[worn me down] open

[Damien Sinclair]

ooc: just an idea I had, which I then felt compelled to post. I used an online french translation site for this, so if you do speak french and there's something wrong, please don't shoot me. Translations below and sorry for the sord of gibberish/rant the thread became.

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S: You're better than this.
D: Hypocritical much? You get drunk all the time, it's a hobby for you. You do it when you're bored or your pissed off so why can't I? Why is it the rules are always different for you?
S:I said you were better than this, and I meant it. I fall back on drink becuase I'm weak, and pathetic and stupid. It makes me feel good, helps me forget, and I'm depending on that most of the time-
D:Exactly! I don't see what your problem is Sophia? You do it all the time, it makes sense I do it too.
S:That is my problem. I'm worried that I'm dragging you down. It's bad enough you're always having to rescue me from all the stupid situations I get myself into, I don't want to be the reason you're trying to drown out your pain too! Don't you see Damien? For once I'm trying to save you!
D:Okay. You win this time.
Well, seeing how getting drunk isn't an option; give me a hug instead.

[Amai Tenpi]

Amai never had any preferance for a day to walk outside, but a day like this was very nice.

Not many people were present in the courtyard, and the ones that were just mummbled to the small groups they were huddled in.
The wind blew through Amai's black hair, and her skin glowed bright even though it was hard to see in the daylight.

She nodded and smiled to the people that waved at her, but kept walking.
Finally, she saw them.

Damien, his short, light brown hair was illuminated by the sun's rays.
Hugging him was another familiar face, and one she hadn't seen in awile.
Sophia.

Amai smiled and ran over to the two.

"Hi!!" She called, as she ran.

Suddenly, her foot caught a root sticking out of the ground and she fell face forward into the grass.
"Owwwwiiie!" She whined. "Not again..."

[Sophia Hayes]

The pair looked up as they heard a familar voice ring out, but before they had a chance to say a word, she tripped and sprawled out onto the grass. They rose from the bench and moved towards her, reaching out to help her from the ground.

"Mai-Mai, sont vous bien ?"
"Êtes-vous faits mal ?"

They both questioned her in French at the same moment, the foreign words mixing and tumbling together. With a shake of her curls, Sophia crouched down beside the fallen girl, placing a hand on her shoulder.

"Mai-Mai, are you okay? Are you hurt?"

She translated the earlier words, her gaze flicking to Damien as he crouched down on the other side of the girl.

"Pourquoi vous ne l'avez pas protégée ?"

She demanded, and he cast his gaze downward.

"Désolé..."

He muttered his apology, and then held out a hand to the dark haired girl.

"Here Mai-Mai, seeing as I let you fall, how about you let me help you up, hmm?"

He questioned softly, while Sophia's eyes searched for visible injuries. She also got rid of the gathering crowd with a few well placed mental comments. Nobody needed an audeince..

ooc:
S: Why didn't you sheild her?
D: Sorry...

[Amai Tenpi]

Maimai closed her fists together and rubbed them over her forehead like paws.
"That really hurt...-"

She looked up and caught Damien's words.

Smiling she reached up and took his hand.

"It's not your fault! I'm clumsy! Clumsy Clumsy Maimai!"
She scolded herself, then smiled at the two.

"So, how are you two?"
She said brightly, as if she never fell.

[Sophia Hayes]

When her hand rested in his, Damien rose to his feet and pulled Amai up with him. Once she was steady on her feet, he withdrew his hand again, shoving them into his pockets. Sophia moved forward, wrapping an arm around the clumsy girl and leading her towards the bench, while Damien walked easily beside them. At her question, the french duo exchanged a breif glance.

Don't tell her. Please.
I wasn't going to. Relax.

Sophia assured him as she guided Amai forward. Damien was mildy relieved, he didn't really like the idea of people witnessing him fall. Especially since Amai made it her mission to keep him happy, he didn't need to give her more work.

"We're fine, just having a morning cup of coffee. I've been telling him about my little trip into the city, I got this sexy little dress which I intend to where to a christmas party in Paris. It is just, gorgeous. Dee-Dee isn't entirely impressed, but he never likes the idea of me whoring myself out, so boo to him. No sense of fun. Actually, he's going to go to my mums charity thing with me, so we're going shopping at some point becuase he said I could choose the outfits! It's a black and white ball though which limits my choice, but I think I can find something sensational. We might go to London! Have you ever been there?"

Sophia's words flowed easily in a bright, cheerful tone and never wavered from the truth. Not a lie passed her lips, though she'd helpfully left out a large section of the truth, skimming over it with her first words. An admirable trait.

"Hows your head?"

Damien asked as he sat back down on the bench, leaving plenty of space for the two girls.

[Amai Tenpi]

Amai put her hands on her hips.

"How small is the dress? You have to be carefull sometimes!" She commented.

When she was asked the question, she shook her head.

"No, I've never been to London but I bet it's nice! I have been to Japan though, it's very pretty there!"

She smiled at Damien. "My head's fine! I can barely tell I fell!"
Which was a lie, as it throbbed menacingly.

[Sophia Hayes]

Sophia rolled her eyes and the comment and flopped back onto the bench, extending her long denim clad legs as she did so.

"Oh not so short... About here."

She traced an invisible line across her mid-thigh, and then giggled.

"It's short, strapless, kinda tight and has a built in corset thing to make me look even more sensational than I am. But it's black, so it has to be little. Otherwise it wouldn't be my little black dress! See?"
"You can't justify slutty clothes Sophia. Just give up."

Sophia laughed at his words, and swiped playfully at his arm, poking out her tongue, and then returned her attention back to Amai.

"Shopping in Tokyo sounds like it could be fun-"
"-No way. London I'll do, but not Tokyo."

Damien cut her off and Sophia rolled her eyes before heaving an overly-dramatic sigh.

"No sense of adventure. Oh, and don't lie about your head Mai-Mai. I'll get you some painkillers!"

With that she began to rummage in her handbag, while Damien rolled his eyes. Only Sophia would carry painkillers in her purse.

[Amai Tenpi]

Maimai's eyes widened, but then she remembered.
"Oh yeah, your a mind reader." She clapped her hand over her forehead and sat down.

She sighed but smiled and said,
"Tokyo shopping is fun! Everybody's nice, and they have every store you could think of!"
She added in the last part stronger than the others, as she knew that it would catch Sophia's intrest more.

[Damien Sinclair]

Sophia muttered darkly in French as the box of tablets evaded her search, which earnt a low chuckle from Damien. She'd obviously been spending plenty of time with Micheal - Damien made a mental note to remind him not to teach her those words. Sophia laughed, and silently asked him not to black the boy's eye during this reminder. Then she gave a cry of triumph, and handed the painkillers to Amai.

"There you go!"

Damien handed her his cofee to wash the pills down with, leaning across Sophia to do so. As he passed it across he murmured softly to the girl.

"Don't encourage her Mai-Mai, or I'll be on a flight to Tokyo tomorrow morning."

He said, flashing her a wink. Sophia rolled her eyes, and flicked the male on the arm. Damien clutched his arm and put on a show of great pain for the girl's company.

"Ignore him Mai; he thinks he's funny."

Sophia told Amai as she struggled not to giggle. Damien chuckled softly.

[Amai Tenpi]

Amai took the small bottle from Sophia, the tablets inside clicking together as she brought it to her other hand and opened it.
She had to try and not grimace when Damien handed her the coffee.
Coffee was one of the only things that she disliked with a passion.

It was so dirty looking, and it was so strong.
It just...wasn't good.

But, so she didn't hurt his feelings, she popped the painkiller in her mouth and quickly glugged the coffee.
However, she started in a fit of coughing when she swallowed.

She handed the bottle to Sophia and the cup to Damien.
"Cough Thank you!Cough"

[Sophia Hayes]

Damien frowned slightly as she began to cofee violently, taking back his drink with mild confusion. He slid a glance towards Sophia, who rolled her eyes.

"She doesn't like coffee."

The blonde informed him, and Damien glanced at the drink in his hand before his eyes returning to the coughing girl.

"You could have said that Amai, I mean, it's not a big deal. You din't have to drink it."

Damien observed mildy, and Sophia patted her gently on the back to try and help the coughing fit pass. It was quite amusing how hard Amai tried to please people, Sophia didn't think she'd ever heard the girl say 'no' in case it was taken the wrong way.

"At least the pain-killers will help your head."

Sophia pointed out with a bright smile.

[Amai Tenpi]

Amai nodded shyly.
"I guess so..."

Amai hated to deny anyone anything, it was just a quirk of hers.

She smiled. "Yup! Thanks!" She chriped.