Rumours

[Milk]

Crystal nodded and reached for the glass. "Thanks," she said softly. "...How'd you get over it?" she asked, wanting to know how he got over his brutal childhood. "I want to get over it too."

[Koops]

He blinked at her question, he didn't understand, but then he got it and frowned, taking a seat on the edge of the bed near her legs. "Well... I used te think it was horrible when it was happening, obviously... But, as I grew up I learned tha' my life wasn't the only one tha' was bad, and I learned this from books about war, poverty, starving children in Africa, AIDS... Ye know, all tha' sort of stuff." Killian stopped talking, thinking more. "And I decided that it was nice just to be alive, and be clothed, fed, and sheltered, never mind the lack of love. Self pity was a shameful thing back home, ye'd be disgusted with yerself for feeling tha' way who ever ye were. And I learned I had to forget about it, because I wasn't going te waste my life thinking about useless shit like tha'. I told myself I was going to live, no matter what, and here I am, living, enjoying my job, having a life, and not caring about my childhood." He couldn't exactly explain to her how to get over it, she'd have to figure that out herself, but he'd given her the idea of it. Really one just had to forgive and forget, no matter how horrid the experience was, live and let die or whatever.

[Milk]

((night))

Crystal thought about that silently, processing it. I have to forgive and forget... she summarized, thinking about the bad things that had happened to her and trying to figure out where to start. She knew the first place was to say something to her parents. And the vampires could go fuck themselves, she could never truly forgive them for what they did, but she could forget about them. she sighed and drank the orange juice, making a funny face at the taste. Her mouth was dry. "Dry mouth, ew."

[Koops]

"Ah, i'll grab ye some water." He replied and got up from the bed, taking the glass from her and leaving the room before returning again, this time with a glass of cold water. "I'm not going to bother te hope tha' ye fully understood me... 'Cause ye probably never will, but tha's because yer a woman." Killian added at the end, and it was true, it was harder for a woman to get over things, men just fought it out and then became friends or dought it out and forgot about it.

[Milk]

Crystal took the water and sipped it, eye becoming half-lidded. "Yeah, I guess," she murmured. "...When can I stand?" She asked. she wasn't an expert in health, so she wasn't sure how long she needed to recuperate.

[Koops]

He opened his mouth to respond and then shut it again. "Ye don't heal as quickly as I do, so... I don't know, ye might be a little dizzy for quite a while. But, do whatever ye want, I don't care." Killian replied truthfully, he honestly didn't care what she decided to do with herself, she probably wouldn't listen to him anyways.

[Milk]

"Hm...I guess I'll just limit standing up for now...WAit, am I staying here?" she asked, suddenly wondering about that. Crystal looked up at him, eye curious and confused.

[Koops]

"As I said before, I don't care what ye do. Ye can stay here if ye like, until ye get better, or ye can go back to yer house. It's not like i'm goin' te force ye te stay here." He replied, lounging on the edge of the bed and looking at his feet boredly.

[Milk]

Crystal sat up slowly and reached over, hesitating for a second before touching his shoulder. "I'd like to stay here one more night, please?" she asked, even if he had said he didn't care waht she did, she wanted his permission.

[Koops]

Killian moved away from her a bit, giving her a frown, he would not allow her to touch him if he couldn't touch her without her getting all weird. "Alrigh', whatever ye want. Should I make ye some food or somethin'?"

[Milk]

"No thank you," she mumbled, moving away. She looked at her hand, then back up. Crystal licked her lips and glanced up at him again. "Hey, about our...arrangements...Could you do red-light green-light?" she asked. She meant find some way that would signal what was okay, and what she needed time to adjust to. Crystal thought about the sentence over again and frowned. "Never mind," she mumbled. "It's stupid." She laid back down.

[Koops]

He blinked, sort of confused by her words and looked at her, he slowly scooted himself along the edge of the bed and stopped when he was by her hip. "Our arrangements..." Killian trailed off and thought. "So, red-light green-light... If yer comfortable with how I touch ye, simply say 'go'. But if yer uncomfortable say 'stop' and I will." He decided easily and then put his hand on her shoulder, waiting for her to say something patiently, a joking grin on his face.

[Milk]

"Go," she mumbled, surprised he was going along with this. Surprise decorated her face as she waited to see what he did next, watching silently. Her ocean blue eye eventually rested on his features. She smiled after a few minutes.

[Koops]

He moved his hand down to her elbow and grasped loosely, then he leaned his upper body slightly over hers, he smiled more at the expression on her face before bringing his face down close to hers, his lips were by her cheek, but he didn't kiss it, he waited for her to say if it was alright or not.

[Milk]

Crystal was silent for a moment, before mumbling, "Go." She'd needed a moment to adjust to him over her, but from that she moved on easily. Her cheeks warmed up a bit, amongst other places, at his nearness.