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Post by Kiba on Jul 24, 2010 19:37:49 GMT -5
Kiba was not irrational: he knew the importance of sleeping and eating, like most people did. But even though Helen had returned, he still kept his hunting to a couple of hours at most; digging up rabbits, that sort of thing. It helped that he wasn't roaming around looking for her anymore, so while he wasn't gaining weight yet, he wasn't losing it either. On the other hand he couldn't sleep, and while he didn't follow Helen everywhere, he was coming pretty close: Every time he heard so much as a sigh, he was immediately on alert.
Also, he was mind-numbingly terrified of waking up and finding out she'd vanished again. Not that he'd say anything about it--no, he was just fine patrolling the hallways somewhere between twilight and dawn.
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Post by Helen on Jul 24, 2010 19:42:15 GMT -5
Helen who's mind was too busy to sleep quite yet, managed to find herself standing at her door listening.
He'd been at it most of the night and it was beginning to really worry her.
Slowly she reached for the door knob, opening it with a low creak "Kiba?"
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Post by Kiba on Jul 24, 2010 19:54:32 GMT -5
His ears pricked immediately, and he headed over from the window.
"What is it?" His human voice came out rather raspy, belying the lack of sleep.
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Post by Helen on Jul 24, 2010 20:02:11 GMT -5
She looked up, bags starting to form under her eyes.
"You- you haven't been to sleep tonight, have you?"
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Post by Kiba on Jul 26, 2010 12:03:03 GMT -5
"No," he admitted, sitting down on the floor with a huff. Why wouldn't she be able to sleep, though? He wondered, and then came to the logical conclusion. "Is something wrong?"
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Post by Helen on Jul 26, 2010 16:36:12 GMT -5
"Oh" she looked down "nothing, I was, I'm just" she took a deep breath "I'm worried about you."
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Post by Kiba on Jul 27, 2010 12:47:38 GMT -5
"Me?" He tilted his head in confusion. Why would she be worried about him about if SHE'D been the one who vanished for no reason? There was nothing wrong with him at all! "I'm fine," he assured her. "I just... need to make sure nobody surprises us."
((Oh, Kiba. You have officially entered the denial phase.))
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Post by Helen on Jul 28, 2010 15:48:53 GMT -5
She smiled "Oh Kiba, it's okay if you take a break, really, I'm sure Tsume wouldn't mind taking over for a bit so you could get some sleep."
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Post by Kiba on Jul 30, 2010 15:12:08 GMT -5
"NO." It was louder than he'd intended, and he winced at the spattering of echoes before continuing. "I trust Tsume with a lot of things, but I... I can handle this."
He took a breath and repeated it more firmly. "I can."
It still didn't sound convincing.
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Post by Helen on Jul 30, 2010 23:41:08 GMT -5
Helen was taken back for a moment, holding her hands on her chest "I- fine" she replied, looking more than a little upset "but, you- you really should rest, it's not good for you, not to. I know a lot is going on, but, but you won't be any, any good to anyone hurt and tired."
She moved back in to the shadows of her room, leaving the door cracked.
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Post by Kiba on Aug 2, 2010 13:52:16 GMT -5
That went worse than he'd expected, he thought in frustration when Helen went back to sleep. But he might as well follow her advice, since there was nothing left to do.
With a weary huff, he circled a few times in front of her door and flopped down onto his side.
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Post by Helen on Aug 2, 2010 18:46:32 GMT -5
Helen heard his huff, after plopping down on the floor.
She smiled and pressed her face in to her pillow glad to be safe again.
Glad to be, with him.
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