4/1/2003
11:56
PM
Logfile
from Chase.
Mandarin
Plaza - 1502
It
looks like an average two bedroom apartment. The furniture is second-hand, and
the overall impression is somewhat shabby, with the exception of the
shotgun/rifle collection hanging up on the far wall. Pretty boring place, really, but there's a TV and some game
consoles, at least
Lexie
is here.
Obvious
exits:
Exit
Clothes
all over the place, along with Lexie's sanity!
Yep, it's late in the evening now, and she took the chance to catch a
small catnap and, uh, think about the crazy thing she just did. At some point they ended up in the bedroom..
Her sanctuary! Of course, she's now
awake, still nuzzled up against him, just quiety running over the utter
disasters that will result from this in her mind. "...Hey, Chase, are you awake?" She asks, softly,
brushing her cheek against his shoulder.
The bed
is good. And the couch and.... Well, at least they are on the bed now. But
Chase is awake, yes, and smiling faintly. The kind of smile that comes from
being quite content. "Yeah, I'm awake," he responds softly, turning
slightly to draw a hand over to bring fingers through her hair.
Lexie
grins over at him, although the smile is undeniably sad. "...I don't think we should've done that.
Among other things, you could get me arrested for statutory." She murmurs,
kissing his ear. "I uh, had a no
sleeping with seishi rule that I just broke in a big way. Gods, as if the Genbu
didn't already hate me enough.."
She closes her eyes for a moment, not bothering to hide the greif at the
trouble this whole thing will cause.
"...But I want you to know it was wonderful. And I don't regret it.
You're a sweet guy, Chase. I just
regret that you fell in with someone like me."
Chase
seems to sigh at her sad smile. His own tightens for a moment before reaching
over once more to brush some her her hair away from her face. "Look, don't
worry about it. You worry way, way too much. And don't start thinking about the
trouble this could cause or whatever. It'll just eat you up, and that's just
pointless." He reaches for her cheek, "Come on. Open your eyes. And
stop saying things like that. If there is trouble, well... then bring it
on."
Lexie
looks up at him-- And for a moment, all her bravado and courage just utterly
fails her. She reaches up to push his
hair back from his forehead, eyes slightly glassy. "Chase, I really am your enemy. " She breathes,
unhappily. "And do I worry so
much? I mean, I know you're your own
person, and can take care of yourself.. But what happens when you finally get
that fight with an oni you've been dreaming of? What if you get torn apart, or
if they do? What'm I supposed to feel
about it? I'm not supposed to be this..
Weak. I try not to be. But it seems like the harder I try, the more
I just wreck everything I get my hands on.
I don't want it to be you. Kai
had the right idea. He knows he can't assosciate with me and he knows where his
place is.. With the Seiryuu. I haven't
ever done.. This with him. And I was okay with that. I think he's been picked up and tormented by more oni than any
other seishi, and I just have this awful feeling it's all because of me. I don't want you to suffer for daring to
touch me." Gosh, is the Yin miko
supposed to look ready to break into tears?
"I believe in my cause. I really do! ...But my feelings keep betraying the Yin, and my oni.. And even
myself."
Chase
is now frowning as he looks to her, listening quietly as she speaks. Confusion
is first, and then comes concern. "Look, Lexie? I'm not your Kai. I don't
know all of the history in that, but it is pretty clear you and him have some
kind of pretty strong past. That's not me... And..." He sighs once again,
flopping back against the mattress and pillow. "I like you, Lexie, and believe
me, I know all about the way of things, the order of the stars, fate, and all
of that stuff. I know it damn well." He rolls to the side to watch her
once more, his smile faint, "If anything comes my way, I'll deal with it.
Its nothing. They know where my loyalties lie. If I didn't prove it enough last
time, then they aren't the people that I know and love. I won't suffer, and I
don't plan on it." Another moment of looking a little uncomfortable before
a soft smile, "Lexie? Hey, it'll be fine. As for your feelings..." He
simply trails off, gaze intent upon her.
Lexie
grins wryly. "He isn't my Kai." She corrects, softly. "A fact I'm more aware of every
day. Don't worry about it. It's just me
being dumb and emotional. Women do that, I guess." She nuzzles back into his embrace to hide
her expression. "It's up to you if
you say anything. I'm not planning on
mentioning this to anyone. I have
enough problems getting respect from the oni as it is, and the seishi would
think I took advantage of you. Maybe I did. Maybe it's nice to have someone
look at me like you have. Maybe it's
nice to have someone for a change instead of longing over something I can't
have at all. ...Thank you, Chase. For being here anyways." She wraps her arms around him, blinking away
the threataning tears. Crying just
isn't her bag, that's for damn sure, so she's not gonna do it! "...I don't have feelings, remember?
I'm a Yin. But I like you anyways. I wouldn't mind if you'd come around more
often."
Chase
is frowning at her, and even more so as she hides her face against him. Any
tenseness leaves his body as instead he curls an arm about Lexie, slowly
drawing his fingers up and down her back. "If they ask, and I can't avoid
it, I'll tell them, Lexie. I refuse to keep secrets from my family. I might
omit things from time to time, but I will never lie to them." He drops his
head to brush his lips against the crown of her head, "I'm not so sure
about the feelings part, but I won't try to convince you otherwise. I've
noticed that you seem to be rather stubborn and set in your ways. And as for
coming around more often... you're fun, and until you show me the curb, I
suppose I can darken your door now and again."
Lexie
chuckles softly. "Okay, that's
your business. I won't ask you to lie
to them. Never been a great liar
myself. Though I doubt anyone'll ask
me. Nobody'd guess. I'm just the plain
psychotic miko. " She chuckles
slightly, warming to his embrace.
"Well, and stubborn. I'll
admit it. It's one of my few good points.
But you're always welcome here. Well, Rathan lives here, technically,
but he of all people will understand. If you come by on a rare instance where
he's around and I'm not, just tell him I said it was okay and he'll let you
in. You know, like, if you ever need a
place to go. Although I'm sure you've
got a safe place already. " She
looks up, planting kisses along his jawline.
"I guess all your girls will be jealous that I've taken up your
time, huh?" She teases, wryly.
Chase
is wincing abruptly at mentioning Rathan, and from there recalling a certain
conversation with a certain Byakko not so long ago. Yeah, pot calling the
kettle black syndrome yet again. Damn. His wince eases though, more with
resignation than anything. "I'll keep that in mind, sure. But I've got
plenty of places to stay, so you don't need to worry about me taking up room
too much. Well, that is unless I get attached to some of those cracky console
games you've got, or distracted otherwise." With that last, he briefly tightens
his hold around her. "Oh, I wouldn't worry about the girls, they all think
I'm a... youngling." *snerk*
Lexie
stifles a giggle, good humor returning. "But you are!" She teases,
then tries to roll away to escape his retribution. "I guess I'll have to go buy some you'd like, then. I have a
bad tendancy to piss off company and scare 'em off." Yeah, she won't comment on the wince. Well, okay, maybe she will. "He's not much of an oni. The others
keep getting mad at him."
Chase
is just going to roll with her then, eyes sparking in amusement. "Am not.
Don't make me prove you wrong... again." He ducks his head to bestow a
smooch to the base of her neck before simply flopping atop her. Yeah,
retribution for her flopping on him earlier. "Well, if you'd stop shooting
at them the moment they come in the door..." Okay, so maybe it didn't play
out exactly like that. "Never met Rathan. I was thinking about Mina. She's
something of a friend of mine."
Lexie
mmphs, making a face. "Hey, hey, I
give. Uncle! Oh, I know.. I've met her
too. She's a nice girl. She's good for him in a big way. Which is why I don't ask any questions when
he never comes home, and don't tell any tales." She grins up at him, smacking him in the head with a pillow. "Goof.
I believe you, but I won't complain."
Chase
falls back over with the pillow, bouncing on his side with something of a
dramatic flourish. "Yeah, she's nice. And I have a sneaky suspicion that
aniki was going to try to hook me up with her once upon a time. That look he gave
me just gave it all away, the ass." But his grin is returning, almost
smug. He reaches over to take up that pillow she foofed him with and smacks her
with it right on back. "Behave."
Lexie
bursts into laughter. "Hey, you better be nice or I'll tickle you
again! Anyways, I never behave. It's
best to get used to it." She reaches for him again, leaning in to brush a
kiss across his lips. "You know,
they're probably going to miss you soon.
It's good you have people who care like that."
Chase
is cringing away at the idea of being tickled. He gets in one more fluff with
the pillow afterwards and is immediately rolling off the bed and to his feet.
He waggles his own finger at her, "Yeah... but I can still tell you to now
and again to keep up appearances." Now comes the search for clothing,
which really shouldn't be that hard considering she already stole some of his
stuff so there has to be something around here. "Probably... but hopefully
I've got them trained enough to realize I don't often come home every single
night. The pains of actually having to live with someone else." *sigh*
Lexie
slips out of the bed, hunting around for some clothing of her own. "Well, okay. From you, I'll accept it.
You're my reason, remember?" She
pauses to put on the necklace by the bedstand, and fishes around for
undergarments. "Well, I guess this
means you're going to head out, huh?" She asks, with a sheepish grin.
"I'll be bored, you know. But I'll see you again sometime soon, when you
feel like it."
Chase
tugs on pants and such, and then turns around to look back at her. He is
snickering once more at the reason comment. "A sad example of reason, but
I'll try." Padding back over to Lexie, his smile is present once more,
"I'll probably have to lay low again for the next couple of days though.
But I can call you? You've got mine, right?"
Lexie
takes the excuse to slip her arms around his waist, grinning at him.
"Sure. I'll write it down before you go.
And I don't think I have your number yet. Did we ever find your cel? Call anytime."
"Uhm...
I think I saw it under your sofa, actually." Of course, we really don't
even need to get into how Chase saw it under there, do we? Nope. He rattles off
some number or another before leaning in to give her a warm kiss. "I'll
have to come by again to pick up that stereo, right? Maybe I'll bring some
pizza and a couple of movies when I do that."
Lexie
grins, managing to program the number into herphone.. Well, after the kiss,
that is. Kisses take priority.
"Sounds good to me. I even promise not to shoot at you this
time." She teases, reciting her own.
Chase
moves his head to give her a nip at her ear before pushing away and locating a
shirt. Could possibly be the one he wore before, or another, doesn't really
matter. Ball cap is forgotten and left behind though. "Remind me to take
you deer hunting some time. Then you can shoot all you want -namely not at
me." He is ducking into the living room area to rummage for that phone.
Lexie
grins, leaning against the doorframe of the bedroom, just watching him with an
affectionate, quiet smile. "Allright, sounds good to me. You'll have to teach me a bit, though. My hunting around my old neighborhood was
more along the lines of bullyboys who were trying to break into the
garage. Take care, Chase."
"Oh,
that sounds fun too. It's been a good week or so since the last time I dumped a
couple of hoods from the local Chinese grocery. It was great." He
straightens, tucks the phone in a pocket and then moves to the door. Opening
it, he starts out only to turn and give her a wink, "You too. Call you
later." And off he darts.