Innocence Worth Protecting

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innocence worth protecting

It starts out, well, innocently enough. They're pure, untainted, a light that's yet to be touched by this world. Somehow, you feel the need to keep them that way, conscious realization or not, no matter how that seems to go against your jaded character and bitter heart. But maybe those things are your reason. You've been beaten down by the foul weather of this world; they shouldn't have to suffer that same fate. There needs to be someone good left, somewhere. It's a rare comforting thought.

Your feelings are platonic, at the beginning. Then, their light and their infectious idealism begin to touch you, in a way you thought wasn't possible anymore.

...you're still going to guard them, keep them happy and unmarred. It's just that now, you realize the corruption you may be staving away from them is you.

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[for_redemption]

[Lapis's voice snaps him out of his trance, simultaneously berating himself for forgetting that she doesn't sleep at this hour. He knew he should have just gone to the hideout. He loosens the faucet even more so he can mask his grunts of pain as he forces himself to talk.]

Yeah. Yeah, I'm fine. Just....tired. The cops ran me ragged.

[He's not lying, he's just omitting the part about being in a cocaine plant of a mob gang. Also the four bullets he pulled out of his body, she doesn't need to know about that.]

How about you?........How's the night treating you?

[oneirism]

[Even if Lapis had been asleep, she would have heard him - she has always been a very light sleeper. Her frown deepens when she hears him loosen the faucet before he replies, shifting from where she's leaning against the wall.]

... Were you hurt?

[Her fingers absently tap against her arm, absently playing the fabric of her nightdress as she hums.]

I'm alright. It's been rather quiet tonight, so I've just been reading. [Spirits tend to get louder at night, but for once it's rather calm. Though they could have been focusing on something else tonight.]

[for_redemption]

Just a few scrapes and bruises. A cut on my arm, but it's just a flesh wound. Don't even feel it.

[He felt the five stitches it took to patch it up though.]

What were you reading?

[He gets the feeling she's not buying his story, but if he can keep her from teleporting inside then it doesn't matter what she believes at the moment.]

[oneirism]

[Lapis doesn't respond to that, mainly because she doesn't believe it at all. So she's quiet, shifting to stand a bit more in front of the door now as her foot lightly taps against the floor.]

... It was just some files for a job that's coming up.

[A pause, and then she sighs.]

... Now, are you gonna tell me the truth or am I gonna have to look for myself?

[for_redemption]

I just told you the truth. God, does this have to happen every single time?

[He quickly, and quietly starts to dress himself just in case she decides to pop in.]

Where's your ghost friend? He's not in here with me is he? I'm not decent, and I don't like the idea of a male ghost ogling me.

[He's pretty much resolved himself to say virtually anything to keep her away.]