Hold still!

Well Shit... || Meg

Despite all her efforts, Meg had fallen asleep a couple of hours after Koda had, waking up again after a few hours and forcing herself to sit up, so when Koda woke up, she instantly switched into protective mode and climbed onto his lap. Running her fingers over his forearms, Meg tried to make eye contact with him, kissing his cheek softly. “Babe, Koda, it’s okay, it was just a nightmare, you’re alright, you’re okay.” She promised again and again, brushing her thumbs over his cheeks and running her fingers through his hair, more for her comfort than his.

He shivered as he felt her fingers along her skin, admittedly confused when he realized that she was sitting on his lap but it didn't really matter to him before he hugged her closer, trying to hold back his tears. "I'm sorry," he murmured softly, trying to wipe away his tears. He hated that he did this, he hated that he still wasn't over Sitka's death, he wished he was. He wished that he wasn't so weak. Taking a deep breath, he forced his tears to stop and pulled away, looking down at the sheets. "Sorry, I just...sorry." At least he managed to sleep.

Well Shit... || Meg

Smiling softly, Meg just shifted slightly so she could wrap her arms around him a little tighter, shrugging softly. “I wish I could help more. I’ve got some sleeping pills, if you want them.” She offered, her large smile quickly fading as he started to cry. Running her fingers through his hair again, Meg cooed softly, murmuring how much she loved him into his ear and kissing his skin softly, doing everything she could think of to get him to stop crying. As soon as she felt him relax in her arms, Meg breathed out a long sigh of relief, doing her best to be entirely still, forcing herself to stay awake, just in case he woke up again.

Shrugging, he murmured that it wasn't necessary, besides, he'd never taken sleeping pills before and he probably wouldn't start now.  As she made soft sounds, Koda found it a lot easier to relax and slowly began to calm down, the only sigh he'd still heard her after a while was how tightly he was holding her against him. The tan boy managed to get through most of the night before around dawn bolting nearly out of his skin, sitting up straight and breathing heavily, tears clouding his vision. He couldn't remember where he was, or anything; all he could see was Sitka and how he could have screamed at him to move but he wouldn't hear him. It happened over and over again.

Well Shit... || Meg

"You didn’t upset me, it’s fine." She said quietly, her smile growing even more at his whine. "You didn’t answer my question." She replied, shivering lightly when his hands slipped under her shirt, kissing the side of his head and starting to run her fingers over his spine again. "Do you remember what we were talking about when we first met? About aliens and heroes and stuff, and you said you’d always be the dumb sidekick?" She asked quietly, remembering something she’d been thinking about for a really long time, hoping that if she just kept talking, eventually he’d pass out. "Well, now you know that’s not true. As cheesy and stupid as it is, you’re my hero, and I love you more than anything in the world." She should probably have brought up the other thing she figured out, but right now probably wasn’t the time for pregnancy talk, or talk of her leaving, even if it was only a week.

Nodding his head, Koda just kissed the corner of her mouth again. It took him a second to think of what she was talking about to realize and answer her. "I usually just, watch you sleep and play with your hair or I talk to my mom and Sitka." Shivering at her touch, Koda growled softly, almost like a purr before nodding his head; his breath catching a little in his throat at the mention of their first conversation. His eyes got heavier and he just smile as she spoke before his eyes got glossy and he pulled her flush to him, sniffling and tears rolling down his cheeks. "Thank you," he managed to croak out, his face buried in the crook of her neck, "I love you so much, asik." And he did, more than he could ever say. As he laid there with her in his arms, the tan boy felt himself drifting off, cold tears slowly drying on his cheeks. "I love you so so much." He mumbled before sleep took him.

Well Shit... || Meg

"Hey, no, what’re you sorry for?" She asked quietly, wrapping her arms around him tightly when he pulled her down next to him, running her hands over his back slowly. "Babe, I’m right here, it’s okay." She promised, kissing his cheek and pulling him towards her, keeping her arms around him tightly. "Everything’s fine." Rolling her eyes, Meg just smiled back at him, slipping one of her hands under his shirt so she could press her palm against his skin, moving the other one to brush her thumb over his cheek lightly. "You haven’t even tried yet." She teased, before kissing his nose lightly. "What’d you usually do when you can’t sleep?"

"What I said earlier, I didn't mean to upset you when I was talking about Jessie." His voice was soft, a small whine of happiness leaving his lips as she wrapped her arms around him, pulling her closer. God, his body seemed to instantly relax around her. He let himself be pulled towards her, burying his face in the crook of her neck and just inhaling softly before exhaling. She smelled like coffee and roses. Making another noise of happiness as he felt her hand against his skin, Koda leaned in to her touch, smiling weakly at her kiss before pressing one to the side of her neck. "I love you so much, asik." He said softly, his hands gently coming to rest on the small of her back, under her shirt.

Well Shit... || Meg

Meg’s frown just deepened when she saw how tired he looked, and she didn’t even try to smile back at him, although she realized that probably would’ve been a good thing. “Why haven’t you been sleeping? Or eating?” She asked, ignoring everything else he said. That’s all she was focusing on. Sighing quietly, Meg shifted so that she was sitting next to him, pushing him back onto the bed and running her fingers through his hair, leaning down to kiss his forehead lightly. “Just try to sleep, and if you wake up we’ll figure something out, okay?” She said, giving him a reassuring smile and grabbing onto his hand, holding it tightly. She wanted to apologise, for a lot of things, but figured that could wait, It wasn’t important right now.

His heart just sunk a bit further into his chest as she didn't smile back at him and he just shrugged. "No appetite and just can't." He let her push him back onto the bed before really really quietly saying. "I'm sorry, tatkret. I didn't, I'm sorry." His voice cracked at the end and he ended up pressing his knees to his chest before pulling her down to his level. "I just, please?" He didn't even know what he was asking for really, maybe for her not to leave, maybe for her to just hold him, he didn't really know. No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't do it. Sleep wouldn't come. Blinking a few times, he smiled weakly at her. "Told you, I can't."

Well Shit... || Meg

Meg jumped slightly from her position on the couch when he walked back inside, and her heart sunk. There was still the small ball of rage, but it had shrunk, and now she was just sad. She should’ve stopped him, she should’ve done something. But instead, she just let him leave. She watched with a frown as he curled up on the couch, staying silent for a few moments before cautiously walking over to the bed and sitting by his feet. “B-Koda, are you alright?” She asked quietly, folding her hands in her lap and gnawing at her bottom lip. “Are you pissed off with me?”

As he heard her voice, the younger boy sat up slowly, putting the pillow down before rubbing at his eyes. "No and no." The answer was weak and as he looked over at her, you could see the dark bags under his eyes and he just smiled weakly again. "I'm not mad at you, babe." His voice grew softer and he just shrugged. "I can't sleep. Haven't been sleeping, can't eat much, if at all and I upset you earlier. So it's just been a shitty few days." He tried to joke with a smile but a yawn over took his train of thought. "I don't know what to do anymore when it comes to sleeping, I manage a few minutes but it always end with me waking back up and never being able to fall back asleep." The tan boy looked and sounded so so tired.

Well Shit... || Meg

"I’m glad she could help." Meg said honestly, kissing his cheek lightly with a sad smile. "She sounds great." She forced herself to say, hoping that Koda would stop talking about her, really soon preferably. Laughing softly at his whining, Meg just wrapped her arms around his a little tighter and kissed his neck again, trying not to comment about the amount of classes they had together. "Okay, okay I get it, she’s amazing." Meg teased, her smile straining slightly. "Go find her babe, I’ve got a bunch of stuff to do. And you don’t need to be here for most of them." She added, kissing his forehead before climbing off him and nudging him off the bed. Her mom had made her promise to call, and she needed to try and organize future stuff anyway. She was just hoping she could put that off for another week or so, but she didn’t really feel like talking about Koda’s fun friends anymore.

Venting~ || Jane P

Well Shit... || Meg

Meg couldn’t help that her grin almost completely disappeared at that, and she just ran her nails down his chest lightly, quirking an eyebrow up at him. “Who’s Jessie?” She asked, forcing herself to smile up at him, although it was more like a smirk than anything. “Are you sure? I don’t mind you going and hanging out with her, I’ve got homework to do anyway.” She had to force herself to say that, too. That’s what good girlfriends did, they were understanding and all that crap, even when they really didn’t want to be. Smirking again when she saw Koda’s hickey, she leaned forward and nipped at his skin again, suddenly very glad she’d given him that the night before. Although a few more couldn’t help.

A shiver ran down his spine as her nails dragged along his skin and he smiled at her before speaking again. "She's just a girl I met, actually, she helped a lot when I was dealing with Sitka's death," it was weird to say that out loud..."she's a Brave, I think. Curly red hair, country accent, wears cowgirl boots. She's cool, really nice too." Shaking his head, Koda just cuddled closer to Meg before whining. "Noooo, it's fine. I wanna be with you, I'm sure I'll see Jessie next week, we have a decent amount of classes together too." Raising an eyebrow at her as she nipped at his skin, the tan boy just smiled at her before kissing the side of her head. "She's really nice and fun, kinda like Danny but less hyper and more crazy."

Well Shit... || Meg

Meg couldn’t help laughing softly at his grumbling, propping her chin up on his chest and grinning up at him. It was too late now, she was awake, and grumpy Koda was fun. “Aw come on, we’re awake now. I thought you loved the ass crack of dawn.” She teased, sitting up a little more and rubbing her eyes, before laying back down with him, starting to trace patterns over his chest.. “What’d you wanna do today?”

Yawning again, Koda groaned lightly at her words, "I was lying, this sucks." The only reason he was being like this was cause his sleep had been absolute shit. But as she began to trace patterns along his chest, the tan boy just grinned before speaking quietly. "No clue, Jessie mentioned something about paying me back for the snowball fight we had but I doubt she'll be looking for me today. So, what do you want to do?" So this could possibly be an awful idea but he might as well see how she handles jealousy now, he'd be sure to reassure her after all this if she didn't hate him again. "My day is pretty open."

Well Shit... || Meg

Frowning intensely when she felt Koda shift underneath her, Meg kept her eyes closed and just groaned, rolling off him and burying under the covers, with her back to him. “Why do you do this to me?” She groaned again, trying to stretch out her legs and pushing him a little closer to the edge of the bed in the process. 

At her groan and her legs pushing against him, he sleepily rolled his eyes before reaching under the covers and pulling her back on top of him. "Not on purpose," he spoke slowly, rubbing at his eyes, "you're a light sleeper and I wake up at the ass crack of dawn." Growling softly, he held her close before closing his eyes again. "Go back the fuck back to sleep." The words were mumbled lovingly as he kissed the top of her head, letting his eyes close again. Koda when tired was almost like a different person, grumpier and he swore a lot plus his self control went out the window.

Well Shit... || Meg

Well Shit... || Meg

Well Shit... || Meg

Smiling softly, Meg leaned forward to kiss his cheek before she shook her head. “Can you just, stay out here? I don’t really, I’m pretty sure I’ll want to be alone for a while before I tell you, whatever it says.” She said quietly, before kissing his temple lightly. “Do you think, um, you could walk me to class tomorrow maybe?” She asked, blushing lightly before looking down at her hands. “Don’t worry, that was stupid.” She said, looking up at him with another smile, still blushing. Her smile grew a little wider when he laughed, and she just rolled her eyes lightly before letting them close, curling her fingers around his shirt. “Stop trying to outdo my ‘I love you’s’.” She murmured, still smiling softly.

Well Shit... || Meg

Blushing furiously when he kissed her cheek, Meg just bit back her grin before shrugging. “The spelling is the easy part.” She teased quietly, kissing his jaw lightly. Meg just raised an eyebrow as he continued talking, settling for drawing circles on his wrist, as she listened, keeping her eyes on his hand. “So, you don’t think I’m - I’ll take another test tomorrow.” She mumbled quietly, before smiling up at him and kissing him softly. She couldn’t help the small pang of sadness in her chest, but otherwise she was just relieved. That was good news. “Love you.” She murmured against his lips with another smile, before pushing him down onto his back and curling up on his chest.

Smiling at her words, Koda just bit his lip before kissing her lightly. "I bet it is." He murmured, his smile turning into a smirk. Nodding his head at her words, he smiled back at her. God, when she smiled at him, it felt like everything was right in the world. "Sounds like a good plan, uh, do you want me here when you take it?" His question was soft, almost shy. Laughing loudly as she pushed him down, Koda just wrapped his arms around her waist, nuzzling closer with a smile before gently pressing his lips against her neck. "I love you too. More than anything else in the world."

Venting~ || Jane P

Jane had just gotten back from a quick run to town to replenish some of her drawing supplies. She was rushing back to the Kind dorms to avoid the bite of the wind, hurrying past someone tall to get to the door. first. “Here, I’ve got it,” she tells him, teeth chattering as she held it open. Her eyes widened when she realized who it was. “Koda? Are you quite alright? I’m sorry, but you don’t look very good,” Jane says worriedly, ushering him inside and shutting the cold out behind them.