I aM tHe WaLrUs

[KERFUFFLE]

Awww D: Howcome he can't pick it up?

"I always knew you would-- well, you always do. You never have to remind me, I assure you," Asher told her. He sat up a bit now, and wrapped his arms around her, pulling her to his chest, gaining as much comfort from that now as when she had held him. He needed to feel like the husband he was going to be-- protecting her instead of the other way around all the time. "And, when not in those moments where I'm not myself, I will always be here to protect you. From anything. And I hope that, one day, it'll all go away and we won't have to worry about it anymore."

 

[Bunny_grl07]

He has to go back to town later to pick my mom up from work. He doesn't want to take two trips. *sigh*

Maybe my brother will take me.

I'll post later, I'm gonna get going.

 

[KERFUFFLE]

Aw. I hope your bro can take you!

Mmkay. I'll talk to you tomorrow

 

[Bunny_grl07]

He was so nice about it! The good thing about my big bro driving me-- we talk about music. He's really insightful! I wish you could talk to him someday.

"I really think that things will turn out for the best. We have each other, things are already looking up. And your attacks are definitely worth having you here with me." She kissed his forehead, then jokingly added, "Besides, if you want I can buy a very cute nurse's outfit and take care of you." Laughing, she cuddled close to him, feeling very safe and protected in his arms. "I like it when you hold me like this... I feel very comforted, my cares seem to just go away. I think you make me feel safer. I remember getting freaked out by the smallest things while you were gone. Eric left for a weekend, and I thought a robber had come in the house. It turned out the vent was blowing the blinds about, but I was terrified. I really missed you then."

 

[KERFUFFLE]

So you got your Chinese and an amazing chat about music =D

"You know, I've never come out of an attack that quickly. Sometimes they lasted for hours.. I guess that just shows how much I need you," Asher murmured thoughtfully. His mood lightened again at her playful suggestion and he laughed, joking along, "Well, you know, I wouldn't complain. Though, I have to say, I've never understood the whole 'men's attraction to nurses' thing. But I definitely would, if you were one." He smiled and let his arms pull her tighter against his chest, and he kissed her hair. "It's good to know you still find comfort and safety in my arms, even if I have a tendency to go mad every once in a while," he chuckled, "I'll always be here, to hold you when you need me, to remember that I'm here and you don't have to miss me."

 

[Bunny_grl07]

Heck yes!

We got pizza tonight, and I'm officially done with work.

Lucy nuzzled her face in his neck, giggling loudly. "Do you remember the time the power went out while we were about to sleep together? Just being with you made me feel safer, seeing as it was the dead of winter, and the heater went off. And the time you saved my life. And then there was that time I fell down the stairs, and you ran down and got me. Honestly, nothing could change the fact that I feel safe in your arms. Besides, your arms are very sexy and built, which makes them even more protecting than before." She kissed him briefly, then rested her cheek on his chest with a soft sigh. "I love you so much, Asher. I can't even describe how much. Never was a word coined that could truly represent the depth of my love for you."

 

[KERFUFFLE]

You mean, as in, for good, or for the rest of the week?

I'm off to the city today, so I (amazing music shop, here I come!). So I'll see you when I get back

Asher smiled at the memories she reminded him of. Of course, the moments where I had to save her life, and get her after she'd fallen down the stairs weren't exactly fond, like the one when the power went out. But they had had good outcomes in the end. He laughed at her comment and said, "So you like the new, muscly me. I guess I'll have to get some weights and stuff to keep it on for you. For me, it's nice, everything's easier. I had only hoped you wouldn't think me too muscular." He had kissed her back while it lasted, probably holding onto it longer than she'd intended, but that made him happy. "I know what you mean. Nothing I could ever say would ever truly do justice to the feelings I have for you. I love you, too."

 

[Bunny_grl07]

For good. Now it's time to get ready for college.

After this summer, I'm so ready! =)

And lucky! I went out with family today, which was really nice.

Lucy said, "I definitely like the muscles. I really liked you before, but this new you is... sexy in a more mature way, I think. So you'd better make sure to go shirtless around the apartment more often, okay? And I know I probably sound messed up, but the scars add a bit to the whole sexiness. I guess it's because I've read so many romance novels and gruesome classics." She tossed her head back and laughed, falling back so she was laying on the bed. "And remember when we went ice skating around Christmas, and then we went home and made chicken noodle soup, and drank hot cocoa?" She sighed happily. "You know, we have so many memories that we still have to make. We've already had so many... Oh! You still need to draw me! That was the third thing you promised me the day you left."

 

[KERFUFFLE]

Nice!!

But what am I going to do while your in college, working hard?!

"I guess it must have come from lifting all the heavy components while I was with the engineers, and also from working with large amounts of food when I was catering.. As well as drills, of course," Asher said thoughtfully. He had never been one for working out on a serious basis, but it did help now that he was more muscular, and somehow, he wanted to try and keep it up. He laughed a little at her next comment and said, "Are you serious? Even with that hideously huge scar and the big area of burned skin on my back? Well, each to their own, I suppose." He nodded, smiling fondly at the memory of the evening they'd gone ice skating. That had been a truly wonderful night. "Oh, I do. Now that I have time, I intend to paint you, not just sketch you. I'm already visualising it."

 

[Bunny_grl07]

Oh no! I didn't think of that D:

I'll be going out soon to run errands but then I'll be back

Lucy said, "I love each and every part of you, and yes, I find each scar attractive." She pulled him down on top of her and smiled up at him lovingly. "I really can't wait until you get started. I'm so excited to see you create more artwork. It's one of the things I've really missed about you. I love watching you when you're making art, you get so... passionate about it, and you put all of your heart into each and every masterpiece you create." She gave him a kiss then added, "And I hope that I'll look good in your painting. Or I'll be sad." She laughed, because, of course, she was only joking with him. All she wanted was for him to paint her the way he saw her.

 

[KERFUFFLE]

D:

Okay. Well, I'll see you when you get back.

"I'm glad you appreciate it. It wasn't selling too well before I left. But I've got some new ideas and with the money I made from being in the army, I'll be able to see it through," Asher said softtly. He propped himself up on his elbows a bit, then leaned down to kiss her gently. "I hope I can do you justice. That's all I'm worried about," he chuckled. "Nothing can ever truly capture your beauty. Certainly not a painting."

 

[Bunny_grl07]

I'm back

"Well... when people heard that you'd... died... some of the works you'd been trying to sell for a long time sold for double the listed price. They all felt very moved by the fact that you died so young. You know what they say about artists who are six feet under. I put the money in a box that's under the bed. The thought of spending it, even looking at it, made me sick. So I put it away, out of sight, out of mind." She kissed him gently in return, smiling slightly into the kiss. "Believe me, you're the best artist I've ever met. I know you'll make something amazing, even with a subject like myself." Wrapping her arms tightly around him, she gave him a gentle but passionate kiss.

 

[KERFUFFLE]

You are

"Really..?" Asher asked softly. It was wonderful that people were finally interested in his work. But it was as he'd predicted, things would never sell as well as they could until the artist died. He felt bad now, though, because of the fact that he wasn't dead and people believed him to be. At her last comment he said, "You're supposed to say that. You wouldn't be so partial if you didn't love me, certainly if you didn't know me. And as for you, a subject like you is the perfect centre for any work. You are beautiful, Lucy. I knew that before I loved you, before I really knew you, I thought you were beautiful." He kissed her back equally passionately, enjoying the gentle side for a change, as well.

 

[Bunny_grl07]

Sorry for the wait, I was making a profile for "Confined"

Lucy laughed and told him, "Well, we can't take the art back now, so don't worry about it. Besides, it'll be interesting for people to have art from a person presumed to be dead, and then who miraculously returned home. They'll have stories to tell for a very long time." She kept kissing him for a while, then withdrew slightly, smiling from ear to ear. "You know, I would never want to go through the whole experience again, but I feel like the absence and the whole mourning has brought us closer together. That's the best thing I can pull from it, really. It's strange, though... things like that never happen in real life. Only in books and movies and television shows. And even then it seems hard to believe."

 

[KERFUFFLE]

I know. Don't worry. Mine took 45 minutes xD

Asher nodded in agreement. "That's true. I suppose people don't tend to make mistakes as huge as misidentifying a dead person in real life. I can't imagine what it must have been like for you, when you saw me again. Because, of course, I knew I wasn't dead." His expression turned a little thoughtful. "But as you said, I am glad that, and only for this, it has brought us closer."

 

[Bunny_grl07]

I love the story of Arthur! And I LOVE old mythology and such, so I had the urge to make a really good character.

you don't mind that I joined, right?

Lucy said, "It felt... well, it's hard to describe. When I first read the letter, it felt like someone had punched me in the stomach, and I couldn't breathe or do anything, really. And then... Then the feelings of grief, and loneliness and pain kicked in, and I just felt empty. Like there was nothing left for me anywhere. Things I once found joy in seemed pitiful and stupid, nothing was right. I felt like I had died too, and so had the world around me. That's a poetic way of putting it, but it's true. When I saw your parents, the feelings resurfaced, although it got much worse, especially at the burial. Seeing that body was terrifying, and it made everything so... final."

 

[KERFUFFLE]

Yeah, quit following me! xD I don't see why I should

"I'm so sorry that you were put through that.." Asher whispered, caressing her cheek with his thumb. "I tried to write, and I tried to call you.. Every day.. Many times a day. But they wouldn't let me. They wouldn't listen." He had rarely slept after his comrade had told him what was going on, so afraid of what might happen if he was away too much longer. "And when it became so long in hospital, I worried that maybe you'd..." he paused, not wanting to think of it, "And then I often wished I really had died, like I thought I was going to. A world without you is no world at all."

 

[Bunny_grl07]

Well great, now I feel like a stalker! D:

Lucy sighed softly and looked away from him, remembering all too well the time without him and how it had felt. She didn't want it to return so vividly, but talking about it made things worse, and it couldn't be helped that the feelings would resurface. "And I'm sorry you had to worry about me so much. I should have been strong for you, because you had made the ultimate sacrifice, so I had thought, anyway. I was just lost, and I didn't know what to do. I had really thought it couldn't happen a second time, that my luck would change. And I was clearly deceived. But... you're here now, and we're going to be together for the rest of our lives. We have a lot to look forward to, and we have today." She turned to face him again, smiling tearfully. "And you know a life without you is meaningless to me."

 

[KERFUFFLE]

You know I was kidding, right?

Asher whispered, "I understand. It would be just as hard for me, and I know I would have found it hard to cope. And while I askrd you in that letter to live your life without me, I accept that wasn't fair. Because I also would want you to be happy. And if you lived your whole life without me, being sad and lonely, that would be just as awful. I would never want that for you." He could see the tears in her eyes, the light from the moon coming through the window reflecting them. "Shh. I do know.." he said, kissing her temple, then her ear, so he could whisper in it afterwards, "But I'm here now. And I'm not going anywhere. Ever."

 

[Bunny_grl07]

Hahaha, but of course.

I think I might make Rowena an apprentice to Merlin WAY later on in the rp. He is her idol. xD

AH! I leave for school in twenty days. I'm so excited though~!

"Good. I'd go crazy with grief if you left again, and you would probably hear about some girl going on a psychotic rampage and freaking out and killing herself. It would definitely not be a good situation, at all." She sighed with relief at the feeling of being so close to him, and murmured, "This is perfect. Just being with you like this... I've really missed it. I always wondered what you were doing at night. I wondered if you thought of me, I wondered if you were cold or hot or wet or tired or scared. I wanted to be there by your side, to tell you it would all be okay and to hold you so close."