King had noted the glitch initially but was thrown off not expecting to be pinned to the wall. He let out a grunt as his body slammed up against it. His hand curled around the air and fire gems in his hands to the point it was white. He heard her words and questions. The purr threw him off though. His mind raced, but slowed so he wouldn't do something stupid, "You're pretty arrogant aren't you?"
King said nothing more as he braced himself before using the two gems. A torrent of flame and wind shot put up between what little space was between him and Mercy hiping to increase the gap between them. There was nothing else he could do in the place and so now he was retreating. She said she wouldn't kill him, but he didn't know that. However, he did know that he would have burns, but it was fine. He had dealt with worse before.
Once the light of the flames came into her sight, she quickly jumped back with an excited look on her face. Though her hand had caught on fire for a split second before she patted it out.
"Oh I see how it is. Well Mister pirate, it was lovely to meet you! I we hope we can meet again" she called out to him before he had disappeared. "until next time" she waved to him with a smile.
King had scampered off the moment she had let go. His heart was racing with adrenaline and though he could tell he had bad burns on his hands. He couldn't feel them. He made it out of the building in record time before hoping on his bike and riding off. Her last few words rang in his ears. Had he made the right move? He certainly hoped he did. He finally made it back to apartment and the dull ache in his hands turned into a deep rooted pain. He had gotten himself pretty good.
She looked down at her soft hands and at the burns. "dammit. That didn't go as planned. How does he do that?" she thought it was quite cool. She needed to up her studying. Figure out his weaknesses. Maybe she could even meet some of the villains he's defeated. She would have to find a way to get in first.
Oh well, she didn't need to worry about that now. Not yet anyway.
She took out the man's phone whom she killed. Dialing the cops and telling them the address. "catch me If you can." she says dropping the phone. She waited until she heard police sirens to leave out the back.
King had grabbed one of his light blue crystals and held in his palm. He winced at the pain and moved so he went to his more secluded area of the apartment. Thankfully, his roommate wasn't home yet and could somewhat heal himself before they arrived. He pulled out a dull red crystal and placed it on his hands, hissing slightly he willed the crystal to take the heat away from his skin. He wanted to cry in relief as the pain dulled once more. The gem was now glowing quite considerably. He pocketed the gem and started to change hoping to take a cold shower to help ease his pain.
She slipped out and walked down the sidewalk with her sister on the phone. "hey Kaiya! Sweetheart. Meet at the coffee shop around the corner. Yeah, wait. No. I mean, yeah maybe a little. No! Just… Look at the news! I know I know. Hey, I'll tell you what. I'm paying. No I didn't take his money" she says shaking her head, approaching the coffee shop as a small yellow car pulled up and a short brown haired girl, her curly hair in a Bob with straight across bands and freckled cheeks and nose. A bright smile on her face When she came and hugged her big sister. She was adopted so she looked nothing like her sister, but they loved eachother just as much.
King got out of the shower and reached for the roll-up bandages. He made quick work wrapping his hand up and checked out his back and sighed. At least that part hadn't gotten burned. He looked down at his hand and only hoped it wasn't as serious as it had looked. If it was a 3rd degree burn, like he feared, then he wasn't going to have a hard time coming up with an explanation as to how he got it. No one knew he was Crystalline, and he wanted to keep it that way. He changed back into his lazy clothes and saw his phone ringing. It was, his roommate. He answered, "Hey. Yeah, I'm home. Why do you ask? Thought someone broke in? The hell made you think that? No, it's just me. Just was… Busy that's all. Listen I don't complain when you bring home girls, so I get to do my weird stuff too. Yeah, yeah. Bye."
(I am so sorry. I had this long thing all typed out and it all got deleted because right then my connection got caught off and I literally have no more will to live)
(I'll try to get it up soon though)
(It's fine. Take your time!)
Her little sister pulled out a hoodie and held it out to Aria after she gave her almost all of her weapons to put in the hidden compartment of her car. She didn't like it when Aria was dangerous or anyone was targeting her.
Aria bent down through the car door and her eyes widened in a smile before she grabbed a plague doctor bird like mask and turned to her sister “you fixed it! Oh thank you Kaiya!” She hugged her sister before setting it down carefully in her car and closing it, pulling her long hair up into a ponytail and held her sisters hand as they walked into the coffee shop. Flirting with the guy at the counter a bit as they ordered and they soon sat down together as they haven’t done in a while.
“So, hows it goin with your girlfriend huh?” She asked with a smile before it disappeared
“Actually, she broke up with me. She said she didn't really love me and i was just a placeholder” tears swelled up in her eyes and her fist tightened and Arias face turned dark.
Her little sister looked up to Aria “its fine. I’m fine. You don't need to do anything. It just hurt a little”
“Why would someone do that?” She mumbled, looking away with a sour face.
“That b!*ch. where is she?” She asked quietly
“Ari. Seriously, i don't want her hurt. I’m happy for her that she has someone she actually loves now” she smiled, though it only made her angrier.
“Okay…. but if i see her come around you i swear, I’m gonna-“ Aria was interrupted by a girl serving their coffee with a little slice of overpriced cheesecake.
King hung up the phone and ran a hand through his hair. He checked through his notifications silently praying no one else was causing trouble today because he had to get his coursework done. He grabbed his laptop and decided rather than working in his apartment, which would be the smarter option at this point, but rather work at the coffee shop nearby. Mainly because he could get a free coffee with his employee discount. Thinking back on it his life was busy enough, but there wasn't much he could do about. Taking his laptop and a few of his books he dropped them into a bag before heading out of the apartment and out into the world. This was such a bad idea.
(Question before i reply)
(So are they like already friends outside of work? But like they just dont know who eachother are or what? Or are they not friends yet and they become friends? What’s their relationship rn?)
(I would say don’t know who each other are outside of work(villain/hero work I’m assuming) but would be friendly enough to talk to each other outside of work. That’s my take on it at least.)
(okay that works!)
(I'll try to get mine up soon)
(Ah sorry, i thought i replied yesterday! Ill get it up)
Aria swung her legs back and forth underneath the table as she talked to her sister, catching up about what’s happened over the past month they’ve been apart. Her sister had a camping trip for her highschool that she had to go to for a week and Aria had some things she also needed to do.
She was well aware of what her little sister thought about her. She didn't want Kaiya to be like her so she didn't talk to her about it or even mention anything on the news and neither did she.
So they both always pretended it never happened. Kaiya knew that she didn't come from a good background, though she didn't know what. Aria never talked about it and never would. Not to her little sister.
Horrible things happened to her when she was younger, she didn't want Kaiya to have to even think about it and feel bad for her. Aria was her big sister after all! She was supposed to be strong.
They talked and laughed until the bell to the coffee shop rang and a man stepped through the door.
She kicked her little sister under the table and nodded towards him. “Hottie alert” she smiled and her sister just laughed. “He's probably not single. With those looks he most likely has a girlfriend.” She says taking a bite of her small slice of cheesecake before twirling the straw around in her iced coffee.
King stepped in and ran a hand through his hair. He was wishing now that he had been bothered to put his hair into some type of ponytail, but no he let it hang free. He made his way up to the counter, brushed off his bandaged hand with some lame excuse to his coworker. Letting out a sigh he took his coffee, his free coffee, and made his way to one of the corner tables. He was silently eyeing everyone there, praying to whatever God was out there no one would come bother him. His eyes caught on a pair of girls that had been talking and seemed to stop for a moment. He shrugged it off and let out a sigh. The day had not been going as well as he would have hoped with the events of this morning followed by an encounter with Mercy. He pulled out his laptop, reading glasses, and textbook before getting started on schoolwork. Why was he going to law school again?
She turned and eyed him with a challenging look in her eyes, as if someone had dared her to go talk to him.
She stood confidently and stepped over to the man with a smile, sliding into the chair in front of him.
“Hey~” she says with a smile “what’s someone as attractive as you doing alone at a coffee shop hm?” She asked, raising an eyebrow as she swung her legs under the table.
She recognized those eyes for a split second before never minding it, not thinking about it much.
(Sorry its kinda short)
King wanted to die the moment the girl came over. He looked her in the eyes and thought he recognized them for a second, but shook it off as just having those type of familiar eyes. Some people said he had that kind of eyes himself. Then the girl spoke and he was really regretting his choice of coming to the coffee shop today. He pulled his glasses off and let out a long sigh before gesturing to the textbook and laptop in front of him with his good hand, "What do you think?"
(That's fine.)
She raised her eyebrows a little before letting out a small laugh, rather cute if you didnt know she was a mass murderer, one of the merciless ones out there.
“Grumpy arent we?” She smiled “you still a student?” She guessed, not thinking about whether he would be studying for law school. Though it wasn't normally something you would assume someone was doing at a coffee shop. At least it wasn't the first thing that came to mind.
Her sister was a few tables away from them, watching with a muffled laugh, covering her smile.
“She really is something huh” Kaiya mumbled to herself through a silent laugh.
"Yes, I'm still a student," King sighed putting his glasses back on. She wasn't going to be leaving anytime soon and he really didn't want to go back to the apartment. Besides he needed to finish his coffee. He thought for a moment thinking deliberately to his next words to her, "And what about you? Why are you here?"
“Oh I’m visiting my sister here. But she ran into an old friend and started talking to him” she lied, quickly making a realistic illusion of a guy sitting where she was and talking to her.
“I have nothing better to do and you seemed cool” she shrugged, tucking a piece of pink hair behind her ear
"Sure," King nodded glancing to see that the other girl was, in fact, talking to someone else. He tugged at his hair and took a sip of his coffee. He looked back at the girl sitting in front of him, "So if I seem 'cool' will you tell me your name?"
She sighed "Aria. That's all you need to know. But you can call me Ari if you want. That's what my friends call me" she says leaning forward. "what about you? " she leaned on her palm as she looked at the man. He looked like generally didn't want to be here. But she was stubborn and wasn't going to leave soon
“King,” he responded short, blunt, and to the point. He wasn’t going to tell her his last name or what his ‘friends’ called him. All she would get was his first name. He realized at this points that while this woman was here he was getting nothing done and closed his computer with his uninjured hand. He then shoved his books back into his bag and gave this woman however much care and attention he could muster at the moment.
"oh, I was about to ask you what you were studying for" she pouted, sticking out her bottom lip with a dramatic sigh. She was a little too much to handle. Even she knew that
