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Post by Riad on Feb 22, 2016 4:52:00 GMT
Then what is it? I don't understand.."
Quan remains silent for quite some time, only listening as he tries to gather the words he's looking for. "It's only that... I don't want to keep you from growing old with someone," he starts slowly, feeling the words as he forces them out. His voice lowers a little. "Because that can't happen with me. It's been three hundred years since I've been this way, two hundred before I reached that point, and I'm sure it'll be another five before I'd ever gain a sign of age. And sometimes it hurts, seeing lifetimes fly by me, losing friends to the inevitable, watching as their families grow and age before me. I just... I want you to be happy."
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Post by Carter on Feb 22, 2016 5:02:29 GMT
"It's only that... I don't want to keep you from growing old with someone. Because that can't happen with me. It's been three hundred years since I've been this way, two hundred before I reached that point, and I'm sure it'll be another five before I'd ever gain a sign of age. And sometimes it hurts, seeing lifetimes fly by me, losing friends to the inevitable, watching as their families grow and age before me. I just... I want you to be happy."
Tears pooling at the statement, Kasadi inhales shakily, breath hitching as her hands find the sides of his shirt loosely "I can't do this... I'm a circus freak, there's no one I want to grow old with.." she whispers, voice cracking "I need to get away.."
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Post by Riad on Feb 22, 2016 5:08:09 GMT
"I can't do this... I'm a circus freak, there's no one I want to grow old with.. I need to get away.."
He pulls back a little and looks at her. "You're not a circus freak, Kasadi. You never were."
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Post by Carter on Feb 22, 2016 5:09:36 GMT
"You're not a circus freak, Kasadi. You never were."
"I am..." Kas whispers, voice cracking, eyes down "I'm not the princess you claim I am, I can't be.."
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Post by Riad on Feb 22, 2016 5:20:58 GMT
"I am... I'm not the princess you claim I am, I can't be.."
"You aren't the princess," he murmurs leaning his head back, "nor are you the circus freak. You are you, you're Kasadi, and who you are is your choice, not a label you've been given by someone else."
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Post by Carter on Feb 22, 2016 5:23:59 GMT
"You aren't the princess, nor are you the circus freak. You are you, you're Kasadi, and who you are is your choice, not a label you've been given by someone else."
"Quan..." Trembling, Kasadi looks down, hands falling from his shirt to rest at her sides "I... Don't want to hurt you.."
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Post by Riad on Feb 22, 2016 5:31:33 GMT
"Quan... I... Don't want to hurt you.."
He doesn't move. Eyes remaining closed and his arms around her, he takes a breath. She isn't the first to say it, nor is she the first he had ever fallen in love with. But, she's the first that he's willing to hold on to for dear life, battling the walls he threw up, all of the talks he gave himself, all of the doubts. "Sometimes the pain is worth what good it can bring," he says quietly, opening his eyes and looks at her, gaze bright. Quan lifts his head again, the life showing in his features as he presses his forehead against hers. "It's time I stopped running."
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Post by Carter on Feb 22, 2016 5:36:32 GMT
"Sometimes the pain is worth what good it can bring. It's time I stopped running."
Breath hitching, Kas's gaze slowly finds his before it clouds with tears and she tries pulling away, trembling with the effort to try to push him away to make it easier, for the both of them, heart pounding in her ears "I'm not ready to stop running.. Please.."
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Post by Riad on Feb 22, 2016 5:59:29 GMT
"I'm not ready to stop running.. Please.."
His eyes close and he leans back, hiding the flicker that would've shone in his gaze, hold lessening as his expression remains still as he accepts her pleas. Quan leans back, back against the couch.
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Post by Carter on Feb 22, 2016 6:08:27 GMT
"I'm sorry." Kas whispers, voice cracking when he lets go before she turns on her heel and makes her way out of their room, heading outside. Once out of his sight, she leans against a wall, hand raising to her mouth to try and stop the bit back gasp, tears slipping out as her eyes close
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Post by Riad on Feb 25, 2016 4:27:43 GMT
"I'm sorry."
His lips purse a little and his eyes don't open until he hears the click of the door. Lifting his head, Quan stares after it, expression blank before the corners of his eyes pinch and he laughs a short and quiet laugh at himself with a shake of his head. "What am I thinking?"
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Post by Carter on Feb 25, 2016 4:39:21 GMT
Catching her breath, Kasadi inhales shakily, face crumpling as she tries to decide whether to stay or flee, taking her injury into consideration, still uneasy
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Post by Riad on Mar 29, 2016 18:18:58 GMT
After a moment he stands slowly, gaze peering outside. Maybe he should have let her go, let her run to wherever she wished. Yet, he has this almost unbearable urge to chase after her, to catch her, something he knows will end bad anyway. They always do. But he seems all the more willing to take the fall, the pain that could come with it, just to catch a fleeting moment.
With a small sound, he turns about himself like a troubled animal before he stops and looks at the door again, remembering that even if he is willing to stop running, she isn't, and his body quivers in the indecision of what to do.
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