Sony waved goodbye to Parkinson, Andarta, and the boy who had just walked up to them. He seemed friendly enough though, so she made a mental note to get to know him better later as well. She followed Mr. Star's lead back to the library and couldn't help but smile as Mr. Star seemed to be mesmerized by the sight of rows and rows of book shelves. There were a lot, a lot of books which meant there were a lot, a lot of words to go with them. Sony realized that she has never read anything before yet somehow those symbols, or letters, made sense to her and had meanings once they were put together. For example, that sign said 'L-i-b-r-a-r-y' which spelled out 'library' which was a building that holds many books and other resources that people are able to use to obtain information or simply for recreational purposes. It was convenient but kind of weird that they already had some knowledge and skills installed into them.
Sony smiled shyly at Mr. Star as he spoke to her, asking her what she was going to look for. She hadn't really thought about that. She just wanted to hang out with him.
"I want to read something..." she began, trying to think of something that she could say. Well, there was something she was interested in.
"Oh! I want to read some fiction. I don't know what exactly yet, but I think I'll find something I like there." . She glanced over at the large fiction section to discover that it was separated to even more subcategories. Romance, Sci-fi, Historical, Modern, and it seemed to go on and on.
She would check it out later, but first followed Mr. Star into the history section.
"I hope you find a good reason to use your name. I... don't think I actually know what your name is but even if you find a reason to use it, can I still call you Mr. Star Face or Mr. Star?" she asked, while tilting her head slightly.
It seemed that her friend had already found a book that caught his attention, so she made her way back to the fiction section. She did not really know where to start and there were so many books, filled with so many things. It was all dizzying. But she needed to start somewhere. She closed her eyes and held her hand out and then spun around a few times before stopping in front of a book shelf. She found her hand pointing at a book titled "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway. The cover was pretty enough so she decided to give it a shot.
She found a table, hoping that Mr. Star would find a book and join her. Sitting at another table was another boy, with very interesting green hair that she wanted to touch to see if it was real. It reminded her of seaweed. Then came the cat boy, the one that was getting beat up horribly and then... She felt scared just looking at him. She didn't want to be scared. He looked nice and his cat onesie was really cute. But she could not stop thinking about what happened earlier when she looks at him. She opened her book quietly, but could not focus on the words. She forced herself to read the words out loud, but softly enough so it wouldn't bother anyone.
"Robert Cohn was a middleweight boxing champion of Princeton..." Every once in a while, she would pause and look up from her book to see if he was still there. There were words that she did not know and some that simply did not sink in but kept going, half-heartedly.
Subject 268: Doc/Chester | Ft. Red
Red sat against her door and threw a rubber ball across her room
"What's there to talk about Doc, you made you point clear." She threw the ball with more aggression, slightly getting angered by the whole situation. D was not an antagonist but he knew what he was doing, very clearly in fact, and she hated that he could be the way he was, he wasn't bound to stuff like this, because he clearly did not give a fuck.
Doc coughed awkwardly. He still hasn't figured out what he had wanted to say to his partner. He leaned back against the door once he was certain that she wasn't going to open it any time soon.
"Why has this... we haven't... our relationship has been..." for once the words coming out of his mouth was not making coherent sense. He paused for a moment, trying to collect his thoughts.
"Do you care for me in that way?" he finally asked.
She scoffed.
"Do I care for you in that way? Can I ask you a question? Doc? How long have we been together? How long have we suffered together that I wouldn't grow an attachment to you? Wouldn't feel things towards you? For a smart guy, you're a fucking dumbass sometimes...""So it is only because of the situation? It's not because of who I am?" Doc replied, staring hard at the ground.
"If Zayn was here, what would I be to you?" After saying that, he quickly regretted it.
"Sorry, that was unfair of me.""Ouch cutting deep with that one arent we....." she angrily laughed out and threw the ball with enough force to get it stuck in the middle, before Doc started speaking again.
He slunk down so he was sitting on the floor, resting his back on the door and sighed. He wasn't fixing anything. Now he was simply digging up more skeletons.
"Red, I don't know how I feel for you..." he began.
"No, actually, I do. What I feel for you is more than some petty romantic feelings. I don't dream about holding your hands or kissing you. But I know that I want you by my side because you are my anchor. And like you have said, after everything we have went through, if you weren't here with me, there would be nothing stopping me from destroying myself." His body was shaking as he spoke, but he had finished his piece. Now, he waited for Red's response.
Hitting her with what he said, she froze in place and didn't know what to think in all honesty, it was Doc...that's for sure, he was being extremely...different with that, she had never heard that from him.
Doc would feel the door open behind him and and he'd d fall back, his head resting on Red's thighs and her face covered with her hair
"You realize that was probably the most god damn cheesiest thing I've heard since Zayn was around right? You're a fucking dork..." she laughed and then she realized the position he was in, her face getting serious, she moved her hair out of her face and lowered her face to his, just to kiss him slightly before pulling back quickly
"Wait, I'm sorry that was uncalled for..."Doc's eyes widened as he felt himself get pulled down onto Red's lap. He didn't have any time to respond to her when she leaned down, placing her lips onto his. After she broke away, he did not move and just gazed up at her face. Strange, he never really gotten a good look at her face before. It was hard to imagine that this young-looking girl has been forced to see and do such unspeakable things. Her red eyes revealed her vulnerability at this moment. Was she hoping for something? Expecting something from him?
Awkwardly, though it did not seem necessary at this point, he asked,
"Are we okay again?"She sighed
"You're still a dumbass that cant take a hint...yes we're fine, but you know...we're in my room and that's totally against the rules, might as well get into more trouble, right?" she started raising her shirt, until she started laughing hard, lowering her shirt back
"I'm just fuckin with ya, now are you going to give me another kiss or are we gunna sit here awkwardly and not doing anything, I figure we're old enough, so you gunna make me keep asking?" she played with his hair and she looked at him again.
Doc sighed in relief as Red put her shirt back down.
"We haven't officially discussed the terms of our relationship so I'm not entirely sure how appropriate this is." he replied blankly.
"Oh god dammit Doc-" she leaned her face down until she kissed him and her hands reached to the side of his face. Moving him up she sighed
"you suck so much sometimes...." pulling the ball out of the wall, she turned and leaned against the back metal wall of her room
"So I guess lets talk about it..."The second kiss should have been less of a surprise for Doc but it wasn't. He froze and did not move until she lifted his head off her lap to get up. He followed her, getting up himself and walked towards her.
"Yes, so..." Doc had only read about the dreaded "talk" in books and never expected to have to do such nonsense himself. But he supposed he kind of knew the direction of the conversation.
"...how would you like to define our relationship?" he asked.
"Define our relationship? Gosh Doctor I dont know, sometimes i feel like he doesn't treat me right, he beats me to, Doctor what do i do? Should I dump him?" she joked and laughed
"Jesus Doc, are you always gunna be so...I dunno Doc about it? How would you like to categorize our relationship Doc? Answer that first and then I'll answer you" she held her arms behind her back and clasped her fingers together.
"Can we just go back to the way we were before all of this?" answered Doc.
"It was working just fine before and we don't need to complicate things. Yes, I liked our previous arrangement very much. Your thoughts?"Red remained silent, walking to her desk, she pulled the chair out and pulled it up in front of Doc.
"You are the biggest fucking idiot I have ever met, after all I just confessed to you and then you want to go back to normal. You said those things and you expect us to go back to normal like that? Really?" she looked at him face to face.
Doc looked into her eyes, without even blinking.
"My dear, I do not remember a confession on your part." He gave her a mischevous smile and patted her on the head.
"So you were saying?"Red put her hands on his face
"My kiss was my confession you asshole...." she pulled him closer and kissed him again, pulling her face away slightly
"and I'm gunna keep doing it until you do it back, so does that answer your question you asshole?" before giving him a chance to answer she kissed him again, pulling back and putting a hand on her hip.
As Doc was being drowned in Red's kisses, he could not help but smile. He raised his hand so his index finger was in between their lips.
"Fine, fine. You win. I will play this 'dating' game with you but I assure you, I am definitely not one's ideal lover." He grabbed Red's face and kissed her passionately and when he broke the kiss, he kissed her once more on the forehead.
"I am free now, right?" he chuckled, turning around and made his way back towards the door.
"Good night, Red." Red smirked, jumping on his back from the chair, she wrapped her legs around his waist
"Oh no you dont, not so fast Mister" she giggled and then put her forehead on his shoulder
"I love you Doc...just wanted to say that..." she bit him playfully
"Don't you dare use that against me...dork..." she smiled like an idiot out of the view of Doc.
Doc rolled his eyes, though Red wouldn't be able to see it.
"Yes, yes. Thank you. Good night," he replied, trying to remove himself from her grasp.
"Mmmm...you gotta join me~" she said holding on tighter.
Doc began to loosen her grip on him, gently pulling her off his back.
"Red, I will see you tomorrow." His voice became more stern.
"You know the consequences of me staying here with you already."She looked at him "
Please? So I know this isn't me just asleep...Im not asking because Im playing with you, Im asking because im afraid that Ill lose this..."Doc caressed her face with one hand while the other was placed on her shoulder.
"I promise you that this is real. Tomorrow morning, the first thing I will say to you is, 'Good morning, Red.' and the second thing I'm going to say is, 'Fruit cake'. and then you are going to know for sure that this was real. Now good night, Red." He leaned in to kiss her once more on the cheek. Convinced that she must be finally satisfied with him, he left her room and went into his own.
Lying on the bed, he sighed deeply.
"Well, today was eventful. Damn D and his meddling ways. Now what have I gotten myself into?" he thought to himself and he just sat there for hours, thinking before he fell asleep.
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