Pieces to a puzzle...

[fixthepast]

Somehow I've found myself working for the Company.  Still not sure how that happened but it's not something I was going to turn down either.  A chance to be around all these specials?  Gain their powers and fuck with their minds?  What's not to love?  But for now I have to do all the tedious work and the first person I get to see is Sylar. He comes

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[fixthepast]

I look at him when he starts stammering and pulls at his shirt. So he's not sure about his self image, good to know. Now I'm really curious to see what's under that shirt. Shit, did I just think that? Well, there's nothing wrong with it. He intrigues me and I would like to see more of him. Intellectually and physically. "There's a pool here, it's not used very often, we could go there." That might help put his mind at ease.

He goes on more about Nathan and I want to tell him that that's something I'd rather not talk but that will just make him want to talk about it even more. "He's a very big asshole and yes, he is in the right profession. Lawyer, senator. Talks out of both sides of his mouth at the same time." I frown down at the board as I see he's about to win. Well damn.

"Not pathetic. There's nothing wrong with being shy, Sylar." I shake my head, grinning as I sit back. I did want a challenge. "I wasn't shy Sylar but I didn't fit in. I stayed to myself so I was a...bit of a loner. Pretty much everyone in my school weren't worth my time or energy." I shrug. "I'd like to think we might've been. I think we would've gotten along better than you think." I finish my wine.

[heartofmurder]

"You have a pool here?" Oh god. I can't decide if that's better or worse. At least it would just be him, but... it would just be him. It's suddenly getting a little hotter in here. "I don't have swim trunks. I haven't really gone to a pool in a long time." Since I was younger.

I nod when he agrees about his brother and I know that's about as far as I'm going to push it. It's a shame that he doesn't get along with his brother. I would have loved to have one. Maybe things would have been different growing up.

"There's everything wrong with being shy. Shy people don't get things done. Shy people don't command attention. Everyone walks all over them and they get shoved in a corner all the time, ignored. There's nothing worse than being ignored." I make my final move, winning the game. I try not to look too smug about it.

So he was always a cocky asshole. Good to know. "Maybe we would have gotten along. I guess we'll never know." We seem to get long fine now. But when I was younger, I would have just made a fool of myself in front of him I'm sure. Not now. Now I'm fascinating to him.

[fixthepast]

"Yes, up on the top floor." I chuckle. "I always wondered what would happen to all the apartments below it if it ever sprung a leak. It made more sense to me to have had it on the bottom but I guess this way you get your view of the city too." I wave my hand when he says he has no trunks. "Then get some or you can borrow a pair of mine. I'm pretty sure mine would fit you." I watch his face as I pour myself more wine.

"But you also fly under the radar. You can get away with things that others couldn't. You hear things that you're not supposed to because everyone thinks your invisible. There's actually a lot of power in being invisible like that Sylar." I take a long drink of wine and sit back down. He won the game but that's okay, there's lots of games to be played yet and I will beat him sooner or later. I can be patient.

"No, I guess we never will." Sighing, I settle back in my chair. "Do you want something more to drink?" I nod towards his soda.

[heartofmurder]

"I'm sure they accounted for a situation like that. They wouldn't build it there if they hadn't thought of all the possible scenarios." I nearly choke again when he says I can borrow a pair of his trunks. That just seems so... intimate. But he's not thinking about it that way at all. Hell, neither am I. "I... I could get myself a pair. Maybe for next time." Next time.

"I would never want to fly under the radar and I always get away with things even though I'm not shy anymore." Thank god. "No. Being invisible is the worst. I would never want that again." I would never lower myself to that. I watch as he pours himself more wine and I wonder how long it would take for him to open up more.

"Maybe I'll have a glass of wine. One glass." I call over a wine glass, pouring myself some and bringing it over. I want to apologize about the other night, but I can't bring myself to do it. I don't need to apologize for anything. "Shall we play another?" I set it up, giving him a smirk, "I told you I'd master it right away."

[fixthepast]

"They most likely have but I still wonder what would happen. I'm sure most of the apartments would be flooded. I wonder how pissed they'd be if it happened..." I muse, finger running along the edge of my glass. It really is tempting but I couldn't do it, it'd put me out and that wouldn't be worth it.

He tells me that he doesn't want to be invisible and I can tell that about him but he doesn't see the benefits of it. I'm invisible. I'm Nathan's brother, Angela and Arthur's son, but I'm never Peter. It rankles me, irritates the hell out of me but it benefits me too. I'm smoke. There but not there. No one would expect me for the things I've done. Even when they've figured out something's going on on L5, they've never been able to tie to me. I'm nobody worth paying attention to and I like it that way.

Smirking as he pours himself a glass of wine, I nod. "I'd love another game and yes, you did warn me. I told you though, I love a challenge and I welcome it." I take another long drink of my wine, relaxing a bit more.

[heartofmurder]

"It would be one giant swimming pool then." I chuckle, for once not minding that we're just having idle chatter. It's actually somewhat nice. I don't think I've ever really done it before, "We could easily protect your apartment if you ever wanted to find out," I smirk, knowing that look on his face.

"Well I'm glad you love a challenge. I'll make sure to make it really hard. You see, I've already planned out every course of action. I can see it. Then based on your moves, I readjust mine, going with the next course of action. It's not very challenging for me, but it does give me insight into how you think." He should love that part.

All of this has been really enjoyable so far and I actually can't believe that I'm having fun. It's so different and I think I like it.

[fixthepast]

"It would at that." I laugh hard. "But I think I'd get some serious questions as to why my apartment is the only to have survived unscathed. Think I'd rather avoid that." I really don't want to deal with that from my neighbors or the cops. "But if I ever decide to move, I'll keep it in mind." I wink at him with a grin.

Oh, so he thinks that he's got me all figured out huh. Well, he most likely does, and I'm sure that he knows all the moves, has them all figured out. Well, I really don't care if I win or lose, the point is just to enjoy this time with him, get to know him. This is so bizarre but I'm actually enjoying it. "You think you can figure out how I think, hmmm?" He probably does but only in the game, not for this.

"Since I lost, I get to start this time." I roll the dice and start moving, sipping the wine and half listening as the music changes to another cd. I can't remember the last time I had such and enjoyable evening.

[heartofmurder]

He laughs hard and I smile. A real smile and I'm not even drunk. Shit. "Well, it's not like they can blame you. You're apartment will just... be fortunate enough to be built in the right place for the water to bypass." His wink gives me that feeling in my stomach again. The one from the other day and I'm wary of it, but it feels good.

"When it comes to this? Yes, I do," I smirk, taking a sip of wine. I give him a nod, letting him roll and move his piece and I watch the board, finding the possible outcomes. If only everything in life were this easy. If only figuring people out in every day life were.

We play for a while, me winning every game of course, but he doesn't seem to be phased by it. Maybe it's all the wine, maybe it's just because we're both actually having fun. "Oh, this song is very good. Do you hear all the different instruments, how they come together? It would be fascinating to sit down and watch them play." I've had more than one glass of wine now, but he's had quite a few more so I let myself relax completely, sitting back on the couch. I don't even remember whose turn it is anymore.

[fixthepast]

Jesus. His smile is devastating and I wonder if he even knows that. Probably not but it is. I feel a warm rush through but I have to ignore it. There's no way in hell he'd even think along those lines and I'm pretty sure not about me. We might get along but that's about it. Too bad. But I can still admire the view.

We keep playing and of course he keeps winning but I don't care. I don't mind losing to him because he deserves to win, even if he is cheating a bit and using his ability. It's okay though, this is actually fun and that's what really matters. Good wine, good music, good game, good company. Can't ask for more than that. I look up when he mentions the music.

"Yes, I can. Probably not as well as you do though. I like hearing the whole, then breaking it down. Hear how the rhythm flows up and down? That's the saxes doing that. They bring the music together, make it cohesive." He sits back in the couch and I'm tempted to sit next to him. Fuck it, the game can wait. I move over next to him. "And here, where it gets mellow? That's the bass weaving in and out." Smiling, I close my eyes for a moment, seeing it all weave together. "If you really wanted to, I know a good club that plays jazz and blues."

[heartofmurder]

"I don't know all the instruments, but I can tell them apart. If I saw them play, I could understand it better. Then I could see it completely in my head." That would nice. Really nice. He gets up and I watch him come over, sitting down next to me. It's warm, but comforting. I like the way his shoulder presses against mine.

"You really know your instruments. Have you ever played anything?" I let my eyes linger on his lips when he smiles, "A club? I've never really been to a club. I mean, I've passed through when I was..." When I was killing, "Traveling here and there, but I never stayed long and never with someone else." Does he really want to go with me? He must if he's suggesting it. "We could go sometime if you wanted to. I would enjoy it." I finish whatever glass of wine this is. I can't believe he makes me let go like this. I'm not ever like this with anyone.