“Thank you Arch,” I tell him for caring about my well being and the clothes. I felt happy to have met him because I never thought I would ever find someone who would actually love me, or make me fall in love with them. “You too…” I then mumbled trying to say I loved him too and everything but once again, I messed up and Archer had already moved to the bathroom for me to fix it. Uhg, way to go - I told myself before carefully changing my clothes while there was now nothing to distract me from the pain. “Shoot, they hit me hard” I mumbled as I closed my eyes to push back the pain before looking down to see my stomach purple and blue. I then changed into the clean clothes in turtle speed and with pain but ended up changing and then layed back down, hugging the ice-pack again and closing my eyes, feeling really tired.
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Present day ~ December 3rd
He looked up again, staring at LeFou intensely. His gaze could almost cut through his friend’s clothes, skin, and muscles. The (well deserved) compliment that LeFou had just honored him with had caused an unexpected reaction in Gaston. Even though there was a small light deep inside, there was a disappointment on Gaston’s face. “Obviously.” He replied curtly. He drew his eyebrows down and sighed as if it wasn’t obvious at all. “Everyone admires me - that’s normal. Everyone…” he tensed his jaw. “… except Belle.” He exhaled through his nose. He bent his hands into fists and clenched them so hard his fingers became burgundy. His neck muscles tensed with anger. “I was misunderstood, rejected, and insulted by my wife, LeFou.” He groaned through his teeth. “It was not right.” He shook his head, spinning his little ponytail around. The events of last night returned to him with redoubled force. The anger grew even more powerful. How could she? Treat him like that! SCANDAL! And if Gaston wasn’t in public, he certainly wouldn’t be trying to keep his emotions in check. Instead, with all his might, he tried to calm down. He was taking quick, short breaths… but putting himself in a state of peace was more difficult than lifting weights in the gym (which he tried to go to every day - not that he needed it, of course).
Gaston didn’t take his penetrating gaze off LeFou as his friend nervously tried to withdraw his earlier statement. Gaston found the commitment with which he was explaining himself ridiculous. However, irritation reigned on the face of the more handsome one. “Yes. Yes.” Gaston was judging his friend’s explanation. As if he was the all-knowing and ultimate judge who would decide on matters of importance of life and death. He scratched his chin, which showed small roots of stubble that added a bit of roughness to that picture-perfect Gaston. “Of course I am. There is nothing in the world that I am not brilliant at." He recognized. It was his final judgment. LeFou didn’t have to worry. Gaston gave him a small smile… barely visible as if some unknown force in his head prevented him from showing his friend any more admiration.
Hearing the clicking of porcelain, Gaston looked up with interest. Maybe his companion concluded that this awful coffee suited his taste buds after all. Whatever it was, Gaston preferred it over staring at the phone incessantly. “LeFou, what are you-” Gaston started… only now noticing that the man sitting across from him took a sip of his coffee. Gaston’s face froze. He didn’t know how to react to what had just happened before his very eyes. LeFou turned beet red, and terror was almost pouring out of his little pupils. The embarrassment had obviously has been following him since he was a child. But LeFou was always doing something stupid. The curse of the surname, probably.
Gaston grunted. “Is this some absurd joke?” he asked, arching an eyebrow. Gaston didn’t like to not understand something. His companion’s behavior was incomprehensible to him, and it made his blood boil even harder. The man wondered why LeFou just took a sip from Gaston’s cup. Perhaps he was making fun of him? He must have found Gaston accidentally taking another sip of that terrible drink hilarious. The man snorted aggressively. “Do you find my behavior funny?” he revealed his thoughts. After all, Gaston rarely kept anything for himself. Especially at times when he felt his ego and impeccable reputation were being attacked by pathetic jealousy.
LeFou seemed to understand the plan perfectly. Very good. “Great.” Gaston patted his friend gratefully on the back. “Just don’t forget about anything. Everything must go according to plan." He smiled to himself. And it was a sinister smile. “We have to be prepared for Belle’s arrival. She will visit us today." He hoped the words would positively surprise his friend. His wife hardly ever showed up at the tavern. Gaston attempted to convince her to do that… tried to signal that she should go there with him, but somehow it never worked out. However, it was different now, for Gaston was 100% sure Belle would show up today. She will enter through the wooden door, wearing a blue dress with her hair braided in a messy ponytail - but that will only add to her charm. With a grateful step, she will approach him, and all eyes will be on her. And everyone will envy him for having such a wonderful and beautiful wife. Gaston smiled dreamily. “That’s why, my dear LeFou… you have to make sure that nobody says anything or destroys the whole thing. Belle needs to remember this evening as best as possible. It must be an event worthy of my name!"
@ethereal ~ Marcel LeFou
I DIDN’T KNOW WHAT TO WRITE SO OOPS~
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Archer
“No problem at all Gen” I smiled as I headed to the bathroom I needed to clean up. I hurt but I knew Gen was in a lot more pain than I was. I wanted to clean up fast so I could be there to watch over him. I worried he was more hurt than he was letting on. This was what love was and I was glad it had been him he seemed to get me in a way that I hadn’t expected to ever be understood. I knew now that he loved me too even without words and I knew it would take time for him to say that out loud and I was fine with that. I showered and now as the hot water hit my body I realized they had gotten more good hits in on me than I had thought and my glasses were bent and nearly broken. I knew if I was in this much pain Gen was worse so I hurried to finish showering and change I wanted to get back to him. “Genossta are you really ok? Let me see how bruised your stomach is I want to make sure your not internally bleeding or something.”
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I opened my eyes when I heard Archer’s voice. I was about to say that he shouldn’t worry and that I was fine, since it was my go-to respond, but stopped myself as I didn’t want it to look like I was hiding it from him. "It hurts, that’s all"I said and sighed before taking his hand. “I don’t want to hide it from you but I… I don’t want you to worry either” I saod before slowly turning on my back and pulling up my shirt and let out a little groan while doing so. “I think you might have been right about the broken rib” I said trying to add a chuckle with the pure purpose to keep even this in a light mood.
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Archer
I sat in bed with im and held his hand. I smiled I could tell he was about to tell me he was fine and I was glad when he changed his tune. “I know it hurts Gen I just want to make sure its not something really bad ok. You took a real beating from them and I know that it wasn’t a light beating either.” I say as I look at the bruises and run my fingers where I thought the broken rib was. “Im guessing that hurt a lot because I thinking that is the rib that is broken.” I say as I kiss his cheek. I wanted him to feel safe. “Ok if it gets worse im taking you to a doctor I know you don’t like it but I couldn’t live with myself if it was more than a broken rib and it hurt you more,” I say as I lay down beside him and hold his hand. “Laughing hurt?” I ask as I hear him try and chuckle
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I could feel his touch as if it was an electric shock, but it wasn’t a bad feeling per se. Even when he touched my bruised ribs, he kept it in a light touch which kept the pain to an absolute minimum and I felt grateful that he was so tender. I let out a sigh as he mentioned the doctor. “In normal cases I wouldn’t mind going to the doctor, but don’t forget my body is…my body looks like it does, I just expect that if I go in, they will not let me out because of my skin, you know?” I said and moved closer to him. “It only hurts when I’m in a certain angle, right now, it doesn’t” I reassured him. “Thanks for caring” I tell him and managed to give him a peck on his cheek without hurting my body.
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Archer
I was trying to be gentle with him but I laid my head on his shoulder as I cuddled in a little. “Ill keep an eye on you but keep it iced Gen.” I say as I play with his hair. “Im only taking you to a doctor if it comes down to absolutely needing it for that reason. I don’t want them keeping you because of your skin when Im just concerned your bleeding internally.” I hold his hand and try relaxing back in. “Just take it easy and don’t worry about a doctor for now ok.” I smiled as he moved closer this was nice. Not the being hurt part but the closeness. “I will always care about you Genosta and the broken rib is to blame for why some angles hurt so much.” I cuddled in more after he kissed my cheek.
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“Still I think this must be some kind of unfair rule. finding a person you care about so much that cares for you equally as much in return, only for us to get hurt 2 days later for being together” I said and rested my head against his shoulder. “But I don’t think I’m bleeding internally, maybe my bones got infected by the same stuff as my skin and just break faster” I said with a shrug. “It will heal…probably” I added and put one arm around him as I kept laying on my back since it was the most comfortable position but it did mean I couldn’t ice it.
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Archer
“Hey things just happen but I am here and you have me and I have you so Im not all that worried that they got mad we were together.” I say as I play with his hair it was thick and a little wavy. “Im glad you don’t think your bleeding internally but lets just be careful while we rest up and head.” I say as I hold the icepack early on him so he would get some of the benefit of icing without the pressure of it laying on him. “You better heal I can’t have you this hurt for ever Gen.” I mumble as I cuddle in closer. “Do you need anything before we get too comfortable?”
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I shook my head. “Nah, I’m good” I said and closed my eyes while we cuddled. “I have everything I need, right here” I said and could feel the chill of the icepack slightly. “Do you mind if we take a bit of a nap?” I asked as I let out a yawn. “I guess the excitement of going shopping with you has warn me out a little” I said, trying to focus more on the fun side of today, rather than being stuck in the spiral of the attack.
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Archer
“Ok then Im cuddling in.” I say as I grab my blanket and cover us up. I saw him closing his eyes and knew he needed to rest anyway. “I have all I need to. You, blankets, and a bottle of water. Im set.” I say as I giggle and lay back with my head on his shoulder. “The icepack isn’t too close is it?” I ask as I kiss him again. “No nap away you deserve it.” I say as I cuddle close knowing full well I would probably end up fall ling asleep soon too. “I know I liked shopping with you a lot though.” I say as I rub my eyes.
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I shook my head with a smile. “Nah it’s fine, I’m only worried that a cold person like you will stay cold with the icepack present” I joked, not trying to call him mean, but referring to how quickly he gets cold. “But if you, do, I’ll always be happy to be your personal heater, hurt or not,” I tell him and open my eye for a second to see him rubbing his own. “You should nap as well, things must have been exhausting for you as well,” I tell him and closed my eyes again, falling asleep quickly, feeling happy and safe with Archer by my side.
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My heart is melting because of these two.
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Archer
I smiled laughing at his little poke about how I was always cold. “Well If Im always cold I would love you as me personal heater.” I say as I snuggle in even higher and smile. I knew he didn’t mean cruel when he said cold he meant actually cold and honestly that he noticed that was kind of sweet. “I will. in just I bit. You nap and Im sure ill be right behind you.” I closed my eyes as we talked even though I was fully awake still.
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LOCATION: HER HOUSE // DECEMBER 2ND
“You know very well that I hate when someone does that.” he grimaced. “Oh, I’m sorry. I didn’t know that.” She lied. She knew he wouldn’t like that. But she wasn’t the one to care. Their relationship needed to be a bit closer for Aphro to care. Just a little bit more, but they were just flings, after all. They wouldn’t even remember each other after a few months. Gaston would find someone new and Aphro… she’d go back to how she was before. Lonely, sad, and perhaps, focus more on finding her husband and the other missing people. Lately, a few men have started disappearing. It’s not only the women. Aphro has to be more careful from now on.
Aphro was surprised by the confused look on his face. “Because… it’s not very professional?” she tried thinking about a better reason but gave up. “Oh, nevermind. It’s not like you haven’t seen me like this before.” she rolled her eyes and grabbed her sweater which was lying on the couch. “It’s really cold, isn’t it?” she rubbed and palms and plopped on the couch, making herself comfortable. She noticed Gaston unbuttoning his shirt and looked at him, eyebrows raised. “Erm, what exactly are you doing?”
“No, I didn’t! You were the one who started complaining to me about your ‘ungrateful wife’.” she clapped back. “Look, Gaston, I’m not your therapist or anything. I don’t care about your problems! And I don’t think I ever will. If you came here just to complain about Belle, then please leave! I have better work to do other than listening to your stupid whining!” she crossed her arms, annoyed by him. “And no. I’ll not stop calling you by that nickname, Ton-Ton.” she mocked him.
“I didn’t beg you to stay here!” she snapped. ‘Well… not exactly.’ she gulped and looked away from him. “I’m more annoyed than happy if you didn’t already notice.”
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“Hmm” I hummed. “You just have to ask,” I mumble and started to drift off. It was weird to fall asleep as a human, but sleeping as a bird could actually be fatal so I didn’t habe a choice. Then again, having Archer by my side made me feel safe and made it easier to fall asleep.
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Archer
“I know I just have to ask Gen.” I whisper as i see him start to fall asleep and I kissed his cheek “sweet dreams Gen.” I cuddled in as I set the ice pack near him as I cuddled in falling asleep myself. I knew I made him feel safe and that made me feel good because he made me feel safe and loved.
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I opened my eyes to find the bed next to me empty. I got out of the bed and looked around to find Archer in the living room with a frown. Suddenly, everything seemed to be standing still, like everything was frozen in time. “You don’t deserve him” a voice whispered in my ear. I looked around hu no one was there. “And he soon he will realize this as well” The voice added. “You will always be alone,” It told me. “Just watch” It added
The time returned and Archer pointed at the door. “Get out,” He said and I felt my heart drop. “But Arch…“I said but he cut me off by yelling.” I SAID GET OUT”. I didn’t know why but I couldn’t argue about it. I was just hurt but didn’t dare to ask why, instead, I just walked out into the snow. Looking back once more I changed into a bird and flew off, only to feel a sharp pain in my stomach that made me fall mid-air and I fell towards the ground.
My eyes shot open and I looked around the whole gasping for air. In front of me, I saw Archer sound asleep so I quickly tried to calm down without making too much noise. I felt my stomach hurt and without waking up Arch, I freed myself from his cuddles and looked for the first aid kid. There I looked around for some painkillers and took two before looking at the time, and I noticed it was getting close to dinner time.
I wanted to surprise Archer so I started cooking without waking him in the hope I could wake him with the smell of freshly made food instead.
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Archer
I could feel Gen breathing hard and hoped he wasn’t having a nightmare I cuddled in closer holding his shirt in my hand as I feel back to sound sleeping. I felt safe with him right there to help keep some of the bad dreams at bay. I felt a lack of warmth near me after a few minutes and whined a little half asleep but he didn’t come back and I started to panic that he left. I shot out of bed eyes wide and quickly scrambled out of bed. “Genosta!!” I ask scared and then the smell of food hits me as I get to the bedroom doorway and I calm down. “I thought you left.” I mumble as I rub my eyes and steady myself on the doorframe. “But no just making dinner for us.” I say as I smile and head to the kitchen wrapping my arms around his waist from behind and smiling as I kissed his cheek. “Its smells really good and looks just as good too.”
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I was so focused on cooking that hearing Archer yell my name made me jump a little. I looked over my shoulder to see him look kind of scared. He put his arms around my waist, but for injury reasons, I gently moved to my shoulders and neck instead while putting one hand on his. “I told you, I’m not going anywhere unless you tell me to” I said softly as I kept my focus on not burning the food. But the words of dream Archer played in my head even though I tried to block it.
I lowered the stove fire a to a minimum before turning around and hugging him tightly. “Sorry, I just need a moment” I tell him as I just held him.
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Archer
I held him back tight but not tight enough to hurt him. “Im not leaving never ever and I don’t want you to leave me ever either.” I mumbled as I tried not to cry my panic was still caught in my throat and I just held him. “I love you.” I say ad I cuddle in. “Im sorry I scared you I know your not leaving. Just so many people have left me and I don’t want you too I just get so scare you will and I can’t think straight and I got really worried when you were gone and I called for you softly and you didn’t come so I really panicked.” My words fell out of me in a flurry as heavy as the snow outside and I burred my face in his shoulder as I held him he was there he was still with me and had no intention of leaving me but my brain still worried he would, even when I knew in my heart he wouldn’t.
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