Rayl
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Post by Rayl on Mar 18, 2014 7:32:29 GMT -5
Upon feeling the warm hug of Leo, she returned it with more of her; she was lucky, despite of all the trials, the pain residing in her heart. She was lucky to have someone whom share the same feeling. Rayl continued to cry her heart out, all the sufferings for the past years of her life, she let it all out. Because who knew? She might come back for being quiet...
She could hear Leo's comforting words as he embraced her, feeling the calming stroke in her back; the gentle hands of Leo's, it was such a good feeling.
She paused, upon hearing Leo tell her when they met back in the Cafe; she stared at him, suddenly looking at him with those puffy red eyes. She have said those words... they will be together on whoever trouble it was.. She just stare at him, as he wipes his tears off her cheeks.
She wanted to let out that its different... that when it comes to her, it is different; her problems different. But suddenly, a soft chuckle escape her lips; yes, that time when she punch him in the face for Leo's being insensitive at that time.
Rayl hugged him once again, grateful at Leo. "Thank you, Leo..."
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Leo
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Post by Leo on Mar 21, 2014 3:13:48 GMT -5
Leo's glad he's still capable to make her laugh slightly, and he smiled at that. "No, if anything, I should thank you to teach me what I've forgotten." His mother used to remind him of those things, but after she passed away, there's no one else who could remind him of such things, thus he often forgets to be sensitive and caring. ...Until Rayl punched him awake.
Suddenly, Leo began to shiver. "Ah... It's quite cold here, huh?" Plus he's in his sleepwear, only a tank top and loose trousers, so his arms and neck are open for the cold air to sting him. "Are you tired, Rayl...?" Come to think of it, she was being hunted when he saw her from his bedroom window. God knows how long has she been running, has she rested?
"I booked a room in this inn. Do you want to sleep inside?"
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Rayl
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Post by Rayl on Mar 21, 2014 21:30:12 GMT -5
Rayl bowed in deepest gratitude, she was confused why would Leo thanked her. But yet again, it seems that she have remind him of something from the past.
Suddenly, she could feel Leo shiver, stating the cold atmosphere at the place; but once Leo asked her if she was tired. That's when she realised and come to her senses that the only thing that have made her live along and ran from those assassin is due to her adrenaline rush. She sighed tiredly, her shoulders down; she chuckled softly once Leo offered him her room to stay.
She look up at him and nodded, "Yes please..." she replied, slowly wiping all the tear stained from her cheeks. She pulled back from the hug and look at Leo, the down at her clothings that are blood stained, "I guess, I need to... wash myself as well?"
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Leo
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Post by Leo on Mar 22, 2014 22:55:21 GMT -5
"Alright then. There's a small bathroom in my room upstairs but..." Since Leo was literally pulled out of his window while he's still in his sleepwear, the keys to his room was on his desk. He had locked the door so there's no way to enter it now unless they go through the window.
"I think we have to climb back to my window.." He chuckled nervously. Thank goodness it's only on the first level. "You can borrow my spare clothing after you showered." While he said that, the artist is busy looking around on how they could possibly climb up to reach his window. There are balcony roofs they can walk on to reach it, but how to even climb it?
It's not so high, so he could probably hoist Rayl up and she could reach it if she were to step on his shoulders. "Sorry, Rayl, I think you need to keep awake just for another few minutes. Do you think you can reach that roof if you stepped on my shoulders?"
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Rayl
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Post by Rayl on Mar 25, 2014 3:40:45 GMT -5
She look up at Leo, hearing him stating he have a small bathroom from his room. Tilting her head in confusion as he chuckled nervously, she suddenly remember that her former Maestro have pull him down here up to the window. That means, he locked the room from the inside, and it would be bothersome if they wake the owner of the Inn.
She sighed, smiled calmly; suddenly pausing as she look at Leo, offering his shoulders so they could climbed the balcony of where Leo is staying. "Uh... wait, got a better idea..." she mumbled, looking down at the muddy ground. She look at Leo, then suddenly looking away from him as her right arm hugged him. "Just stay still, so you won't fall..." she murmured as she controled her ice element, making it form a cylindrical ladder. Leading them up to the level were Leo is staying, she jumped down at the balcony together Leo.
She sighed tiredly as she deform her element, turning it back into a mudy form. She look at the place, neat as always... that's Leo. "Thanks for making me stay..." she let out, looking down at the floor; tired and beat.
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Leo
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Post by Leo on Apr 1, 2014 5:07:00 GMT -5
Leo turned to look down when she pulled his arm around hers, and his stomach dropped in realizing what she might be planning to do. "Do you mean..." Just as he's saying that, the ground both he and Rayl are standing out suddenly elevates into an icy cylinder. Immediately, he held onto Rayl's arm in a jolt, and only moved when Rayl jumped down from the ice, following her onto the balcony.
"A-are you okay??" Assuming that might have taken even more of her already depleted energy, Leo offers to assist her inside the window so they may enter his room. Once they're inside, he wanted to offer something to warm her up, but then he remembered that she's an ice elementalist. So he grabbed a dry towel and offered that to her instead, "The bar soap is what the inn provided and it might be questionable in quality, so you might want to use the liquid shower gel I bought. I don't have lady shampoos though, so I hope you don't mind.."
He awkwardly nodded at her and gestured the way to the small shower room. "Would you like something to drink after you're done? I can prepare tea, if you want."
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Rayl
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Post by Rayl on Apr 6, 2014 1:36:57 GMT -5
Rayl sighed heavily, pausing for awhile as she heard Leo asking her well being. She nodded quietly as she stood straight looking at Leo whom get a dry towel; which he offered to her, for her to take a bath.
She took the dry towel in her hands, as well as the shower gel he bought. She simply smiled and nodded as she slowly strides the small shower room.
She paused and look at him, "Tea would do.. warm tea," she answered, suddenly looking down at the towel and the shower gel. "Thank you, really.."
And with that, she entered the shower room; all-in-all the place is clean, placing the towel and the shower gel away from the shower, Rayl slowly took of her clothes and went towards the shower. She turned it on as cold water drops, from her hair down to her whole body. She just stood there, in deep thought as she remember all what happened this night.
Many things happened at just one night... her old organization hunting her, Leo was here and she attack him. And with that thought, she suddenly wince as she could still remember how his warm blood sticks on her hand. And then, there's Lyar... her sadistic other side, but then... she was gone, she was free from her. She now have her freedom...
She look up, water dripping out from the shower; closing her eyes she took all of her time to refreshes her mind and body. The blood and dirt that stained her whole body was cleaned, as it slides down away from her body down to the ground.
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Leo
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Post by Leo on Apr 7, 2014 4:48:11 GMT -5
"Warm tea..." Leo repeated her request and nodded slightly, "Alright." he backed away from her to go prepare some, but her small thank you made him paused his steps for a moment. Smiling at that, Leo continued his way to the corner of the room where he had set up his mobile kitchen. The inn doesn't provide a kitchen with how small it is, but Leo didn't mind since he had built his own kitchen set consists of a small stove and a tiny kettle.
As Leo moves quite slow, it is until he heard the rushing water from inside the bathroom did he remembered that the kettle he has has no water inside. The artist frowns as he opened the lid of his kettle, staring at the empty space inside. Heaving off a sigh, he then stood up with the kettle in one hand and made his way in front of the shower door where Rayl is showering at the moment...
There are no other water supplies than the bathroom, so Leo awkwardly stood in front of the door for a long while, advancing and retracting his fist on whether or not to knock. He wouldn't want to bother a lady showering, but he's intent to prepare the tea before she finishes. With a long inhale, the artist finally brings forth his knuckle against the door and gentle knocked against it.
"U-uh... R-Rayl..? I'm sorry for intruding, but could you...uh...fill in the kettle with some water for me, please...?" He expects Rayl to open the door just a bit so he can hand her the kettle through the door crack without seeing her inside.
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Rayl
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Post by Rayl on Apr 7, 2014 5:33:41 GMT -5
Rayl was still in her thoughts as water drips from the shower. She let all her guard down, thinking that it was all over. The haunting, the assassination group, Lyar... it was all over now. It was over awhile ago... within this day. And with that thought, she hung her head and shoulders down.
A knock was heard against the door; but Rayl was in her deep thought she never heard the knock in the door.
Though as few minutes after that knock, she heard a muffle voice of Leo; she turned her head at the side and sensed the presence of Leo outside the door.
She strides her way at the door, opening it almost half-way; her long hair covering her front body, her eyes were blank yet in deep confusion. "You called?" she asks as she suddenly look at Leo then down, he was holding a kettle.
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Leo
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Post by Leo on Apr 7, 2014 5:49:08 GMT -5
He didn't hear a response from her for a while, so Leo was just about to knock again, his knuckle in mid-air already, when suddenly the door opens up. The beautifully sculpted figure that was graced in front of him made him froze for a moment as he gaped at her completely bare body, with her skin glistening by the water more so. It is until he accidentally dropped the kettle did he was startled awake from his thoughts and immediately bent over to pick the kettle up. His eyes never leaving the floor even after he had stood back up.
"I uh... water.." he mumbled, gesturing the kettle nearer to Rayl. "C-can you..." He couldn't even manage to finish his sentence with the image of Rayl burnt in his mind. He looks flustered, it's a strange feeling for him. Leo has certainly see women naked before, it's practically his job to draw them, paint them, sculpt them. He doesn't encountered any special feelings while doing so, for a body is simply a body and nothing more.
However, in Rayl's case, the sight of body triggers things that Leo doesn't seem to comprehend yet. Thus is why he immediately darted his eyes downwards to avoid seeing her like that, to at least respect her in some manner. Unbeknownst to him, his arm that holds the kettle up towards her was slightly shaking.
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Rayl
Citizen
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Post by Rayl on Apr 7, 2014 7:55:31 GMT -5
She tilted her head at the side, seeing that Leo looks away from her gaze. Then the brown haired guy gestured the kettle; she look down at the kettle he was gesturing as she just shrugged her shoulders. Though looking at his hand, his hand is slightly shaking; she suddenly look up at Leo. "Are you okay, Leo?" she asks, as she gets the kettle; her fingers lightly touching his hand.
She nodded, "Just wait... I'll fill this up," she softly murmured, still not closing the door and let the man wait. She thought Leo doesn't mind of her being seen naked by him; since he's an artist, he doesn't mind seeing someone naked.
She just shrugged her shoulders, leaving aside that thought as she looks at the kettle which is almost full. She turned off the knob of the faucet, going again near the door; gesturing the full water kettle. "Here you go..." she let out, looking at him; though frown as he still is looking away.
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Post by Leo on Apr 7, 2014 9:09:26 GMT -5
Leo almost drops the kettle again when her fingers touched his, like a surge of electrical charges through his entire body. Fortunately, the kettle was picked up by Rayl before he tossed it off of his hand again. When she ordered for him to wait, Leo complied silently, turning around so his back would be against her, making it easier for him to recollect himself.
"Um... Rayl?" He voiced out, still with his back turned to her. "...I was thinking. ...Were you serious when you said that...you prefer solitude?" He can only assume, but Leo believes that's the case because of Lyar... Perhaps Rayl is unable to accept herself fully. Though, now that she's free, Leo wonders what's her standpoint now.
When he can hear the faucet being turned off, Leo closed his eyes and spun around, opening his palms so she may put the kettle on them. "My offer...still stands. Regarding...'more'." His eyes are still closed when he said so, the best form of respect he could give her in this level of whatever kind of relationship they're having now.
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Rayl
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Post by Rayl on Apr 7, 2014 9:46:25 GMT -5
Rayl suddenly paused when she stood in front of the faucet and noticed Leo who has his back turn on her and asked something she have said way back at her place at Tenka. Solitude... yes, she have always been wanting that solitude... the detachment to anyone because she couldn't accept the fate she have once been. She sighed, suddenly looking down as she strides her way towards him.
"Solitude..." she murmured, looking down. "I don't know what to do now..." she answered, looking down. "With you... I feel like I'm afraid to be alone... I don't want to feel the pain..." she added, suddenly holding Leo's hand and placing it where her heart beats. "Here..."
She still remember how Leo offered her something more... she was still confused at what it means. Maybe it has something to do with both of them living forever? Or sort of love that is something more... however, irregardless of what it means... she wanted to be with him. It made her more human... the feelings she lost for years she lives, comes back... it's all coming back.
Rayl look at Leo, as she look down at his hand where she places it in where her heart is. "I'll accept that offer... to be with you,"
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Post by Leo on Apr 7, 2014 10:32:15 GMT -5
When her cold hands took a hold of his wrists, Leo's eyelids flew open immediately in pure surprise. In front of him, the same Rayl, bare from clothes, looks up at him with a certain kind of glint in her eyes. His hands were placed right above her breasts and under her collarbones, where her heart beats.
His eyes widened slowly at the gesture she provided him, beginning to piece the puzzle of her message. His skin really does looks strange against her pale body, he thought as he eyed his hands. He can literally feel how the beating of his own heart skips a beat once she spoke at last, that she accepts his offer.
Leo's dry lips parted as he gasped, staring at her for a good long while in surprise. While her eyes are down to his hands, Leo slowly spreads his fingers and slid his hands to her shoulders, holding her securely. He wanted her to look at him... To see how his face must have looked like being engulfed by bliss.
The artist leaned in closer when she does tilted her head up, and still with the sounds of the water from the showerhead drizzling down, Leo found her lips that he's so eager to taste and locked it in a passionate kiss. His hands slithered to her back, to embrace her naked form and smoothen her wet ebony hair behind her.
He broke the kiss once he realized how his body moved on its own, but not too far so that she could feel his breath against her lips. "Will you...be mine?"
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Rayl
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Post by Rayl on Apr 7, 2014 19:08:35 GMT -5
Rayl's actions were bold, despite of her guards down. She will only do this for him and him alone. She was his in the beginning, Rayl conclude it now... since the first meeting they have up until now. Her feelings bloomed, welcoming the feeling of how care and love build up for him.
She looked at the surprised look of Leo, looking down at his hand as it slid in her shoulders, holding her... and she felt secured. Looking up at him, she could see how Leo leaned in closer for her; his lips parted making Rayl smile as she leaned in for a kiss. She could still remember the kiss they have way back in her home. It was something like this but different, the kettle was ignored as she placed it on a small desk near the door. She felt his hand embracing her bare form, and she followed it; her hands sliding up to his arms, up to his shoulders. Snaking it up to the back his neck, her other hand going up at the back of his head as she tangled her fingers to his brown locks.
She tilted her head at the side, deepening the kiss; both were engulfed in such bliss. Leo first broke the kiss, her eyes slowly opened as she look at him from eye to eye. She leaned her forehead unto his, both were entangled from each others arms. And there, Leo asked her a question... a smile made it way up into her lips as she back away an inch or two from him. Her left hand went down to his cheeks, leaning her hand onto it; her thumb tracing the lines of his eyes, nose and down to his lips.
"Yes, Leo..." she murmured, nodding; her smile never fades away. "I will be yours... forever,"
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