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Post by Jason Hiller on Oct 13, 2009 19:21:06 GMT -5
Jason slipped into the room, grateful to hear Zeph's voice inside. "Oh, good, you're here... I was hoping you would be. I wouldn't have known--"
He stopped in mid-sentence, and his eyebrows shot up at the sight of the bruises on Zeph's face and arm, and--Jason sniffed the air suspiciously--the smell of blood coming from Zeph's hands. He looked into his boyfriend's eyes, his voice and face full of concern and a morbid sort of curiosity as he stepped toward him.
"What happened?"
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Post by Zephyros Aetai on Oct 13, 2009 19:25:12 GMT -5
Zeph flushed. "I ran into a wall while reading on my way to class," he lied, not realizing Jason could smell the blood. He figured the gloves weren't out of character enough for him to be suspicious.
"Wouldn't have known what? Where to find me?" he asked, trying to keep his tone light.
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Post by Jason Hiller on Oct 13, 2009 19:31:01 GMT -5
Jason nodded, mentally scrutinizing the alibi. It was about as firm as wet paper.
"Must have been a really rough wall, to mangle your hands like that," he commented, turning Zeph's own words against him. He wasn't sure what had really happened, but he was sure it was more than mere carelessness that had given Zeph those injuries.
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Post by Zephyros Aetai on Oct 13, 2009 19:37:28 GMT -5
Zeph flinched as if Jason had hit him. How did... I... does he know what happened?
He looked at Jason with a rather guilty expression, holding his hands in his lap. His mind raced as he tried to think of a reason for his hands to be a little cut up... not as cut up as they were, but enough to explain a bit of blood. He was pretty sure Hitoshi wasn't going to spread it around the school what happened. Or anyone involved, really. Thrall was not going to want it known that he had hit someone. Again.
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Post by Jason Hiller on Oct 13, 2009 19:40:59 GMT -5
Jason winced as Zeph flinched away from him. There was no mistaking the guilt in Zeph's face. He tried to keep his voice calm and non-accusatory when he spoke next. "What happened? Tell me the truth, please."
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Post by Zephyros Aetai on Oct 13, 2009 19:47:10 GMT -5
"You can't tell anyone," Zeph told him severely, biting his lip.
He took a deep breath... "I... said something that embarrassed Alex... and it kind of almost started a fight, so when I tried to lean against the counter and think... I slipped, it was further behind me than I thought, and I fell. I knocked some spice jars off the counter, they broke and my hands landed on the shards," he said. That was enough... hopefully.
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Post by Jason Hiller on Oct 13, 2009 21:01:17 GMT -5
"Are you okay?" Jason asked automatically, looking down at Zeph's hands--he presumed the gloves were there to hide bandages. "Do you need to see Miss E?"
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Post by Zephyros Aetai on Oct 13, 2009 21:08:35 GMT -5
Zeph looked away, shaking his head. "I'll heal."
He closed his hands to fists again. "They're okay."
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Post by Jason Hiller on Oct 13, 2009 21:36:00 GMT -5
Jason nodded, trusting Zeph's judgment of his own wounds. "Okay."
He stood still for a moment, trying to remember the real reason he'd come to Zeph's room in the first place. It had vanished completely from his mind when he had noticed Zeph's injuries.
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Post by Zephyros Aetai on Oct 13, 2009 21:56:36 GMT -5
Zeph pulled the gloves off, deciding it was pointless trying to hide his hands. He hissed at the blood on the bandages, closing his eyes. "I'm sorry, Jason... what did you want?"
It wasn't bad. The glass was out of the wounds, and he'd washed them well. It hurt, but he could use his hands just fine. Odd that Jason hadn't asked at the bruise on his cheek, since he hadn't hit anything else on the way down but... If Jason was content to leave it, then so was he.
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Post by Jason Hiller on Oct 13, 2009 22:01:34 GMT -5
"Darned if I know. I got distracted by your wounds," Jason answered. There must have been a valid reason...
Aha! Jason grinned as he remembered. "I know why I came here. I finished a new painting a little while ago that I came to bring you to my room to see."
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Post by Zephyros Aetai on Oct 13, 2009 22:40:17 GMT -5
Zeph smiled, standing. "I'd love to see a new painting, Jason."
He could feel himself trembling a little, but having Jason there was helpful... Someone who wouldn't leave him, who wasn't going to judge him. He wrapped his arms around his neck for a moment, putting his head on Jason's shoulder, without thinking about why he wanted some comfort. He just wanted it.
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Post by Jason Hiller on Oct 13, 2009 22:44:21 GMT -5
Jason hugged Zeph close for a few long moments, then pulled away and looked into Zeph's face.
"So, you... 'kind of almost' started a fight... and you cut your hands on broken glass... but where did the bruises come from, I wonder?"
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Post by Zephyros Aetai on Oct 14, 2009 19:19:51 GMT -5
Zeph blinked, then looked defeated. "Okay... I guess technically it was a fight, but I never hit anyone. Alex's head hit my arm, which is where that bruise is from, and the one on my face... I said some mean things to Hitoshi when he implied I didn't matter, and some things to Thrall that insulted Hitoshi and he punched me. That's when I left... what he said kinda stopped me."
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Post by Jason Hiller on Oct 14, 2009 19:23:32 GMT -5
"I see," Jason answered quietly. "Well, it's good that you left. But words can be just as hurtful as punches."
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Post by Zephyros Aetai on Oct 14, 2009 19:33:04 GMT -5
Zeph just looked at him, his expression distressed, "I never really insulted him, I just said that he shouldn't say people don't matter... and I did kind of point out that the rest of the world doesn't care about his opinion... which is true. But they don't care about mine either. ...Okay, maybe what I said about how he treated his cousin was insulting, but it was true. Thrall and Rudeth just tried to help and he acted like they didn't do anything, calling them idiots. Thrall punched me when I asked him why he put up with it. "
He put his head on Jason's shoulder, his forehead resting on Jason's collarbone so his face was toward the ground. "He said it was because he was loyal... I doubt Hitoshi even realizes what he has."
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Post by Jason Hiller on Oct 14, 2009 19:40:03 GMT -5
Jason nodded understandingly. "Well, now that I've heard more, I think you were right to defend Rudeth and Thrall. Thrall shouldn't have hit you."
He stepped away slightly, looking toward the door. "We should probably get Miss E to look after you... that bruise on your cheek looks painful, not to mention your hands."
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Post by Zephyros Aetai on Oct 14, 2009 19:50:03 GMT -5
Zeph shook his head slowly, then pulled away. "It's nothing, and she has enough to do. It's just a bruise and a cut. I get worse all of the time. I just want to go see your painting, please?"
He didn't want to talk about it any more. Bruises healed just fine, and so would his cuts. After the washing he'd given them, they would be fine. It did hurt, but he wasn't going to go to Ellie if he didn't need to. He wasn't going to get sick. Hopefully.
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Post by Jason Hiller on Oct 14, 2009 19:55:44 GMT -5
Jason nodded slowly, feeling that what Zeph needed more than anything right now was a pick-me-up -- which, happily, was what he had come to give him. He gently took Zeph's wrist in one hand and reached out toward the doorknob with the other. "Come on. The painting's in my room. It should be dry by now."
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Post by Zephyros Aetai on Oct 14, 2009 20:32:27 GMT -5
Zeph smiled at him, grateful Jason wasn't going to hound him. Aritha would... probably was going to once she found him. He followed Jason closely to his dorm, pulling the gloves back on so Notos wouldn't be able to see what happened. "I can't wait to see it. You know I love to see what you paint."
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Post by Zephyros Aetai on Oct 21, 2009 1:39:58 GMT -5
((Day after " Unexpected", " Utterly Broken" and " Desperation")) Zephyros just lay in bed. He should be in class by now... but he didn't think he would be able to even get to the room, let alone pay attention. Notos had left already... and Zeph had gotten out of bed long enough to lock the door behind him. He curled up around his pillow, staring blankly at the wall. It still hurt... a raw bleeding gaping wound where his heart should be. He didn't want to talk to anyone. He just wanted to do exactly what he was doing. Luckily Natalie and Aritha hadn't come to check on him yet... they'd make him get up, and do... things. Things he didn't want to do. Of course, everything was things he didn't want to do. He couldn't cry... all he could do was stare at the wall with an empty gaze.
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Post by Jason Hiller on Oct 21, 2009 11:32:10 GMT -5
Jason took a step closer to Zeph's door, lifted his hand and knocked. He prayed that Zeph would be inside, and that he would listen.
"Zeph?" he called out warily. "It's Jason... I need to talk to you. There's been a mistake. You didn't see what you think you saw."
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Post by Zephyros Aetai on Oct 21, 2009 11:52:03 GMT -5
"Go away!" Zeph said fiercely, burying his face into the pillow. He curled up tightly, disbelieving at how much worse his pain was upon hearing Jason's voice. Biting the pillow, he struggled to stifle the whimper that rose up in his throat. The pain wasn't physical; if it had been, he probably would have been convulsing or something. Instead, he just couldn't breathe...
"I don't want to talk to you!" he shouted, lifting his head from the pillow only as long as it took to yell before burying his face in the pillow and crying again. How could Jason come after what he'd done? He just wanted Jason to Go. Away. He wanted everyone to go away.
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Post by Jason Hiller on Oct 21, 2009 12:05:19 GMT -5
"Zeph, please!" Jason pressed close against the door, wanting Zeph to listen. He tried the doorknob; it wouldn't budge. A groan of frustration rose in his throat.
"I'll do anything to get your trust back, Zeph -- anything! Tell me what I need to do!" he pleaded.
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Post by Zephyros Aetai on Oct 21, 2009 12:12:51 GMT -5
"Go jump off the roof!" Zeph yelled, his throat closing. "Leave me alone!"
Tears streamed down his face as he curled up tightly, whimpering in the agony Jason's voice was reawakening in his body. He swore his heart was skipping beats it hurt so much. If only it would just STOP so this pain would go away! He choked, his face buried into the pillow so that Jason couldn't hear him cry. Just leave me alone, Jason. Go away. I don't want to talk to you... or I might make the same mistake I did with my last boyfriend. Go away before I hurt you.
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