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Conner 'Kon-El' Kent ([personal profile] tactile_telekinesis) wrote in [community profile] tushanshu2014-04-12 10:52 pm

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[For anyone close to him, or that knows him, they'll have noticed that he was gone. Vanished for a few days with no sign of him at all. But he's back on the network and scratching at his nose.]

So the ride from the palace is better than getting' fished out the sea, that's for sure. I don't get why we even arrived in the ocean to begin with.

[He pauses and looks a little thoughtful as he looks around his suite.] Guess I wasn't gone for that long, huh? I mean, it doesn't feel like it was and it doesn't look like I was going by the network.

Always thought if I left this place and came back it'd be a bigger gap between it. Guess the turtle ain't so bored of me yet.

So what'd I miss? Anythin' interesting?
everylittlegirl: (do you even listen to yourself speak)

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[personal profile] everylittlegirl 2014-04-13 05:26 am (UTC)(link)
[Hayley sounds impatient, bordering on frustration.]

Where are you?
everylittlegirl: (on my way)

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[personal profile] everylittlegirl 2014-04-13 07:59 pm (UTC)(link)
[She doesn't bother replying, expecting that the question will be a sufficient declaration of her intent. While not as fast as what seems to be everyone she knows, Hayley's determined and it doesn't take her too long to arrive at his suite. She's wearing her usual red jacket, but her messenger bag has been left behind.

Then she's knocking at his door, shifting impatiently while she waits for him to answer. Her mind telling her that this is a bad idea and she should bail only serves to fuel her impatience, rocking up onto the balls of her feet and down again.]
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[personal profile] everylittlegirl 2014-04-13 09:25 pm (UTC)(link)
[Hayley's muscles tense and she hesitates for a split second before moving to close the distance between them, wrapping her arms around his chest in a tight hug. She knows that's what friends do, that it's a gesture of affection and trust and all those other things that she kind of feels but doesn't really want to admit to and doesn't know how to put into words.

This is the part where she should say something about how she missed him or how she's so glad he's back. Instead, she just tightens her grip on him, unconsciously using the physical as a metaphor for the emotional, and presses her face against his shoulder.]
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[personal profile] everylittlegirl 2014-04-13 09:51 pm (UTC)(link)
You can't leave. [She mutters against his shirt.] I don't care of you can't control it.

[It's as close as she'll come to saying how much she missed him. He's the only one who seems to be okay with her the way she is since Bruce's departure and she's too selfish to ever want that to go away. That she also likes him as a friend makes it that much harder.

After another few seconds, Hayley finally withdraws, breaking the contact between them unless he has any reason to stop her. Then she opts for the quick change of topic.]
I'm guessing Bart's already been here?
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[personal profile] everylittlegirl 2014-04-13 10:32 pm (UTC)(link)
[She does know, that it's something he can't promise, yet she understands the sentiment for what it is and finds the hollow reassurance oddly comforting. Hayley gives him a brief smile when she steps back, then pauses as he opens the door wider for her. Her muscles tense again. Having expressed the sentiment she came to express, staying feels kind of like hanging out. While that's not foreign to her even here, the idea of hanging out with Kon is somewhat unsettling because he understands her so well.

After a second's hesitation, she steps inside, flashing him a forced smile on the way. The expression falls from her lips not a moment later when she pauses awkwardly a few feet into the suite.]


Uh, yeah. Coffee's great. [She confirms, trying to force the discomfort she feels away. Hayley's not one for anxiety more than necessary and so her mind sets about to compartmentalizing, trying to set herself more at ease.]
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[personal profile] everylittlegirl 2014-04-13 10:55 pm (UTC)(link)
[Hayley casts him a genuine smirk over her shoulder.] You couldn't make me stay if you tried.

[Of course he can, if he really tries, but it was a comment back to their last conversation, how she shouldn't let them decide what she wanted for her. In combination with his promise, she genuinely feels slightly better about being here, if still somewhat apprehensive.

Hayley steps closer to him, then moves around him to close and lock his front door. With a smile, she then moves deeper into his place and takes a seat on his couch. Now that he's offered her the out, she's more determined to stay, like any self-respecting petulant teenager would be.]
Coffee?
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[personal profile] everylittlegirl 2014-04-13 11:45 pm (UTC)(link)
[In truth, Hayley knew that there was little a lock would stop with the people she worked with these days. It wouldn't do anything to slow or stop Kon and, likewise, wouldn't slow or stop Bart either. But it was a gesture, one he seemed to appreciate for what it was, even as he rolled his eyes at her.

She accepted the coffee when he offered it, taking a small sip and then holding it in her hands. His words surprised her and it showed briefly on her face before she reclaimed her expression back to neutrality again. She had no idea how she would feel, but she was pretty damn sure she liked this place more than her home.]


Why? ['Why would you be?' 'Why aren't you?' She felt the single word covered the full range of options.]
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[personal profile] everylittlegirl 2014-04-14 12:21 am (UTC)(link)
You didn't remember when you were gone? Or you mean you did remember and that's why it was worse?

[This was the first time she was talking to someone who had returned in any detail at all. She didn't know how it worked or what might happen, other than knowing that sometimes people returning forgot their time here before. At the thought, she frowned deeply, feeling almost sick at the thought of him not remembering and having to go through all of that again.]

I'm glad you remember now. [She added offhandedly, as an explanation of her sudden change in expression.]
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[personal profile] everylittlegirl 2014-04-17 04:15 am (UTC)(link)
[She frowned at the thought, not knowing her own perspective.] If I told someone about anything that happened here when I went home? They'd call me crazy and lock me away. And not being able to tell anyone would kind of suck, so.. I don't know. I think I'd rather forget.

[It would be strange forgetting people like Bart, Kon, Bruce Banner, Jor-El, and others, but maybe it would just be like a vague and forgotten memory. Hayley doubted that any memory of it could be pleasant trapped in reality as she was back home.] But, I mean, in the meantime, I'd definitely rather be here than back home.

[A beat and her eyebrows furrowed.] How long have you been here anyway?
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[personal profile] everylittlegirl 2014-04-27 03:29 am (UTC)(link)
[Hayley takes a long sip of her coffee as she considers his words, ignoring that the liquid is slightly too hot for drinking at length. Then she lowers her mug again. The idea that this place is even weird for Kon is almost unsettling, given who he is and where he comes from and everything. He should be used to this.]

That's.. a really long time. [She sounds equal parts surprised and concerned. After a beat, she decides to add her own admission, something she wasn't planning to talk about.] It'll be a year for me, in two days.

[A pause.]

Are you okay? [She asks suddenly, having noticed the way he rubs his arm as a reflection of her own nervous habits. He's harder to read than Bart. Maybe because he isn't saying aloud pretty much everything he's thinking.] You seem to be handling all of this really well.
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[personal profile] everylittlegirl 2014-04-28 01:06 am (UTC)(link)
[Hayley pointedly shrugs, an atypical gesture from the teen.] I don't know either. I like it here, but it's weird.

[To the latter, she raises her eyebrows with a smile and healthy dose of skepticism. She likes Kon including her in that, but it's still kind of weird.] Oh come on. It's not like we're best friends. I'm the murdered girl who attacked your original, remember?

[There's a slight pause and then her expression is serious.] Should I not call him that? Should it just be your cousin?

[Another pause, then she continues with a partial sigh.] We are friends, don't get me wrong. I'm just not used to my presence really making a difference to someone.

[Except for Donna, Jeff, Aaron, and those others who wouldn't live to recognize the difference she made. Obviously this isn't like that. Here, he's talking about being grateful that she's around.]
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[personal profile] everylittlegirl 2014-04-28 01:25 am (UTC)(link)
As if. [Cake to celebrate this place seems like too much.] When's your birthday? We can totally have cake then.

[She silently accepts the correction, knowing how upsetting the word might be to him. It's why she clarified in the first place, not wanting to upset him without meaning to. Rather than make a big deal out of it, she gives an apologetic smile.] Cousin it is.

[And then another smile, almost wicked in its own way.] Trust me? It has nothing to do with low self-esteem. I'm not used to having friends, and not because I was a loser or whatever. I'm.. pretty content to keep to myself most of the time, you know? You guys just make it really hard to talk and get along without having some kind of relationship, so the whole friend thing was kind of inevitable.

[And on that note.] By the way, did Bart tell you about.. uh.. the.. [She lifts one hand as if to make a gesture and then realizes there really isn't one.] ..you know, that whole thing where he kissed me and I pushed him away but then I kissed him because I didn't exactly mind, but it was really weird and now he's pretending it didn't happen and I might be kind of avoiding him a little?
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[personal profile] everylittlegirl 2014-04-28 01:49 am (UTC)(link)
Next month. I don't really do parties or whatever, but we can do cake. [There's a very slight glare that accompanies the comment, a subtle threat that no really, just cake, or else.]

[She regrets telling him immediately, grimacing at his shock. When he begins on the questions, her replies come with a begrudging tone and she lifts a hand as much to idly scratch at her eyebrow as to subconsciously hide her face.]

Calm down, spaz. First of all? I think you're the only one who knows and I'd really like to keep it that way. Second, like I said, I've been avoiding him and he's pretending it never happened, so it's not like we're suddenly dating. And third? ...This is super awkward. Never tell him I told you. If he tells you? Pretend you don't know. Although at this point, I kind of doubt he will.

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