Nikephoros (nikephoros_lost) wrote in spinningcompass, @ 2013-08-31 21:43:00 |
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Who: Nike and Cherry
When: Aug 29, Evening
Where: Cherry’s Apartment
What: Nike explains
Rating: Mild
Closed
Complete
Nike paced a little outside of Cherry’s apartment before knocking. He sighed a little, and wait for the door to be opened while holding a small bouquet of flowers.
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Cherry wasn’t dressed her usual way. Gone was her pretty dress and in it’s place was something the lady at the shop called sweat pants and a T-Shirt. She looked frumpy and not herself but still as beautiful as ever when she answered the door.
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Nike smiled, and held out the wild flowers he had likely collected himself. “Cherryfruit! I am sorry your head aches,” he said, then opened his arms to hug her warmly. “What can do for you?”
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Cherry smiled when she saw the flowers in his hand. She bypassed them and hugged him around the middle instead, “Oh, Nike. You are so sweet to me” She mumbled against his warm chest. “Just having you here in my home is helping. Oh, where are my manners, come in!” She stepped back to let him in. Her home was full of colors like her dresses. It was spaceous so he had room to walk.
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The centaur grinned and held her close before following after at her call. “I am only as good as told to be,” he teased. He looked around and nodded.
“You have a good home. Mine is dirty.”
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She made sure the door was closed before she led him in further, “And how good have you been told to be?” She teased him back and brushed some hair away from her face.
“Oh! Yours is not dirty, your home is beautiful, Nike”
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“Aah, I am what is needed,” he said again, not sure how to reply. He laughed and shook his head, running his fingers through her hair.
“Thank you. It is homey like. I am happy with it.” Nikephoros took his hand back after that, and lay the flowers on a countertop.
“Do need me do anything?”
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“Oh are always there when I need someone to talk to” She smiled and bit her bottom lip, leaning into his touch. His beauty was something she still was not used to. He always gave her a fluttery feeling in the pit of her stomach.
“That is all that matters, isn’t it?” She looked at the flowers on the countertop then back at him.
“I don’t need anything right now, Nike. It was sweet of you to come by”
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He smiled, looking down at her, holding Cherry close as she returned. “I am glad you think I be sweet, but I am not as good as you think,” he sighed a bit. “I have something to say, I am sorry if my English is not good at it.” May as well just get it over with. He had no idea how to do this tactfully, so he was just going to be upfront and honest.
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Cherry stood close to Nike not at all uncomfortable with lack of space between them. “What? Of course you are a good man, Nike” Her brows furrowed in confusion, “Oh, okay. I understand you just fine” She bit her bottom lip in worry. A part of her new that when someone started a conversation this way it might not end well.
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Nike gave a sigh, then picked up Cherry with one easy stoop and brought her around to her sofa or a nearby chair. He set her down to rest, then also took a seat on the floor. Knowing himself, he would only pace around as he tried to talk and it would be agitating.
“Cherryfruit, I love you. My heart is stopped when I see you,” he spoke slowly and as clearly as he could. “I miss you when you are not with me. I worry when you are head achinging. But, I love someone else, also.” He sighed a bit, then let that sink in before he would go on.
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Cherry giggled as she was picked up and placed down on her chair. She smiled down at him and felt a little at ease until he seemed nervous. When he told her he loved her she blushed and looked down at her hands in her lap.
“You love me? Well, I...I love you too. I get this fluttering feeling in my stomach” She puts a hand to her stomach and smiled up at him. Her smile dropped when she heard his next words, “Y..you love Hope too?” She whispered, looking down at her lap with tears in her eyes.
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that look of devastation killed him, and he reached out for Cherry to take her hand if she would allow it. Nike did not want to frighten either of these women off, but they had to know how he felt, and he would not lie or try to cover up his feelings for the others.
“Yes, it is Hope,” he said. “I am selfish, I want you and Hope as mine,” he then explained further, “in centaur harras, chieftans can have many mates. I am not chief, but strong men of worthy can have more than one, too. They are life mates if accepting. I do not want hurt you, or hurt Hope...or Juliet, so I am telling truth.”
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She let him take her hand. She would not deny him because of her love for him. She was so confused though. She had never heard of someone being in love with two people. She knew that it existed now though, Nike wouldn’t put her through this if it didn’t. That didn’t mean it didn’t hurt her though. Big fat tears ran down her pale perfect cheeks and she tried to hide them.
“Oh this is all my fault” She sobbed out and covered her face with one of her hand, “My headaches….” She sniffled and her breath hitched as she listened to him explain that it was normal for him. Her eyes widen when Juliet, another woman is mentioned. “You..You love Juliet as well?”
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Nikephoros shook his head and pulled Cherry closer, holding her chin up so he could see into her eyes. “Shhh, shhhh. Cherryfruit, is not your fault. Your headache mean nothing to this. You are beautiful and free spirit and I love you. My heart is...confused. It is me. I do love Hope, and I feel for Juliet. Yes...So I tell you, and will tell them, because I cannot lie. I cannot say I love you, as I do, and pretend I not say to others.” He stroked at her cheeks, to clear her eyes.
“Please stop crying.”
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She couldn’t stop her tears, even when Nike pulled her close. Her tears blurred her vision but she could still see his beautiful eyes, “I’m so sorry, Nike. I can’t seem to stop them. You...you love two others but you also love me. I don’t understand this Nike, I’m sorry. I don’t understand how you can love me and two other women. How am I supposed to feel about this?” She hiccuped and wiped her cheeks of the tears that fell on them. It didn’t help, they just kept coming. She leaned into his touch, her eyes wide and set on his.
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Nike felt very ashamed. Maybe he should not have told any of these women at all. Maybe he should have just pretended he didn’t care….
“I am sorry,” he said back, softly, kissing her forehead. “I just do. I do not know what to do. In harras, women fight if not happy with second mate, but I do not want you fighting. I will have none of you, if you not be happy, because I am unfair.” He sighed.
“If you hate, I will understand.”
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She could see that he was so distraught over her being upset. Cherry tried to stop crying and was able to calm down. She took in a deep breath and let it out slowly.
“I know you’re sorry, Nike” She closed her eyes and sighed when he kissed her skin, “I know you would not put me through this ache for no reason.” She gasped at the mention of fighting, “Oh no, I don’t want to fight anyone, Nike” She shook her head and cupped his beautiful face with her tiny hand, “You are the most fair man I have ever known.” She brushed her thumb across his cheek.
“Hate? You think I could hate you? Oh no Nike, I love you”
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“I do not understand, when I am putting burden like this on you all….I do not know what I am doing. I have never feeled like this.” He continued to speak slowly to get it all out without ruining anything. This was very important, and likely the best English he had ever spoken.
“It is more unfairer, because you are human, and Hope is human, and Juliet is human. I am centaur. I cannot...We are wrong. But my heart does not say wrong things.”
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“You are being an honest man, Nike” She sniffled and squeezed his hand, “I am thankful that you were honest with me” Her eyes met his, “ What do you mean we are wrong, Nike?” She knew that she was human and he was centaur. Certain things might not be possible for them. Cherry blushed as she thought about this.
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“I cannot be intimate,” he said after struggling to find the words. He then sighed. “Ah, not that is important! It is not! It is--well...not important. I love you as you are, and am happy with what having.” Nike smiled and kissed her temple again.
“It is wrong, because human kill centaur.”