Boss Rimi's posts

She had a nightmare about fire? Clint frowned. "Well...maybe it has something to do with Aurelie coming over? Maybe she brought back bad memories or maybe you just hate her so much you want to set fire to the place where she and her people meet and kill them?" Clint suggested. "I mean, after all they've been doing, trying to drag you to their place, tormenting you. Stalking you, shooting at you, drugging you. I wouldn't blame you if you wanted to kill them. It was just a bad dream Mads, I wouldn't focus on it too much." He told her calmly. Sometimes our brain had ways of expression our emotions in a dream. It would give us the satisfaction we couldn't have in reality, if only for a short while.

Kaneko's smile vanished when he told her how he felt. "A furnace?" She repeated and lightly rested her hand on his forehead. "You're burning up!" She gasped and quickly scrambled off to get the thermometer. "Let's see what your temperature is." She said, mostly to herself. "Open up." She said and when he did, Kaneko gently stuck the thermometer underneath his tongue. "Close." She instructed. Then she pressed the button and waited until it beeped. When it did, she just pulled it out and looked at the small screen. "102.3" She said quietly and sighed. That wasn't good. "Okay, well it looks like we're staying in tonight and it looks like you're stuck with nurse Boa today." She said to him, turning the thermometer off and wiping it down with a disinfectant wipe. "Alright, no blankets I'm afraid." Kaneko said and pushed the blanket off of his body. "One second. I'm going to get some warm water and a cloth. But here, drink some tea. It will help." She said, handing him his cup of tea.

When Clint woke up it was pretty early, but he was starving. That's what happened when all you really ate was the small lunch you had. Getting out of bed, he left to shower then got dressed and tossed his clothes in the basket before making his way to the kitchen. He hesitated when he reached Maddie's room but couldn't help it and knocked softly before looking inside. "Mads. you're awake?" He asked her and yawned softly. "Didn't sleep any?" He asked curiously, making his way to the edge of her bed where he sat down. She didn't look like she got any sleep. In fact, she looked scared. "Nightmare." He concluded.

He really was curious to see her reaction to the cake. Now, Mia wasn't too crazy about sweets but she wouldn't turn one down on occasions. Picking up her fork, she dug into the cake and ate a piece. It was very good, she already tasted the banana cream used in the middle. "So good." She said after drinking more tea. "I really like this, surprisingly." She admitted. Honey's eyes widened in joy, she liked it! "Does that mean you'll stay?" The smaller boy asked her. Mia raised a brow towards him. "Stay? Well I have to go home at some point I'm afraid." She replied.

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Haruhi frowned but nodded. "Understood. It was a pleasure meeting you Alice. Perhaps next time, we can talk more." She told her then looked at the twins. Go ahead. If Tamaki asks I'll just inform him of the situation." She told them. The twins nodded and walked off after Alice, one on each side of her. They knew this couldn't go very well. It was no real secret that Alice's mother didn't take too kindly towards them. Why? They weren't sure.

((Yeah, and to my favorite time of year! ^ u ^ ))

"Good morning Allen. I hope you slept well. I made us some peppermint tea. I thought it would be fitting for the season. Well, I wasn't sure if I should make this one or cinnamon tea but I like this one much more." Kaneko admitted, setting the tea cups down on the bedside table. "I'll work on breakfast right now, I just wanted to check up on you. You doing okay? Do you need anything? Hungry? Thirsty? If you don't want to drink tea t-that's okay." She said quietly and brushed some hair away from her face. He seemed fine and the last time she had checked his wound it was pretty small. There was no blood, so it was healing up very nicely.

Did he have any lipstick stains on him? He hoped not but he was going to check before bed. What about dinner? He could go without that for now. Bills were first. He read through them and made sure to pay them in full before stuffing them back in the mailbox and dragging himself back inside. The door was locked, the lights were turned off, trash was thrown out, laundry was folded and put away after taking it from the dryer. The house went silent. Clint walked into his bathroom, washed the lipstick of his face and neck then brushed his teeth and headed to bed to sleep.

Mia chuckled. Mitsukuni was always so...outspoken and Takashi kept to himself but watching them, they both had an understanding. Takashi didn't need to say much to get the other's attention. Honey pouted a bit when the other apologized and figured it was just an honest mistake, although he did have questions. Which he would ask when it was just the two of them. He was curious what had distracted Takashi from getting the stuff in the first place. "It's okay Takashi." He answered and looked at Mia expectantly. "Try it!" He instructed. Mia blinked and nodded quickly. She lifted her cup of tea and carefully blew on it before taking a small sip. It was warm and very tasty. Not too sweet or bitter at all. "Delicious." She said, laughing when Honey slid a plate with a slice of cake on it towards her. "Try it!"

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"You're leaving so soon?" Haruhi asked. Her brown eyes on Alice, "Really?" She asked, standing. The twins didn't look too pleased, but they knew they couldn't do anything about it. "Can't you ask your mother if you can stay a little while longer? Even just a few minutes longer?" Haruhi asked. "It's no use Haruhi. Alice's mother does not negotiate." Hikaru muttered. "We'll walk you out to the gate, Alice." Kaoru suggested politely.

((Thank-you! I tried my best.))

Kaneko couldn't be happier, she was smiling like a big goof sitting here on his lap like this. Oh but she was happy, as she always was when she was with him. He was her everything. He represented so much for her. Things that she never had for the longest time. Safety, happiness, affection, familiarity. She had been safe at home yes, but she was always left alone so she never really felt safe. She wasn't happy, her father never allowed her to be. Affection was something she stopped getting so long ago and familiarity as well. She knew her father, recognized him, but she didn't know who he had become. She had lost her father long before he had been arrested. And she had lost her mother long before that as well. Maybe they weren't going to be safe as long as hunters existed, but she would fight back. Allen was the person she loved and she was going to do whatever it took to protect him. Whatever it took.

---Timeskip to month later---

Christmas time was a few days away and even though there was not real point in decorating, Kaneko couldn't help it. She had woken up early and decorated the entire house with a few things they had bought weeks prior. Her humming as usual was the only music that filled the house. No big tree because that would take forever to set up in here but they had a small one and yes, she got Allen a gift or two. It had been hard to pick something out because he wouldn't be able to see it but she wanted to surprise him anyway. Was there any mistletoe hanging around? Maybe there was. Now Kaneko had made some peppermint tea and was making her way back to their room to have it there for when Allen woke up.

When he arrived home, Clint's head was swimming. Probably from the alcohol he had or because of Jess. Probably both. All he knew was that he was glad to be home. He locked the front door behind him and dragged himself to Maddie's room to check on her. Thankfully she was asleep, he didn't want to even look at her right now. Wait, why? It's not like you and Maddie are anything anyway. Just friends. Nothing wrong with kissing an ex. Blame it on the drink you had...right? Maybe. There had been spark though. Clint cursed beneath his breath and went to check on his laundry, tossing it in the dryer and heading to the table where he groaned and stared at the small pile of mail on the table.

Every thing Tamaki said opened up new questions for Mia to ask. Although she didn't get the chance to because then he said his goodbyes and excused himself to go and talk to the others. Of course she understood though. He couldn't focus on just one person, that wouldn't be fair to the others. "Thank-you." She had said before he left. Mia looked back at Takashi and smiled softly. Mori-senpai? Strange nickname. "You aren't much of a talker are you Takashi?" She noted. "It's okay, you don't have to talk. I understand. I don't really talk to people I don't really know. It's hard talking to a stranger." She said quietly. Honey returned, balancing a tray with sweets and tea for them. "I brought our sweets and the tea. I hope you like it Mia. Would you like me to pour you some tea?" He asked her. Mia smiled politely at the short boy. "Yes please, and thank-you. The sweets look delicious." She said. Honey looked at Takashi then carefully poured the tea with wobbly hands since the teapot was pretty big and heavy. "They are very delicious!" He agreed.

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The three watched her get up and leave. "She'll come back I'm sure." Haruhi said. Though the twins shared a look. If it was her mother, then this probably wouldn't end well. "Should we go check on her?" Hikaru asked. Kaoru thought for a moment and sipped his tea. "Give her some space. If she doesn't come back in a few minutes, we can go check on her. For now, let's just let her take that phonecall, it might be important." He suggested. Haruhi nodded. "I agree. We should give her a bit of space. If she really if leaving, she would at least come back to say bye wouldn't she?" Haruhi asked them.

The group talked for hours, reminiscing about the collage days. Mentioning old classmates, talking about the good and bad, the crushes they had, flings, whatever it was. Jess went on and on about her and Clint when they had dated, but Clint never said anything. He didn't regret dating her because at one point he did love her but then it got to a point where he had to choose her over his future. She wanted to drink all the time and skip class. He wanted to go to class and get a part time job. And so he had to break up with her. It wasn't easy but eventually he got over it, unlike her. Here she was, clinging to him and then when it was time for him to get going, she followed him out. Which he didn't like. "Alright I'm going now Jess. Try to calm down before you head home." He warned her and then she kissed him, and there were spark, but he had to push her away quick. "Jess...please stop okay? You're a really nice person but we both want different things. You have to let me go. Move on with your life and find someone you really deserve." He said, quickly getting in his car and locking his door. He refused to roll down the window, feeling a pang of guilt when he saw hoe heart broken she looked. "Shite." He muttered and rolled the car window down halfway. "Don't do this Jess...please." He told her and buckled up. "I need to go." he said and motioned at her to approach the window. "Come here." he muttered and when she did, he un buckled his seat belt and gave her another kiss. "That's it. Goodnight Jess." Clint rolled the window back up when she backed away and buckled up then headed back home. Kicking himself the entire way.

"I'm just having one drink okay? Then I'm heading out." Clint informed. "Oh man what the hell? Why? You just got here dude." A male said. "Yeah I know, but I got stuff to do back home and I have work tomorrow. I can't exactly get wasted either." Clint countered simply, groaning when Jess tried to get him to pay attention to her. There was history between them yeah, but they were over, done. He had moved on, she clearly hadn't. He was actually glad for the drink when it arrived, very cold. "Surprised you even showed up to be honest." Another male commented. "To be fair, I wasn't going to show up for obvious reasons but I decided why the hell not. It's just one drink...and we haven't hung out in the longest time. I take it you guys are all busy with stuff right? Work and whatever else you do?" He asked, taking a sip of his drink.

Mia looked up when the blonde haired male approached. "Oh, hello there." She said, bowing her head in respect. "I see, so you are the king of this club...and the girls are the princesses?" She said and giggled, her smile was rather pretty and every time she did, she would crinkle her nose a tad bit. "I must say this is a very interesting club. I was just telling Takashi here how I've never heard of anything like this back home." She explained. "It must take a lot of hard work to manage this club though...I imagine. But, your friends here obviously help you right?" She asked.

Honey watched as Mia talked with Tamaki, he had the gift. Every girl always wanted to talk to him. He looked to his cousin and huffed before getting up. "I'll go get the sweets and tea. Usa-chan, wait for me here okay?" He said before walking off to get the sweets and tea for Mia and for himself and his cousin. How could Takashi forget? Maybe he was just distracted by other stuff?

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"We're promising a secret?" Haruhi remained confused with that answer. Both Haruhi and Kaoru listened to what Alice had to say. A secret? What secret? How bad could this secret be that she called herself a terrible friend. Haruhi had only just met her though, so she thought maybe this was more directed towards the twins since they had known Alice longer than she had. "H-hey...you don't have to tell us if you don't want to Alice it's fine. We won't think any less of you." Hikaru assured her. Kaoru nodded, "Exactly. You are our friend Alice, regardless of this secret. We all have secrets, it doesn't make us bad people because of it."

Clint arrived at the place where they always got together to hang out. A high end bar. Already he was regretting coming here. He should have just stayed home and looked through his male after making dinner. "Relax, you're not even going to stay for very long Clint, remember?" He reminded himself and stepped out of his car after he had parked. He grabbed his wallet, phone and keys then headed inside the dimly lit building. At first, he didn't see his friends but then he did and the girl practically threw herself at him, reeking of alcohol. "I told you I didn't want you drunk Jess." He muttered, holding her only so she wouldn't fall over. "Would you have wanted me if I weren't?" She asked and snickered. "No." He answered simply, making her pout. "You're no fun Clint. You used to be very fun." Clint sighed and walked her back to the table where the others were waiting. "Another round of drinks!" One of his friends ordered. Clint sat Jess down and took a seat beside her. "I was fun yes, when I was a kid. I have a job now, responsibilities. You know that." He muttered and greeted his other friends. This was going to be a long night, he could already tell.