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Post by Nikolai Laska on Nov 12, 2017 10:15:40 GMT -8
Nik did his best not to snort-laugh when she used his middle name, but he only managed to quiet and choke on it after a brief sound escaped. That was worth it honestly. And he was pretty sure they'd both prefer whatever lingering resentment he had over her leaving everyone come out in a play on words than some other outlets, heh..
As she shifted, one corner of his mouth turned down, and he leaned over to prop his elbow on the arm of the chair and his face on his hand. "You do know it's okay to take a break now and then. You damn sure deserve it." He couldn't think of much of anyone who worked as many long hours as consistently as Dasha, and this was hardly the first time he worried about her. "Maybe you could ju-"
A sudden loud noise outside drew his attention, and some voices became discernible in time to hear "Sir you can't--"
The door was nearly knocked off its hinges with a thundering sound. "What the fuck were you thinking!?"
"...Hey Alex. Nice to see ya but ya wanna keep it down?"
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Post by Dasha Laska on Nov 12, 2017 10:25:19 GMT -8
Nnnnnnnnn. Dasha frowned at Nik’s words. She didn’t… she didn’t want to take a break, not now and not any time soon. She’d become unfortunately invested in this damn case that she’d been trying so hard not to get into and now— Ugh. Before she could say anything, however, the door burst open again.
The sudden yelling was painful, and Dasha winced at the volume. “Nygh.. Alex…” she mumbled back.
!!!! Snowflake was getting up. Hell yes! Hell yes Alex talk some sense into her human! PLEASE! PLEASE RIGHT NOW! Scrambling to have her feet under her, she stood on the bed awkwardly and then realized it was probably best for both her and Dasha for her to sit down again.
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Post by Nikolai Laska on Nov 12, 2017 21:47:23 GMT -8
Alex bit his lip and winced slightly as both Nik and Dasha reacted poorly to his entrance but-- but fuck it. "Oh, is this too loud for you?" he demanded, although Nik would note his volume actually had decreased significantly, down from 'yelling' to borderline 'raising his voice' but still very firm. "Because you know what's fucking louder? An explosion apparently. And your mom said you just?? Charged right the fuck at that!?" Because a certain commander had only called contacts that read 'Laska', leaving the Tesar twins to get everything secondhand.
Nik wasn't really gonna disagree, but... "You could probably wait to do this until she's res--"
"NO, I couldn't."
A poor nurse who'd stalled in the doorway finally spoke up. "Sir.. I'm gonna have to ask you--"
"They're family, it's fine."
"...Okay."
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Post by Dasha Laska on Nov 12, 2017 21:59:01 GMT -8
….It was still too loud, but Dasha only groaned. It was too loud and… nothing she wanted to hear right then anyways. She already got that weird scrutiny from Kaimana and ugh. “I was trying to knock it out before it went off,” she answered trying not to touch her face cause it hurt but wanting the pressure anyways. “I could have done it if the commander hadn’t stopped me.” Either that or she would have been more burned, more injured, or worse. She knew that. Even with this splitting headache, she knew that, but she wasn’t about to go back on it just yet.
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Post by Nikolai Laska on Nov 12, 2017 22:08:18 GMT -8
"And what if you couldn't?!" Alex demanded. "What if--" He bit his lip, fought the brief stinging in his eyes, and spun toward the wall with his arm raring back. He didn't punch it, but he wanted to, couldn't refrain from at least half the motion. Instead, his fist flung downward hard, and both clenched tight as he turned back and marched up to Alex's bed. "You're never home," he spat.
Nik.. fidgeted a bit. He realized after a half-second that Alex didn't mean the same thing he had, and this.. suddenly felt a bit personal for him to be involved in despite involving his own twin.
"You push yourself and push yourself and I keep putting up with it and keep ignoring it but-- You keep getting worse and I refuse to let you get worse than this." How was he gonna enforce that??? He. He didn't fucking know but he'd figure it out or something shut up.
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Post by Dasha Laska on Nov 13, 2017 6:34:47 GMT -8
Dasha flinched. If she had come out on top, she would most certainly have insisted that everything was fine, that she’d taken those risks for a high reward. The fact that she was in this hospital, however, proved otherwise. “I…” She didn’t get to finish that thought either. Alex dove right into something else— or rather something related enough. You keep getting worse— She wanted to balk but I refuse to let you get worse than this had her falling silent again.
This… this was Alex. This was the Alex she’d forced to leave Era with her because she didn’t want them or Jakob getting caught up in something while she was away. This was Alex who had lived with her and put up with her impulsive shopping habits and weirder sleep schedule. This was Alex who had been her self-proclaimed body guard. Had it been anyone else, these words wouldn’t have had such an impact. Kaimana was testament to that but… but this was Alex.
Tears were welling, and Dasha was trying very hard to fight them back, to focus on saying something back, to do anything other than try right then. “I’m sorry???” Had she ever really even apologized to anyone? So openly? So readily? Not even with Nik when she clashed with him. This… this wasn’t even a fight, however. This was just….
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Post by Nikolai Laska on Nov 13, 2017 10:36:34 GMT -8
Nik stared a bit stunned at the exchange, unsure what to say or think. Alex faltered and choked back the beginnings of a sob as Dasha so simply and directly apologized, but only for a moment before physically shaking his head to shake it off. "You fucking better be."
He 'slammed' a hand down palm flat against Dasha's bed, as much as something could be slammed against a soft padded surface. "And-- what about Lexi, huh!? If you keep going like this I'm gonna have to handle all her makeup training myself, and we're gonna have to call Nik in to do her hair for school dances. Is that what you want for her? Is it??"
Nik... could not tell at this point if Alex was still serious or if this was a way of trying to lighten the mood. It was.. a little too silly for the prior and a little too morbid for the latter. "Hey... I think she gets it."
"Yeah?? Well she needs to get it about ten more times over because I don't wanna have to do this again."
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Post by Dasha Laska on Nov 13, 2017 14:12:31 GMT -8
What about Lexi? Handling her makeup training and doing her hair and— As much as this should probably have been funny and made some dry natured entity chuckle, it hurt Dasha. Alex, Jakob, Lexi. She’d pulled them all from Era. Granted it was for a good reason but— they were there because of her. And they— they mattered and she mattered to them and suddenly Dasha was crying. Her pulse on the monitor jumped a bit, and a nurse who had been waiting around the corner promptly poked her head in again only to shuffle out again just as quickly.
She couldn’t stop??? What started as a choked sob quickly broke down into squeaky, pained noises that she didn’t know what to do with. Her head hurt. Her body hurt. This was not good, and she wanted to settle down and at least try and talk to Alex or Nik more but… She couldn’t?
Snowflake was visibly alarmed. She couldn’t remember a time Dasha cried like this, couldn’t remember her crying openly in front of others like this. For as much as she wanted Alex to talk some sense into Dasha, she suddenly felt the inexplicable need to protect and comfort her. A deep whine resounded in her throat, and she pawed forward a bit pressing up against Dasha some. The latter just cried harder.
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Post by Nikolai Laska on Nov 13, 2017 14:46:09 GMT -8
Did... Alex want her to hurt? He didn't know. Yes and no? Or at least, he realized when he saw her break down that he was torn between 'shit oh no' and a sense of bitter satisfaction. Vindication? Whatever. "Oh sure, feel bad now. Not for everything else you've put us through." He bit the inside of his mouth.. and huffed as he finally shifted to a less heated tone. "Lexi already lost her mom. She was scared enough last time she almost lost you too. And I'm not about to be the one to tell her you came this close again."
Nik... wasn't really there for that part, only vaguely aware Dasha had suffered a bad injury before moving to Veria. He wanted to.. comfort her or something but... If this was working... Ih, still. "...Dude. Maybe... let her get some sleep for now... She looks tired."
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Post by Dasha Laska on Nov 13, 2017 14:56:18 GMT -8
Dasha didn’t want to feel this. She didn’t want to deal with this. She liked Lexi. She liked Jakob. She liked Alex and Nik and Dad and…. It wasn’t like she didn’t like this world. It wasn’t like she didn’t love these people. It wasn’t like she didn’t want to be around for them but— “I’m sorry… I’m sorry… I’m sorry ….” her voice was shrinking and each word was choking out a little harder. Her head was pounding and she just wanted it to stop. Snowflake whined softly looking back at Alex and Nik uncomfortably now.
On some unknown cue, the nurse finally pushed into the room. “It’s time for more medication Ms. Laska,” she commented doing her best not to look at Nik or Alex directly. “I’m sorry but we may need to restrict visiting for a bit…” she stated looking at Nik rather than Alex. “Rest is best for getting better.”
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Post by Nikolai Laska on Nov 13, 2017 15:38:25 GMT -8
"You'd better be..." Alex mumbled. Better be sorry enough. Better not do this anymore. Better... stay safe, dammit.
The nurse came in, and Nik readily took the suggestion. "Yeah. Sorry, we'll get out of your hair. ..Right?" Alex huffed, but eventually nodded and crossed his arms as he headed toward the door to wait for Nik. Nik moved over to Dasha first, placing a hand on her shoulder. "I'm sorry. We just.. love you and worry. Please just... recover soon okay?" He... leaned in and lightly kissed the bandages on her forehead and kind of immediately regretted it but whatever. It was supposed to help when moms did it shut up.
They headed out, and... speaking of moms, Iris smiled weakly as they entered the waiting room. She waited a while, then asked a nurse to come tell her when Dasha was asleep. Once she was, she quietly stepped in to the room, wanting to approach the bed but just watching from her place next to the doorway for a while instead.
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Post by Dasha Laska on Nov 13, 2017 16:22:15 GMT -8
As the visitors were ushered out, the nurse finally turned towards Dasha. She’d say some sweet, soft, attempt-at-comfort words before fluffing a couple of her pillows and readying some medication. A warning that it’d make her drowsy was given, but at this point the nurse had to wonder if it wasn’t a gift at this point.
Dasha did sleep, and Snowflake settled some. Her attention would flicker to Iris as she came in, anda small trill would escape from her very briefly. Dasha’s issues with her mother were not Snowflake’s, and honestly Snow was happy to see Iris. It was good to see the family. All of them, whether Dasha thought so or not.
A little time passed, and slowly Dasha came out of the haze that was her medicated sleep. She felt considerably heavier than she had before, but her head was pounding a little softer, a little more subtly. Blinking a bit, she didn’t quite see Iris initially, and instead, her attention fell to Snowflake again. A weak shaky hand raised and felt through the Absol’s mane once again.
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Post by Nikolai Laska on Nov 13, 2017 16:43:33 GMT -8
Iris wasn't sure how long she stood there. Long enough her legs started to ache, but it was hardly anything compared to what Dasha's injury, was it? She... wanted to go sit near her. Or stand by her bed. Stroke her hair or pet Snowflake or.. anything. But she simply stood by the door still, hands clasped in front of her, feeling guilty for being there at all. She'd never been there for Dasha. What gave her the right to try now?
Maybe some part of her hoped to take advantage of her vulnerability to ease back into her life. It took Nik's visit to hear Dasha's voice again, after all... Ugh, she hoped that wasn't really how she felt.
Movement caught her eye, and she startled slightly. She.. wasn't sure if Dasha had seen and was ignoring her, or hadn't noticed her yet. She didn't want to look like she was walking out on Dasha if she'd seen her but... She sidestepped very slowly to the door with intent to back out. If Dasha saw and asked her to, she'd stay. If she didn't notice, good. If she saw and said nothing, she'd know her presence wasn't welcome right now anyway.
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Post by Dasha Laska on Nov 13, 2017 17:04:56 GMT -8
Iris’s slow motions would catch Dasha’s eye, and as the fuzziness cleared some, recognition would come to her gaze. At any other moment, she might have let her go or might have said something hateful. She might have done any number of things, but the feelings she had right up until she’d slept again had not gone away just yet.
“M-Mom,” Dasha stopped not even sure of why she spoke or what to even say after that. She felt… scared of what she couldn’t even put her thumb on. She blinked a little realizing the blurriness of her vision wasn’t just from the haze of awakening. Blinking harder, she forced the extra liquid from her eyes in a small stream down her cheek. “Mom I ….” she was choking on words as her thoughts spun before finally. “I’m sorry I didn’t come home…” Her voice was weak but persistent, shaky yet forceful. “I’m sorry I….” her voice gave out, and she was clearly struggling again. Distantly she was aware that part of the haze wasn’t just from the medication.
Snowflake whined deeply.
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Post by Nikolai Laska on Nov 13, 2017 17:26:46 GMT -8
Iris stopped as she was called.
Ah... Nik had mentioned she was really heavily medicated. Iris wondered if she was even too sure of what she was saying or just... emotional and delirious. As much as she wanted it not to be the latter, she had no room for false hope. She pasted on a weak but persisting smile.
She shook her head slowly. "There's no need for apologies, dear." She stepped back into the room, but only a few steps, to about the farthest that could still be considered politely conversational. Red eyes averted. "I'm afraid I've never been very good at being there when it counted." A very small almost-laugh bubbled briefly in the back of her throat. "You're your father's daughter, after all. It's no surprise you--" don't want to be anywhere near me-- "need your freedom."
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