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He needed someone to talk to. After all that had happened, it needed to come out. Someone needed to hear. He needed a second opinion. She'd said 'maybe'... she'd said 'maybe', but maybe he had made things hard. Maybe he'd made a mistake... maybe...
He had to wait to find out. Waiting was difficult, all alone.
Maybe, he needed company?
No.
He did.
Shin knocked again, and repeated the ice elemental's name.
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It was a quick and easy day sometimes Sam’s favorite type of day this time not so much. Ever since his birthday he and Haley (his current girlfriend) had been fighting constantly about nothing that Sam deemed important. On occasion she would blow up on him and when he confronted her and called her out on it she would act the victim something he wasn’t very fond of, in fact the reason he started seeing her in the first place was because she seemed so down to earth. Sometimes she acted like the way she used to when they started dating and those nights, they were nights to remember.
Having no plans that night Sam was flipping through his phone debating if he should call someone or just head out to Mike’s for a drink or two. Before he could reach a decision he heard a knock at his door and then his name being called. A second later and it was repeated. It took him a second to realize who it was but when he did his decision was made for him.
Without a seconds hesitation Sam opened the door and smiled to his buddy, ”Shin, Glad you’re here! I was heading to Mike’s for a drink, care to join me?”
Before he could give an answer Sam looked upon his friends face, ”Everything alright?” as of late he hadn’t seen much of his friend but even now he could tell Shin needed a drink.
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Drinks.
Yes. Maybe.
"I need someone to talk to..." Shin said quietly, stepping into Sam's office. "Something happened. I need a second opinion."
He was visibly shaken. He looked as tired as he felt. Shin was exhausted, but he wasn't drained enough to stop making sense. "I said some things to Kealey... maybe I do need a drink... And someone to tell me I'm not an idiot."
Posted by Cold Steel on Jun 30, 2010 23:39:06 GMT -6
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His paper work was done and no official plans were set up, other than the initial drink he had told Shin about and seeing it was his first night off in a while with no girlfriend no patrol and no paper work why not spend it catching up with a friend? Who apparently seemed to be having girl problems with Kealey, someone he took out to get to know better and attempted to win a kiss from. Keeping that detail under wraps for now Sam backed up a few steps his hand still on the door.
”Don’t know why you’d think you are an idiot…” Sam said as he looked on the clock above. He still had time, ”Well, we can talk about it here or we can go to Mike’s and get some free drinks, haven’t seen you in a while, you can tell me about what you’ve been up to on the ride over then we can hit into the big stuff.” Sam shrugged, ”Or we can talk here, your call man.”
He looked upset and Sam had a feeling he was giving off the impression that he was in a hurry, he was but… ”So what do you need an opinion on?” Sam asked deciding it would be best to handle what was really bugging Shin.
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"Free... drinks?" Shin asked. He stared at Sam by the door. Apparently, Sam didn't think he was the world's biggest idiot... yet, that is. "Okay, yeah." Shin agreed, slowly. "Yeah. We could go out..." That'd be okay.
>> ”So what do you need an opinion on?”
" For what I have on my mind to talk about, I might need a drink... can we talk when we're there?" Shin asked.
((OOC: Feel free to control Shin out the door to the bar))
Posted by Cold Steel on Jul 1, 2010 10:40:02 GMT -6
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Simple enough Shin wanted to wait so Sam wasn’t going to push him. No need to get into it now anyways. They were standing in his office after all a place of work right? The bar is where the problems should be discussed. Pulling his keys out of his pocket and jingling them once then catching them with his other hand Sam nodded his head ”Let’s go then!” and with that they left for Mike’s.
A short while later they were at the bar and after a warm greeting from the large bar owner Sam was set down from a bear hug heavy clap on the back Sam pointed Shin to the bar where they would be sitting. ”Usual for me and what ever this man is having…” Sam said to Mike then nodded his head to Shin to indicate that Shin was ‘This Man’. With a nod and a smile the large bartender went to get some glasses filling one up with the house beer and waiting for the other order.
Looking over to Shin while the glasses were being poured Sam added, ”Drinks are free cause I saved Mike from a grease fire. The whole place almost burned down…” he paused and then added, ”So why are you an idiot?” Sam asked curiously.
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It was decided, then. CS jingled his keys, and led the way. One short car ride later, they were at the bar. Shin followed CS into the establishment, without any complaints.
The bar was large and friendly. As they entered, someone greeted Sam with a glomp and a back-slap. Okay... maybe it wasn't a glomp. More of a bear hug, really. Did Sam know the man, or did everyone get greeted like that? He braced himself, just in case, but it seemed that wasn't the situation. Sam gestured to a seat by the bar, and Shin settled in.
He was feeling a bit more relaxed, now. The anxiety wave brought on by Kealey's request for time to decide was starting to recede. He was still exhausted. Hopefully, a couple drinks would have him right as rain. Sam ordered the usual, and Shin swung his attention to the barkeep. "Chocolate martini," He ordered. Shin paused as a thought struck him. That was what Kealey would have ordered. Part of him wanted to ask the bartender to 'scratch that,' and give him a Jack and coke. He didn't. Shin didn't even ask the barkeep to 'go easy on the teeny'. He didn't want a teeny bit of 'tini. He needed it all.
His attention returned to Sam as the ice mutant addressed him. The drinks were free. Cool. He only nodded. Then, the true topic of tonight came up.
Shin sighed, and shook his head. "I told her I like her, Sam. Like, 'like her' like her. I messed up... was so drained from saving her from her sister I couldn't evade her questions... she read me like a book. You know how she can read into your every emotion." A sardonic smile slipped onto his face. "You dated her."
Shin bowed his head, and chuckled to himself. Maybe he was being hard on himself again. After Kasumi, he didn't know. He gave his heart out so easily, it seemed. "I care about her, Sam. Putting all that pressure on her with a confession... maybe I'm an idiot. Maybe, I should have eased her into it." He didn't know. He was always so noir when it came to women troubles, playing at hard in the harsh light of self doubt. Made it hard to see the gentleness that brought about the hurting...
Posted by Cold Steel on Jul 1, 2010 11:49:17 GMT -6
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When Shin ordered his tini Mike gave Sam a look that indicated he didn’t know how to respond. Sam refrained from laughing deciding that by the time the night was over Shin would be drinking beer or whisky something that would make up for confusing Mike like he did. Turning his attention to Shin he spotted Mike out of the corner of his eye looking at his drink cheat sheet he brought out when ever he didn’t know how to make a drink. With in seconds he pointed his finger on the sheet and squinted his eyes then smirked.
Both drinks were placed in front of them and before Mike could comment on Shin’s drink choice his wife called him away to help her with something. Taking a sip of his drink when Shin explained what the situation was he nearly choked on the sip in his mouth. ”Yeah, it was more like a date, one time, and it turned out to be just as friends…” Sam said as he smirked to Shin smile.
Another drink and Sam shrugged slightly, ”Girls are confusing dude, each one of them is more complex than the rest…” he paused and thought about his words for a second before he continued remembering each situation that lead to a girlfriend. ”Might have been the adrenaline talking… you did save her after all wouldn’t be the first time I asked a girl out after I saved her, and pretty sure it won’t be the last.” flashback of a few memorable faces zoomed across his vision as he took another sip of his drink.
”Though all of them, including the ones I didn’t save… I eased into the situation before I told them how I felt, some of them didn’t even get that far…” Sam said as he thought a bit more, ”Sides, we both know Kealey’s past a bit right? Odds are she doesn’t know how to react,” he paused, ”How did she react? I mean her exact words and reaction when you told her?” he lifted the beer and raised it to Mike who was passing by before he took a sip of it.
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One date, one time, he said. Shin suddenly got the impression Kealey'd rebuked him. They hadn't spoken much about the date, him and Kealey. Shin only knew it had happened... and that Kealey had been opposed to having a googly-eyed Sam plushie in her room.
Shin didn't say anything. He mulled over his drink in silence, and let Sam speak. At times, he glanced towards the ice mutant. The word 'dude' elicited an equivalent reaction to that of his drink order. Who used 'dude' these days?
He didn't think it was adrenaline that had caused it. He'd sent the fateful 'hug-n-kiss' text message long before the fire in the library. He didn't want to compare his confession to Kealey with Sam's date invites, post-rescue. They seemed like two very different things.
Shin took another sip of the chocotini, and looked at Sam. An eyebrow arched. "What do you know about her past?"
"She said 'maybe'." He dropped his focus back to the drink, sloshing the glass gently in his hand. "Maybe, she felt the same way. She needed time to organize her thoughts... dig into her own emotions, and search her heart..." He understood it. Really. She was an empath, after all. Shin stared down at his drink sadly as he tried to understand why he was suddenly feeling so anxious about it all... why he was second-guessing... "If she feels the same... there shouldn't be any problems, right?" He rationalized.
He had said he'd wait. He didn't think it'd be fair to her to revise that statement now.
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”Very little but from what she told me she didn’t have any family to speak of… maybe that’s why she didn’t give you an answer…” Sam said not sure if the little family to speak of was for his ears only it was something that was shared on their date after all he didn’t know if she would be too grateful Sam just mentioned something like that to Shin.
Not sure how Kealey would feel about this spreading of information Sam continued, ”I know what’s like growing up without a family, makes it hard to trust people, get to know them. Hell I didn’t kiss a girl till I was…” he paused and thought about it… ”That’s not the point the point is maybe she has trouble getting close to people.”
It was his problem after all he used to keep everyone at arms length that was until Neena changed everything in his life for him. It was also one of the reasons why he was hurting as well… reaching forward and grabbing his glass Sam took another long swig, possibly a bit to long seeing as it was half full but now completely empty. ”Mike another drink please!”
Turning his attention back to Shin who’s problem was in turn distracting him from his own, ”Maybe, huh?” he thought on the word and debated how to respond. ”Usually the girls I talk to Maybe isn’t the best response… but Kealey, is way different from my types of girls… Maybe isn’t a bad sign I don’t think.” he nodded his head, ”She did mention at one meeting she had trouble telling feelings apart from her own… maybe the time apart was to see how she was truly feeling…”
Sam shrugged, ”Be a lot easier if she wasn’t an empathy wouldn’t it?” Sam said reaching over patting Shin on the back before he added, ”Then again if she wasn’t an Empath then she wouldn’t be your Kealey would she?” he took a sip of his newly placed drink and took a sip of it, ”Sides when most girls wouldn’t be to fond of you dropping the bomb on her like that I guarantee Kealey would be grateful for it, she is big on honesty and feelings…” Sam said hoping he was actually comforting his friend instead of making things harder for him.
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Sam obviously didn't know as much about Kealey as he, himself, did. He also hadn't caught his mention of Kealey's sister. Shin let it go, focusing on his drink with a slight shrug. Sam seemed to think Kealey had trust issues.
... If there was anything she had issues about, it might have been that. Rather than trusting others, though, her own issues stemmed from having difficulty trusting herself. Shin shook his head. He told Sam what she'd said, Maybe, and that she'd needed time to see that it was her emotions telling her 'maybe', rather than his own.
He did understand it. That wasn't the problem now. He wasn't confused about why she'd needed time to think. He was worried... what was he worried about again?
He was anxious to get the answer. He was second-guessing himself, because maybe he was wrong.... maybe he didn't understand her... and... maybe, he'd ruined their friendship?
What would happen to their friendship if Kealey said 'no'? Shin paused. Oh god. What would happen if she said 'yes'?
Now there was a thought. If... she said 'yes'...
There wouldn't be any problems if she said 'yeah', right? Shin shared the thought.
If Kealey said yes... he took another drink of the chocotini, to ease that thought back a bit. He almost wasn't sure how that would work. Would he treat her any differently?
No, Shin decided. He'd treat her the same as he ever did... except, they'd be closer. There wasn't anything wrong with that. He didn't need to overcomplicate it before he knew how things had turned out. If he did that, he'd get anxious again, and he owed it to her to keep his word, and give her the chance to figure it out herself.
He really cared about-- Sam's sudden conversation jerked Shin out of his thinking. He looked back up at the Ice Mutant. He hadn't realized how intently he'd been looking at the counter, up till then. He'd missed most of what Sam said. Oops. What was he saying now...?
It'd be easier if she wasn't an empath? Shin stared at CS. "Maybe, but," He started, defensively, ready to correct Sam. How Kealey was Kealey, because of how she thought, how she reacted... everything. He was almost ready to snap at him. Must've been the half a chocolate martini going to his head, heh... but Sam corrected himself. He earned a point in Shin's playbook. Maybe Sam didn't get Kealey like he did, but, at least he got Shin.
Kealey did value honesty, and honestly... "Yeah," Shin replied quietly, hand on his drink on the counter. His eyes were focused seriously on the drink, as if trying to divine the words from the contents of the glass. "Kealey values honesty. She's happy when I'm happy... sad when I'm sad. Yet, she isn't flat like a mirror. She doesn't just reflect. There's something there, Sam. Something I can't quite put into words. I just know spending time with her makes me happy, and I haven't felt that kind of 'in-place' since..." Kasumi. He didn't voice it, trailed off. Shin looked to the bartender, tapping his glass. "As soon as I finish this, can you get me another one?"
He swung his attention back to Sam, smiling a little more now. He felt better about it. Now, maybe they could talk about something else. "So, how's the police work going?"
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Shin was thinking that was what he determined by the response he got, he should be thinking heck even Sam would be thinking about something like that. In fact he has several times. Was it love that Shin was talking about? Maybe, Sam wasn’t sure about the subject of love anymore not that he didn’t believe in it, it’s just he was far more skeptical of it since Alexandra… hand reaching out for another drink Sam took another big gulp and then placed the significantly lighter glass down in front of him his hand still latched to it.
Turning his attention back to Shin he smiled slightly at the change of subject. It seemed Shin’s mind was at rest, at least enough rest to think less on his problem that didn’t even sound too much like a problem. If she didn’t want anything to do with Shin it was her loss not his. ”It’s… getting better, most of the police officers aren’t to happy with the ranking I have but when you come along with a team of your own and the commissioner seems to think I am a natural born leader…” Sam smirked and laughed slightly not feeling the Sam was as the commissioner.
He shrugged, ”Even if they aren’t all about me outranking them even though they have years of experience on the force they still see and like the results. Been getting the injury and death toll down big time. Most of the mutants that were causing a big problem don’t want to have a run in with the police anymore knowing that they have to deal with their own kind.” again Sam laughed and again he took a sip of his drink. ”What about you how are you liking the police force?” Sam asked hoping that his time with the NYPD had been easier since the first time they worked with each other chasing down that golden nudist.
Posted by Tetsuya Shinbo on Jul 15, 2010 19:55:15 GMT -6
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It was getting better? Well, that was good. It certainly wasn't getting worse.
Shin remembered the whole 'dinosaur' event, and laughed darkly to himself. "How do I like it? Sam, did I tell you about the dinosaur the other day?" Shin paused. He polished off his drink, and held it up. The bartender took the glass, then brought him a beer.
Shin stared at the beer, eyes narrowed. "Dinosaur, eh?" The bartender commented. "Beer it is, then." He chuckled, shaking his head.
Shin shrugged, and picked up the glass, holding it by his fingertips. He swung a sideways glance to Sam. "There was this dinosaur. She had accidentally shifted into a deino... deinonychus. I think that's what it was. Me and Sara protected her when the crowd turned nasty, but then the police showed up. They nearly arrested her. Took all the flashing of my badge I could do to get them to chill. I dunno, Sam. I feel like they really don't like me."
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Beer in hand after another swig he shook his head, ”No you didn’t tell me about the dinosaur but then again, not really surprising I mean we have seen a lot of odd mutations, kinda kills the surprise, you know what I mean?” Sam asked as he took another sip of his beer. Nodding his head to Mike in thanks for dishing Shin a beer instead of his far less masculine drinks.
Listing to Shin explain the rest of the story he nodded his head and scratched his head making note to thank Sara later, though she probably protected the dino shifter just because it was with the police. He smirked slightly and shook his head as he took another sip of his drink, Sara was another friend he would have to keep his eye on truth be told he had been scouting her for a while to join the X’s his team he just didn’t want to force it on her or make her feel like she was obligated to due to the fact that Sam and a dozen of her other friends were on the team.
Felling the gaze upon him Sam nodded his head slightly and finished his beer and smirked to Mike who was just setting another beer down for him, ”They don’t Shin, think about it.” he said with a sigh and shrug, ”We show up, mutants taking their job after they lost so many friends to our kind.” he paused and took a sip of his drink, ”Kinda a slap in the face, to be honest if I was in their shoes I’d feel the same way,” he let out a laugh and added, ”Hell, I showed up to my first incident and I already outranked all the officers on scene, granted there were three of them but they were pissed, as they should have been.”
He took a sip of his drink and touched the mug with his fingertip instantly forming a coat of frost over the glass, ”Who am I anyways, I’m a kid right? We both are, and here we are getting bumped from freshmen to varsity.” another laugh and Sam shrugged, ”All we can do is keep doing what we are doing, the results are unquestionable and once they all realize that things will get easier right?” Sam asked as he patted Shin on the back before turning his attention back to his mug and swigging it again.
Posted by Tetsuya Shinbo on Jul 25, 2010 12:23:08 GMT -6
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No, Shin didn't know how it killed the surprise. A dinosaur... was a dinosaur. And Sam was a buzzkill. Shin would drink to that. He took another swig, and finished his dino-tale.
Then, the conversation went to cops. Sam was right. There wasn't much respect to be gained by simply working with the police. But what could they do to earn that respect? It was question he'd be asking himself for a long while.
For now, Shin just shook his head. "Dunno."
"How old are you, anyways?" Shin asked with a light laugh. He eyed Sam's face curiously. Sometimes, he felt like he was younger than Sam, and sometimes...
