It all goes so well when people don't see you, so it's easier to hide away. And why wouldn't you want to keep away from the eyes of others? You're hideous to the world at large, despite your own opinions of yourself, no matter if you're human or otherwise. You don't appear to be anything most would want to be around, much less befriend. If you're human, your appearance could be chalked up to mutation, a freak chance at birth, or an an accident later in life; if you're not human, you just happen to exist in a place where those who look like you would never be accepted by the mainstream. Maybe it's not even your whole appearance, though. Your point of contention could be something like an injury or prosthetic that makes you feel not whole, though it may be insignificant in the view of the kind and open-minded. There's more comfort in covering that up and not letting anyone get close.
In any case, you don't expect someone to love you, be attracted to you, or even want to be with you, especially a beautiful someone. Yet somehow, somebody does...or, at least, it seems that way. Will this new development last? Can you put your demons at bay long enough for it to do so?
HOW TO PLAY
- Comment with your character, canon, preferences, and whether or not you want shipping only or smut. Also, information about what side your character fits into best is imperative!
- Reply to others.
- Use the RNG to determine your prompt or choose your own.
PROMPTS
- Meeting | You've never seen anyone who doesn't balk at your appearance, but they don't.
- Growing Close | It starts as a friendship or an alliance, the grows to- more?
- Jealousy | There's no way they could see you as anything special. Surely, they have someone more handsome or beautiful in their sights.
- Realizing Feeling | At first, you didn't realize how your heart was feeling just by them being around, but now it's becoming clear: you're falling for them.
- Can't Tell Them | You'll ruin your bond with them should you tell them how you really feel. They'll be disgusted, so you'll keep mum.
- Touch | They touch you without a hint of distaste, which could be a big plus compared to what you usually deal with.
- No Difference | Actually, they can't tell that you're different, due to lack of vision or something similar. All they can discern is your personality.
- The Way It Used to Be | You didn't use to look this way, and it's hard to come to terms with your new look and how it affects
- Confession | You can't keep in your emotions anymore, or they accidentally get revealed.
- Good | They share your feelings! You never could have imagined this, but you couldn't ask for more.
- Bad | ...oh, you thought they...oh, they're so sorry.
- Scared | "Friendship" nor a "relationship" was never on their mind. In fact, they're scared of you.
- Cruel | All of their supposed kindness was actually just them using you for their benefit. To think, you really believed they cared about you!
- Defense | They step on the line for you, standing up to those who'd consider you a monster or somehow lesser.
- Uncovered | You're exposed and they can see everything you've tried to hide. You want to crawl into a hole and die. They want to keep you from feeling that way.
- Shouldn't Be | People oppose your relationship, and there may be some points to the arguments.
- Intimacy | Even being close, which most take for granted, could be a new and possibly uncomfortable event for you.
- Smut | The obligatory smut option, with all the baggage, angst, and difficulties that may come with it.
- Misunderstanding | You heard them insinuate that you're nothing but the ugly outside, or, at least, that's what you think came out.
- Bad End | The messy breakup option...or worse.
- Good End | The happy ending option...or better.
- WILDCARD
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bakerstreet2015-07-12 09:53 am
14. Defense
"That isn't fair, Mako-chan!" The sound of Ami actually upset enough to raise her voice had the desired effect. Makoto stared at her for a moment. "You know what happened, and ever since then, he hasn't done anything mean at all!"
They all knew what had happened. They had all been there. They had all been too stunned to intervene when Beryl had decided to eliminate Nephrite, and forced him to do it with his own weapon, by his own hand. It had been horrible.
Ever since then, Ami was sure Motoki had been right: Nephrite was just a boy who needed some understanding, and quite possibly some kindness. Makoto hadn't been able to forget Nephrite had once been a part of the Dark Kingdom.
That was the problem, really. Ami had once been a part of the Dark Kingdom, and no amount of waving it away from Usagi or from Makoto with excuses about Metalia's energy or Kunzite's brainwashing made it any different than this situation.
"So don't talk about him like that!"
Nephrite wasn't supposed to overhear it. But as she walked out with some transparent excuse about needing to study, Ami had no idea that the boy who had once been given a cloak and some pity by an ice-cold girl, had just seen that girl thawed enough to defend him.
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But… Mercury was defending him? She looked even angry on his behalf? Why would she fight with her friend because of him? He had been a part of the Dark Kingdom, and he would go back given the chance. Didn't that make them enemies? Why would she defend an enemy?
Confused as he was, of course he forgot to move out of his hiding spot before she reached it when she walked off from the argument. So, have a deer caught in headlights staring wide-eyed at you, Mizuno Ami.
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What else was there to say?
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"Wait-? What are you apologizing for?"
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Well done, Nephrite. Blurting out your thoughts like that, you don't sound weird, nope.
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"It's what I really thought!" she says suddenly, before realizing maybe that sounds weird and glancing away. "Maybe it's because, you saved me that time. So I don't want to hear someone say something bad about you!"