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Post by Deleted on Jan 22, 2015 5:41:42 GMT
@taytay
Everything still hurt. The pain had dulled, it was better, but after only a few days it was only to be expected honestly. Just because you put bandages over an injury didn't make it better- besides the stitches he gained weren't exactly painless in the first place.
...they'd leave scars, Damian knew that, but he tried not to think about it as he stared blankly up at the ceiling (which he noted was rather boring). The only other noticeable thing in the room was the steady "beep, beep" of the heart monitor off to the side, which was started to very much annoy the halfblood, but he dared not touch it. He didn't remember most of what happened after Cecelia had found him but...he had really worried her.
He hadn't seen her since, but maybe it would be best if she didn't see him...like this. Maybe it was better for both of them.
Damian had held out for so long, he took the beatings, he didn't reveal anyone...until push came to shove and to keep his neck from being slit he sacrificed one bit of information. Nothing Shadow didn't already know...still. He could tell himself it wasn't for him, it hadn't been for him, it'd been for her. If Damian had died...she wouldn't have been the same. Even then he still felt...like he had done something wrong.
The halfblood looked to the door as it opened with a soft click...
[[ This takes place a few days after he's been "fixed up". Around the puncture wounds he has been stitched and bandaged, so his wing is sticking out to stop it from moving, and though he isn't walking yet when he does it'll be with crutches. He's just a mess wow ]]
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Post by Deleted on Jan 25, 2015 6:54:58 GMT
(Oh, no. Cece's bae! D:)
The familiar, fiery red-haired girl turned the knob slowly and opened the door to peek inside the room. Damian looked awful, but he looked better than before. Cecelia squeezed herself through the door just in case it made any sounds if she opened it all the way. She closed it very slowly and it made another click for the door to lock in. "S-Shh!" she hissed at the door and her face grew hot with embarrassment. Damian was awake, wasn't he? "U-Um.." she hesitated and stood there with her back facing Damian. "It's just me... Cece." Cecelia turned around and walked up to the bed, looking down at him. Her green eyes grew soft and she did hold in her tears. It was easier to see him now in pain than how he was before. No, it didn't mean she liked seeing him that way. She was just used to it as of right at that moment.
She slipped her hand underneath his and gripped it softly, smiling at him. "Hey, Dami..." Cecelia didn't know exactly what to say to him. Maybe it's because there isn't much to say... She pulled up a chair and tried to be as quiet as she could while she moved it next to his bed. "Um.. Claire did her best. I think you should be okay. It will hurt for quite a while but you are here and that is all that matters, right?" Cecelia was so happy to see him again. It bothered her to death when she wasn't there with him. Claire suggested that she should go to her dorm and take her mind off of it but how could she? Dami was her boyfriend. Even if he wasn't, he meant a lot to her as just a best friend in the first place. "I-I know you must think that doesn't mean anything but it was a miracle what Claire had pulled off. I don't think I can thank her enough." Cecelia clasped her hands around his hand and held it close.
"I'm here... I'm safe.. and most of all, I'm with you." she reminded him and forced a smile.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 25, 2015 10:04:01 GMT
[[ cECE MY HEART AH- ]]
Damian found himself smiling slightly at Cecelia's usual dorkiness. So she was talking to doors now? He withheld a small chuckle, knowing it would have been better if she heard him laugh but he wasn't willing to put up that mask now- not when he knew it would cause him pain and that she'd be able to see through it anyway.
"I can see that it's you," he tried to make the sentence casual, he really did, but something about it just...wasn't right. It felt wrong to take that tone now, not when they both knew each other was hurt more than they let on, when they both knew that it wasn't okay.
Maybe another human wouldn't have seen the tears start to well up in Cece's eyes, but Damian did. It was something else he accidentally focused on that reminded him just how wrong everything was. He had hurt her that day, he had scared her, and now he was seeing it firsthand.
It only reminded him that he didn't deserve that kind of concern, not after what he'd done. Yes, he remembered. The interrogation? Every second. He wished he didn't. After that it'd gotten fuzzy...but he always had a knack for remembering the details. So...he knew what he said. Damian regretted it- it was stupid to beat himself up over that and he knew it, he didn't say anything new that Shadow didn't know, he hadn't said anything that could help her, the only reason he had said anything was to prevent a quicker and certain demise...but looking back, he still doubted his reasoning.
That's why when Cecelia started speaking again he couldn't stop tears from welling up in his own eyes, that's why he didn't stop himself from sitting up in his bed to wrap his arms around her and try to pull her into a hug, even when he felt his stitches pulling on each other uncomfortably. Maybe he didn't notice the tears spilling onto Cece's shoulder, he didn't care-
"I'm sorry."
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Post by Deleted on Jan 31, 2015 22:24:06 GMT
"I can see that it's you," "Ohhh, gosh! Was it really that obvious?" she said in a somewhat whiny tone in her voice. Her cheeks turned red and she tilted her head with a pouting look on her face. Her frown faded away when she noticed something. Was Dami about to... cry? It's not that I didn't think he could... but he has never shown himself to me like that. Either the pain was too much for him to bare or he really didn't care if she saw him cry or not. Most guys would try to keep it in, anyway. Cecelia didn't understand that part.
"Dami... You shouldn't be moving." Dami was already sitting up in his bed and leaning over to hug her. She started to scoot her chair closer to the bed and then she just stood up and gave him a hug. Her arms wrapped around him and she gave him a light squeeze, closing her eyes. "It's-It's okay... I wasn't upset with you, but if it makes you feel better to hear it, I forgive you.."
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Post by Deleted on Feb 11, 2015 3:00:51 GMT
The pain of moving stitches and injuries he shouldn't seemed far away at the point. Still there, but dulled simply because Damian wasn't focused on it at all.
His arms tightened around her just a little bit because she didn't get it, she didn't understand what was wrong yet she was still trying to help, and Damian was thankful for it. Damian shook his head though, because whatever she thought was wrong wasn't the problem, though he still wasn't sure if he wanted to let her know that.
"No- that wasn't- it wasn't what I meant," he admitted, however hard speaking was through the tears. "I talked."
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Post by Deleted on Feb 11, 2015 3:37:48 GMT
Her bright eyes opened and she breathed hesitantly to herself. Damian told Shadow some things about them. Others were coming out about the truth to Shadow, anyway. Why did he have to be so hard on himself? Cece pulled away a little and tried to look into Damian's blue eyes, hoping she wouldn't lose him like Rosemary. Rosemary had lost her sanity after being tortured. She wasn't the same person and it would be a while for her to recover and work back to being herself again.
"Whether you believe it or not, there was not much you could do. I know you want to save your friends but you can't... especially when you are like this. It doesn't make you any weaker." She hoped Dami didn't take offense because she wasn't crying hysterically and getting all smooshy with him. Cece happened to be a little more composed than that. Her heart beat faster as she leaned in and kissed Dami's forehead before gesturing to the bed. "Come on. You need to lie back down and take it easy."
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Post by Deleted on Feb 13, 2015 3:43:55 GMT
The stubborn halfblood was not going to lie back down. He sat on his bed, facing Cece with this sad kind of look in his eyes- guilt, grief, and through it all, concern. He was worried about how much he'd scared Cecelia too- all these feelings, he couldn't handle them. It was hard, he didn't know whether to feel guilty, or to just keep smiling and lock it all away till he couldn't handle it anymore.
But she could see right through him, and Damian knew that.
"...I almost did," he sighed. "I almost made it, I didn't talk and I told her I wasn't going to. And then I did."
"I worried you that day."
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Post by Deleted on Feb 17, 2015 2:05:24 GMT
Cece huffed and put her hands on her hips, frowning at Dami. He was going to be stubborn, huh? Fine then. Later, he would wish that he should've listened to her. Cece was trying to make it easier on Dami and Claire. Claire was busy enough with her other patients and she didn't look like she was in good shape. It must have been hard being the only doctor and having a bunch of lives weighing on her to try and save them all. That's why Cece suggested that Claire took on an apprentice or two. Dami told her that he endured it all until the last moment at least. Then, it all just came out.
The redhead just rolled her eyes playfully and took a seat in the chair next to the bed. Cece looked down at the floor and her bottom lip started to quiver slightly. "Of course you did, y-you dummy!" she paused and lifted her gaze up to meet his. "How could I not be worried? How could I stand there like a statue with no emotion at all when you had just gotten beaten!? I-I worry because I care about you. And, you'll just have to deal with that." The look she gave him was pitiful. A look of disbelief. Dami was worried about her when he could've been focused on getting better.
"I mean.... don't you feel the same way about me?"
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Post by Deleted on Feb 18, 2015 5:12:38 GMT
That was the problem.
The only person he had talked about was Cecelia...and yet she had worried about him? He didn't deserve that.
"T-that wasn't what I meant--" Damian tried insisting. "It's because I feel the same way that I didn't want you to see me like that. I-I just--" He fumbled for words, he knew what he wanted to say yet his voice kept getting stuck in his throat. "The only one she made me talk about was you. A-and I know I didn't have a choice but I just...feel so guilty." He let out a shaky sigh, trying not to breath too deeply because it still hurt.
In more ways than one.
"I don't want you to go out there."
He left out the fact that Shadow had threatened to look for her next.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2015 3:59:27 GMT
Boy, was Cece dumb! In the moment, she felt like Dami really didn't care for her. Poor Dami was having trouble putting it into words. Her right hand slid up the side of the bed and found Dami's hand, entwining her fingers with his. Cecelia looked up into his vibrant blue eyes and smiled with a nod of her head. "Okay... Okay... Don't worry about it." She understood what he meant and she rolled her eyes playfully. "Just get better and I won't have to worry."
It kind of reminded her of the time Adam and Kevin beat Dami. He was so worried about her. Cece just got punched in the face, and Dami was beaten for a while and he was close to falling unconscious.(Can't remember if he did or not.) That idiot... But, he's my sweet idiot.. "The only one she made me talk about was you. A-And I know I didn't have a choice but I just... feel so guilty."
"No, it's fine, Dami. Yeah, everyone likes to think that the one they care about most wouldn't give them up in that situation if it means danger towards them. I don't know why it's different with me.. Maybe it's because I'm not afraid of Shadow, I don't know. Trust me... I'm not afraid of her, even if it means my death. I mean, death is something you can't escape." She put her other hand up to Dami's face and felt it, checking to see if he had a fever. "I don't want you to go out there."
"O-Okay... I'll stay here with you then." <--- (And, of course, we see how well that goes. *cough* Mass Murder Thread *cough*)
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2015 4:49:14 GMT
[[ He did pass out haha what a loser he's always getting beat up ]]
"W-well, no, you don't have to stay-" Why could he not just talk without any trouble? Damian frowned a bit, cursing himself in his head because his mouth was still refusing to function. "I mean I'd like you too but you don't need to for that long, it's alright. You have other friends and I know I'm not...the only one...who got hurt..."
The idea made him sick, though he knew that Adam and Rosemary had also been taken at some point before him. He hadn't been too close to Rosemary but from what he'd heard she was definitely...not the same. And he would have tried to talk to Adam but, well, things happen and he'd be stuck in this room for a while. Then crutches for even longer. Joy.
"...so....how are the others?"
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2015 5:05:44 GMT
Her eyes sparkled with joy when Damian said that she could check up on her friends if she needed to. "T-That's great! I want to check up on Rosemary and the others, but I won't forget you, okay?" After all, he held a special place in her heart. That was a little too deep, though. Cecelia was worried about all of her friends. She hadn't seen most of them since everything that had started happening with the kidnapping and tortures.. Hopefully, Cecelia wouldn't be caught and she would keep her sanity. Poor Rosemary wasn't in good shape at all.
Cecelia was very fortunate at the moment. Please, let it stay this way. It would worry Dami if I got caught by Shadow. Even if I did get caught, I wouldn't tell him. I would keep it secret because he doesn't need something like that weighing on him because of how he feels about himself already. "Angelica! I can go visit.... h-her..." Wow.. Cecelia had forgotten that Angelica passed away.
It was hard to believe she was gone. If anything, she was the most purest one out of them all. Angelica had the kindest heart. "...so...how are the others?" "Oh, um... I'm not sure. I haven't seen Rosemary or Adam since Rosemary got back from... y-you know... being with Shadow."
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2015 6:24:06 GMT
"Just check back in once in a while, lemme know you're okay," Damian even tried a small smile at that. Had she really planned on sticking with him forever? He couldn't make her stay, honestly, sometimes she was so weird to think like that.
Somehow Damian had been thrown out of the loop of the whole Angelica thing, but he figured maybe...she wasn't around anymore? He'd never really known her. But he did know Rosemary and Adam, and that's why he asked what he did next.
"They weren't hurt as bad...were they?" He hadn't gotten the chance to check personally and he had wanted to, just in case, though he hadn't heard how badly they'd been hurt in the first place. He was hoping not too severely...but mental scars were still scars and he didn't know how they had reacted to that.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2015 17:45:38 GMT
Oh, no, not at all. If Dami wanted her to stay, she would. She might pop in and out if he ever went to sleep so she could try to keep track of everything that was going on. Ugh... How could I have not known that Shadow would've gotten Dami next? "They weren't hurt as bad...were they?" What was he talking about? The only one that had gotten hurt was Rosemary. Adam wasn't caught by Shadow, was he? If he was, Cecelia didn't know about it. "No, Rosemary wasn't hurt as bad as you.
Mostly her innocence was damaged." Cecelia wondered if anyone else had gotten hurt that she knew. The only one she found out that got hurt was Rosemary.. and Dami, of course. She felt so disconnected with her friends, and she hoped to visit them all and see how they were doing. I'm kind of curious as to what Dami told Shadow... but I'm afraid that my ruin him as well. She just smiled at him and held his hand. "How is your wing?"
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Post by Deleted on Feb 21, 2015 7:22:57 GMT
Damian let out a sigh of relief when he heard that. Mental scars would affect her too, though...hopefully someday she'd be alright.
"My wing?" Damian repeated. He looked over o the bandages wrapped around his left wing with a small frown and another sigh. He moved it a bit to make sure he could,then winced slightly because he had not meant to move out that much. "It's been better, bit...give me a little while and I'll be flying high again, promise. I'm not worried about that..." But his right shoulder? His left leg? He didn't know much, but what he did know was that knees never completely healed after being broken. He'd have to be careful about the way he landed in the future. And his arm?
"Too be honest I'm more worried about my arm," he admitted, pointing to his bandaged right shoulder. "The other one only got a bit of bruising, but this one has had...nerve damage, I think? I bet it's temporary but for now I can't move it that much at all..."
"And I still can't walk which sucks because I am already tired of this stuffy room."
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Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2015 0:12:36 GMT
"My wing?" Cecelia nodded and followed his gaze to his left wing that was wrapped up in bandages. His wings were important to her. They were what she worried most about because most birds treasure their wings. She didn't know what she would do if Dami's wings could never work again. She wouldn't want to see him like that. It would kill her inside. "Give me a little while and I'll be flying high again, promise. I'm not worried about that..."
Well, as long as it didn't worry him, she was okay with it. "And, w-what about everything else?" She frowned, thinking she could've put that into better words. "Too be honest I'm more worried about my arm. The other one only got a bit of bruising, but this one has had...nerve damage, I think? I bet it's temporary but for now I can't move it that much at all." It took her a moment to realize that he should've been worried about anything that could've been hurting more than his wing. That came first.
"And I still can't walk which sucks because I am already tired of this stuffy room." "Maybe we could open the window a little bit and let some fresh air in..?" Cecelia stood up and walked around the bed to the window, opening it up a little bit for him. She turned to Dami and smiled at him brightly, giggling to herself. "I bet you are~ It will be a while before you can be moved back into your dorm so sit tight." She looked all around the room and sighed, hating the color of it and everything. "You must be tired of this. Oh! Duh, you said that... He he." Cecelia blushed shyly and looked down at the floor in embarrassment.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2015 2:45:12 GMT
Damian let out a small chuckle as Cece displayed her usual dorkiness. "Well, you see what I mean, then. It's a seriously dull room and I do not want to be stuck in it forever. Thanks for opening the window."
That was the first step. A genuine smile, and not one that Damian was faking, because he meant this one. Through everything somehow he still managed to do that.
"You haven't changed, have you?" He meant it as a good thing, he loved Cecelia the way she was and wouldn't want her to change unless she wanted to. For a while he just looked at her, smiling faintly, yet it was a true smile, and then he slipped, without even noticing.
"I love you."
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Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2015 3:51:41 GMT
Dami's light chuckle made her blush harder. What did I say? Yeah, he had a point. The room was white and just... bleh! But, Claire couldn't decorate every single room to the way her patients would like it. They all had different interests and it would be too much. Cecelia looked around the room one more time and nodded. "You haven't changed, have you?" It sounded like he meant it as a good thing. Was it really? Cecelia was once told that change was better than no change at all.
Dami sat there in his bed and he was looking at her with a faint smile on his face. The redhead glanced around and laughed to herself nervously. "W-What is it?" Gosh, Dami was making her melt inside with just the look he gave her and that sweet smile of his. Then, Dami said the three words she thought she wouldn't hear for a while coming from him. "W-What..."
Cecelia thought aloud and blinked at Dami. Everything grew silent around her. The only thing she could hear was her heart beating rapidly. Her mouth opened to form words but she was tongue tied. Ah, Dami! What have you done to me? "U-U-Um..... Dami.... I-I..." I've said it before... "Y-You just caught me by surprise..." Oh, gosh. She did it again. It felt like it was too late to say it back. What if he was already jumping into conclusions?
What if he thought she didn't feel the same because she was acting the way she was? I-I can't do this... I'm scared. Her cheeks were turning a deeper and deeper shade of red as she waited longer. "I-I.... I love you, too.." she confessed and stepped forward. "I'm so happy~" Cecelia walked up to the side of his bed and took his hand into hers again, leaning in and kissing his cheek. She pulled back and smiled at him, giving his hand a gentle squeeze.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2015 9:20:17 GMT
He hadn't meant to say that- well, he meant what he'd said, but it had sort of come out as a spur-of-the-moment thing. As soon as the words left Damian's mouth he immediately froze and went a deep shade of red. Er...
"U-U-Um..... Dami.... I-I..." Oh, geez, had he just messed up? "O-oh- sorry, sorry, I didn't mean to-" "Y-You just caught me by surprise..." His left hand came up to rub the back of his head awkwardly as he averted his gaze and started looking at the walls, ceiling, anywhere but Cecelia because the silence was driving him crazy. Had he not been supposed to say that? He was new to being in a relationship like this and didn't really know what to do...
"Did I just mess up or-" Damian had just started looking back at Cece right as she said those words back to him, and then just kissed him, right there. He brushed his cheek for a moment with his fingers, looking at Cecelia with a sort of frozen expression before processing what had just happened. His cheeks flushed again but at least now he was smiling instead of looking nervous.
He'd caught her by surprise? Really? "I can't say I was expecting that--" the half-blood chuckled again.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2015 17:07:23 GMT
(OHMIGURSHTHEYARESOOOOOADORABLE! X3)
"Did I just mess up or-" After the peck on his cheek, Cecelia shook her head and her smile grew bigger. "N-No, of course not. You did it perfect." He really did. It was unexpected but he didn't hesitate or anything. She really believed that he meant those words. She slipped her hand away from his and walked around the bed, taking a seat in the chair that was pulled up close to the bed. Cecelia blinked her green eyes at him and looked to the side, blushing. "Oh, um.... well... y-you know, I... The girl let out a sigh and sat back in the chair, smiling at Dami. "And, you never cease to amaze me. I hope you won't have to stay here for long. Maybe after this all blows over, we can go on our first date. Or, would that be too much?"
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Post by Deleted on Feb 23, 2015 0:39:57 GMT
Oh gosh, stop complimenting him, Cece, you're making him blush even more! "I'm really not...that...great...but thanks," he said somewhat quietly. First date? "I'd like that." He smiled a bit at the thought. "I guess in the chaos I'd forgotten that we kind of haven't actually done that yet. Oops."
What a dork.
"If you'd like to do that once this mess is over, I'll do my best to be a good boyfriend. I've never exactly...been a boyfriend before but I'll try."
[[ kill me that was the worst post in history ]]
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Post by Deleted on Feb 23, 2015 1:32:34 GMT
(Exactly cuz he looks so adorable when he blushes!)
"I'd like that." "Wait what really?" Cecelia blinked at him and shook it off. She smiled and nodded her head. "Okay." "I guess in the chaos I'd forgotten that we kind of haven't actually done that yet. Oops." That was a good enough reason. She wasn't pressing him on or anything like that. It was just something that came across her mind. What Dami said made her feel bad.
Yeah... With everything happening, I was thinking about having my first date with Dami. Wow, I am so coldhearted. She frowned and let out a sigh, knowing that she should've been more worried about that instead of her first date with Dami. She felt like curling up in the corner and disappearing. Cecelia lifted her head up and looked at Dami, listening to him doubt himself but then he seemed a bit confident at the end.
"That's right! You'll try and I will as well. The one thing I ask for you to do on our date... is to be yourself."
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Post by Deleted on Feb 23, 2015 6:51:06 GMT
"How can I be anyone else?" Damian half-joked, though she knew what she meant. Cece knew him too well, she could always see through his happy act, his smiling, she never fell for it. But he wasn't the only one.
"Only if you promise to do the same, got it?" he shot back playfully. "No masks, no faking, just...us. Alright?" He wanted to make sure she didn't feel like she had to hide behind a smile to make him feel better.
[[ why so short I am trash lol ]]
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