lips. He scooted back towards the bed, taking a seat and pulling her to stand between his legs. "I got something today." He dragged her on top of him when he laid back. She wasn't looking yet but there was a Greed-sized body pillow hanging out at the head of the bed.
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His kisses always sent her to cloud nine and she closed her eyes to lose herself in them, she'd missed this with him and even though she still felt pangs for her locket, this, him, their home, it meant more. When he dragged her on top of him as he lay back on the bed, she raised a brow, looking down at him with her hair hanging around her face, "What'd you get?" her flip flops siding off as her long legs settled down on the bed on each side of him.
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He wasn't angry anymore because he had what he wanted, though the idea to fuck with Poseidon was still an option later down the road. Big fish didn't scare him. He used her butt to grab onto as he scooted them further up the bed like snake. The pillow was in her line of sight now. "I know how fond you are of pillows. And if you're gonna make-out with them, then I have a solution."
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She pressed her lips together and jumped when he grabbed onto her butt but she let him slide them on up, "Oh?" at the mention of pillows, she looked up to where his normally were and caught sight of him. As a pillow. "Oh!" she sat straight up on him, her good hand covering her mouth, her eyes wide. She was NOT expecting that. It was creepy, disturbing, and adorable.
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She had everything in that pillow that looked like him except for the contours of his body and his limbs. "Now if you attack my pillows you're grabbing my man boobs," he smiled real wide and fake.
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She slowly lowered her hand, her mouth still open as she looked at him, "You are so insane..." she leaned down and kissed him to show him how much she loved that about him. She lifted her butt up so she could lean forward and grab the Greed pillow, her chest in his face for a moment before she sat back down on him and looked the pillow over with a small laugh.
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His eyes followed her as she moved. "I like this view. You can stay right there." Right where he had the perfect view. He frowned as she laughed. "What's so funny?"
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She bopped him on the face with his pillow and then hugged it to her chest so his face was staring right back at him with her arms around his pillow's middle. She rested her chin on one corner of the pillow's edge and looked at the real him, "Nothing.. just I was taking about you today and things like this just remind me why I..... pizza you." she turned her smile in towards the pillow so it was hidden and only her eyes peeked out at him.
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"You give me acid reflux---" he stuck out his tongue tugging on the pillow edge to see what she was nuzzling on the feather version of him. "Talking about me? To who? I thought you went to the beach?" He was disgruntled.
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She swatted at his hand playfully and made a face, "Yeah well you give me heartburn." she kept her arm around the pillow, holding it close with a little chuckle, "There are people at the beach you know. I don't have my own private Zoe beach."
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"Why would they talk to you?" It upset him for some reason, if only because Poseidon had hit close to home just all too recently. "I could buy a beach and make it mine...id be a nude beach though," he grinned again, but he was still puzzled.
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She made a huffy face and cuddled the pillow cause it wasn't as mean as him, "Why wouldn't they talk to me? I'm a lovely person." she gave him a look, "But it'd be your beach, not mine."
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"You are a crazy person. You molest pillows." He crossed his arms over his chest. "Yeah, see my beach. You naked. It's a win!"
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"Well I was a lovely person before I met you. Now I'm slightly crazy. And I only molest cute pillows." she kissed his face on the pillow. "But people still wanna talk to me. And by the way, me nude on a beach, ain't happening unless it's Fiji in the dead of the night with no one else there, in the water." she raised a brow at him.
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"Oh so this is my fault!" He slapped at the pillow when she decided to put her spit all over it. "No, no, no. You're not allowed to do that." He waved a finger in warning.
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She gave him a look, "Oh forgive me, I didn't realize I could only touch the pillow version of you." she rested her chin on it again and put her other arm back around the pillow, "And me being crazy is your fault partly. I don't think I could be sane and be in a relationship with you." she noticed he'd kinda forgotten about her talking to someone and on second thought it was for the best, he didn't like guys complimenting her which Jonah totally had been.
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"Yeah," he said like it was so obvious. "It's for hugging. No fondling, kissing, groping or humping unless its me." He was already getting that hint of jealously creeping in.
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She wrinkled her nose when he said humping, she wouldn't do that to a pillow... she squeezed the pillow and smiled at him, "Okay, deal. Do I get to take him home with me?" she asked brightly. It would be so weird to have but nice too.
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"It has my washboard stomach, don't deny you wouldn't get a little too excited with it..." He glared at her warily. "I don't trust you to take it home." Yes. He was now fully jealous of a pillow with his face on it. What if she liked it more than him?
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She looked at him amused, "It can't compare to the real thing." she pouted at him when he denied her, "Aww please? I'll take good care of it. I miss you sometimes when I'm home, it'd be nice to have this to cuddle when you're not there." she looked at the pillow.
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"Yeah its armless." Thank God. "Why?" He narrowed one eye suspiciously. "So you can wake up and see my face?" That was a flattering....but he had conditions.
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She gave him a look, "As if you'd let me wake up without some new random picture of you texted to me. No, I just like it. It's a big pillow and cuddly and it's creepy but cute your face is on it. I miss holding on to you when you're not there."
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"It's creepy? How's it creepy?" He yanked it from her twisting the top around so he could see that face. It was one good looking face.
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"It's creepy because it's you on a pillow. How many boyfriends get their girlfriends that?" He'd never gotten her flowers but he got her this. She snatched it back from him, "Mine."
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He grabbed at the fluffy head again, jerking it back. "If its so creepy and of me then I'm keeping it." She had to bargain with him. He wasn't going to just hand it over. He was playing games with her.
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She squished her arms tight around the bottom so he was stuck with yanking just the top, "Nooooo... you got it for me." she suddenly realized what he was doing and said, "I'll make you a deal. You let me keep it. And I'll stay sitting on you." yup, she said that right, the deal was her cute toosh and long legs were going to get OFF him if he didn't let her keep the pillow.
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He stopped tugging to think about her deal but it didn't take him long to let the pillow go just in time for it to spring in her face. "No kissing, no groping, no humping," he repeated, "the pillow I mean," he quickly added because that was amunition for her to use against him if he didn't fill in the holes.
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She opened her mouth to pounce on his words but he was smart enough to clarify. She smiled at him and then threw the pillow to the side, "I only plan on doing those things to my real boyfriend. Pillow boyfriend will get me when I go home tonight."
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When she let it go he tossed it to the floor, his arms immediately grabbing around her with a tight but soft squeeze and a cackle.