Leo
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Post by Leo on Feb 4, 2013 11:52:45 GMT -5
Today is probably the most abusive, dangerous, productive yet exciting day he has ever find himself involved in. He was beaten pretty badly by that son of the village head multiple times, he managed to disarmed a bomb which had ultimately saved a child's life, he knows now that Rayl's pretty much an excellent housekeeper and more or less had fallen in love with her.
Said assassin appeared beside him as he thought of that, both walking side by side through the snow towards the general way of the sanctuary of her home. With Sean on his arms, Leo walks in a steady gait and turned to face Rayl when she starts a conversation. "I believe.....today is beyond...exciting," he remarked honestly and smiled.
His eyes are very bright now, brighter than it had ever been, as if he was awaken from a lifetime of sleep. Almost like...he was finally alive.
Once they had reached Rayl's abode, Leo entered once Rayl had opened the door, careful not to accidentally bump the kid's head at the door frame. "Should I put him on the sofa or the bed?" He questioned Rayl before she could escape his sight. "Or we should trade tasks, you watch over the child, and I'll get the warm water." Each and every thing he does has a very planned-out reason, but Leo doesn't usually speak out these reasons, just because he likes to keep it to himself and help out without stating why.
Sometimes it's better to do that, because what matters most is that he cares rather than receiving credits or acknowledgements of his actions.
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Rayl
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Post by Rayl on Feb 16, 2013 22:56:05 GMT -5
Rayl paused, just as she was about to enter the kitchen. She look at Leo, irregardless of how Leo stated it; she felt that he have been sensible enough to know how she feels. Especially due to the fact that she will have to face the warm water that makes her weak.
She smiled a little and nodded, walking towards him and pointed the sofa. "Just place the little guy here.." she said as she takes the comforter near the sofa. "I'll watch him here..." she added, looking at Leo.
She waited for him the place the child at the sofa as she covers the boy with the warm comforter; tucking him so he could feel the warm-feeling. She wasn't use to care for others, but despite of this; she was fond to actually be nice to kids and small animals.
But at the kid's state, she doesn't know why a heavy thug was there in her heart. Was it the statement the kid have said way back to her?
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Leo
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Post by Leo on Apr 1, 2013 11:14:04 GMT -5
Leo nodded back at her as she pointed to the sofa, then carefully navigated his way around the furniture before slowly placing the child on it. "Alright. I'll go get the warm water, then."
He walked towards the kitchen, but not before turning to see how Rayl gently wraps the boy in the comforter. At the sight, he smiled to himself for a moment, and then he continued his way to the kitchen.
As he arrived, he wondered what he should use to put the warm water in. A basin? A jug? A glass? She did mentioned to aid the boy with it. 'I'll ask her after I boil the water.' Spotting a kettle on the stove, Leo checked inside to see a small amount of water in it, only enough to fill a cup.
So he poured it in a cup, refilled the kettle, puts it back on the stove and turned the stove on. As it's boiling, Leo walked back to the living room. "I'm boiling the water now. Say, what do you me to use to put the water in?"
Though, just as he asked that, he saw the child stirred in his sleep.
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Seance
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Post by Seance on Apr 1, 2013 11:19:16 GMT -5
Sean creased his eyebrows, his blue-tinted lips seemed to be moving, muttering something. "No... n-no.... nooo..." Just then, all of a sudden, the little boy screamed while sitting up. "MOTHEEER!!!!!"
His face is twisted in pain as he opened his eyes, wide emeralds scanning around the room wildly. His breathing is ragged and his body is shivering. Then his eyelids slowly fell to close half of his eyes.
Right after that, he fell back to unconsciousness, eyes completely closed.
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Rayl
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Post by Rayl on Apr 13, 2013 22:30:33 GMT -5
Rayl sighed as she took a sit just at the bottom of the boy's feet on the couch; she could hear Leo turning on the stove, putting the kettle filled with water. She then look at the illusion owl, Celeste, which is near the boy. She frowned, though her eyes held amusement on the boy and at the owl.
She heard Leo's footstep, nearing towards them; asking her about what to use to have the warm water in. Though, just as she was about to answer; she felt the boy stirred in his sleep.
Stirring violently; she frowned as she quickly went at the side of the boy. "H-Hey... kid," she let out, as she took a hold of the boy's shoulder; but Sean sat up and screamed, calling his mother.
"H-Hey!" she called out, as the boy went back fell back being unconscious again.
The room filled with an awkward pause, looking at the boy worriedly; she placed her palm on the boy's forehead, feeling the cold temperature, it make her more worried at the boy's state.
"L-Leo," Rayl called out, not looking at the brunette guy. "Fill the warm water in the basin; try to make the temperature a little bit warmer, so we could try to regain the kid's warm temperature...." she explained as she, once again, tuck the kid's body on the warm comforter.
She look at Celeste, "He'll be okay..."
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Leo
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Post by Leo on Jul 20, 2013 9:02:37 GMT -5
Leo stood in surprise as the kid screamed, possibly half-consciously. Rayl is already going to the boy's side, but then the child promptly fainted. "Wh..." Leo took a step closer, still a bit puzzled of what just happened, and then he strode his way next to couch to see if any color have returned on the boy's pale face.
"He's as white as a ghost," the artist commented in worry. Then, he heard Rayl's answer for him to pour the warm water in a basin. "O-okay." He nodded, slightly panicked, but just before he went off, he saw the ice maiden whispering to a blank space on the couch that the kid's going to be fine.
Finding that strange but shrugging it off because he has more pressing matters to attend to, Leo went back to the kitchen found a basin nestled somewhere behind the cupboards and after washing for a bit, he filled it with hot water like he was asked to. There was a piece of cloth hanging at the side of the counter there, so he took it too to carry to the living room.
Once he arrived there, Leo places the basin on the table beside the sofa carefully. "I rather do this than allowing you to touch the hot water, Rayl." He said before he even pulled himself straight up, "Though I do need you to tell me what should I do." Because he hasn't the slightest idea how to care for someone.
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Rayl
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Post by Rayl on Jul 20, 2013 12:24:09 GMT -5
Rayl sighed worriedly at the small guy; she could hear Leo commented, worry filling his voice. She suddenly look at the kitchen, where the brown haired guy is; she frown, she still worry for the man as well. He have been in too much adventure and pain for the day... and he haven't rested that much; especially from the bomb incident as well, it probably drained him.
Rayl could only watched the man as he strides with his long knees towards their way; her expression fills with worry towards the man. She was about to get the basin with warm water but Leo have stop him; telling her he can do it, but just guide him.
She nodded softly as she looks at the basin as it place on top of the table. "Try to press the cloth until few water resides from the cloth; then gently wipe the kid's face, his neck... so he could be warm up." she replied, watching him do what she told him too. "When there's no water from the cloth; damp it in the basin and continue wiping the kid, so he won't get cold,"
Every words she spoke, she could only watch him do it. Watching him move his arms, his face that contorts with expression filling out, and the way he moves.
"Ne Leo..." she suddenly called out, suddenly looking away at his gaze; looking down at her lap. "You should rest as well... you drained too much energy from the events happened..." she murmured, her ring glows in according to what emotion she felt.
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Leo
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Post by Leo on Sept 14, 2013 15:37:53 GMT -5
Once Leo has settled beside the couch where the child is laying, he carefully carried out what he was ordered to. Using the cloth he has, he wets it with the warm water in the basin before wringing some water out. Then, he cautiously wiped the cloth on the child's face and neck like Rayl instructed him to do.
It's a good thing he's an artist, his hands have been trained to be gentle with whatever he touches.
"Alright," Leo repeated the steps like Rayl told him and busied himself with warming the child up. His hands also felt comfort by the warm water, moving nimbly and carefully with the extra warmth.
While he was still washing the kid, he suddenly heard Rayl speaking to him, "Yes?" He answered her while still wiping the child's face and neck. At Rayl's apparent worry of his well-being did Leo lifted his chin to take a look at her and blinked for a moment. Then, a gentle smile curved up his lips.
"I appreciate the thought, but I'm perfectly fine, thank you." He nodded at her politely before returning back his attention to treat the kid. "If I stop to take a rest now, then I won't move for a while. Ahahahah, it's embarrassing, but I love to sleep.." He admits with a light laugh. "So I believe it's better for me to keep moving before slowly settling down." He smiled at her with a nod and continued to care for the child.
After a while, when he deemed the child has been warmed enough by the healthy glow returning on the kid's cheeks, Leo wrung out the excess water from the cloth and hangs it at the side of the basin. "There we go..." He sighed and sat properly on the floor beside the couch because his knees are throbbing from supporting his whole weight against the floor for too long.
Leo turned to look at Rayl and simply stared at her for a moment. Suddenly, the random question pops out, "Rayl, would you like to have children one day?"
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Rayl
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Post by Rayl on Sept 15, 2013 4:15:31 GMT -5
Rayl look at Leo as she told him what to do; which he oblige to do, cleaning and warming the little boy on the couch. She looked at him amusely, its as if he have learned something new... aside from having mechanics and tools in his hands. It was a new found learning from his side.
A small smile was plastered on the black haired girl as she watched him how he took care of the boy. Rayl look at the boy, his pale face turned back into his normal color, she was looking down at the two boys since she was sitting at the arm rest of the couch.
After asking of Leo to take a rest, he have answered her something she haven't known yet. She have found, Leo love to sleep... she shook her head with a smile plastered on those once frowning lips.
Leo took a sit on the floor his back resting on the couch, after he was finish taking care of the boy. Rayl, on the other hand, also took a sit beside him; knees crept up onto her chest.
Rayl snapped her head at Leo's way, after hearing him ask a random question; though it was as if she was already used at the random pop quiz question that guy have. She looked at the fireplace way, shrugging her shoulders. "That... really never crosses my mind until you have randomly ask it..." she let out, her eyebrows creased a bit. "That question can be answered of maybe, maybe not..." her words were all but slow and were pick based on what she really feels. "I never think of it yet..."
"Guess I still prefer the solitude," her words were soft and quiet, but beneath those words she speaks... it tells a different side story. It means 'I'm scared and is afraid to accept myself yet'.
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Leo
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Post by Leo on Jan 29, 2014 15:28:56 GMT -5
Gentle blue eyes gazes over the ice maiden as she thought about his question. He didn't spoke a word, merely looking over to his side and watching her with mild interest. As she slowly answered with doubt in her voice, Leo smiled a little. "You've shown quite a motherly side to this child here," he sighed as he rested his head on the couch, dragging his body further from the foot of the couch just to lean on the cushion comfortably.
While he has his eyes upwards to stare at the ceiling, the artist heaved off a calming breath as he closed his eyes. "I've been in solitude for the majority of my life, and I enjoyed it thus far..." Leo whispered, stretching his legs out under the coffee table. Then, very slowly, he turned his head towards Rayl's direction while still leaning on the couch.
"But now I'm starting to doubt if I'm ever going to enjoy it." His eyes are looking straight at hers, and with a soft blink, he opened his lips again, "Whenever you need my help, in anything, just let me know." If she doesn't feel comfortable, then he'll respectfully back away until she's ready.
Turning his head back to look upwards, Leo closed his eyes again. Then, in a whisper, he quietly sang something shortly in a language that he might not even understand. His voice almost echoes in the room in a hypnotic way, when he only just quietly whispered the song out with his eyes closed.
After he finished that short melody, silence encompassed the room for a moment. "Wow..." He breathed out as he opened his eyes, "I can't believe I could remember that." With a chuckle, he explained to the ceiling, "It's a foreign song we learned in kindergarten... That brings back memories."
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Rayl
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Post by Rayl on Mar 10, 2014 9:27:18 GMT -5
She smiled forlornly as Leo told her of how she gave a motherly treatment to the kid she doesn't even know or have a relationship. She sighed and shrugged her shoulders, suddenly glancing at the kid and to Leo, "The remnants of my human mother..." she replied softly, while looking at both of her hands. "She was the one... whom showed me how to care," she murmured quietly, closing her eyes gently; as if a memory pops into her mind, yet the face of her parents were not visible. She suddenly opened her eyes, a pain residing in her aqua hues.
Rayl suddenly paused as she frowned at Leo's statement, "Anything?" she murmured questioningly. She looked down, her gaze towards her lap; she shook her head, "No, don't..." she softly murmured, worried at his statement that started to filled in her thoughts. "I guess... I'll think about it," she said, raising her head and look towards him. "But not for now.. though, I appreciate it," she let out truly.
"Anything? He'll do anything for you?! Tch."
She winces in pain, biting her lips to not let a sound. She curled herself like a ball, still in a sitting form; hugging her knees. Suddenly a soft song was heard beside her, she slowly raised her head and look at the side and saw Leo's calm face, singing a language she have known; but yet so distant.
She look up at him with a curious gaze, "Would you... what's the song all about?" she asks, curiosity sparks in her gaze; like a child would look like.
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Leo
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Post by Leo on Mar 15, 2014 14:20:49 GMT -5
Leo listened to her calmly as she spoke of her late mother, teaching her how to care. He supposed that being humane doesn't come naturally to someone who's not fully human in the first place. Then again, Leo is 100% human and he has troubles to show he cares too. "My late mother has some problems teaching me on how to care. I keep forgetting people can be offended by my actions."
Perhaps they're not so different after all, Rayl and him.
"Anything," he repeated, firmly. "Seriously, anything. I would try my very best to help." And that is saying a lot since this is Leo, and Leo never really puts his all into anything. Then again, after all the things he went through with Rayl, she's slowly starting to grow on him. For him to offer her such a deal, she must be of great importance to him.
Once he was asked what the song is about, Leo squinted his eyes a bit, trying to remember. "Hmm... it's a bit tricky to translate directly... This is after all my kindergarten graduation song.. Perhaps I can try singing the meaning?" Leo paused for a while, trying to pick up which phrase to sing from. After he remembers, he casually sings that out with that same faint voice.
"Windows of beginning, stillness, new light of the dawn Let my silent, empty body be filled up and then reborn
No need to search outside, or sail across the seven seas Because shining here inside me, it’s right here beside me, I've found the light of your voice; it has always been with me..."
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Rayl
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Post by Rayl on Mar 15, 2014 23:53:25 GMT -5
Rayl could only sigh as she looks at Leo who is eager to help her; helping her to the very best of him. It's most likely the term of sacrificing himself only to her. It's a sweet-bitter taste in her heart. She would never would've thought Leo would let that out. But a small smile crept up into her lips and nodded, "Thank you, Leo... really." she softly murmured, closing her eyes for awhile.
Rayl paused and look at Leo whom sings the foreign language into a more understandable one. Her eyes grew wide at the meaning of what he sings... singing out of the blue just to tell her something like that.
She slowly turn towards him, her eyes never leaving his. A soft sigh escaped her lips, suddenly thinking whether to... she shook her head, suddenly kneeling at his side. She could see the confused look he was giving to her, but she ignored that... a small smile escape her lips; suddenly leaning near his face. And with a bravery she felt just by doing the action, she leaned her lips to his, kissing him.
She was grateful to meet him; because somehow, despite their differences, she knew she cared for him as much as he does.
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Leo
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Post by Leo on Mar 16, 2014 3:33:18 GMT -5
He really is serious when he admitted to her that he would do practically anything to her. That's how seriously his feelings are for her, Leo realized. It surprises him too as well, but it's good to know that once he's sure of his own feelings, then he would be grounded to that feeling strongly.
Thus, when Leo sings, he kept his eyes on the blank space ahead of him, until the very end of the song, where he turned his head to face Rayl, and ended it with a low nod to her. They locked eyes for a moment, blue with blue, and stared into each others' souls for a long while. It never occurred to Leo before, but Rayl really is beautiful, like an ice sculpture of a goddess...
'I really should sculpt her one day... Possibly paint too, but I need to buy a new set of that special acrylic p--' While he's lost in his thoughts, it suddenly occurred to him that Rayl is leaning closer to him. 'H-huh?' Flustered of the sudden close proximity, Leo was caught by surprise when the ice maiden further closes in and actually planting a kiss on his lips.
Leo's eyes are wide at first, completely not expecting this kind of gesture from her. The kiss she's giving him awakened a kind of fire inside him, causing him to boldly kissed back, his frostbitten fingers tilting her head slightly by touching the delicate lines of her jaw. It's a strange experience, but he's learning, and he's sure Rayl is the same.
It was a surprisingly long kiss because after they broke it, Leo was pathetically trying to catch his breath, with how weak his respiratory systems are. "Uh..." He tried to speak up despite his chokes, and once he got his breath back, he looked up to her, his face now crimson. "Uhm... th-that, uh... That was new..."
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Rayl
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Post by Rayl on Mar 16, 2014 8:13:10 GMT -5
She knew this action was bold and un-Rayl, but, it's the least she could do for being grateful towards him. She started to care and feel what its like to love again, and it's all because of him. The kiss, surprisingly, deepens as Rayl felt his cold fingertips touch her jaw; tilting her head to the side. With every seconds counting, Rayl felt the emotions coming from Leo; and she returned it as well. Her hand leaning up to his shoulder, up to his neck.
After that kiss, her gaze never leaves to the man in front of him; and she was surprised, suddenly realizing what they have done. She blink owlishly, suddenly blushing at what she have done. Though, looking at Leo who's also blushing at the bold action they both did. A smile was plastered on her face.
She nodded meekly, softly scratching the side of her cheek with her index finger. "Y-yea... uhmm... sorry about that, I guess," she let out. "I mean, I'm not sorry of what I've done... I wanted it..." she continued explaining, looking at the side then at him with an embarrass look. "I-... it's my bold action is what I owe an apology to you... err.. yea,"
Rayl sighed, slowly looking at him; a meek smile appeared on her lips. "I'm grateful of you, Leo. Thank you."
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