Leo
I wake up with a massive headache I assume is from the hangover from last night. Madeline is lying next to me in her bed. I throw the covers off my body, get dressed and call a taxi. When I walk into the apartment I see Sage's door still closed, thank god. I don't even remember last night. All that comes to mind is that we were playing a game at Madeline's and then she got annoyed at me. My thoughts about last night are broken as I hear her door open. She is wearing a turtle neck tank top with jeans.
Why the fuck is she wearing a turtle neck when it is like 70 degrees outside.
Her eyes meet mine and quickly dart away. I continue to make my coffee as she stands on the opposite side of the room waiting for me to finish. I stare at her confused and then walk back to my room. Obviously, my goal of getting her to be scared of be worked because she hasn't even said a word to me this morning and she is not coming close to me.
Sage
As soon as Leo walks back into his room I take a mug out of the cabinet, fill it with coffee and leave the apartment. When I woke up this morning, the finger prints Leo left on my neck were so visible I had no choice but to wear this turtle neck to cover them up. Elias drives me to the office and I start getting to work right away.
It has been a week and a half since I got here and so far, I have only finished one dress. My goal is to finish one dress a week, but I am falling behind. When I get to work, I remember what Shawn said to me last night: "Your dress looks like a delicate flower just waiting for someone to step on it". I didn't really listen to his words until they replayed in my mind, inspiring me on my next design. I start sketching immediately because I don't want the design to slip my mind.
I don't notice how late it is until I notice everyone around me has gone home. I finalize my drawing of my design, pack up my things and head back to the apartment. When I get there, I notice Leo isn't. I sit in the lonely apartment and decide to text Haven and see if she wants to go out.
Me: Hey... want to go out later tonight?
Haven: Umm yes! Meet me at Josh's Bar in 2 hours... need to finish up some work first.
Me: Sounds good!
Leo
"Get the fuck off me man" I yell at the man who is pounding on my face with his fist. "Just let me meet with him"
"What the hell is going on out here?" I hear Elio say while looking between me and the guy on top of me.
"I asked to meet with Jasper and this guy just started to pound on me" I explain while touching my bloody eyebrow.
"What the fuck Cole" Elio says to the guy on me. "Follow me"
I shove Cole off of me and follow Elio. I lick one of my fingers and touch it to my eyebrow. I repeat the process, so the blood goes away, and by the time we reach Jasper, I can taste my blood lingering on my tongue.
"He's in here but don't piss him off, because I am the one who is going to have to deal with him" Elio says
I nod to him and place my hand on the cold silver door knob. I turn it and open the door. I see Jasper sitting at his desk with a bottle of Scotch to his left. He looks up at me and immediately takes a sip from the bottle.
"Oh come on, am I really that bad?" Pointing at the bottle
"Sit down." He orders. I make my way to the chair in front of his desk and rest my legs up on his table. "Move your fucking feet off my table"
"Well... looks like someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed" I say poking at the bear. I love testing Jasper. He is so fun to play with.
"What the fuck do you want. Every time you come in here, you always need something, so what is it this time" He asks me wanting to get to the point.
"Ok, well if you want to cut to the chase, I need 5g of coke" I ask
"Fuck Leo" Jasper says while shaking his head, "I just gave you some last week"
"I know, but some of my friends were in town and so I ran out. Come on man" I lie.
"What are you going to give me in return?" He asks
"What do you want?" I ask
"Nothing right now. Alright, lets make a deal. I give you the 5g right now, but if I ever need a favor from you, you can't turn it down" He proposes
"Fine, whatever" I say. Nothing he puts me up to will be worse than what Inimical has made me done in the past.
He stands up from his chair, and walks over to a painting hung on his wall. He takes it down which reveals a safe. He turns his body to block me from seeing him enter in a password. His safe unlocks after the first try and I see his hand enter it. Half of his arm disappears before he pulls it back out. He closes the safe, locks it, and puts the painting back on. He holds the plastic bag out for me to take, so I walk over to him and thank him before leaving.
//Any ideas on what Inimical might be??
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Hiraeth
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