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Post by Pavi Largo on Nov 24, 2011 9:13:35 GMT -8
Pavi grit his teeth behind his hands, eyes peering through gaps in his fingers as he watched his brother leave. He wished he could leave as well; away from the circus, away from Luigi, with a fresh face and the blood and sweat washed from his skin and clothes. But, as he was without a mask at the moment, it didn't look like he was going anywhere.
"Mina..." he said slowly, quietly so that only she could hear. "Aiutami, per favore." Luigi was right. He was pathetic. And all he could do about it was wallow in self-pity, like the immature little brother he knew he was. "Could-a I go into your tent?" He asked, trying to make his voice sound stronger than it actually was.
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Post by Mina Murray on Nov 24, 2011 15:06:31 GMT -8
"Naturalmente, non รจ necessario chiedere." Mina said back, delicately helping Pavi to his feet careful to keep his face turned to her. She wrapped her wings around his shoulder so that he was right up against her, his face against her shoulder. She only wished she had something to offer him, like another scarf or possibly a veil.
"Now, slowly step backwards." Mina whispered into his ear. "I'll be able to tend to your wounds there." Now that she was so close she could smell his split blood, and it made her very excited. Despite the situation they were in, it only felt natural.
The inside of her tent was desigend in a Gothic Revival style. The main colors fabric on the inside of the tent was a black velvet, and the carpet rolled out and staked to the ground was a deep ox blood red. At each of the corners were amber and red tinted lanterns, also in a Gothic Revival style. They sent a gold and red light all over the tent.
In the middle of the tent was a large couch upholstered in a bright red satin and black embroidery in the designs of oak leaves in black thread. This was where Mina led Pavi, setting him down gently. Then hurrying around the tent collecting supplies to patch him up. "You should lay down," She said gently. "You'll need your rest."
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Post by Pavi Largo on Nov 24, 2011 15:51:58 GMT -8
"Grazie."
As the entered the tent, Pavi at last allowed his hand to fall from his face, thinking it to be safe now that it was only he and Mina were there now. Around her, he felt less self-conscience about his disfigurement, for obvious reasons. Hopefully, being there with her, and away from his brother, would at least calm him down a little.
Pavi sighed as he was set down against the couch, feeling very much like a child again, being cared for by one of the Genterns...no, more like with his mother, with what little he could remember of her. Mina reminded him of her quite a bit, at least in the caring sense, though he'd kept this thought to himself throughout their "relationship," if you could call it that at this point.
"I don't-a need rest, Mina," he insisted, his voice still far from firm. "I just...need a bit of-a cleaning up, that's all." Even now, he knew that he wasn't lying very convincingly, considering that there was blood running down his scarred face, as well as two missing clips at the corners, which had left two small holes in his flesh. He didn't look his best at the moment, that was for sure, but all he could be concerned about was trying to how he was to be leaving again. Without being seen.
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Post by Mina Murray on Nov 25, 2011 13:23:42 GMT -8
Mina gave him a look that said she didn't believe him but she dropped it for now. She took out a washcloth and poured water on it from a pump, gently she began washing Pavi's face knowing how much he didn't like having it touched unless he had to. But where the clamps had been torn out looked particulary nasty, and his clothes were possibly beyond repair, they were ipped, stained with mud and blood. And even though Mina hated to admit it, seeing Pavi so battered, humiliated and filthy turned her on just a little bit.
While she cleaned him Mina's thought wandered to what he and his brother had been discussing before she had stepped out of the tent. Apparently they had been a bit...sexually attracted to one other in some dark twisted way. That had thrown her a bit, but it did explain quite a bit about why they acted towards eachother. "I want to thank you." She said gently, taking the washcloth away from Pavi's face and putting a bit of anti-bacterial cream on his facial wounds. "For protecting me. You didn't have to do that, but I'm glad you did."
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Post by Pavi Largo on Nov 25, 2011 20:17:16 GMT -8
Pavi winced slightly as the cloth made contact with his skin, letting out a gentle hissing sound as the woman began to clean his wounds. He hated this. Normally, he'd have no problem with allowing someone else to clean up after himself, tending to his pains and aches as she was doing now. He'd learned to rely on his mother as a child for these things, then on nannies and Genterns when she'd passed on.
But after being utterly humiliated for the thousandth time by his brother, Pavi just couldn't stand it anymore. If Luigi had been right about anything, it had been about his weaknesses. He was pathetic, he knew, and if this didn't prove it he didn't know what did. But, at the moment, he had little else he could do but allow the other to care for him.
At her remark, however, Pavi looked up in surprise. She was thanking him? Not...turning away or berating him for the other disgusting remarks he'd made that hadn't pertained to her? Pavi slowly began to realize that despite his own low opinion of himself, Mina seemed to have a bit of a different view on the matter. This confused the man, but he only shook his head in response, keeping his thoughts to himself.
"It's...it's-a nothing," he replied quietly. He began to wonder if she would have done the same for him, had he not been around, but didn't voice this question. Instead, he cautiously asked, "How...much did-a you hear of-a our conversation?"
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Post by Mina Murray on Nov 25, 2011 20:47:23 GMT -8
Mina smirked slightly at his unaccustomed modesty. It was sweet really that he had defended her honor and was now acting as if he did something like that everyday.
However when he asked about how much she heard Mina paused in her cleaning of his wounds, pausing with bandages. She had found out more than she cared to know about her....well she didn't quite have a word for what Pavi was to her.Lover didn't fit, nor did friend, she supposed that calling her a sex partner would fit but it felt wrong as well.
"I heard more enough." She said not looking him in the eye, unsure how she felt about Pavi's history with his brother and his family. Or even the fact that he...might want to even have sex with his brother.
Mina wondered, for just a second, if he thought about Luigi when he was with her. And if he just saw her for the sex, not that the did much of anything else with one another, and if he believed Luigi about her only seeing him for the blood and because it was one of her 'jobs' at the circus.
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Post by Pavi Largo on Nov 25, 2011 21:18:51 GMT -8
The fact that Mina refused to meet his eyes was enough to tell Pavi that she had indeed heard exactly what he'd feared. He closed his eyes for a moment, a sigh escaping him as he tried to sort out how to act upon this. It was only another thing to be ashamed of, this twisted attraction to his brother. But that was a problem for him to deal with in his own time...for Luigi to deal with as well, he supposed.
Now, he had bigger problems. One of which the need to know just where he and Mina stood at this point. Though he'd never admitted it aloud, Pavi knew very well that his attractions towards Mina had been growing, and not just for the sex or her body. He'd become, for lack of a better word, enamored with the vampiress. He'd started coming to the circus nearly everyday, and, while it was generally excepted that it was for sex and to fill his masochistic needs, it was for so much more that he kept coming back.
It was for her passion, her fire, her sadistic yet caring behavior...it was for her.
It seemed as though the playboy had been all but conquered.
"Mina," he said slowly after a few moments, gently grabbing hold of her wrist and looking into her eyes. Amazing; he'd never honestly felt nervous about talking to a woman - not since his youth, anyway - but now he felt frightened to ask his question. "Where....what, exactly, are-a we at-a this point?" He swallowed, feeling his light grip faltering as he waited for her answer.
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Post by Mina Murray on Nov 25, 2011 21:28:04 GMT -8
Mina was more than a little taken aback by Pavi's question, not only because she wasn't sure what to say to him but also the look in his eyes. So hopeful and sad... She wasn't sure how what she felt for him. Attraction yes, she was very very attracted to him. And she also felt protective of him and he to her, as today showed. But, on the other hand, she was still Hydes.
"I'm not sure." Mina said honestly placing one of her hands on his and rubbing his sking gently, pausing to think over what she was feeling. "Friends? Or rather friends with benifits? I don't think there's really a word for what we are."
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Post by Pavi Largo on Nov 25, 2011 21:45:12 GMT -8
Pavi closed his eyes, biting his lip uncertainly as to what he should say to that response. It wasn't exactly rejection...especially considering he hadn't truly voiced his own feelings towards the woman. He knew that she was connected with Hyde, more than likely more than she ever would be with him. He wasn't sure exactly how he felt about that, as he was caught somewhere between jealous and understanding, but he knew he'd have to learn to accept it.
And it wasn't easy, feeling this way, especially with a womanizing reputation such as Pavi's. Hell, what he was feeling might now have even been real "love," if he had to call it that, but merely stronger affection than he'd managed to find up until this point. But whatever it may be, he knew that he couldn't hide it much longer.
"Mina..." he started again, taking a deep breath. He didn't meet her gaze, but held her hand in his at the same time. "Look. I know-a that...that what-a we have isn't exactly what-a you'd call a 'relationship'...but...but I need-a you to be more than just a friend-a to me."
He looked back up at her now, a pleading look in his eyes. "Mina...I care-a for you...more than-a you know, more than-a I've ever cared-a for anyone. It's-a cliched, I know. It's-a stupid, I know. But, Mina...I think-a that I love-a you."
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Post by Mina Murray on Nov 25, 2011 22:02:23 GMT -8
At Pavi's confession Mina could feel her heart almost stop, her knees felt shakey, and her palms felt sweaty. He loved her....He loved her. She looked at him for several seconds, to see if he was teasing her or just saying it to get something from her.
She knew that she felt something for Pavi as well. Mina felt very protective of Pavi, the same way Hyde felt protective of her. And in the past, when she thought she might not see Pavi again, she felt sad as well. And despite Pavi's...rather sadistic and odd tendencies she felt safe and relaxed around him, more so than she felt with anyone else, because they understood one another better than anyone else could.
Mina placed one hand on Pavi's bare cheek and moved her thumb over the scared flesh and gently, even scarred and dirty she thought him handsome. "I love you too."
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Post by Pavi Largo on Nov 25, 2011 22:24:35 GMT -8
Pavi's eyes widened at this, his heartbeat quickening inside his chest as Mina's words hung in the air for a moment. Time briefly stopped, and all grew silent saw for the drumming noise pounding inside his head. When he seemed to at last grasp that she'd actually said what he thought she'd said, Pavi could still only look back at the woman, tongue-tied and surprise.
Knowing that words could only fail him at the moment, Pavi gently put a hand to the woman's cheek, pulling her closer and gently drawing her into a kiss. It felt strange, as it was incredibly unlike their usual fiery, heated kisses, and much more tender than he was used to in the first place. It somehow made Pavi feel much better, though, and he held the kiss for what seemed like very long moment.
When he at last pulled back, however, he kept his lips still very close to hers, and whispered softly, "Grazie."
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Post by Mina Murray on Nov 25, 2011 22:44:50 GMT -8
Mina's face flushed throughout the kiss, if she didn't know of her feelings for Pavi she knew them now. She felt better than she had in years, like she wasn't even part of this horrific circus, that she was still just a normal human woman who had never been through hell and back multiple times.
He made her feel like all was right with the world, despite the obvious being true. "I should be thanking you, cara mia." She whispered back. "You've given me something I never thought I'd have again, hope." She leaned forward and kissed him chastely on the lips, their flesh barely touching.
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Post by Pavi Largo on Nov 25, 2011 23:15:25 GMT -8
Pavi felt his skin warm slightly beneath the kiss, a sensation he hadn't felt in quite awhile. Considering the two were barely touching anywhere besides their lips, Pavi couldn't help but feel excited, his pulse quickening almost happily beneath the warmth of the other near him.
"And-a you," he said after a moment, pulling back for breath. "Have accepted-a me...for what I am...and did not-a turn away. And give-a me more comfort than I have-a ever felt."
How ridiculous, he couldn't help but think to himself, what they were doing. Exchanging sweet words like innocent, old-fashioned lovers, which they were anything but. But was even more ridiculous about the situation was...that Pavi liked it. A lot. All his discrepancies and worries from before had seemingly melted away, and firmly believed that he had Mina to thank for it. A dept he only hoped he could repay somehow.
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Post by Mina Murray on Nov 25, 2011 23:31:14 GMT -8
"How could I not.."Mina sighed reaching forward and gently running her fingers through Pavi's hair. "We're the same in a way. Both of us are....forced by uncontrolable circumstances to be monsters. You kill and steal faces and I take the blood from other living beings."
Mina moved closer to him and let her head rest on his shoulder, her fingers undoing the scarf around her throat exposing her own scars now.
"And we've shared the most vunerable parts to one another." Mina said in an almost whisper. "And, I don't think I could let anyone else touch these. Not even Edward."
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Post by Pavi Largo on Nov 26, 2011 6:29:40 GMT -8
Pavi stayed silent for a moment, letting her speak as he turned to look at the revealed scars upon the woman's neck. Slowly, carefully, he brushed his fingers over them, holding the woman closely with his other hand pressed softly against the back of her head. He still couldn't see them as hideous, no matter how much the woman had insisted that they were. Perhaps it came from growing up around countless surgeries and scars alike as part of daily life. Either way, in his mind, they were barely a problem; could even be found attractive to some degree, if you were into that sort of thing.
"And I would-a never allow anyone but-a you to touch-a my face," he replied softly, kissing the woman's healed wounds gently. "Willingly, anyway. And I love when-a you're vulnerable to-a me, Mina," he added, smiling lightly. Such a dominant woman...it pleased him to know that even she would allow him to appear as the more dominant side, and not just in the bedroom. It made him feel...well, loved. As he apparently was.
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