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un_cho_sen (un_cho_sen) wrote in pandorarpg,
@ 2011-11-03 21:34:00

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!status: complete, ^date: november 01 2003, character: cho chang, character: zacharias smith

Who: Cho and Zacharias
What: Zacharias realizes he's been assigned a security detail
When: around 2 pm, Saturday, November 1, 2003
Where: outside Zacharias' flat
Rating: possible inappropriate language

Cho had volunteered for the detail well before Zacharias had begun making inappropriate comments all over the journals. She knew his snarky attitude was liable to cause him grief, not that he would ever admit that he cared. Therefore, she had arranged for her patrol area to include the area of London where she knew Smith resided.

She had arrived back at the Ministry after her morning nap about an hour before his release. She had hoped to be able to speak with him, but only aurors were being given access to the holding cells that morning. Not wanting to make herself obvious, thus causing Smith to have a fit in the Ministry proper, she made her way down to the floos just prior to his release so she could make sure no one followed him. She then went to the Department of Magical Transportation made her best argument for disconnecting his floo from the network. She wasn't sure whether or not they could make it happen, the witch behind the counter kept going on about consent forms that had to be signed. So Cho signed that she was making the request and put them in her pocket. If the necessity arose she would do her best to convince Zacharias to sign the final agreement for a temporary disconnect.

Because the run around in the Transportation Department took so long, Cho made her way to an area that was open for disappariation and moments later popped to a spot behind an abandoned house a bit up the road from Smith's flat. After feeling confident that the area was free of those meaning to do him harm, Cho continued her rounds of the near by region. A little after two she returned to the area for the third time that day and began the ritual of walking up the road toward Smith's.

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un_cho_sen
2011-11-06 10:21 pm UTC (link)

"Zacharias, I have no doubt you can handle yourself," she stated very calmly trying her best to not allow emotion to overtake her. She didn't often show emotion to anyone except when she was completely broken and she reserved that for one person only, someone she hadn't seen in awhile but knew she needed to see soon.

"And if you are going to allude that I somehow keep you around because you've yet to die, then perhaps you should be more wary of my history." The words cut her like a knife as she spoke them. However, she knew that the only way to deal with him was to match him at his own game. "The Yankee Muggles say one only gets three strikes. Perhaps you will be my strike number three." She lowered her head slightly and added softly, "And that is not something I want over my head."

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overlooked
2011-11-07 12:42 am UTC (link)

The sad part was that what he was accusing her of was exactly what he didn't want to be. Zacharias Smith didn't want Cho in his life because he was the only one left. He didn't even want her because she thought she owed Cedric something. If she was going to be in his life, she needed to actually be there. And without knowing the why he would keep pushing, testing to see how far this could go.

"And then what?" While Zacharias didn't think he was going to live forever, he didn't think he would ever rank in the same league as Cedric or Potter. So, he hardly felt like he could be her third strike - whatever that meant. "Cho Chang alone forever? Or worse stuck lying about the fact she's baby sitting my miserable existence out of some shit obligation?"

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un_cho_sen
2011-11-07 01:49 am UTC (link)

If Cho had not felt some sort of affinity for Zacharias she wouldn't have taken the time or energy to worry about him. She didn't have many people that she took the time to worry about these days. She cared for Justin because of a bond the two of them had formed while still in school. She cared for Marietta even though the two had drifted apart over the years. And for some strange reason Zacharias, despite his attitude, had struck a cord with her.

"If I didn't want to be alone, I'd return to China and allow my father to marry me off," she snapped. Of course, being stuck in an arrange marriage wouldn't have made her feel any less alone. "For your information I'm not alone here either," she continued. "I choose to keep to myself because most people don't understand the pain. Forgive me for thinking you might have even the slightest inkling of what these past eight years have been for me. If my wanting to ensure your safety makes me a baby sitter so bit it. But I will not apologize for the fact that for whatever reason I actually believe that somewhere deep down you might just have a redeeming quality or two."

Cho knew she had crossed the line from professional to personal even though she had told herself that she would not go there. "If you rather I leave you alone, Smith just say it and I won't bother with you again." She wasn't going to put herself through this kind of hell. If he didn't want her around she sure as hell wasn't going to waste her time with him. Yes, once the two had come to terms with the fact that Cedric had cared about each of them very much in his own way she had vowed to watch out for him. However, she would step away and watch him from afar if he preferred to no longer have any interaction with her.

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overlooked
2011-11-07 02:10 am UTC (link)

Zacharias wasn't sure what answer he wanted to her. He certainly wasn't ready for that option to be thrown out there, more so because he didn't have an answer - at least no one that he felt he could give. Telling her to leave would be a lie, because he did honestly like having her in his life - at least the idea of it. Most of the time. But he wasn't going to tell her that.

"Right because you're the only one who is suffering from some unfathomable pain." And while he certainly had a strange way of showing it, finding Harry's body had triggered something in him that he didn't even know how to name, let alone deal with.

Shaking his head, he remembered why he had actually left his sofa. "Look, I'm headed to the chip shop around the corner, so it's still technically on your patrol, and I'd wager you could use something to eat." It was an offer with a hint of a snide comment all wrapped up in one, but it was Zacharias Smith.

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un_cho_sen
2011-11-07 03:40 am UTC (link)

Actually if Cho was feeling anything today it was guilt. Guilt for all the times she'd wished Harry was dead instead instead of Cedric. "You know exactly what I meant," her voice was quite snippy at this point in time as she knew they'd had this conversation before. True, several people in their world had scars from the war, but the scars surrounding Cedric were different. Cedric's death had been brushed under the carpet by the Ministry as just an unfortunate event instead of being recognized for what it truly was.

The fact that Zacharias mentioned his destination proved that even though his words might be harsh he actually did want her around. The mention of food reminded Cho that she'd not had more than a passing bite all day. Luckily she had thought to swing by Gringotts and exchange a few Galleons in anticipation of jumping in and out of Muggle areas today. "I suppose I ought to make sure you don't encounter any problems on your walk."

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overlooked
2011-11-07 04:48 am UTC (link)

What he considered an unfortunate side effect of living in a muggle neighborhood was need to keep both muggle and normal currency on his person at all times. "That and you know I've always had a bit of trouble with the fish bones," he said rather seriously as he started off down the street.

Zacharias Smith didn't want to talk about it, but that didn't mean that he wanted to be alone. For now, he would be content to have a bit of company. Even if that company could be judgmental and in more of an overbearing mode than he wanted. Still, by many accounts, Cho Chang was all right by him. She did manage to put up with him far more than most people.

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