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Chikyū (Earth-based continent) => Silver City => Topic started by: Gregor Nye on October 19, 2012, 05:33:38 am


Title: Can I Take You Out(Following Date night.)
Post by: Gregor Nye on October 19, 2012, 05:33:38 am
Gregor and Elyana finally reached their destination, and  Gregor hadn't spoken a word since they started to walk on the beach. They were seated, and the menus were handed to them. It was an Asian themed place, and he would occasionally look at Ely  then his menu.
Title: Re: Can I Take You Out(Following Date night.)
Post by: Elyana Romanov on October 25, 2012, 05:00:09 pm
Ely left her hand in his, thumb moving softly over his knuckles. She's aware of his attention, but chooses her meal before she lets herself get distracted. Once the menus are set aside, her amber eyes settled on the man across from her. She smiled at him, lifting their twined hands to kiss his palm.

Their drink orders are taken before she speaks. "Tell me something I don't know about you, Gre. Four years, things happen. People grow. Tell me more about the man you became." She said softly, gaze direct, yet quietly interested.
Title: Re: Can I Take You Out(Following Date night.)
Post by: Gregor Nye on October 25, 2012, 05:11:42 pm
His eyes met hers with a soft gaze. He wasn't expecting her to ask this question.

"The man I've become.... I'm really don't know who I am. I did a little soul searching. I didn't really find anything. Except that I wouldn't talk to anyone. I literally became a mute for four years. Tis' why I don't talk much now. Mostly because of the women. They annoyed me. So much. Mostly because they weren't fitting. I've sorta been saving myself. It just...wasn't the same. Met a monk, stayed at the monastery for about a year. They don't talk much, so I fit in pretty well. That's also the reason I became a vegetarian. After I left the monastery, I came here."   
Title: Re: Can I Take You Out(Following Date night.)
Post by: Elyana Romanov on October 25, 2012, 06:18:51 pm
She blinked, her brows raising slightly. "I had wondered when the vegetarian thing happened. You've always been fairly quiet with anyone not family, love. Serious Full Moon." She teased him lightly, reaching up and combing her fingers along his cheek. She paused at the idea of his saving himself.

"You were saving yourself? For me? Or for any female that fit?" She asked. She tried, very hard, to keep the cynicism out of her voice. She didn't succeed fully. Her eyes fell to the tablecloth, her midnight blue nail scraping at some invisible spot on it. "I talked, shopped, went through my day to day. And dreaded coming home. After the challenges happened, I left for two years, took assignments. And traveled everywhere during that time." She said softly, avoiding his eyes.

"I kept to a lot of the Asian countries. Thailand really was fascinating. But none of the places felt right, so I never stayed for more than a few months. A few of the girls tried to get me to come to various Carnivals. Carnivale in Italy, Carnival in Rio. Mardi Gras. I hated it all. I was boring the past four years. I spent most of it studying, learning the arts of the Crescent Moons." There was plenty she left out of all of that. One of the facts being that she'd lost most of the female friends she had.

Their drinks came, and orders were placed. She finally looked up from the table cloth and met his eyes silently.
Title: Re: Can I Take You Out(Following Date night.)
Post by: Gregor Nye on October 25, 2012, 06:28:45 pm
Gregor noticed the cynicism and his eyes fell. He wanted her to know that it was for her. "I'm saving myself for you. I don't plan to go any other way. Yeah, there were females sniffing around, a few were shifters, but I told them to **** off." He said, grabbing her hand. The look in her eye, he knew that look.

She was leaving something out. He gave her a questioning look, and took a deep breath. "You know, it's hard to hide things from me. Especially you. Might as well tell the whole story."  He said, taking a sip of his wine.
Title: Re: Can I Take You Out(Following Date night.)
Post by: Elyana Romanov on October 25, 2012, 06:51:21 pm
Saving himself for her. "When did you plan to come back to me? When were you going to tell me that all of it was a lie?" She asked him quietly, sipping her own wine. She was trying not to be too confrontational, but these were some of the questions she needed answered.

She set the wineglass down. "You're right, I am hiding things. And it's because I'm not really ready to say them, right now. That's something that changed for me, Gre. I don't share my thoughts and emotions easily anymore. Not with anyone." She said softly, lifting one of her shoulders in a helpless shrug.
Title: Re: Can I Take You Out(Following Date night.)
Post by: Gregor Nye on October 25, 2012, 07:00:20 pm
Gre looked down slightly.

"I can't answer that question honestly. I don't know when I was coming back, but if need be, I would have just... stayed this way. Until we met again." He said, taking another sip. At her words, he looked away slightly. He wanted to say sorry, but he knew it would be of no use.
Title: Re: Can I Take You Out(Following Date night.)
Post by: Elyana Romanov on October 25, 2012, 07:35:58 pm
She sat back, disengaging their hands, her eyes shut for a moment. He hadn't really had any plan to come back to her. He said he'd missed her, thought about her, yet at no point did he plan to come back to her. Lips compressed into a thin line, she lifted the glass of wine, finishing it. Her other hand balled into a fist.

Distress put lines on her face that didn't belong there. She lifted the bottle of wine pouring another glass. The No Moon had always been too controlled, too contained to make a lot of noise or slam things. Instead, she carefully set the bottle down. Silenced for the moment, she didn't look at the man across from her. She had nothing to say. The truth hurt. If anyone understood that, Ely did. She'd just have to keep reminding herself of it.
Title: Re: Can I Take You Out(Following Date night.)
Post by: Gregor Nye on October 25, 2012, 07:44:10 pm
He sighed and looked her in the eyes.

"You know. I have a question. What would you have done if you were me? If, by random, you receive a call from someone, telling you that they know where you live, who you care about, and what you hold dearest? What if they told you, that if you didn't leave, that everything would be taken from you?" He asked, now looking away.
Title: Re: Can I Take You Out(Following Date night.)
Post by: Elyana Romanov on October 25, 2012, 08:04:48 pm
She inhaled a sharp breath. He thought to play this game. "What would I have done, Gregor? I would have trusted you, loved you enough to tell you. To explain it. Believed in you enough that you could make your own decisions and think...for..yourself. I'd have respected your intelligence and known that you could choose your path." Her eyes lifted burning a glittering gold.

"Then again, I've never been overprotective or blind where you're concerned. I've never underestimated you. In truth, I suppose it's been proven that I overestimated you. Before you left, I could always trust you. But you never did give me the same credit." She told him quietly, her tone even, patient, even straight forward. He pried at things that hurt.

"Once I let you make your decision, I'd have done what No Moons do. And found the person and eliminated them. Wouldn't have been the first time." She said coolly. That was a new piece of information to Gregor. The girl he remembered hated killing. Even animals.
Title: Re: Can I Take You Out(Following Date night.)
Post by: Gregor Nye on October 25, 2012, 08:15:10 pm
"Dammit, Ely! I was scared. I loved you enough to leave, to protect you. I couldn't think straight!! I'm not like you. I don't think. I just fight. That's how I was born. It just was. I didn't want to lose anyone, but I couldn't stop it. I have to live with the fact that I basically started the shift murders!I don't want to lose anyone else. I already lost my mother. I'd be damned if I lost you too." He said, closing his eyes. He was trying to calm himself.
Title: Re: Can I Take You Out(Following Date night.)
Post by: Elyana Romanov on October 25, 2012, 08:42:52 pm
Elyana steepled her fingers. Her eyes narrowed. "Tell me something I don't know, Gregor. I'm so damn tired of hearing people excuse you Full Moons from thinking. As if it makes everything better! Your world fell apart? Oh well, it was a Full Moon that didn't think. These things happen often." She hissed. Her hand flattened on the table.

"You loved me enough to protect me, Gre? How about loving me enough to fight for me, god dammit? Loving me enough to have a plan to come back to me? I'm not good enough for that. Was I not smart enough to trust? Not faithful enough? What was it, Gregor? Tell me why you still can't believe in me. Why you don't trust me." She asked him, still quietly. Her voice trembled, though whether it was from her anger or from hurt, it's difficult to guess.
Title: Re: Can I Take You Out(Following Date night.)
Post by: Gregor Nye on October 25, 2012, 08:50:52 pm
Gregor fell silent. His eyes turned to slits. Not from anger. From arguing. He was tired. Tired of arguing. Tired of fighting. Tired of everything. He had lost his appetite, and he just stared blankly at the table. Not able to say anything.
Title: Re: Can I Take You Out(Following Date night.)
Post by: Elyana Romanov on October 25, 2012, 09:11:09 pm
And didn't this happen everytime. Not just with Gregor, but with everyone. No one answered her questions, they just stopped talking. They'd poke and pry and dig until it hurt, but refused her answers. He'd begun this, but he didn't have the courage to finish it.

Once more, she finished her glass of wine, before she set the empty glass away from her. She stood, picking up her purse. "I'm done. I'm leaving. Have them pack up my food. I'll be home later." Her face shut down, her eyes. Her voice was emotionless, cold. She reached into her purse, tossing money onto the table. More than enough to cover her meal, her drinks and the tip. The action made it's own point.
Title: Re: Can I Take You Out(Following Date night.)
Post by: Gregor Nye on October 25, 2012, 09:14:50 pm
Gregor shook his head as she left. He sat there, shaking his head. He paid for their meals, and had them pack up their food. Yep. Back to the mute lifestyle for this Full Moon. He walked out of the reasturant silently.