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Post by Jack Orion on Aug 12, 2020 23:16:45 GMT -4
It had been a very, very long five months at this point. It had started off amazingly - Jack had done well in the Sports Fest, his grades were off to a good start. And, most importantly to him, he hit it off with arguably the most amazing person he's ever met in his life. With Meara's and his relationship off to a good start, things looked bright for the couple. Even if there were going to be bumps in the road like most couples, as a duo they were strong. It was bound to at least end up well enough.
However, then...first, the breakouts. They did well defending Tokyo from the villains, but Meara found herself caught up with a drug addiction due to some villain. It had been a hard month after that, but Jack did what he could at the least. His heart ached still as he thought about it, not wishing to relive that sort of pain ever again. Then, of course...Meara getting kidnapped, and then the zombie outbreak not long after that. Jack was left an emotional wreck from it all, to the point of a literal gem growing in his chest. Seriously, the stuff his Quirk does to him...
Jack still replayed the morning that Meara had been returned to them in his mind. He had just been getting ready to go out for more info-gathering, when he found her collapsed outside of the gates. He couldn't get his own crying out of his head for a day after the fact. He could only imagine what his love had been through during the good week she was gone. God...all of that happened within a week? Jack shook a little bit, the memories from it all almost haunting.
That's why Jack suggested that they even go to the springs to begin with. They were clearly in need of healing, of a chance to just sit and perhaps even talk things out. They needed to cope - not that it was easy by any means. But...at the end of the day, they still had each other. That was something the dragon boy hoped to stress to her. Especially considering what his initial patrol was about to get him into...
He had requested a personal session for a few hours in the mixed springs - hopefully more than enough time for them to just relax. Jack sat in the middle of the pool, most of his body submerged in the waters up to his nose. His eyes were closed, and his horn and gem beneath the water pulsated an emerald green color - apparently the color it takes when he tries to meditate. It was a lot harder to hide his emotions now with those damnable things on him - they pretty much change colors instantly the moment his mood changes. Hopefully Meara didn't mind that too much - they had more important things to worry about at this point.
Like the fact that the gem on his chest was even there. He doesn't think that Meara had seen that yet - he was admittedly a bit worried about the fact that he would have to tell her it was likely due to stress. But hey - at least it almost meant it would have come eventually anyway? Lord, this was going to be hard...
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Post by Meara O'Connor on Aug 24, 2020 2:19:03 GMT -4
Meara honestly didn’t want to be here. She had only just gotten back from the whole kidnapping ordeal a little over a week ago. She had gotten a clean bill of health from the doctors, other than some slightly raised levels of radiation she was in great physical health. Mentally however, she was a complete wreck. She was having nightmares constantly and was always jumping at shadows. Paranoia was running her life now, and she didn’t know how to deal with it. And most of all, the guilt of it all was eating her alive. The guilt that she let everyone down because she used again, guilt that she broke peoples trust by leaving her work before she was picked up by Tetsu. Guilt for saying those awful things to Jack right before she got kidnapped. And most of all, guilt for making all her loved ones worry so much about her.
But Jack and a few others basically dragged her along, not wanting her to be alone in her dorm room. She was extremely hesitant to go and it took a lot of convincing. And even then she stayed curled up on her seat in the back of the train until they got to the resort. Jack tried to get her to join the group both on the train and at the resort, but Meara kept refusing to. She honestly didn’t know why Jack or anyone else were still being so supportive. Right now she felt like she wasn’t worth any sort of effort. But Jack kept persisting and had spent a good amount of money to reserve a private session for the two of them. With that she reluctantly agreed to go with him.
So there she was, changing into her bikini in the changing rooms. As she finished changing she looked at herself in the mirror and sighed. “This is going to be a rough bit…” she said as she looked away in disgust. She stepped out into the spa and saw that Jack was already in. She tossed her towel to the side on a chair and made her way slowly to the water. She slowly sat down on the edge of the spring so only half her legs were in the water. “Hey hun…” she said quietly as she kept her eyes fixed on the water. There were a lot of things that they were going to be talking about and she knew that none of them were going to be fun.
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Post by Jack Orion on Aug 24, 2020 11:52:55 GMT -4
Jack's ear twitched a little bit as he would quickly notice Meara approaching him. He opened his wide, purple eyes as he took her presence in, his tail already wagging as it would appear from beneath the water. As he looked her up and down for a split second, realizing that this was the first time that he's actually seen her in a swimsuit, his horns and gem turned a bright pink hue. Which was a little ironic, because he's admittedly seen her with less, but it was also a show that Jack was still just as in love with her as before, despite all that had happened.
He peeked his head up a little, still a little wary for his chest gem to be shown, and smiled warmly at his lover. "Hey, love," he replied simply, making a quick swim over to her, but still kept his distance a light bit, unless Meara showed that she wanted him closer. He sat down, smiling still, and just let a comfortable silence fall over the couple for a bit. For the moment, nothing needed to be said. He wanted to show that this was still at the end of the day a time to relax and enjoy each other's company. Especially after all that they had been through together...and all that was soon to come.
After a moment, Jack would look over at her. "Is it ok if I sat a little closer, love?" he would ask, either getting close enough to at the least be able to hug her if she needed it, or as far away as she wanted. He didn't want to force anything on her, and he prayed that he was actually making that clear. He could practically feel the depression coming off his lover, and it made his heart hurt a little bit, his horns and now visible gem turning a bright violet hue, like his eyes.
"...How are you feeling, Meara?" he would ask finally after a good few minutes. He had a light worried look in his eyes, and, if he was close enough, would lightly place his hand on her leg, trying all that he could do to comfort her. He had his own bad feelings that he wanted to share, but he wanted to let her get her pain out. He didn't care if it was in the form of yelling at him, or with the two of them crying into each other. He just wanted his Meara to be better, to be happy...
That's all he ever wanted, in hindsight.
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Post by Meara O'Connor on Oct 21, 2020 22:15:37 GMT -4
Meara didn’t say anything to his greeting, she just kept her focus on the steaming water as she hid part of her face in her knees. She noticed the gem embedded in his chest but didn't make a comment about it. By this time she was used to him having new features forming because of his quirk. So it wasn’t too strange to see something like that. She remained silent when he asked if he could sit closer to her. She only nodded her head and remained ever silent. She felt him move next to her as they remained silent.
After a few silent minutes she heard her boyfriend finally say something once again. He placed his hand on her thigh in an attempt to comfort her. Meara knew that he absolutely meant no harm in his action, but even a loving gesture made her recoil and scoot ever so slightly away from him. And it killed her inside to respond that way to someone that had been nothing but loving and supportive of her. But her mind was still scrambled and she kept hearing the voice in her mind telling her to fight back against whatever it was that was causing this fear. And the still fresh memories of what she had endured at the hands of Ishtar and her hired goons made her constantly on edge. And with this new voice becoming more prominent in her psyche, it was taking every ounce of mental willpower to keep her quirk in check. The last thing she wanted to do was accidentally hurt someone unintentionally with her quirk because she was so on edge.
“I-I’m sorry Jack…” she said quietly, finally breaking her silence. She moved back next to him, her knees still pulled up to her chest. “To answer your first question hun. No, I’m not exactly doing the best.” she said. Her voice was a barely audible whisper as she continued to just stare at the water. It was pretty obvious to everyone that Meara was not doing fine. Ever since she came back the normally fiery Irish lass was uncharacteristically quiet and borderline timid. A far cry from being a spitfire. And Meara couldn’t tell if or when she would be back to her normal self. Being herself got her into this predicament in the first place, going all the back to the prison escape. If she would have stayed back and waited for her pro none of this would have happened. Yeah she probably would have still been on house arrest, but at least she wouldn’t have been going through withdrawals and put herself in harms way because of her stupid and selfish choices. So now she was at a couple different crossroads, and she had no idea which way to take at any of them.
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Post by Jack Orion on Nov 29, 2020 21:33:17 GMT -4
自由自在 to be free; completely unrestrained. Jack couldn't help but flinch as Meara would actually jolt away a bit in response to his attempt to comfort her. He could feel the wrinkles around his eyes deepen as the worried expression on his face only got worse. Of course, he completely understood why she was acting the way she did, and he wouldn't judge her for it in the slightest. However...this was just something that broke his heart.
She apologized to him, her quiet tone making him tear up a little bit. He bit his lip, looking down at the water as well. He was quiet for a moment, and he couldn't help but rub his face with his hands, and taking a deep breath. The memories of everything that had led up to this moment came flooding in, all starting with that damn prison break. The one time that he couldn't have been there for her. If he was, how much would have changed? Would she have even gotten drugged, would they have even gone down the hellish spiral that came after?
Jack shook his head, exhaling a large puff of steam from his mouth. "No...no, I'm sorry," he said suddenly, still looking down. He brought his own knees in, holding him close with his arms and even going as far as to wrap his wings around himself. However, his tail only dipped its tip into the water, still completely exposed. He shook his head, tearing up. "...All I ever wanted since we got together was to make you happy. To keep you safe, at least in my own way. Ever since this whole shit storm happened...I did whatever I could to help. And yet, I only found myself unable to do much of anything. I-if anything...I'm sorry that I wasn't enough. It's all my fault..."
He felt tears flow down his cheeks, his breathing becoming shaky. "If only I was there, when you needed me the most...both times, even. I-I...I'm sorry. I'm so, so, so sorry Meara..." he stammered. He didn't dare let any sort of whines escape his mouth, and he went completely silent for a little bit. He could hardly muster the courage to look at Meara at that moment. To him, he had failed as a boyfriend. He had one job, and he could hardly ever even do that. He could at the very least be grateful that he was here, in this moment. All he wanted to do right now was just show his support however he could, even if it meant dropping every sort of defense he would normally have around people. He supposed that if there was any time to let out everything, now would be it, with no one else around. He only hoped that they could heal from here... notes words tag someone |
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Post by Meara O'Connor on Jan 3, 2021 9:10:49 GMT -4
emended scooted back up next to Jack, silently listening to him once again apologize for not being there to help and protect her. After Jack finished, she remained silent as she tried to find the right words to say. She stared at the steaming water as she thought, listening to that voice in her head whisper to her. It felt like it was trying to convince her that Jack was another big cause of her feeling the way she was, that he, along with the Villains that abducted her, were why she was going through the turmoil that she was. Every fiber of her being screamed out that it wasn’t true, but deep down, at the very core of her deepest thoughts, it was true. True to a certain point, that is. But it wasn’t that she held him in anyway responsible for those events, it was that every time she looked at his sad eyes, all she could feel was immense guilt. She had caused him so much grief and emotional pain, that it made her feel almost as bad as when she was being tortured.
“Jack.” She said, finally breaking the silence. “It’s not your fault…” she said quietly. She had told him that so many times over the past few weeks, and it hurt every time she had to tell him that again. She hated that he blamed himself so much for what happened. She had to admit that a small part of her appreciated it immensely that he cared so much for her. “The only people that were to blame for all this is myself, and those pieces of filth that took me. Especially that mechanical drug c*nt” she growled out. The mention of the last one especially made her angry. Her normal ocean blue eyes changed into a burning dark red at the mention of her. Her grip on the edge of the pool also tightened and began to cause cracks to form in the stone flooring. She let out a breath as she reigned herself in and let go of the pool’s edge. “Sorry…” she apologized. This was yet another example of her not being able to control her quirk fully when she got like this. The anger grows so strong that it’s almost like she goes into a different place and that voice begins to take the metaphorical wheel.
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Post by Jack Orion on Jan 12, 2021 13:25:09 GMT -4
自由自在 to be free; completely unrestrained. Jack glanced back over at Meara as she would promptly tell him, not for the first time, that none of this was his fault. He grimaced slightly as she would bring up that it was mostly just the villains at fault, especially the villain that had drugged her from the start. He felt one of his eyes twitch a little bit at the mention of her, his own anger matching Meara's for a split moment, his gems going dark red for a split second before the dragon boy reeled himself back in.
It helped that Jack was quick to notice how deep Meara's anger went, her eyes going red and her grip literally cracking the pool's pavement a little bit. His eyebrows raised in an almost shocked expression for a moment. He didn't look scared or worried, though: he understood. He didn't know if he could ever comprehend all of what Meara had gone through, or still was going through for that matter, but he understood how deep her anger was, and how justified it was. He'd been with her for this long - he was bound to get a proper feel of her temperament sooner rather than later.
He looked back down in silence for a moment, looking like he was in thought. He clenched his teeth and fist for a moment, the primary thoughts that echoed in his mind was during both his trip out to help find where Ishtar was keeping her, and during the zombie attack on U.A. Mostly the former, where one of Loki's underlings had put him under an illusion type of attack where he saw Meara get stabbed by the underling. A testament to his own weakness. No matter what, he would always hold himself in some amount of blame of not being able to help out as much as he felt he could have.
However, the thought of remember what that Ishtar goon had told him after he had gotten away from Jack after he had gotten some amount of information...and the fact that he may well be on Ishtar's hitlist now as well. Not that he was going to say anything of the sort - the last thing he wanted right now was for Meara to blame herself more than she probably already was.
He shook his head, growling lightly to himself as he would unfurl himself. What was he doing? With all that had happened, this was by no means the way he should be acting right now. He had to be there for Meara more than ever now, while she still healed. Not being a whimpering whelp in the face of failure and danger. He was a king of dragons in his own right - he needed to act like it.
"...No more sorry's. From either of us," he said suddenly, his tone filled with anger, but determination. He clenched his hands on the side of the pool himself, so much so that by instinct they covered themselves with their black scales, his claws pressed against the pavement, but not cracking it. What he needed right now, what they both needed more than ever, was control. He took a deep breath, exhaling a thick puff of steam from his nose.
He would then look Meara in the eyes, a look of fiery determination in his own. "You have every right to be angry, whether it be at me, or at the villains that caused all of this nonsense from the start. You can always take it out on me if you need to. But, above all that...we're still here. Despite everything. We...we can only get stronger from this at the end of the day. All ya gotta do is have a little faith, right?" he said, actually quoting what Meara said from time to time. "Even if it can be a bitch sometimes."
He smirked lightly, trying to show his point. "No matter what, though...I'm here for you, mi amor. Even if I have to look that monster Ishtar in the eyes myself." With that, he would stop talking, at let Meara respond however she wanted to it all. No matter her reaction, Jack knew that he had to stand firm in what he said.
It was all that he really could do, at this point. Whatever it takes for her, right? notes words tag someone |
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Post by Meara O'Connor on Feb 26, 2021 3:04:06 GMT -4
Meara silently sat there as Jack talked to her, telling her that she had every right to be angry and pissed off with her current situation. She tensed up slightly when Jack put himself in the list of things that she was rightfully mad with. Was that what he thought? That he was just as worthy of being the subject of Meara’s anger alongside the pieces of filth that did all this to her? That thought alone, intentional or not, made her even more upset. “I’m not mad at you Jack…” she said once he had finished talking. She still wasn’t looking at him, eyes firmly planted on the slightly steaming water. “And honestly Jack, I don’t think I can get stronger from this. Because I need to move past this in order to ‘get stronger’ and I don’t, I don’t know if I can…” she said, her voice breaking.
Meara wiped the tears out of her eyes, it was taking everything she had to keep it together, and she was just barely doing that as it was. “That brings me to this Jack…” she said, in response to him saying that he’d be there for her. “I think. I think.” she stammered, trying to find the best way to say what she needed to. This was the hardest thing she had to do thus far in her short life. Truth be told, she would much rather fight a horde of bad guys than do what she was about to do. “Damn it O’Connor, just say it. It’s only gonna be worse and harder to do the longer you wait.” she thought. She took in a shakily deep breath, and let it out. “Jack, I love you. I really do, but I think we should stop being an item…” she said, her grip tightening once again on the edge of the pool. “You shouldn’t be having to deal with me like this Jack, you deserve better than me.” she said, the tears she was trying to hold in started to flow again.
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