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Post by Jack King on Jul 10, 2012 0:51:00 GMT -5
Jack smiled. "Yeah, dunno how she managed to be cute with HER parents..." Eva and Aiden were the two biggest badasses he had ever met, and neither one could really be described as cute no matter what mood they were in... And yet by some miracle, Anya had wound up being positively adorable.
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Post by Hotaru King on Jul 10, 2012 11:54:14 GMT -5
Hotaru smiled a little more. "Well, two negatives make a positive I guess." she laughed slightly. It really was weird to picture Eva and Aiden as parents, their personalities just didn't fit the job. Eva had always hated the idea of settling down like that, and Aiden... well, despite everyone else's acceptance of him the redhead still thought of him as a monster. She wouldn't be changing her opinion of him any time soon.
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Post by Jack King on Jul 10, 2012 15:04:51 GMT -5
Jack laughed. "That's actually the most sensible way to put it." He agreed, though he really hoped that Ruru and Aiden could eventually get along someday... The eldest King had been acting more and more like he had when he and Jack were little. Like when he was actually fun and sane... That was a nice thought. "Ruru..." he tried. "I know it's going to be hard to accept him... but can you give him a chance?" It was obvious who he was referring to.
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Post by Hotaru King on Jul 10, 2012 15:25:32 GMT -5
Hotaru looked up at Jack for a moment and frowned. The thought occured to her that the two of them hadn't had a real fight before, and she really wanted to keep it that way. At the same time though, she wasn't ready to forgive Aiden for everything. "I'll think about it..." she mumbled, laying her head down on his chest and closing her eyes. She was stubborn as hell, Jack knew that good and well by now.
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Post by Jack King on Jul 10, 2012 16:15:55 GMT -5
Jack let it drop for now. He wasn't going to really push the topic at the moment... Maybe later, after a reasonable amount of time had passed and they WEREN'T in the hospital after a traumatizing rescue, he'd bring it back up. But not now. "Think Eva got lost?" He said after a minute or so of comfortable silence.
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Post by Hotaru King on Jul 10, 2012 16:28:02 GMT -5
Hotaru opened her eyes a little. "Dunno, maybe she-" she was cut off with the door opening as Eva walked in. This time she didn't have Anya with her, instead she was holding a glass of water and a thing of crackers.
"Hey, sit up straight so you can eat." the blond told her as she headed over to her bedside. Hotaru did as she was told, sitting up and taking the crackers from Eva. She just stared at them for a while though, her stomach hurt a little too much to eat, even though she KNEW it was because of her not eating in the first place.
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Post by Jack King on Jul 10, 2012 17:09:22 GMT -5
Jack shifted as Ruru did to help her get more comfortable while sitting up. "Just take a little bite, you'll realize how hungry you are..." Jack tried as his girlfriend simply stared at the package of crackers.
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Post by Hotaru King on Jul 10, 2012 17:31:24 GMT -5
Eva took a seat again, holding the glass of water for when Hotaru actually ate. The redhead looked over at Jack for a moment, turning back to the crackers and taking one out of the little pack. She took a small bite out of it and cringed a little after she swallowed it. Just that small bit of food alone was a shock to her system, but she forced herself to finish off the cracker and take another. Slowly but surely she could feel herself getting more hungry with every cracker she finished and eventually finished most of the package before she felt her stomach get sick.
A small groan came from the redhead and she pushed the crackers away, wrapping one arm around her stomach and the other hand covering her mouth. Eva frowned and tried to hand her the water, but Hotaru didn't seem to want to take it. Instead she was focusing on NOT throwing up the first real bit of food she'd had in a while.
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Post by Jack King on Jul 10, 2012 19:03:16 GMT -5
Jack rubbed Ruru's back soothingly as she curled up a bit to try and prevent herself from hurling. "Pull your knees up to your chest." He suggested. His mother (and Aiden a few times after she had died) had told him to do that when he had gotten the flu once. It had always helped his upset stomach...
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Post by Hotaru King on Jul 10, 2012 19:29:04 GMT -5
Hotaru did as Jack said, pulling her knees up to her chest. She kept her hand over her mouth just to be safe, and after a while she eventually started to feel a little better. "I'm okay now..." she insisted as she moved her hand away from her mouth. She took the water from Eva, making sure she took small sips, still keeping her knees to her chest.
Eva watched Hotaru carefully in case she started to get sick again. She took what was left of the crackers and sat them on the table next to the bed and let Hotaru keep the water. She wasn't use to seeing her like this before, she wasn't really sure what else to do but to stand by.
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Post by Jack King on Jul 11, 2012 0:30:07 GMT -5
Jack kept rubbing Ruru's back despite her being fine. It was soothing and hey, he liked reassuring himself that yes, Ruru was back and here and safe... Though he needed to talk with Eva and maybe Aiden about the fact Archer had escaped. He knew Eva was protective enough and Aiden was angry enough over Matsuda's death that either one wouldn't mind hunting the Kuma down and wringing his neck.
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Post by Hotaru King on Jul 11, 2012 0:40:05 GMT -5
Hotaru had finished off about half of the glass before setting down on the table beside her. She took a nice, deep breath, allowing herself to relax now that she felt a little better. "Thanks," she muttered to the both of them. Now there was another matter... she wanted to see herself. "Where's a mirror?" she asked them. She knew she had to look awful considering everything, but she wanted to see for herself.
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Post by Jack King on Jul 11, 2012 0:57:04 GMT -5
Jack blinked. "There's one in the bathroom right over there." He said, gesturing to a door near the window of the room. He wasn't sure if he should ask if she could walk or not, he doubted she could after not eating for so long and didn't want to hurt her pride by asking.
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Post by Hotaru King on Jul 11, 2012 1:05:04 GMT -5
Hotaru nodded, trying to pull herself off the bed before Eva stopped her. "How 'bout you just take it easy for now, huh?" she tried, not wanting Hotaru to see herself right now. Between her hair and the hickies... she KNEW she was bound to freak out over something.
Hotaru blinked. "I will once I see how I look..." she trailed off, sitting with her feets hanging off the edge of the bed at this point. All she had to do was just stand up now, couldn't be that hard, she'd eaten something after all. She just had to ignore the fact that her arms and legs were still shaking a little...
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Post by Jack King on Jul 12, 2012 23:50:34 GMT -5
Jack had a feeling he'd regret this, but he also knew Hotaru could be stubborn if she really wanted something... So he sighed and got up off of the bed to help her. All she had had to eat was a cracker and water... She was going to need help if she was going to move at all. "Let me help you, then." He offered, holding out his hands to Ruru.
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