Garden

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Grench was...freaked. But that was a little bit of an understatement. She was hyperventilating. Today was the day. Today. Today was the day that she had to tell him her secret name. She had to trust him completely with her. She was still fighting that idea. Trust anybody completely?! Well-- I mean, the Queen but she doesnt' count! Loki is a boy! This is completely different!

The fairy had felt the horrible urge to call Kassidy aand ask her what she should do-- but Kassidy was gone on important business that didn't involve her an she definitely /didn't/ want to worry her about stupid things like giving somebody else a name. But it wasn't stupid. It was important dammit! ...But now that she'd tell him her name she was sure-- she was sure he'd leave her. Because this had been about him showing her that he could do whatever he wanted...and he'd proved /that/. Still, it was hard knowing that he'd lose interest after this. Loki only liked girls who were a challenge...

And after this-- she was vulnerable. Easy. Anything he said could hurt her. Grench tried to stop freaking out and sat down on one of the benches near the weed section. Well...it was too late. She had to tell him. He'd come all this way, after all. And there had been so many stupid fights of this damn thing.

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<sub>Loki pondered where she could be. It seemed like for a while he hadn't seen her, then suddenly he saw her once and he tried to ignore her, and suddenly he was seeing her whenever he wanted and not trying to hide anymore. He couldn't remember why he had been hiding in the first place, but now he wandered the gardens looking for her. Someone had said they saw her out here, so he'd wandered past the carnations, the one she had put back in the ground growing nicely and having sprouted four more blooms on it. She wasn't by the roses or the morning glories or the daffodils. He couldn't seem to find her, but he caught sight of someone through the flowers and he went off towards them. It was her. He smiled, wandering free of the plants and towards her near the edge of the gardens where the weeds were.

He was wearing a black shirt with white feathered wings in the back, but of course they were slightly covered by his real wings, but he didn't mind. He was wearing the silver butterfly wings again on their chain and they went down his chest to hang against the dark fabric. His pants were black too, but at the bottom of the legs were small wings, so it looked like he had wings against his ankles. Casual black skater shoes topped it off in what was a dark but angelic sort of look. He was handsome, his snowy pure hair fluttering in a flower scented breeze, coal black eyes watching her as he smiled that easy wicked but warm smile.

"There you are! I've been looking around for you and someone said..."

He was finally standing in front of the bench she was sitting at. She looked like she had something horrible on her mind and his smile fell, replaced by a look of concern. Of course he also had a look like he expected to be told exactly what was going on so he could kick who-ever's ass that had made her look worried like this. He sat down lightly next to her, leaning back slightly and watching her.

"What's wrong."

He didn't ask, but it was a 'tell me right now' sort of tone that said he already knew something was wrong and now she needed to tell him what it was. He didn't like seeing her so upset looking, it made him worry too. He'd only realized that about two days ago, why it bothered him so much when she was worried or panicked. He still didn't know what that little squeeze was on his heart and the doctors had said nothing was wrong... But maybe they knew something was wrong and juts wouldn't tell him because they wanted him to die? Damn fairy doctors...</sub>

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Grench looked at him guiltily when he sat down. "Oh uh. Nothing. You know. Just nervous. Um. I guess I'd better just get it over with." she muttered, and move her face over to his ear. "Parsley. My secret name is Parsley." She started to retreat and paused next to his cheek. The minister of war turned her head a little and gave him a quick peck. "Thank you for winning this. I wasn't sure you could." I was almost hoping you couldn't. She turned a little red and looked out towards the garden, trying to pretend nothing had happened. I FEEL A LITTLE AWKWARD. was the song that was running through her head.

"Um. So. For Fairy's it means that I uh...I trust you...c-completely. You could ask me to jump off a cliff and I'd uh-- do it." jesusthatsoundedWRONGomgomgomgomg. "Wait no-- that sounds wrong-- I mean. Look it just means that I trust you, okay?" she snapped hotly, embarassed at how this was going. Grench was just not good at being sweet and cute. "Yeah. So that's it. You can go now, if you want. You won."

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<sub>Loki waited, about to go on about 'hey I KNOW something is wrong, just tell me so I can beat someone down...' but she leaned in and his heart did that uncomfortable little flop thing like it was flailing around or a fish out of water. She whispered something to him and he blinked. What? Parsley? He was confused a moment and then she was leaning away but she stopped to kiss him on the cheek. Woah... what? He was SO confused right now. He won? Won what? His mind suddenly remembered the month with no flirting thing and he almost wanted to go 'Ohhhhhhhhh!' and smack himself in the head, but he refrained, still feeling a little short-circuited about the kiss on the cheek. She never kissed him! Except for that one time in the hallways where she'd let him kiss her, but that was different. She started explaining and got frustraited. She... She trusted him? Completely? Whaaa? He was kind of lost.

"Woah... I... I wish I had something to give you... Uhhh Here..."

He took off the silver necklace with the butterfly wings, smiling lightly and wrapping his arms around her neck so he could get the other side and put it on her. He watched it drop down onto her clothes dangling between her breasts. It WAS a long sort of necklace and he gave a small smile.

"I mean it's not really a name or anything. Kinda makes me wish pixies had something like that but I don't think we do... Well, I'm not sure, I mean I didn't exactly grow up in a pixie society or anything. I grew up around humans so... They don't have names. Oh, and I'm not going anywhere. I don't want to go either... I like it here."

He smirked, standing and tugging at her hand so she came up off balance and had to lean against his chest as he looked down at her. A devilish smile curved on his lips and he couldn't help himself. His hand came up to her chin, tilting her head up. His mouth lowered, but just an inch from her mouth he whispered to her, a small bit of longing, or maybe it was a whine in his voice.

"Now can I kiss you?"</sub>

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"oh uh-- Thanks." she muttered awkwardly, touching it. She hadn't seen him without it. Fair trade. He tugged on her hand and she lost her balance, her face suddenly very close to his, and he tilted her face up. Grench found that the name didn't matter...she really did trust him. And she was right. He asked her. "No." she told him curtly, and leaned in quickly, kissing him breathlessly, putting everything into the kiss...and pulling away just like that. There were faint patches of colour on her face and her heart was racing. Passionate-- but fast. Just to leave him wanting more. Mwahaha. (That was the only coherent thing she was thinking-- everything else was a jumble of screaming and swirling 'yays' at the same time). She couldn't stop smiling and she got up. "Wellp.Gottago.SeeyoulaterIguess."

She didn't walk away quickly though, only stretched and picked her way between various weeds like she was walking on ice. Carefully and like she would fall over at any moment. Her arms were spread widely for balance and she looked back towards Loki, colouring once again. ohmygod did I just /kiss/ him?! She thought, amazed at her own gall yet again. ...I totally did. HAHA. HAHAHHAA.

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<sub>Loki watched her eye him, and she said no. No?!?! Whaaa?!?!? But just as he had that sad depressed rejected 'DAMMIT!' feeling she suddenly came up and kissed him. He was shocked, but instinctively he gave back, kissing her passionately too, one hand on the hand he'd pulled her up by and the other feeling up her back, holding her to him, then suddenly she pulled away and he was lost. Huh? What? What happening? Why is everything SPINNING?!?!? He felt dizzy and breathless. What the fauk?!?! What... what? He blinked, not seeming to realize she'd slipped away. Huh? He had... She... They... What? But she said no! WHAT THE HELL!?!?? He felt he might die from confusion and he finally started looking for her, for some reason looking down and seeing she wasn't there. He looked down right, down left, then he looked up and di a scan and then saw her walking away. What? She looked back at him and he saw her face blush and he just blinked again, confused with his mouth slightly open. Shoohuhfawahahh? His mind struggled to come back to him.

HOLY MOTHER OF GOD SHE JUST KISSED ME!!! What. Did. That. MEAN?!?!? He felt weak for a moment but kept standing, watching her in a 'what do I do now!?!??' panic racing around his head. He was dumbfounded. Absolutely and utterly lost as to what he should say. He stepped forward after her, paused, then kept walking, catching up to her and feeling confused, blushing himself.

"Whaa! Wait! What? I! You did! Waaa... What juuu... fuuuh... W-where are you going!?!?!?"

He couldn't even try to understand what had just happened so he asked the first thing that he wanted to know in the now and not the then. He was at a loss for words and he actually STUTTERED!!! He wanted to die form humiliation!! THE HUMILIATIOOOON!!! DIIIIIIIEEEE!!!</sub>

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She felt him catch up to her and another giddy wave of excitement swept voer her. "Not goin' ANYWHERE!" she chittered loudly, in a squeaky voice, and skipped ahead faster. "Just THIS way. That's where I'm going. This way." she said, and this time she wasn't even looking at the plants. It didn't matter, though. They seemed to move aside as she walked. Something primitive in her told her to run-- and she responded. She ran, grinning and giggling as she did, turning corners and jumping and skipping away and running some more, aware that he was probably right behind her.

She miscalculated a jump and tripped on a branch (or maybe the branch had tripped her), and fell with a small oof. She sat up grinning, examening the scrapes on her arms and knees, and the dirt that was suddenly all over her. She felt like a little kid that had been playing in the mood, except she didn't feel like crying. She still felt like laughing. Instead she ducked her head and covered her face, grinning like a madman.

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<sub>Loki watched her, stopping for a second and wondering if this was really the girl he'd just spent a month trying to convince he wanted to just keep flirting with her. What had gotten into her? She seemed so... so HAPPY! Usually when he saw her she was being serious or she looked troubled. Seeing her like this... well he didn't know what to say. What 'n' the hell had just happened?!?! She said no and then she kissed HIM and now she was looking happier than the orphan Annie on Christmas after she'd been adopted by the rich guy. YES HE WATCHED MOVIES LIKE THAT! He happened to like musicals n stuff so shuddup. He wondered for a second if she'd ever seen a TV and if he should ask her to go to the movies with him. Of course the movies would just be his own room with a big ass TV added and prolly run by magic instead of electricity. She started running and he couldn't help but grin, shaking his head and walking slowly after her. When he finally caught up it looked like she had tripped, covered in dirt and had scratches on her. He didn't think she was crying though, even though he couldn't see her face. Loki smiled, laughing softly and slipping down to sit next to her.

"Parsleeeey! Kiss me again? I want to remember what you taste like..."

He started off in a whiney sort of voice, but by the time he'd finished her name he sounded slick and seductive. He leaned against her slightly, face close to her ear when he said it. Yes, he wanted another kiss. Was this going to be a normal thing now? Him being able to kiss her? Or she kissing him? What type of relationship was this? He didn't particularly like having to chase after her, but if it was her he was chasing then he didn't mind so much. He still didn't know why this name was so important, but it was going to be his little nickname for her now. He would come up with an endless supply of them. He wondered if she'd mind him calling her 'parsnip'. or maybe he'd call her Garnish. He smiled at her, mouth by her ear, his tongue flicking out and licking the edge of her ear, which was pretty much clean.</sub>

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Grench giggled when he put his face next to hers and put her hand on his mouth, pushing it away, "SSSSHHHHHHH! YOU CAN'T SAY IT SO LOUD!" she squealed, laughing louder and scrambling up, uisng him as a support. "That's why it's a secret name, stooopid!" She burst into fresh giggles because she'd said 'stupid' like a little kid. Grench leaned forward suddenly, getting serious, her lips inches from his-- and then she started laughing again, this time so hard she had to sit on the floor and gasp because his expression had been freaking priceless.

"Ahahahahhaa OhmyGawd Loki you should have SEEEN yourself aheeehehehehe! I c-- I can't hahahha I can't breath!" Grench layed on the ground until her laughter ran out and just layed there, looking up at him and grinning brashly. Almost a 'come and get me' grin. Then she rolled to the left and onto a hill, screaming with laughter and rolling down hill, spinning to a stop. She tried to get up, tottered, and fell down again. "I'M Diiiiizzyyyyyy!"

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<sub>Loki watched her, but her hand was suddenly on his mouth and she pushed him back, Loki falling from being unprepared. Her face came over his though and his breath stopped, his eyes staring into hers as he tilted his face up so she could kiss him. Then she was gone laughing and he felt confused again. Fauk, this reminded him kinda liek the old days when she'd laugh at him for flirting with her. Dammit. He sat up, looking put off and staring away before looking back to catch a grin as she suddenly rolled off down a hill. He crawled forwards to watch her spin and roll and he sighed. This wasn't different, this felt just like before! BUt with a more hyper active Grench. He let his wings snap out, carrying him up and down the hill as again he went after her.

"Grench... Grench! I need you to listen to me!"

He grabbed her shoulders, trying to make her stop moving. His heart was doing that drum pounding thing again and he didn't like it. He had to tell her about this. If he died tomorrow and no one knew why then she had to know. He looked down at her.

"Grench... I think... I think I might be ill. Seriously ill. I think it's some sort of heart disease..."

He looked down at her seriously, trying to enforce the seriousness of the situation on her.

"I tried to go to the fairy med's but they said there was nothing wrong, but I know what I'm feeling isn't natural and I don't like it! I don't know how long I have left, but it feels like there are drums playing against my heart and that can't be good! I think I may have a week left..."</sub>

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She grinned at him lazily when he pulled her to a sitting position and looked at her very seriously. He might have a heart disease....yeaaaaah right. "...Uh huh. Suuuuure, Loki. So I've gotta kiss you cause you might have a heart disease." she teased him, grinning until she saw that he was actually serious. "...Well I don't know why you're telling me this just now! What's wrong with you? You could have gone to a doctor or something!" she frowned, "I'm going to check you over." she snapped, putting her hand on his shoulder and pushing herself into his body, checking his veins his heart and his brain. Nothing wrong. She pulled herself out, "...Uhn...There's nothing wrong with you...unless you've got some sort of curse."

There was a lilt to her voice again. "Were you trying to make me feel woooorried about youuu? That's so cyuuute. " she said, giggling, but again-- he wasn't laughing with her, or even grinning at her. She sighed, exasperated, "Y'know what? Fine. We'll go the the with doctor fae. She'll see if you've got some sort of curse, alright? So you stop whining. Even though I know you're perfectly fine because I just checked."

She grabbed his hand (the touch gave her a fluttering feeling in her stomach) and closed her eyes, stepping through the rift and leading them to the witch doctor's hut. It was sterile. The walls were white, the hallway was white...it wasn't in the least bit spooky. "Okay. Go in there, then." she challenged him defiantly, sitting down on the bench that served as the waiting room.

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<sub>Loki stared at her flattly like 'this is so not funny stop laughing idiot'. He didn't like that she was making fun of him. This was SERIOUS! She saw that he was telling the truth and she checked him. She said nothing was wrong. HOW COULD THAT BE?!?! She took him to the witch doctor fae to check for a curse, and when she took his hand he felt his body go hot and his heart shoot up to his throat. He remembered ebing breathless sometimes, when was that? After he kissed her for one... and... that was it. He realized these things only happened around her and when they stopped and she sat down he looked at the door then back at her.

"Wait, here, gimme your hand a second."

He took her hand, pulling her back up and against him like in the garden before she kissed him. He looked down into her eyes and.. there! He felt it! His heart gave a flop and some invisible drummer played against it. He let her go, stepping back and looking down, seeming to think hard about something. What was that? He looked at her again, stepping closer to her and letting his hand take her chin. Again his heart did that uncomfortable wriggle and he felt almost breathless as he thought about kissing her. He nearly jumped back, eyes wide face disbelieving.

"HOLY CRAP IT'S YOU!!!"</sub>

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"...What?" Grench asked placidly as he took her hand, glad she had enough hold over herself not to blush. H ewas looking into her eyes and her throat closed off slightly. Do.Not.Blush. But it was too late. She blushed and looked away, but he put his hand on her chin and she had to look up again. All of a sudden he looked very scared and Grench felt her face turn hot again, "...What about me?" She asked suspiciously, feeling stupid and awkward. The witch doctor was probably inside spying on them. "Listen, could you cut the crap Loki? You're weirding me out." she muttered in an embarassed way, and got up. "C'mon, let's go back to the garden, kay?"

She took his hand and held it gingerly until she'd brought them back to the garden. Once there she let go of his hand like it was a hot brick, turning even redder. Ohmygawd. Awkward. "...So...what...uh...were you talking about? You're not uh-- sick, so. Yeah."

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<sub>Loki almost pulled away when she grabbed his hand, but he just let her tug him along, looking very uncomfortable and like she was sick and he didn't want to catch it. Or maybe he was sick and he didn't want her to catch it. They got back to the gardens and she asked him what this was all about. He stared at her, eyes wide face still looking wary and confused.

"It's you! You're the one doing it to me! It happens whenever I'm around you! I don't know what it is, but anytime I'm around you it happens!! WHAT IS IT?!?! You say I'm not sick, but thats the only thing I can think of that would explain it!"

He growled, running a hand through his hair and confused. What the hell was this?!?! He stalked forward, hugging her suddenly and feeling his heart leap against his chest as if it didn't want to be there. THAT HAD NEVER EVER EVER HAPPENED BEFORE!!! WHAT WAS IT?!?!? He also felt himself go hot, maybe it was just because he was being stupid, but his face was red, and Loki did NOT blush! Never! It had never happened! No one made him hot! He got hot all by himself! What the hell was this feeling? He took her shoulders, pulling her back so he could look at her. He looked down at her seriously, then his eyes went to her lips Usually when he kissed someone it was just a kiss. It was nothing, he didn't feel anything but the hot moist lips on his. But when she'd kissed him afterwards he'd felt breathless. He. could. not. breath. He looked back into her eyes.

"Can I kiss you? I need to know if it's you. Maybe it's just me going insane or something... But let me kiss you... I have to know what this is..."

He lowered his head, giving her plenty of time to move away.</sub>

((just wanted to give her a minute to move if she wanted to kick him or something and storm off ^_^))

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"What are you-- What? What are you talking about?" Jeez what was he accusing her of now! Loki practically jumped on her and hugged her, causing her to tense up. She could feel her heart beating a million miles per hour and she was breathing shallowly. He held her there for awhile and Grench tried not to freak out. Her brain was buzzing, as if it were made of champaign and all of the bubbles were rising ot the top, making her feel weak. He pulled away and Grench took in a deep breath and let it out, but her face was still hot-- and so was...his? Was it just her or was his face tinged in red?

He asked her to let him kiss her, and she froze. Then something wormed its way into the back of her mind. This is what trust is, right? To trust him to do the right thing. I trust him. He knows my secret name. Grench felt herself trembling with his arms around her and drew a shaky breath. It seemed much more serious now. She looked up into his eyes and leaned forward, touching her lips to his. The shock of electricity that she felt all over surprised her, but she didn't move her body away, instead sucking on his bottom lip for a moment before she felt too lightheaded to continue. I...need air. She pulled away, gasping and still shaking. Ohmygod.