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Post by Nikolai Laska on Nov 13, 2017 19:56:47 GMT -8
Nik gladly traded seats, moving as close to Mia as he could get without outright crawling into bed with her (and he'd have been tempted even with her injuries if he was smaller or the bed was bigger, but he digressed). "You better be..." he sighed softly as she apologized. "You put the light of my life in danger. It's gonna take a while for you to make up for that, you know."
He reached up to stroke her hair a bit, but before long his hand slid down to her face, and he shifted around to be able to kiss her deeply. It wasn't a messy makeout by any means, but just rough enough and held just long enough that it still qualified as kind of shameless, given the shape she was in and her entire family there. "Sorry. I've been waiting to do that for two weeks and couldn't wait any longer."
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Post by Mia Kearney on Nov 14, 2017 2:34:55 GMT -8
Glad to have Nik close, Mia lightly rubbed her face against his shoulder to get rid of the light tears forming in the corners, not entirely sure why she was crying given her current state, but given the current situation she could probably pick and choose her reason from a wide selection if anyone dared to ask, the blonde letting out a long, heavy breath as her arm wrapped as best it could around Nik, lightly grasping at his shirt. Her laughter picked up just a little at his next little jab, though now that the waterworks were starting to flow it wasn't so easy to turn them off.
No one was all that stunned by the kiss but it did briefly leave an awkward silence, the siblings sharing glances while the parents just seemed oddly endeared, even getting a faint 'd'awww' breaking the silence towards the end as Nik pulled away to speak. Mia herself was just briefly lingering in the air from the kiss, the words taking a second to register, though as they hit her, it just made her smile grow as she cried harder, face pushing back into Nik's neck as she tugged at the side of his shirt to keep him close.
"I-I'm sorry I ignored you...I-I was being stupid..."
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Post by Nikolai Laska on Nov 14, 2017 10:33:17 GMT -8
Nik wrapped an arm around her as best he could in the kind of awkward position and went back to stroking her hair.. until Mia's words stopped him.
Sorry she... she... "You were ignoring me??" His paranoia suddenly became a loud obnoxious frat boy celebratorily screaming 'I TOLD YOU SO' despite not being happy about this fact at all. Why the fuck did this feel closer to vindicating than horrifying? Ugh, brain.
"Why?? I... Is this because I went to Era? Because I told you I was gonna be out on family business and only waited to be more specific because I knew you'd wanna come keep an eye on me." ... His lips pursed together. "...Of course, seeing as I'm still in one piece and you're.." A semi-nod indicated her. "Maybe it would've been safer after all..."
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Post by Mia Kearney on Nov 14, 2017 10:44:28 GMT -8
Mia's body tightened a little as she felt Nik stop with her words. Realizing the conversation was perhaps getting a little personal, in a hushed enough voice to hopefully not disturb Mia and Nik, Bergan eased out of his chair and looked his kids in the eye. "I er...think its best we all head the canteen for some tea...been a long afternoon." Mark narrowed his eyes, not getting the idea and quick to answer back with "Karla and Chezz just brought snacks I-" "Shhh Lad." Mark was clearly still a little confused as the family tried to ease him out of the room, Mia watching them leave over Nik's shoulder, both glad for the privacy and also feeling her own sense of tension spike the moment the door closed behind them, easing away from Nik and rubbing her eyes with the base of her palm.
"I...I don't know...M-maybe? I...." Her lip quivered as she tried to recall why she'd even done it, but between her own lack of control over her emotions at times and the minor head injury she'd suffered, actually finding out why she'd been so dumb as to Ignore Nik like that was proving a struggle. "I don't know just...I...it felt like you always had somewhere else to be I guess between the trip and leaving the league...I-It was dumb okay? I'm sorry just-It was dumb!"
Her emotions in an even more unstable state thanks to the meds, she was quickly rubbing her eyes again.
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Post by Nikolai Laska on Nov 14, 2017 13:02:28 GMT -8
Eugh... Nik kind of felt like he'd chased her family out without meaning to, and wondered briefly if he should have just waited to ask until later, but... Oh well. It kind of came out reflexively after her apology and nothing to be done now.
"I mean..." He wanted to comfort her but... sighed. "Yeah, it was. Being upset I was busy wasn't, but making it even harder to spend time with you was kinda..." He looked her over, and debated briefly. She... her head was already bandaged up so he'd just.. have to be extra light and careful. But he raised a hand, put his middle fingernail to his thumb, and very gently flicked her forehead. "I know your brains get knocked around fighting on top of being blonde but c'mon Mia, that was dumb even for you." Fuck he hoped this was over the top enough to qualify as grim humor and not just be insulting.
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Post by Mia Kearney on Nov 14, 2017 14:45:36 GMT -8
The flick to her head wasn't the most welcome response and her hand rubbing her eyes quickly darted to the spot she was flicked, watering eyes shooting up to half-glare at Nik, though as he spoke, as much as a small part of her might have been genuinely hurt by the joke in her current state, she accepted it well enough, weakly chuckling with the tears practically streaming down her cheeks at this pint, rubbing her forearm across her face, almost punching the tears away before managing to calm herself down. Her eyes still shimmered a bit as they watered but...it was clear Nik's sense of humor was better than a serious lecture.
"I'm...really sorry Nik. I don't know what I was doing. I was just feeling some petty, childish things and didn't know how to handle it...heh. Technically this is my first relationship an' all, what with you and Vesta overlapping..." Did that make sense? She felt like it did...yeah. As much experience as she had with Vesta before Nik, the two practically flowed into one whole first relationship 'experience' so.
"...Oi." She lifted her arm, stopped by the bed-cuff again and settled for flicking his kneecap, which probably actually hurt her finger more than it hurt him right now given the rough state of even her hands, hissing a little but managing to suppress it for the most part. "Fuck. Er..." It took her a second to even recall what she was going for before pointing and forcing a bright grin through the tears on her cheeks. "Don't forget!~ You're hairs technically bleach blonde or some shit too!~ Its just by turn to be the dumbass for a change!~"
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Post by Nikolai Laska on Nov 14, 2017 22:39:59 GMT -8
"I know..." he assured her regarding little relationship experience. If he was recalling correctly, things had built pretty gradually with Vesta, too. Not that they hadn't with him, too, but that was as friends, even with his feelings involved. When she did decide to take things a more romantic route, they'd sort of dived right in to being Pretty Serious, at least assuming they were on the same page. So even though things were also Pretty Serious with Vesta, and Mia had been with her longer, he knew their earlier months or however long they'd been 'official' wasn't exactly preparation for.. heh. Suddenly double ship power. He was still pretty overwhelmed and struggling to properly balance his side, too. "It's..." Well, still not okay, heh...
He raised a brow at her accusation though. "Excuse?" He pulled off his hat (and lo and behold it only kind of poofed up in the shorter parts!? what was this, had gravity been working out!?) and ruffled his hair. "Maybe whatever put you in here damaged your eyes, too, but this look blonde to you? This is sterling fuckin' silver, yo. Or if anything, like... really light desaturated blue. Joke about me being a blunette if you want, but Mom and Ilya are the only blondes in this family." Okay so Dasha's hair was bright enough that in the right light he wondered if it was a bit mixed or just reflected the lighting well but he was damn sure never gonna bring that up to her face lol.
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Post by Mia Kearney on Nov 15, 2017 10:53:34 GMT -8
"Heh...maybe. Who knows." She had really just meant it as a tease afterall. While silver hair was rare it was still a thing, but Mia had heard similar colors referred to as bleach blonde before so it seemed like a fair joke. Not much else she could really say to the response though, maybe her eyes had gone wonky for all she really knew...her tears had managed to calm down at least, and she leaned back against the head of her hospital bed, slowly breathing out as he body seemed to really relax, the medication and sedatives still in her system, but her mind managing to clear itself up enough not to get stuck in an emotional loop.
"...Ya know...starting to see why you have a fondness for these meds...or...whatever it was you take." She hung her head, knowing that joke likely wouldn't land and slowly shaking her head, muttering for...third time? Fourth? "I'm sorry..."
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Post by Nikolai Laska on Nov 15, 2017 11:14:15 GMT -8
Starting to-- Nik's face slowly flushed as he quickly glanced up at the door. What a time for Mia's parents to have walked back in, huh? "Ah... You're on some pretty heavy shit right now," he told her with a nervous chuckle, forcing a somewhat cheesy smile. "In the shape you're in that IV could probably work as Rhydon tranquilizer." Heh... heh.
"Once you heal up a bit and get out of here, the stuff they downgrade you to will probably be more my speed. Or maybe still a bit stronger at first." He rubbed at the back of his neck. "Only like.. double to triple the strength of storebought meds and a lot milder version of this whole..." He made a loopy hand gesture and a series of silly faces.
...Heh. "Not that you're not adorable. But I mean, you're already taller than me. Kind of hard to reach if you get much higher," he weakly teased.
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Post by Mia Kearney on Nov 15, 2017 11:51:19 GMT -8
She pretty much already knew that what she was on was probably a lot stronger than whatever Nik used to...well, get high. No other real way to put it in the end. She glanced to her IV quietly wondering what actually WAS in there but almost thinking it might be best not to ask as her gaze shifted back down to Nik, chuckling at his sly little joke the moment it registered, though she managed to calm herself down a bit easier than before.
"Yeah as if I didn't have my head in the clouds enough already." Lifting her head back up again, almost thankful they didn't linger on her last apology, her eyes shifted across the room as she really started to take in her situation, too caught up on the odd impulse to get her family to laugh earlier to really realize where she was beyond the foggy memories of the first time she woke up.
"Hey...Nik...?" Not really meeting his gaze as she continued to take in the room, she just held a soft smile as she spoke, getting more clear headed by the second. "I'm...glad you're here...I mean a part of me has no clue what I'm doing or...what to say but...I'm glad you're here." It was then she just realized something that should have had an obvious answer, tilting her head as she asked. "...why are you here? Did the league tell you...?"
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Post by Nikolai Laska on Nov 15, 2017 12:18:54 GMT -8
He snickered lightly despite everything. If he hadn't already made several jokes about her intelligence, he'd have been tempted to follow up 'head in the clouds' with something about 'airhead', but he didn't want to push too hard and risk her thinking he actually thought that poorly of her. Like, yes she was objectively uneducated but she was so bright and clever and witty in so many ways and he adored the way her mind worked sometimes. ... Just, not when it decided whatever had landed her here was a good idea, obviously, heh.
"Huh? Ah... No babe, your dad called me." Which reminded him he'd been meaning to ask for a while, "Have you talked to Vesta yet, or do you know if he called her?" He didn't know how long Mia had been in here. Vesta could have visited and left already, or her dad could have called her before Nik or in the time it took Nik to get ready and port over. She could be on her way over or stuck somewhere with plans to be right over or anything for all he knew.
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Post by Mia Kearney on Nov 15, 2017 13:39:19 GMT -8
Vesta? Oh...oh yeah she still had to...ah fuck she still had to deal with that...Mia instantly felt tense, about to lift her hand to her head again before the cuff stopped her, slamming her fist back down into the bed in some light frustration but knowing she could do very little about it. "I...No. No. If Dad called you she's probably next on his list...I er...I havn't really been...'awake' for that long." She didn't even know if she'd been in here for days or just a day. Time really was just not on her side right now. "...what day is it...?"
Assuming Nik answered she'd try and do the math in her head, despite the fact she literally just had to count to two it was a difficult task. "Right right...been in here two days then...today being the second...or maybe they found me a day after i left I don't fucking know..." Tears were welling up in her eyes again as she struggled to recall why she was even here again, of course the direct reason was obvious but what dumb shit had she even done to cause it. If it weren't for her sedatives she'd be tearing the room up again in frustration.
Leaning forward, she managed to squeak out "She's gonna be so mad at me...M-Ma and Pa are too I can tell..." Of course that was miles from the truth, but the blonde's head was just taking everything to the worst case right now. "A-always was the dumb reckless one...can't blame that on the blonde hair..."
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Post by Nikolai Laska on Nov 15, 2017 14:07:50 GMT -8
Two days?? Ugh... ugh, fuck. Well that explained some of the missed calls more than her just ignoring him. Ugh.
Nik wanted to comfort her as her following realization hit but... Mm... "You are. And frankly, I'm pissed too. I'm reserving judgment until we figure out what really happened, but I swear to Arceus if it was like some Fight Club shit I'm not gonna forgive you for a long time." He huffed. Probably not the most ideal way to bring up 'by the way, I'm vaguely aware that was a thing' but oh well.
"But..." He leaned toward her, and pulled her over to lean against his shoulder again. "You're gonna have a permanent reminder of this already, so a lecture just... seems excessive. What's important right now is you feeling better, so..." He kissed her forehead and squeezed her a little tighter. "If anyone wants to get too pissy I'll chase them out until they calm down. I know you're more the type to save damsels usually, but I hope I can be your knight just this once."
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Post by Mia Kearney on Nov 15, 2017 14:24:56 GMT -8
Somehow hearing her words confirmed didn't make her any worse, but it didn't exactly do much to calm her however. Hearing Nik was pissed though...yeah, her body felt tight at hearing that, leaning forward a little more, her blonde hair managing to hide her face just a little, a sniffle managing to escape her as he went on...maybe she didn't 'need' the lecture but a part of her felt like she deserved it. Whatever she'd done to end up like this...yeah. Nik said it best. It was probably a fight club thing. A mission for the league maybe but she...she HOPED she'd never be this dumb or reckless without it being something like that...even if that was a dumb and reckless thing to begin with.
As Nik pulled her in, she was still a little sniffly but managing a weak smile as she muttered "I don't deserve you..." A few seconds passed before she muttered out again. "...I miss my arm Nik..."
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Post by Nikolai Laska on Nov 15, 2017 14:46:25 GMT -8
Nik stroked her hair slowly, up until flinching a bit as she claimed she didn't deserve him. No? No, Mia, the inverse had always been true, how dare you. He was debating calling her out on this when the next words silenced him.
What could someone even say to that? "... I know." Could he really though? How could... Well...
"I miss my Smeargle and my Smoochum. Or.." His mouth twitched up just a brief moment. "My Jynx, I guess... Both.. died defending me from rebel attacks before we came to Veria. Natasha evolved to defend me, just minutes before-..." Fuck. Fuck this had been years now but he never really talked about it and it still hurt like hell. "I know that's not... quite the same but..."
He took a deep breath, and exhaled slowly. "As much as there's the guilt and whatever else, I feel like.. I've never entirely processed or accepted that those friends who used to be such a big part of my life are just. Gone. That I can't just dig out their PokeBalls and still find them there." He reached up and rubbed his face to realize how wet it had gotten. Oh.. heh. "I've got new Pokemon, and we can get you a new arm, but..."
An ugly laugh-sob broke out of him. "It'll never be the same, will it?" Another harder laugh-sob followed. "I'm sorry I'm probably not fucking helping."
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