It's the most wonderful time of the year :) [Party Post]
[OOC: We did this post last year, and it became our highest comment count post ever. 2,267 comments. It doesn't matter if we get up to that number again, but it has become tradition! This is open for all of December through January for any holiday/winter shenanigans. :> Tag in with the same character multiple times, make multiple new threads, think
( Read more... )
Reply
He opened the door with a scowl, and raises an eyebrow. "Can I help you?" That would be a polite statement, except it's coming from Ran, and that means he's being a complete and utter dick. He knows exactly why she's here, and he also realises it's insanely cold outside and he should probably let her in.
But he's just standing her, staring at her.
Reply
Thankfully, though, the Rift is not that mean, and has only frozen her, rather than giving her an attack of feline-induced consumption. Still, she looks rather uncomfortable as she stands there, slightly blue-tinged, shifting hurriedly from foot to foot in a futile attempt to warm herself.
"--can I, like, come in?"
Reply
Ran shrugs, leaning against the doorway. His deceptively long legs bar the way inside, and he cocks his head, examining her. She looks cold, and he couldn't care less. She's on his list of people he'd kill if someone wouldn't miss the body.
"You're doing the fucking like thing now?" he drawls, completely unaffected by her adorable shivering and shuffling. "You can either come in or not come in. There's no like involved."
Reply
"Um, well, it's not like I mean to, but it gets to be a habit when you spend time around someone, you know?" She smiles apologetically. She's also doing the you know thing, though she's now trying to keep the Valspeak down on purpose, not wanting to bug Ran any further. It just slips out, sometimes.
"...can I come in?" she repeats, bowing forcefully. "I wanna see Molly, and it's, like, freezing out here." She pauses, and re-states. "...It's freezing out here."
Reply
Ran's a proud misanthrope.
He sighs and rolls his eyes, stepping away from the door. "Whatever. Molly will probably bitch at me if I let you freeze to death." He'd much rather deal with Iris than have to listen to Molly's incessant ranting.
Reply
She hasn't really paid much attention to Ran either, previously, and now she's starting to get the distinct feeling he doesn't like her. Which is-- odd, for someone who's barely even spoken to her. She furrows her brow, a little, at that. She's used to being disliked, but-- not so quickly, not without even an exchange of words.
"...you're her Guardian, right?" She fiddles with the tassels on her scarf. "Are you... mad at me or something?"
Reply
He leans against the wall, arms crossed over his chest as he contemplates her question. Is he mad at her?
Might as well be honest.
"How much do you know about the Guardian-Ward relationship?" he asks, raising an eyebrow. "You know I can feel what she does, right?" He's really hoping not, because he wants to be the one to break the news to her that he can feel it when they're having fun together.
Reply
Which may be news to Ran, and to be honest, she's more than a little embarrassed that she said it. He's a real angel, and he'll know. But it is the truth.
She rubs her hands through her hair a little, shaking a small clump of snow out onto Molly's carpet. "But what's that got to do with whether you like me or not?"
Reply
"I can feel it when you're fucking around," he says with a slight grin, stilling his feet. "Like an echo. That's part of the joy of being a Guardian... didn't you know that?"
He pauses, relishing the moment for just a second. "And I'm not much into fucking, even the voyeuristic kind."
Reply
"I--" I knew that, she wants to say, because technically she did. She'd just-- never thought of it that way. What Molly's Guardian would feel, when she was with Molly. She should have thought about it. Now she just feels awkward.
And a touch possessive, as he sits down on her girlfriend's bed. She sits herself down next to him, a fair distance away, just so he knows it's not about trying to get close to him. Just-- she feels uncomfortable, about Molly having a Guardian. She doesn't begrudge her the protection, or anything; she just wishes she was the only person that close to her. That she could be that close to her.
"...I'm really sorry," she says eventually. "That must be awkward for you."
She's not sure why he's smiling, though, if that's the case.
Reply
There's also the added problem of intimacy, and that creeps him out. Being all emotionally connected makes him a little sick to his stomach.
He supposes some people need it.
"It is," he says with a deep sigh. He's a little smug now, because he's made her uncomfortable. That's why he's smiling, not because of the whole sex thing. That part just makes him twitchy. "I don't suppose you'd cut it out? I hear celibacy is very in this year... like Ugg boots."
Reply
"Are you... saying I should stop sleeping with Molly?"
She doesn't sound particularly pissed off by this, or particularly sad, or really particularly anything at all. She's just confused.
Reply
Yeah, it's selfish, but he's no saint either.
"Fuck you." He leans back on the bed, arms under his head, legs hanging off, toes touching the floor. It's a relaxed position, but he's never relaxed, not really. Guardians can't really afford to be. "It's awkward."
Reply
Which, to be honest, the narration would hardly put past Ran. But Iris is just... still bewildered.
Reply
"That would be all right too," he says with a nod of his head. "Because I have to fucking protect her, and it's hard to do when I'm going out of my mind with revulsion."
Why yes, he is proud of using that word. Ran's not exactly a thesaurus normally.
Reply
Leave a comment