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Tweak says, "Put it on me...I want you safe"

Aidan M. Chambers (aidans) wrote in veritaserum_rp,
@ 2008-09-17 15:11:00

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aidan chambers, terry boot

Tag to Terry :)
Who: Terry Boot & Aidan Chambers.
Where: Terry's flat.
What: Aidan is still obstinate and brings over all the things he ever borrowed from Terry to 'officially' terminate their friendship. He gets a surprise.
When: Afternoon.
Rating: TBD.
Status: Closed. Incomplete.

It felt weird to think that the remains of their friendship could so easily be wrapped up in a neat little box. There were a few books, some music, a brightly coloured shirt (Aidan still recalled the party after which Terry lent him the shirt all-too-vividly) and for some reason a pair of chopsticks. That was all that was left of their friendship.

Aidan swallowed nervously and tried to focus in the lingering anger but it didn't help. He felt horrible. Guilty. Betrayed. Too judgemental. Lied to. Truth be told, he had no bloody clue what he felt and only wanted to get things over with.

The Irishman sighed, angrily pulled a strand of hair behind his ear (which immediately fell into his face again) and knocked on the door to Terry's flat. He was going to shove the box into Terry's hands and leave. Simple, right?

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mrboot
2008-09-17 02:50 pm UTC (link)

After seeing Aidan and watching one of the most important people he had in his life walk away, ending their friendship, Terry's already unsteady mentality declined further. His best friend hated him, the girl he thought he'd found wasn't what he was looking for, and for the first time he was without much to do besides work. And as far as he could tell he hadn't done anything to deserve any of it, which hurt.

His new schedule: get up, go to work, be miserable, take numerous cigarette breaks (he was up to almost a pack a day), skip lunch, work some more, go home and actually bring paperwork with him, attempt to do work, have cereal for dinner if he was hungry (he wasn't), have another cigarette or two and go to bed to have yet another sleepless night. And even though Aidan hated him, in the midst of it all, Terry hadn't given up trying to do research for the DA reformation.

So, when Aidan knocked on Terry's door, Terry was sitting on his couch, a large number of papers one different topics scattered around him. He'd been staring at them for at least an hour, and his eyes, complete with dark circles underneath them, were starting to hurt. As Terry was about to take a smoke break to try to clear his head, the sound of someone at his door interrupted him. He walked over to the door, opened it, and- oh.

"Can I help you with something?" Terry asked bluntly, not feeling like getting into it again with Aidan again. His nerves were gone.

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aidans
2008-09-17 03:15 pm UTC (link)

Aidan pushed the box into Terry's arms as planned and rattled down his text. "Ye can take this an'..."

The Irishman stopped abruptly, his carefully prepared text forgotten. Terry was so pale and those dark circles under his eyes looked worrying. And that smell. He had been smoking and Aidan knew that his friend only did that when stressed.

All of a sudden Aidan recalled their last conversation over the journals where Terry had alluded to his stress-problems and the Ravenclaw almost flushed with shame. How could he have been so selfish to forget Terry's troubles?

Aidan blinked, snatched the box back and walked into Terry's flat, moving more decisively than a few moments ago. "When is the last time you ate somethin'? Or slept?" He turned around and stared accusingly at Terry. "Ye look 'orrible. Are ye tryin' ter kill yerself?" Not even thinking whether he had the right to do so or not, Aidan put down the box and opened the windows widely. He was going to make sure that Terry was all right and then he'd go on being a prat.