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Post by Yumiko Ryouma on Aug 2, 2015 17:16:21 GMT -6
Yumiko sat up. "You can't ask that question of me now - when we've just arrived and...." when my memories are threatening to tear me apart. She looked into her lover's eyes, noting the absence of the flames. "It's - it's too soon to know if I would stay. After... everything." She turned her head aside.
What do I want most in the world? Yumiko twisted the ring on her finger.
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Post by Seto Tetsuya on Aug 2, 2015 17:18:46 GMT -6
"Yes, I can." snapped Vale. "And, you're going to answer. Truthfully!" Vale rose from the bed and stood at its edge. "Do you love me enough to stay? Or, do you want me to take you home?" Vale waited for her answer, as she sat up slowly.
"Yumiko. Answer me."
Yumiko shook her head. "I can't answer that now," she murmured. Her fingers moved from the ring to her wrists, fighting to keep calm. To keep herself from trembling.
Vale reached over and grabbed Yumiko by the arm, pulling her toward him. "Yes you can! Answer the question! Do you want to stay with me?"
Yumiko shut her eyes. "Stop it, Vale."
Vale shook Yumiko until her eyes opened. "Answer the damn question, Yumiko!"
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Post by Yumiko Ryouma on Aug 2, 2015 18:51:31 GMT -6
Yumiko yanked herself free and stumbled backwards, falling to the bed. "I told you I can't answer that now," she hissed. "Why won't you leave it?"
"Yumiko!"
"No, Vale! Don't do this!"
Stop cornering me. I won't let it happen again.
"Why won't you answer?"
"I told you I CAN'T!" she yelled, standing again, her eyes flashing, reiatsu whirling around her. "Drop it, Vale. Now!"
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Post by Seto Tetsuya on Aug 2, 2015 19:09:33 GMT -6
"Why can't you answer the damn question?" shouted Vale. "It's not fucking hard. Yes or no! Yes or fucking no, Yumiko!" Vale's eyes began to burn orange as his anger peaked. "Just tell me."
"Drop it, Vale."
Raising his hand, Vale struck Yumiko across the face. "I want you to say no! Just say no! And, go home!" Vale turned his back to Yumiko, fists clenched. "Say you want to go home. Say you don't belong here. That you wouldn't stay here, even for me."
"Vale..."
"Because you don't love me." Vale sighed, glancing over his shoulder. "Well, you love me. Just not how I love you..."
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Post by Yumiko Ryouma on Aug 2, 2015 19:21:49 GMT -6
“Just not how you love me…” she repeated. Then, she laughed. “You’re the one who wouldn’t stay in Karakura Town because you were afraid of the cage,” she stated, tone brittle. Her head was spinning, her eyes stinging, but she bit her lip to keep from crying. She wouldn't. “You’re the one who said if I loved you, I would come here. So why won’t you leave it at that?”
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Post by Seto Tetsuya on Aug 2, 2015 19:27:39 GMT -6
Vale chuckled, turning to face Yumiko. "So, the Rose still knows how to bare her thorns." He nodded, falling to the bed face first. "Nice to know Alister didn't take that from you." he mumbled into the sheets.
Rolling onto his back, Vale smiled at Yumiko. "Now, that you're all riled up, give me permission."
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Post by Yumiko Ryouma on Aug 2, 2015 19:48:06 GMT -6
Yumiko’s anger fell at those words and the smile. But not enough. Her eyes flashed. “After you slapped my across the face like Aizen did when it wasn’t going his way? No.” She turned her head away and then picked up Mizue. “Damn it Vale,” she muttered, turning around to reach for the door. Tears pricked her eyes.
Damn it, it had almost happened again.
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Post by Seto Tetsuya on Aug 2, 2015 20:07:14 GMT -6
Vale sprang from the bed, grabbing Yumiko and holding her close. "Relax, love. I'm sorry." Wrapping his arms around her, he rested his chin to her shoulder. "I'm sorry. I want to be with you. It seems like forever since the last time I held you close."
Twisting his face into a pout, Vale sighed. "Please?"
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Post by Yumiko Ryouma on Aug 2, 2015 22:42:51 GMT -6
Yumiko sighed too, wanting to forgive him. That pout reminded her of good times - him causing mischief more often than not. Distracting her while cooking. But …
“I’m sorry, Vale,” she replied. “I don’t want to now.” She was hurting too much. And she needed to get away. Stepping forward again, out of the warmth of his arms, she opened the door, her free hand still holding Mizue no Kagami. “I’ll return later.”
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Post by Seto Tetsuya on Aug 3, 2015 7:52:41 GMT -6
Vale shrugged, stepping backward and falling onto the bed. "Suit yourself." Vale rolled over and pulled pillow over his head. "Go if you want to go. But, don't be pissy if you can't get back in here." Vale waved her off, closing his eyes in an effort of getting a moment's rest. |
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Post by Yumiko Ryouma on Aug 5, 2015 12:02:25 GMT -6
"An Exchange of Words": The bed dipping lower woke Yumiko, startling her from another dream wrapped in memory. For a moment, she stayed still, hand twitching as she recalled a poignant detail, pricking her finger on the needle she’d used to stitch up a boat and then watching that boat sail on a flame-encrusted reflection. She sighed and turned around, looking up at Vale. He’d picked up a book but didn’t seem to be actually reading. They hadn’t really talked when she’d returned to the room - just given into their desires in silence. She reached up and set a hand on his knee.
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Post by Seto Tetsuya on Aug 5, 2015 13:05:11 GMT -6
"Kita's here." he stated plainly. "Ichimaru too." Lowering the book, Vale looked to Yumiko bearing a slight frown. "It seems Aizen had one of the Ayakashi tear Ichimaru to pieces. He turned to Kita afterwards. I didn't think he would be so cruel to throw Sada at Kita like that..."
Vale leaned over and kissed the top of Yumiko's head, smiling warmly as he pulled away. "Go see them. I'm sure they are in need of some healing. They are in the cells."
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Post by Yumiko Ryouma on Aug 5, 2015 13:15:07 GMT -6
Yumiko nodded and reached for her kimono from where it had fallen. The room was silent as she dressed and Vale once again pretended to read. Controlling her emotions, and retrieving Mizue no Kagami, Yumiko sat on the edge of the bed again. She touched Vale's cheek before leaving a light kiss on his lips. “Thank you,” she whispered.
She didn’t give him a chance to reply before leaving.
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Post by Seto Tetsuya on Aug 5, 2015 13:29:06 GMT -6
Vale closed the book, keeping his eyes on its blank cover as the sound of a door shutting broke the silence. He sighed, tossing the book to the floor. Swinging his legs to the bed's edge, Vale kicked the leg of the table beside the bed. He looked, eyes narrowed, to the table. After several silent moments of challenging the table to a fight, Vale sprang from the bed and flipped the table. He turned his anger on the bed, lifting and turning it over. Whatever could be lifted and thrown, was. When his anger had subsided, Vale fell to the floor. Starring at the ceiling, he whispered. "You're welcome." |
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Post by Yumiko Ryouma on Aug 11, 2015 19:19:41 GMT -6
"Beautiful Disaster": (Continued) Yumiko’s body was quaking. From the chills of the cold water streaming over her naked body, the throbbing ache and deep pain between her legs, or the words thrown in her face, she wasn’t sure. The water flooded over her tears. Erasing them. The noble clenched her fists. “No,” she whispered. “What?” Vale snapped. “I never masturbated for Aizen!” she yelled, releasing a Kido bolt at the mirror behind his face, shattering it. She stood again, still shaking. Looking down at the blood flowing into the drain for a moment. How it contrasted with the ring still on her finger. She still didn’t remove it. “I’m not doing it for you either.” She raised her hand and released another blast just as he opened his mouth. She stepped forward and picked up a large shard. “Why? Why did I lose you?” She raised her knife. And halted. “Damn it …. why?” She flung it into the wall behind him and shunpo’ed out of the bathroom, grabbing a sheet. Where was Mizue?
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