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Post by Kira on Aug 6, 2010 3:45:14 GMT -5
"Ribbon..." Neko murmered as she wiggled away from him, moving to go sit under a tree. He frowned as her defeated, slightly frightened posture, wishing to go and comfort her, but he knew better... she needed a moment to think. Calm herself. So Neko restrained himself. Suddenly though, an amused glint seemed to come into his eyes and he couldn't help it as a small chuckle came from his lips. Though he clamped a hand over his mouth to try and prevent it, the laughter just kept coming, probably confusing the goodness out of Ribbon. "S-sorry..." he chuckled. "Its just... we're both acting like such little kids, aren't we? I mean... it was just a kiss, right? It didn't have to mean anything, we just... got caught up in our hormones or something, right? We're overreacting..." He let out a few more chuckles, before smiling at Ribbon, hoping she agreed with his logic.
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Post by Livvia on Aug 6, 2010 4:03:32 GMT -5
Was he... laughing at her? He found this funny? Ribbon looked up at him, ready to glare when he started explaining himself. He made some sense, she supposed. It made her feel a little better, in a self-denial sort of way. Which, as far as she was concerned right then, was good enough.
"Yeah... just a kiss." She nodded, all too ready to agree. To have anything that could explain what had just happened. After all, she didn't like him like that. She couldn't. He was her best friend, besides her sister. "We just got caught in the moment," she continued adding layers to his excuse. "Of course it didn't mean anything. Why would it?" She tried to smile, feeling more comfortable telling herself this than thinking about what else it could have been.
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Post by Kira on Aug 6, 2010 4:32:42 GMT -5
"Hehe, yeah..." Neko chuckled, glad the girl seemed to be more at ease. His smile faded a tad as he stared off into space, thinking about the kiss despite himself. It... his been so nice. All of it. Ribbon so close, the feel of her lips pressed against his... they had been so soft, so warm.... "Though..." he mumbled, not entirely aware of what he was saying. "I did... rather enjoy it...."
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Post by Livvia on Aug 6, 2010 4:43:05 GMT -5
The smile faded from Ribbon's face at his mumbled words, a frown setting in. Great. He'd LIKED it. Not that she couldn't tell that when it was happening. After all, it hadn't been him that had ended it. He'd even been kissing her back. Holding her...
"Ugh. Don't say that. Please don't say that." She buried her face against her knees to hide the blush that had suddenly returned. "You only liked it because... your a guy." Yeah; because that was such a brilliant explanation. For a girl that could have graduated college by then, if she and Robbin had chosen to, she sure was pretty clueless on this particular situation. Anyone else would probably have found it quite sad.
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Post by Kira on Aug 6, 2010 18:10:46 GMT -5
"Cause... Im a boy...?" Neko frowned, turning to look at Ribbon with a slightly annoyed look. "So your blaming it on my gender? Psh, thats pretty low, Ribbon, even for you. I mean- Its not like girls dont like kissing too. Hell! Youre the one that kissed me, remember?" His previous purr was slowly turning to an annoyed growl as the blame seemed to be being pushed onto Neko. The boy looked away and mumbled, "You must have liked it too..."
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Post by Livvia on Aug 6, 2010 18:26:26 GMT -5
The flush on Ribbons face seemed to intensify as Neko spoke, but more with anger now than embarrassment. Without looking at him, she stood up and held out her hand, her camera flying to it. "Fuck you," she muttered turning away from him before bolting towards the school, as far from him as she could get.
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Post by Kira on Aug 6, 2010 18:53:34 GMT -5
Neko only glared at her as she stood and ran off, his own anger flaring at her words. "You would..." he hissed, shifting and padding off in the opposite direction.
~~~ A few hours later ~~~
The sun was begining to set when Neko dared to venture out of his dorm room, hands stuffed in pockets and head bowed, hidden in the hood of his sweat jacket as he shuffled forward, towards to girls dorm. When he reached there, he walked up to the room he had visited so many times before, gently knocking on the door before speaking. "Ribbon.... Its me, Neko... Umm.... C-can we talk..?" the boy's voice was almost begging her to open the door, let him in so they could talk. Already he sounded so sorry for what he had done. "Ribbon, please open the door..." he whimpered.
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Post by Livvia on Aug 7, 2010 15:49:33 GMT -5
It had taken Ribbon a good while to calm down. If they weren't some of her better pictures, she probably would have burnt some of the ones of Neko or used them for dart practice (though, thanks to her telekinesis, she rarely missed, anyways). Instead, she just sat in her and Robbin's room, simmering. Eventually, though, she did manage to cool off, laying on her bed and just staring at the ceiling, trying to forget what had happened. Who it had happened with. How good it had felt... It was all too complicated for her to understand. She didn't WANT to understand. After all, this was Neko. Except for Robbin, he'd been like her partner in crime. Sure, he annoyed her to death, but they were still best friends. No way it could have been more than that. No way it ever would or should be. Right?
She was still debating this in her head when heard the knock on the door. His voice. She remained silent at first, not trusting herself to get up or speak. When he called out the second time sounding almost desperate, she started feeling guilty for even considering ignoring him. Slowly, she sat up on her bed, made sure her face was passive enough, and pointed to the door, her hand clutching into a fist to mine the door opening. As if in response, the door knob turned and opened, revealing Neko to her from across the room. She didn't say anything. Didn't get off the bed. Just stared at him, not trusting herself to do anything.
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Post by Kira on Aug 8, 2010 17:28:20 GMT -5
As soon as the door opened, Neko grew nervous, his face flushing slightly as he looked at his feet, daring only a few glances at Ribbon as he stepped in, shoulders hunched awkwardly. "I... wanted to apologize for earlier today..." he mumbled, "What I said... that was really stupid, and dumb of me. Im sorry..." He glanced up at Ribbon, his eyes reflecting his words as he attempted a small smile towards the girl, his usually firey eyes reduced to a small, soft smoldering. "Soo, whaddya say..? Friends?" He asked, his voice willing her to agree.
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Post by Livvia on Aug 8, 2010 18:29:59 GMT -5
The room was silent for a while after he'd finished speaking. At first she just studied him; the way he was looking at her, the way his eyes bore into her... everything. When there was nothing more to take in, she looked away to the wall on the other side of her room. Just like all the others, she'd covered it with pictures. Some of her sister, some of her and her sister. Many of their home, and school. There was also a cluster of pictures that were of Neko and her. Her eyes locked there for a while until finally she sighed and looked back at Neko.
"Fine." She nodded. "But only on the condition that we never talk about... what happened ever again. Agreed?"
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Post by Kira on Aug 8, 2010 19:56:46 GMT -5
Neko's eyes followed Ribbons as she gazed around the room, scanning over the many clusters of photographs that littered the dorm room walls. Neko had always been jealous of the girl's skill with a camera, most- if not all - looked good enough to be professional. When she spoke, Neko's face immediantly lifted, a smile curling his lips, wide enough to show his slightly sharpened canines. "Of course," he said, to happy that she was actually speaking with him to even mind the small agreement. "It'll be like it never happened." he promised before stridding forward to slowly sit next to Ribbon on the bed, a warm purr rumbling in his chest as he continued to just smile at her, not really sure what to do now.
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Post by Livvia on Aug 8, 2010 20:24:27 GMT -5
"Good." She nodded, a small smile on her face. When he sat down next to her, she couldn't ignore the fact that it felt more uncomfortable than before. She was itching to move closer, or away. She wasn't sure. It just... didn't feel right. Restless, she shoved off the bed and grabbed her backpack, rummaging through it. "So... er... you wanna help me set up a prank?" She asked, holding up some twine and a bag of feathers. When in doubt, pull something out (at least, that's how she saw it).
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Post by Kira on Aug 8, 2010 21:36:43 GMT -5
Neko's smile faded slightly as his animalistic senses picked up Ribbon's unease, and he slowly scooted away from her, hoping it wasn't him. When he went over to her pack, though, and took out some feathers and twine, he cocked his head at her curiously. "Uh, sure," he smirked, expression turning devious. "What sort of prank~?"
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Post by Livvia on Aug 9, 2010 8:12:41 GMT -5
~~~TIMESKIP~~~
Days passed and Ribbon was hardly herself. In her room, she sometime sat there for hours looking at that goddamn photo of her and Neko after her sister had fallen asleep. It wasn't like she could hide the fact that she did it, or that she kept the picture under her pillow just because. As much as she knew she should have burned it or disposed of it or never even developed it in the first place... She just couldn't seem to make herself.
If she HAD been able to, maybe she wouldn't have thought back to it every single freaking time she was around Neko. It made it hard to act as carefree around him as she used to. When they were working on a prank it was easier, if only because she was more distracted, but in general... it had just become so weird to be around him.
And as she lay on her bed one after noon, staring at the picture as she tended to these days, she couldn't help wondering why the hell it bothered her so much. After all, it was just one kiss. It wasn't like they had done anything too bad -- right? Even as she lay there and pondered this, Ribbon couldn't think of a single reasonable explanation.
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Post by Kira on Aug 9, 2010 12:06:14 GMT -5
"So-oo-ooo Tiiiiired..." Neko yawned as he padded toward the female dorm rooms, to lazy to venture all the way across campus to the mens. The sun was at fault for making the big cat so sleepy this afternoon. The warm rays hitting the large cats pelt was enough to make anybody a bit groggy. He needed to be somewhere dark, cool, before he had a chance of waking up. Besides, it was a good excuse to visit Ribbon, something he hadn't done for a while. She always seemed so distant nowadays. Though she tried to hide it when around him, Neko could tell something was making her uncomfortable. He just didn't know what. It drove him crazy at times. The lion sighed, shaking his heavy head as he turned to Ribbon's door, blinking at it drowsily as his tired mind tried to think of how to knock. With a yawn, the cat flattened his ears and bumped his head a few times, making little roar sounds as he tried get Ribbon to answer. There was no use ignoring him, Neko knew she was in there, he could smell her.
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