forum "You're The Only Ten-I-See" (Closed)

Started March 26, 2020 by @Rainy_day_artist_classic group

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Cicada gave him a side smile as she slid in next to her. She let out a soft sigh as she went to buckle up and then lean against him the best she could, "Yeah, I guess you did."

Phoenix smiled softly, draping his arm over her shoulders when she leaned up against him. Carefully he rubbed her shoulder with a light hum as Savanna started the car. "It's gonna be a longer ride, you best get comfortable." Savanna hummed as she pulled out of the parking lot.

Cicada let out a little sigh and seemed to relax just slightly. She was glad to be getting out of this town that only seemed to bring back bad memories. She had a little bit of a wicked smile on intially, but quickly curbed it back so it was just a smile, "I think we're doing that already."

"Good." Savanna hummed, keeping her eyes glued to the road. Phoenix smiled softly down at Cicada, curling up closer to her with a light sigh.

Cicada felt a yawn bubble up but forced it back down as she leaned further against Phoenix. She glanced up at him, "I'm definitely taking that nap on the way back."

"Go right ahead, I'll be here when you wake up." Phoenix hummed softly, kissing the top of her head. He smiled softly, rubbing her arm still. Yawning himself, he leaned up against her.

Cicada nodded ever so slightly as she let her head rest up against him as she let her eyes close. She had expected this to go a little bit differently, but was glad Savanna wasn't really asking questions. It meant she could sleep.

(I'm so sorry, I got busy.)

When Savanna pulled up to the apartment, she let the lights flood the back seat as she got out. At the sudden shift, Phoenix winced a snapped awake. "Vanna…" He groaned, rubbing at eyes. "Hush up, baby. I just drove 14 hours for your ass, don't whine and complain to me." She snapped in return, seeming quite irritable right now. It was a little after 2 a.m., and she had been up since around 7 from the morning before. She was pretty grumpy.
"Mm, no need to be screwy about it." He mumbled, running a hand through his hair. Slowly he started to get out, unbuckling Cicada to try and carry her up to her dorm.

Cicada let out a little whine at having the lights now flood her senses. She slowly started to wake up and pushed away whoever was trying to move her and went to go get up herself. She felt a little stiff and sore from however she was sleeping, "Mmm Imawake."

Phoenix pulled back from her, leaning against the car with a yawn. "Mm, sorry… honestly, I'm glad you're awake. I don't know if I could have carried you inside." He mumbled, rubbing at his face. He was tired and his neck hurt, definitely wanting to go to bed.

Cicada blinked a little bit as she went to get out of the car stretching a little. She let out a yawn before finally getting out of the car, "Um, yeah What time is it anyway?"

"I honestly don't-" Savanna stood up, giving a slight glare to the both of them. "Two o'clock in the fucking morning." She growled some, Phoenix pushing off the car. He gave her an apologetic look before reaching in and grabbing Cicada's stuff off the the floor. "Right, well um, thanks Savanna." He nodded, watching as she slammed the car door. Her happy, plucky attitude was nowhere to be found as she headed up to the dorm room. "Sorry about her… she's not usually so… I dunno. That."

"Probably because it's 2 in the morning and she's been driving a lot to get our dumb asses," Cicada responded her brain flickering to life with the few minutes of being the cooler night air. She looked over at Phoenix, "Maybe we should have just waited until your car was fixed."

"Nah, she'll be fine. I said she's normally not like that. On occasion she'll get kinda pissy." Phoenix shrugged, yawning once more as he reached over to hand her her bag. "She's typically fine the next day. So don't worry about it."

Cicada took the bag from his hand with a long sigh. She gave him a half smile as she hoisted the bag onto her shoulder, "I hope so. I'll see you later today I guess? Or maybe not… I don't know."

"I'm hoping so. Let's hope we get up in time for classes." Phoenix laughed softly, yawning once more as he rubbed at his eyes. "You gonna be alright, tonight?"

"I hope so," Cicada laughed a little before it turned into a yawn. She hummed ever so softly after that blinking her eyes once more, "I should be, I think."

Phoenix nodded some, hesitating as he started to prepare himself to walk off. "I can stay if you need me. Just say the word." He told her softly, hesitating in his steps. "If you're really sure, I'm gonna head back to my dorm."

"I think I want to be alone if that's fine," Cicada responded sounding sure in her words. A day to herself, save for classes, sounded kind of nice at the moment. It would give her time to gather herself as well, "But thanks for the offer."

"Yeah, of course." Phoenix nodded a little, continuing to hesitantly walk off. A part of him wanted to stay, worried about her. The other half, his more logical half, was telling him to go through with her request. She didn't need him right now, so he could go home. "Um, see you tomorrow?"

"Yeah, see you tomorrow," Cicada gave him a smile in return before turning to go to her dorm. She took a deep breath before walking off towards her dorm. Hopefully Phoenix was fine with her being alone, why wouldn't he be? Maybe because he's a worrywart at times?

Phoenix watched her head inside, before letting out a weak sigh. He walked back to his apartment alone, trying not to think about it too much. She was gonna be fine. She had said so, there was no need to worry about her.

Cicada made it back into her dorm and let out a long sigh shutting the door behind her. She kind of just wanted to break down and cry on her bed, but she was also stupidly tired still and figured maybe sleeping was the best idea.

When the sun rose the next morning, Phoenix was pacing circles around his room. His thoughts were cloudy from the lack of sleep he had received the night before. How was he expected to sleep after that? His brain pounded with thoughts, and the headache building up. Something was clearly bugging him- even his roommate, who had come asked him to keep it down when he paced the room the night before, had figured that much out.

Cicada woke up the next morning at just the right time to have already having missed her first class. Great, just great. She decided at that point she was just going to stay in her dorm for the day and email her professors about what happened, not the full truth, but enough that her absence could be warranted. Then her mind flickered to Phoenix and she wondered if she text him to check up on.

Phoenix was still pacing his room, completely forgetting about his responsibilities. He had forgotten about class, not seeming to even notice anything but his thoughts as he paced. He had screwed up big time, and wasn't sure how to fix things. He fingered the forming bruises on his skin, letting them be a reminder to his situation. What was he going to do?

Cicada let herself wake up a little bit more before getting her day started. She got those emails sent to the professors so she wouldn't get in trouble. Then she debated a moment before sending off a text to Phoenix, Hey are you doing okay?

Phoenix didn't see it for a while, glancing over to his phone when it lit up for the third time. Hesitantly he picked it up, reading over Cicada's text a couple dozen times. The obvious answer was no, but he didn't want to worry her. So slowly he began typing up a response. 'Hey, I'm alright. I need to talk to you, though. Is there any way I could come over to your dorm?'