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Post by Emma King on Dec 9, 2013 23:05:57 GMT -5
Emma rolled her eyes playfully. "Fair enough." she sighed, giving in for the moment. She didn't really mind the worrying, he was her daddy after all, it was kinda part of the job.
Hotaru was trying to keep to herself, to keep calm, but Tyler really wasn't making it any easier on her. He should be helping with his sister anyway, Emma needed the attention right now, after Hotaru had failed to protect her no one should of even bothered giving her a glance right then.
But her HEAD, her head felt like it was on FIRE. All of that fire, all of the blood… all of the red.
She could feel Tyler getting closer and she snapped. "I said GO!!" She screamed as she slapped him. She TOLD HIM to leave, WHY hadn't he LISTENED TO HER?!
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Post by Jack King on Dec 10, 2013 0:06:43 GMT -5
Tyler jerked back as his mother yelled, eyes widening. Even when she was FURIOUS at him she never yelled like THAT. His mind flashed back to that one time when he and Emma were little, then more recently to his dad mentioning the pills... She was pregnant now, she couldn't TAKE pills... The pieces clicked together. He COULDN'T just leave her NOW... "Mom no, it's okay we're all okay..." he tried saying, voice wavering despite his resolve...
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Post by Emma King on Dec 10, 2013 0:23:26 GMT -5
Emma's eyes shot up when she heard the scream coming from where her mother and brother were. "D-daddy…?" she asked hesitantly as she turned to face him. That didn't sound like her mom to her...
Hotaru's eyes widened once she'd realized what she'd done, and she quickly curled back into her little ball against the wall. She started shaking her head and pulling at her hair. "Nononono nothing's alright, no one's okay.." she started muttering to herself quietly. "We're all gonna die we're all gonna die and it's gonna be all fire and blood and redredred again and it's all my fault my fault my fault…" This was exactly what she didn't want her kids to see her like, but now everything was just falling apart again and she couldn't hold it in anymore. "Diediedie we're all gonna die…"
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Post by Jack King on Dec 10, 2013 0:38:19 GMT -5
Tyler could start to feel the slap through the shock wearing off and stooped down to pull his mom into a hug. "No no no, mom it's okay, it's alright we're gonna be fine everything's gonna be okay," he wasn't all too sure how much of that he himself believed. But the words were more important right now than his conviction. "Emma's okay, I'm okay, nothing's gonna hurt you while I'm around..."
Jack's head whipped to the source of the scream. "Emma keep ice on your arm, I'll be right back..." Actually, TYLER would be back. He needed to make sure Ruru was alright. he stood and rushed over to the... bathroom, that's where the noises were. "Ruru?" He tried to keep his voice calm, if she was panicking, yelling wouldn't do any good at all.
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Post by Emma King on Dec 10, 2013 1:02:32 GMT -5
Hotaru gently pulled away from her son, keeping her head ducked down so he wouldn't see her face right then. "Sweetie please." She managed to get out in a somewhat sane voice. He shouldn't be saying that to her, he shouldn't be the one comforting her, it was supposed to be the other way around dammit!
She heard Jack's voice and nearly picked her head up to look at him, stopping when she remembered that Tyler was still there. "Jack…" she started, voice cracking. "g-get him out of here…" Jack had seen her like this several times and he knew how to deal with it, Tyler on the other hand… she hated that he'd seen what he had already.
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Post by Jack King on Dec 11, 2013 1:07:07 GMT -5
It didn't take much more than a Look from his father to shake Tyler enough to leave, and Jack knelt next to Hotaru to take her hands. The hallucinations these days weren't usually so bad, but, then again, Ruru didn't usually have to deal with assault on a daily business to cause them to flare up again, and worse than ever... "I'm right here," he murmured, holding her hands in his own and squeezing gently to try and ground her. "It's okay, it's gonna be okay..." And, unlike his son, Jack was completely convinced.
Revenge would be sweet.
Tyler skidded back into the living room and onto the couch with Emma, radiating brotherly concern that overshadowed the health amount of unnerved just beneath. "Doin' okay, Emmy?"
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Post by Hotaru King on Dec 11, 2013 2:03:09 GMT -5
Hotaru squeezed Jack's hands in return, and after a little while she managed to pull herself together. She couldn't stay like this, she couldn't afford to. They had two(soon to be three) kids that needed them, there was no room to worry about herself, not right now at least.
She picked her head up and looked at Jack, eyes red from tears she was managed to hold back. "I couldn't do anything." she admitted. "He was hurting our little girl, and I couldn't do anything about it." How could she let him get away with that? She still couldn't believe it... "How are we gonna have another baby when I can't even protect the ones we have right now?" She asked him, trying to control the volume of her voice before she started yelling again.
Emma looked up at her brother and smiled. "I'm fine now, it's okay." Her smile fell. "What about you?" She heard their mom scream at him, and she could have sworn she heard something like a slap too, Tyler's cheek was even a little pink.
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Post by Jack King on Dec 22, 2013 0:59:30 GMT -5
Tyler put on a smile for his twin. "Nuthin, I'm fine." He could barely feel what had happened... it only stung a little. "Mom's just real scared right now and Dad's helpin' her out." Well... he hoped...
Jack pulled Hotaru close, his heart breaking for the woman he loved and what he KNEW she was feeling right then. "Because you're not doing this all alone." He said, kissing her forehead. "It's not just you. I'm here, so's Aiden and Eva and everyone else. The fucker is NOT going to get out of this alive. He's never going to hurt you again. I'll stake my life on it."
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Post by Hotaru King on Dec 22, 2013 1:16:59 GMT -5
Emma smiled a little more at her twin. "If you say so." She figured he'd be okay, and she knew Mom would be too.
Hotaru hugged Jack tight, managing to nod her head in reply. He was right, he was always right. They'd be okay, with everyone they had on their side there was no way they WOULDN'T be able to fix this. No way in hell that bastard's gonna hurt her family anymore than he already had. She wasn't sure how they would do it, but they would.
"Yeah... yeah I know." She said after a few moments of getting herself together. She sat up straight to look at her husband better, rubbing her eyes a little first. "We'll um... we'll be fine." She didn't sound doubtful, she was actually pretty confident about the whole thing, the redhead was just tired. "Let's just uh... get out of here..."
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Post by Jack King on Dec 26, 2013 21:35:24 GMT -5
All the stress was not gonna be good for the baby, Jack knew that much. "You're gonna go lie down for a bit, alright? Get some rest." He helped Hotaru up from the floor. "You need it." After the day she'd had? Ruru would definitely need a bit of downtime, Jack was sure of it.
Tyler just frowned as he took a look over Emma's arm. "Gonna kick the crap outta whoever hurt you," he said. The burn looked... pretty bad, whether Emma said so or not, it was like someone was trying to COOK her... Or perhaps not, but that's all Tyler could compare it too... and he was going to tear someone to PIECES for hurting his twin.
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Post by Hotaru King on Dec 26, 2013 22:47:46 GMT -5
Emma just looked back down at her arm, not really knowing what to say to Tyler in reply. There wasn't really much they could do about it for the time being, and she accepted it. She didn't LIKE it, but the damaged had already been done, and what were the chances of them running into Mr. Speirs again any time soon? Even then, fighting a psychopath never sounded like a good idea, especially knowing now how their uncle had died...
Hotaru pulled herself up with Jack's help and nodded. "Yeah, alright." she agreed. All of this wasn't good for the baby, she needed to relax for a bit. She leaned on her husband a little as she stood back to her feet, she still felt a little light headed.
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Post by Jack King on Dec 26, 2013 22:55:26 GMT -5
Jack kissed her temple and led her out of the bathroom and towards the bedroom. "I'll check on the kids, make sure they're okay... Take it easy tonight." Cooking was something he had managed to improve upon with time, and while he was no chef, he could manage the kitchen for them tonight. "I'll let Aiden and Eva know what happened, we'll figure out a plan." The hulking Ookami was clever, and he probably knew how to find out where the Speirs lived...
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Post by Hotaru King on Dec 26, 2013 23:26:38 GMT -5
Hotaru just nodded to what Jack was saying. She was starting to doze off and was only picking up on half of what he was talking about. One thing was bothering her as they stepped into their bedroom. "Tyler," she muttered sleepily. She felt horrible for slapping him and wanted to go apologize herself, but with how she was already starting to drift off she didn't see that happening right now. "I din't mean to hit 'im…" She would have been beating herself up about it if she had the strength.
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Post by Jack King on Dec 27, 2013 0:20:48 GMT -5
Jack let Hotaru settle down on the bed and brushed her bangs out of her eyes. "I know... and I'm sure he does too. Get some sleep, you can apologize later..."
Tyler, unbeknownst to his father, did indeed understand. Whatever that Spiers guy had done had messed his mother up BADLY. And Tyler, as relaxed as he usually was, wasn't about to let that slide.
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Post by Hotaru King on Dec 27, 2013 1:16:16 GMT -5
Hotaru gave a small nod to Jack before curling up in the bed. She'd make sure to apologize to her son later, once she was feeling better. For now though it was time to sleep, and within a few seconds the redhead was out.
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