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playinginsandThings have been... well... let's be honest: awkward. Rachel and Tobias are still in the tiny one-room dwelling, and they're... adjusting to having each other around. But they still don't know how to interact properly.
It's made worse by the fact that they don't see many people other than each other. There's a tension between them that Tobias has a hard time articulating, or even recognizing.
Still... they're managing.
He's out back today, shirt sticking slightly to him from the sweat of working out. He's not very good, but practicing the few punch and kick routines he's managed to pick up keeps him occupied. And maybe some day he'll be able to be useful again.
It's made worse by the fact that they don't see many people other than each other. There's a tension between them that Tobias has a hard time articulating, or even recognizing.
Still... they're managing.
He's out back today, shirt sticking slightly to him from the sweat of working out. He's not very good, but practicing the few punch and kick routines he's managed to pick up keeps him occupied. And maybe some day he'll be able to be useful again.
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Date: 2009-10-17 03:25 am (UTC)Even if her frown deepens a little.
"And if I was as fast as you're getting, maybe I wouldn't have it."
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Date: 2009-10-17 03:30 am (UTC)Yeah. He's still on about that.
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Date: 2009-10-17 03:31 am (UTC)But she does occasionally feel like slapping him.
"If you'd been there," she says, voice tight and irritable, gripping the back of her chair, "then I still would have been distracted. With being mad at you for following me."
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Date: 2009-10-17 03:33 am (UTC)Even he knows it's a bit irrational.
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Date: 2009-10-17 03:40 am (UTC)"You're not. Stop it, Tobias, it was months ago."
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Date: 2009-10-17 03:56 am (UTC)Still.
".... yes."
At least he's got her smiling again.
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Date: 2009-10-17 04:00 am (UTC)He sounds deeply surprised.
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Date: 2009-10-17 04:01 am (UTC)Rachel shakes her head, still grinning, even if the sigh she releases is somewhat aggravated. "Tobias..."
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Date: 2009-10-17 04:03 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-10-17 04:04 am (UTC)Even when he's overprotective and sensitive. Maybe especially then.
Or maybe just because he's overprotective and sensitive and determined and frustrated and human and hers.
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Date: 2009-10-17 04:07 am (UTC)"Oh..." Now he's staring firmly at his shoes (while trying to peek at her from under his bangs).
"Me too," he manages to stammer.
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Date: 2009-10-17 04:16 am (UTC)"I'll finish this stuff inside," Rachel says. It's better than guessing that she's distracting him by being there.
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Date: 2009-10-17 04:18 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-10-17 04:21 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-10-17 04:25 am (UTC)He loves her too much to know what to say.
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Date: 2009-10-17 02:26 pm (UTC)Rachel smiles and walks toward him.
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Date: 2009-10-17 02:32 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-10-17 02:45 pm (UTC)Rachel comes close enough to take his hands and kiss his cheek and it's-- easy.
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Date: 2009-10-17 02:48 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-10-17 02:57 pm (UTC)"Love you, too," she murmurs.