Hyena!Xander had eventually run out of the inn looking for his packs. Hyenas are most powerful in numbers, and don't like to be on their own for long
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Angua looks up the moment she catches his smell, pale yellow, and still tinged with the black and red of scavengers, but fading now. She eyes him quietly, but doesn't approach him. He's not acting like a hyena, so she's willing to give him the benefit of the doubt.
Xander catches sight of her. He remembers how excited, and ultimately how scared she'd made the hyena. Xander takes in a deep breath to calm his nerves.
Hesitating for a second, he approaches slowly, keeping at a distance for both their sakes. "I don't even know your name, but I'm... so sorry for what I did the other day. It... it wasn't me. I promise. I was..." He sighs. "I was possessed... by a hyena."
"It's... okay. I can tell the difference, and I know it wasn't you. You... You smell different." She smiles a little, without showing teeth. "You're forgiven."
"Oh, good." Xander breathes a sigh of relief sitting again and rubbing his forehead with his fingers. "Not the only apology I have to make... unfortunately."
He looks up at her from beneath his bangs. "I'm Xander, by the way."
After killing a Dark Lord and learning that you've accidentally saved thousands of lives, the idea of being alone in a room with your possibly-evil boyfriend is somewhat less terrifying.
Ergo, there is Faith, sitting nearby, watching Xander carefully.
There's a crossbow on the table in front of her, just in case.
"Fa... Faith?" Xander has been dreading this more than anything else since the hyena soul was finally dispelled from him. He stands up, but he doesn't move towards her. "Oh, God... Faith, I'm sorry! I'm so, so sorry. It... it wasn't me before, that wasn't me."
"Faith, I was possessed by a... a hyena, but... I'm not anymore, but God, I'm sorry. I could see everything that happened, but I couldn't stop it. I couldn't... couldn't do anything."
Here, Xander. Have someone who holds absolutely nothing from the past day or so against you. Even though you were mean to her and hurt her feelings worse than anyone else mocking her would have.
"Hey, you." She sits down next to him. "You're... not much with the happy, huh?"
"Kind of the... exact opposite." Xander's been staring at the floor since Faith left him. His eyes kind of burn in the unfamiliar way that tears do, but he hasn't cried since he was ten, and he was accidentally knocked down the stairs in the middle of one of his parents fights.
"God, I'm... so sorry about... yesterday, Wills. What I... it said to you. You didn't need that from me. You're... you're amazing and beautiful and... and you know that, right?"
"I know," she says, and wraps her arms around his shoulders. "It wasn't you, and you didn't mean a word of it. It was just like... Invasion of the Body Snatchers! Only, y'know, you're still alive after we got rid of the Snatcher."
She smiles a little, hopefully, but it fades pretty quick. This isn't something that can be fixed by silly ideas. "It'll be okay," she says, all seriousness and sincerity.
Xander smiles weakly at her words, and then takes in a deep breath. Faith's the only person who knows this right now, but he feels that Willow should know too. He has to tell someone.
"I slept with someone. Or the hyena did... or- or I did. Or I don't know, but... but there was sex...and I don't even... know who she is."
Look, it's just the person Xander didn't want to see!
She's flopped on a couch looking pleased with herself. And reading. She seems to be doing that a lot lately. She never realized how fun it was, though.
"Lee," she says automatically, then looks up at him curiously. "And why sorry? It was the best sex I've had in months. And that's saying something, considering my line of work."
Her tone is friendly, easy-going, if a bit bemused. This is really quite the personality shift.
"Xander, I'm-" Xander's eyes are bigger and his mouth is hanging open a bit. "The... the best? So... wait, you're a..." He's more than a little breathless. Wait, for this, yes... he has to sit down.
He shakes his head and tries again to form words. "I'm sorry, because I was...er, possessed... by a hyena at the time?"
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Hesitating for a second, he approaches slowly, keeping at a distance for both their sakes. "I don't even know your name, but I'm... so sorry for what I did the other day. It... it wasn't me. I promise. I was..." He sighs. "I was possessed... by a hyena."
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He looks up at her from beneath his bangs. "I'm Xander, by the way."
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Ergo, there is Faith, sitting nearby, watching Xander carefully.
There's a crossbow on the table in front of her, just in case.
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".....I've already killed one person today. This had better not be some kind of ploy."
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"Faith, I was possessed by a... a hyena, but... I'm not anymore, but God, I'm sorry. I could see everything that happened, but I couldn't stop it. I couldn't... couldn't do anything."
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"Hey, you." She sits down next to him. "You're... not much with the happy, huh?"
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"God, I'm... so sorry about... yesterday, Wills. What I... it said to you. You didn't need that from me. You're... you're amazing and beautiful and... and you know that, right?"
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She smiles a little, hopefully, but it fades pretty quick. This isn't something that can be fixed by silly ideas. "It'll be okay," she says, all seriousness and sincerity.
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"I slept with someone. Or the hyena did... or- or I did. Or I don't know, but... but there was sex...and I don't even... know who she is."
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She's flopped on a couch looking pleased with herself. And reading. She seems to be doing that a lot lately. She never realized how fun it was, though.
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"Uhm, hey. I'm... sorry I... I don't know your name. I should, I realize, but I..."
Great, fantastic way to start this.
"I'm so... so sorry."
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Her tone is friendly, easy-going, if a bit bemused. This is really quite the personality shift.
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He shakes his head and tries again to form words. "I'm sorry, because I was...er, possessed... by a hyena at the time?"
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