User blog:Baluar/Spin-off, Chapter 9

This has to be the most... "noticeable" chapter I've wrote. Ever.

 After returning to base and splitting up from the Research unit, Julia and I meet up with a wounded Rodolfo. He’s got an eye patch over his left eye, and he also holds his right hand as if it was wounded.

-Hello, genius. – I say, with a truckload of sarcasm. – It seems you got what you deserved.

-Daniel! – Julia reprimands me.

-What? I can tell whatever I want. He deserves it, after all.

-Didn’t your mother teach you anything? – Rodolfo asks.

-I never knew her, idiot. You might as well know what you’re talking about before saying any senseless shit.

-Oh. – He shuts up. He then changes the subject. – Before you ask, I was fighting Aragami and I got clawed by an Ogretail. My face began to bleed and my eye was rendered unusable.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US">-Are you fine? Do you want me to bring you anything? – Julia asks.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US">-It’s ok. Thanks. I’ll be going to my room. – Rodolfo then leaves, and Julia begins her interrogatory:

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US">-How dare you say he deserved it? He was only doing his job.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US">-Julia, I called him because I needed assistance to fight an Aragami I never met, and he didn’t dare to show up. I could’ve died, and he was hiding because it was too dangerous for his fucking skin.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US">-Still…

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US">-Julia, let me ask you this: I know you’re probably the most peaceful human being I’ve ever met – she blushes–, but if you were left to your own luck, wouldn’t you be angry at the one that left you? – I ask her.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US">-Well… I… I guess I would be a bit angry. – She concedes.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US">-See? – I then stretch my arms behind my back and yawn. – Hmm, I’m tired. I’m going to… the couch, I guess.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US">I then enter my room. It’s changed a bit with Julia’s stuff, but I still have my good old couch to sleep in. I go to the bathroom, take a shower, put on my sleeping clothes, turn off the lights and throw myself over the couch.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Two minutes later, I see light coming from the corridor, and then it quickly shuts down. After that, I hear footsteps and see a female being putting her clothes out. While I tried my hardest to control myself, I couldn’t resist making a comment:

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US">-You know, I’m still awake. – Despite the lack of lights, I can clearly see Julia’s cheeks becoming crimson red.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US">-D-D-Daniel?! N-No peeking! – She says.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US">-You know I can’t do that... Plus, you were the one that insisted in moving into my room. You’ve gotta accept the good stuff with the bad stuff. – I stand up. Her cheeks are getting ludicrously red.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US">-What? B-but you were sleeping when I arrived! Keep doing it!

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US">-I wasn’t sleeping. I lied down for two minutes till you arrived. With this sight, how do you want me to sleep?

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US">-D-D-DANIEL!! – She screams. I decide to use the situation and turn the lights on. Unfortunately enough, my eyes had already grown used to the lack of lights, so I get dazzled due to the sudden light flooding the place.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US">-You tell me to sleep, yet you scream? I must say, your actions don’t match your words…

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US">She finally gets inside bed. Her cheeks begin to slowly return to an average blush.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US">-You’re a perv. – She says, half kidding, half seriously.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US">-Because I watched you in underwear? If you ever went to beach, you’d get a heart attack, that’s for sure. – I lie down in my “bed” once more. – Plus, wasn’t this your intention from the beginning? If you were actually not happy with your bed’s mattress, you could’ve changed it. – Her cheeks stop getting less red and start getting redder, again.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US">-W-w-what? I don’t know what you’re talking about.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US">-I’m no idiot, Julia. – I turn the lights off. Oddly enough, she turns them on again.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US">-I did it because I get naturally scared with ease… After what happened today, I want to sleep with the lights on. – I must say, even I got scared a little bit with the monster out there.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US">-I don’t buy it. But if you’re really scared (which, on a side note, I am seriously convinced is a lie), keep calm, I’m here. Plus, we’re in the most fortified location in the entire world, AND surrounded by the world’s best soldiers. If you’re scared here, you’re done for.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US">-Daniel? – She asks.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US">-Yes?

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US">-Could you… come closer? – What the hell…?

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US">-You’re fucking kidding me, right? First off, you get terrified because I see you in underwear, and then you WANT me to get near you? – She slowly nods her head in agreement. – Well, I didn’t say I was complaining. – I move the couch right next to the bed, turn off the lights and get to sleep.

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<p class="MsoNormal">The next morning...

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US">I awake without opening my eyes, and I feel my whole body so stiff that it feels like I had been stuck into the same position for days. I try to move my head, but then I hear a weird noise coming from my left… almost like a very soft snore. I slowly open my eyes, prepared for the worst. But that didn’t prepare me from seeing Julia, still in her underwear, sleeping over me.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US">-OH MY GOD! WHAT THE FUCK?! – I scream. She slowly opens her eyes.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US">-What’s the matter, Daniel? – She says with her eyes half open and that voice tone of people who have just woke up and feel like they’re about to have a good day.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US">-Well, umm, in case you didn’t notice, you are sleeping right over me.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US">-And? – She asks, having opened her eyes just a wee bit more.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US">-And this is not a dream. You spent probably all the night sleeping over me, in underwear.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US">-Mmm… so that explains why the “bed” was even softer than usual… – she answers with a complete lack of shame.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US">As if the situation was not completely screwed up, Baluar just enters the room.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US">-Hey Daniel! You’re… – He then sees me. – Well, well, look at what we have here.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US">-I swear I can explain all of this… – I say, quickly and nervously.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US">-There’s no need. The situation explains itself. – Baluar says. I then hear a voice coming from outside.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US">-So when is he coming out? – The male voice said. All the while, I notice Julia’s asleep once more.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US">-Give me a second, Lyrr! – Baluar says. He then continues speaking to me: – Well, I see you spent the night busy… Although I don’t support what you just did (you’re a wee bit too young, in my opinion), I’m not getting into your personal matters. I’ll let you recover tranquil, ok? – He then heads towards the door.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US">-Look, this is not what it seems to be… – I then hear the door getting open. There’s a white-haired guy standing over there.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US">-Hey, I’m not waiting so long. It’s already 11 o’clock of the morning. If he isn’t coming, just tell m… – He then spotted me. With a surprising speed, he took a camera of his pocket and then I heard a sonorous snap coming from it. Baluar doesn’t seem to be very happy about it. In fact, I had never seen him this angry.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US">-Lyrr, I think we already spoke of that camera and your… “activities” with it. Now, give me the camera.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US">-Bal, it’s my camera, and I can keep the photos if I want.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US">-I’ll only erase this picture, and return it to you. Deal? – Lyrr thinks about it for a second.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US">-Deal. Remember, it’s only this pic tho…

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US">-Yeah, yeah, I know. – Baluar picked up the camera, used it for a couple of seconds, and then handed it over to Lyrr. – Done. Now, I think it’d be in our best interest to get out of here. It’s obvious Julia and Daniel need some privacy…

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US">-I think so. – Lyrr gets out.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US">-Tell me my words of 4 days ago weren’t foreshadowing. Go on. Tell me.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US">-It’s only that... nevermind, the explanation doesn’t make any sense. Now, a little privacy, please? – Baluar left the room. I then touch on Julia’s head, delicately but at the same time insistently, until she wakes up.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US">-Oh, Daniel… you’re so soft. – I ignore the… disturbing comment.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US">-Do you realize you slept over me all the night? – I question her.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US">-I know… but go on, tell me you didn’t enjoy it. – I open my mouth, but then I shut it close once more. Fuck. She won. – I thought so.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US">-Damn. Baluar helped you scheme this, didn’t he? – I ask.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US">-He… did help me out a lot, yes. – She concedes.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US">-Ah blast it! Do I have any choice? – I begin to caress her hair. – Might as well use the situation, eh?

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US">What happens next… figure it out, will ya? It's kinda obvious.