#ᵗʰᵉ ᵛⁱˡˡᵃⁱⁿ ᵒᶠ ᵐʸ ᵒʷⁿ ˢᵗᵒʳʸ { ᵖᵒˢᵗ⁻ᶜᵘˡᵗ ˡⁱᵛⁱⁿᵍ ᵛᵉʳˢᵉ }

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@bloodykneestm asked: ❛ clean yourself up. you're getting blood all over the place. ❜ ( lilja )

With a boost of adrenaline still pumping through his veins from the THRILL of the kill, Kai barely registers what Lilja says until he takes a downward glance. Sticky crimson footprints trail behind him across the hardwood floors, evidence of the couple's crime. A low, BREATHY chuckle leaves him and he continues practically strutting up to his wife like a proud cat with a mouse in its jaws. " Are you gunna join me? " He tilts his head as he cups his wife's cheek, smearing the blood that stains his fingers over her face. " Fuck, she sure didn't get very far, did she? You really didn't hold back this time. " Kai laughs again, his dark eyes filled with sadistic excitement.

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Kai lets out a short huff of DEFEAT when the phone is snatched back up into its rightful owner's hands. He barely even got to peek at the contact names let alone any messages. Luckily Lila decides in the middle of her lecture to drop that little comment of her having other men in her life. Kai can't control the bark of CRUEL laughter that leaves his lungs, tilting his head to the side as he does so. " Other men? C'mon, Lila. I've been here how long? You literally almost never go out unless its to go to work, don't bullshit me. You're pathetically single, that's probably why you get so bitchy. "

He stands up as well a few moments after she does because like hell he was going to actually let her leave without hearing one of his own lectures. Two could play at this game; and usually did. It wasn't the first time the pair has had arguments. Kai was an egotistical, loved to hear himself talk, which is partially a reason he fit in so well with politics. While Lila was a lawyer, born and bred to take on arguments. A match comparable to fire and BRIMSTONE.

" Sorry that I actually wanna remind myself that I have taste buds. The shit you eat on a daily basis looks like you stole it from Bugs Bunny's pantry. "

she's been told (MOSTLY BY KAI HIMSELF) that he was some sort of sex god among his cult. lila is positive these stories are greatly exaggerated; as much of a weasel as kai anderson is, he's not terrible looking, but any attractive physical qualities he has are immediately drowned out once kai opens his mouth. if a man called himself DIVINE LEADER while inside her, lila would start swinging.

speaking of, lila snatches the phone out of his reach and tucks it in her blazer's front pocket. "i have OTHER CLIENTS besides you, kai. you can't read anything on there." her client pool is dwindling; a case as high profile as kai anderson's was supposed to skyrocket her career, but no trial means no glamour that comes with months in the headlines ... and now that kai is an escapee and the heat is on lila, fewer people are returning her calls.

"just like there are other men in my life," lila near-hisses. she rises from the small table and adds, "men who DON'T complain when i don't bring home cheetos and manwich. kai, i think a prison diet is healthier than what you want."

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@dustwereturn asked: you think this is a joke ? (from lila!)

" Are you kidding me? I think it's fucking hilarious. " Kai smirks from his place on the couch, looking over the article on Lila's phone again. Less of a news piece and more of a GOSSIP and speculative one, but either way the talk about how there's a possibility Lila and him were romantically involved somehow was more than enough material he needed for a good chuckle.

He purposefully keeps the cellphone away from his former lawyer's reach when she makes a move to grab for it, the look on his face as SMUG as ever. " Oh, they are absolutely right. You can't keep your hands off me! " Kai laughs again, quickly switching the phone over to the opposite hand.

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@dustwereturn continued from here .

An obnoxious yawn belts from his mouth as he pours his second cup of coffee into his mug. Black of course, because who needed their taste buds anyway? He peers at Lila behind the cup, not even ATTEMPTING to conceal the smug smirk as he takes a sip of the hot beverage without so much as a flinch. Causing his former lawyer to squirm and SCOWL with annoyance was about as much entertainment he could get lately when he wasn't watching tv.

" You sure you can't just bat those eyelashes at the judge and get off easy? " Kai chuckles under his breath and takes another SCALDING sip of his coffee before he joins Lila at the kitchen table. " All I'm saying is be aware of your surroundings. For all we know they're staking out your place. "

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@dustwereturn asked: ❛ what, you like to watch? you goddamn sicko. ❜ FROM LILA LMAOOO

Kai checks himself over in the mirror, not really putting any effort to make himself look anywhere close to presentable, but instead wiggling the tip of his tongue to dislodge a piece of food from dinner and brushing a few messy strands of hair back into place. " Damn, we're jumping right into asking what I'm into, huh? The view's pretty good, not gunna lie, sweetheart. " He glances sideways towards Lila who'd been PEACEFULLY bathing before Kai had barged into the bathroom without warning.

The former cult leader simpers a little, unbothered and UNASHAMED of being in the same room with Lila while she's naked. Even if he wasn't attracted to her, he wouldn't care about something as insignificant as a LACK of clothing. " In my defense, you were taking way too fucking long in here. "

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A grunt of DISCOMFORT is forced from the former cult leader when Lila hits his side with her hand. As quickly as that happened however, another series of mischievous chuckles leaves him, his thumb haphazardly tapping out of the browser app to start snooping around on her phone. Kai doesn't get far before he's pulled in by her continuing the subject by throwing SIMILAR accusations back in his face as if they were bickering children.

" If you want me, just say so. I'll blow your mind. " Kai countered back, giving her a suggestive look before turning most of his attention back to Lila's phone, going in to unashamedly explore her text messages. " Like I've said before, you're hot. But it's definitely not projection, sorry to say. There's plenty more people I'd fuck before I'd choose you. "

"you are a rat." if lila had a nickel for every time she's told kai this, she could probably quit her day job. she hits his ribs with the back of her hand — hard enough to surprise kai, but not enough to knock the breath out of him. lila then opts to treat her former client like a boomer treats a toddler throwing a fit; she turns away, FEIGNING lost interest in getting her phone back. a difficult task, as lila doesn't want kai to look at anything else he's not supposed to ... which is all of it.

"you're the one that seems eager," lila quips. "you have this fantasy of me being lustfully obsessed over you. must be PROJECTION?"

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" No way, I may be good-looking but not as pretty as you. " Kai counters Lila's quip with a flirtatious smirk. Lately he's surprisingly been getting more sleep than he was before getting arrested. Of course that came with the cost of having VIVID night terrors either caused by his growing worry of getting caught or of the traumas he's been through. He knew he'd wake up Lila practically each time he had one. Frankly it was EMBARRASSING for Kai having her know he was capable of having that amount of pure fear from something that couldn't physically harm him.

The escaped convict takes another sip of his coffee, looking at Lila across the table when she asks the question. A soft SNORT of breath leaves his nostrils and another smirk cracks across his face. " I don't plan on staying forever. Once this whole thing dies down a little, I'll skip town. " Kai isn't exactly sure where he would go, but surely any place was better than staying in his hometown. Another gulp of hot coffee FORCED down his throat and he catches his former lawyer's gaze. " You know, you'll say you want me gone now, but I bet you money you'll miss me. "

there is not a day goes by that lila does not think of some way to turn kai in that would absolve her of guilt. FRANKLY, he'd make her life easier by turning himself in, but she doesn't trust the rat not to squeal on her. one day, she'll find some loophole that will free up her living space and keep her a free woman ... lila's not a religious woman, but she prays it will be today, especially after the headache he's giving her this morning.

"if you had tried that, maybe we would've won." lila quips dryly. a breakfast of black coffee is paired with a granola bar; had he not waken her early with his night terrors, she wouldn't even have time for that. lila's always been a late riser and being a career woman hasn't changed this habit.

lila takes a bite and points the bar at her former client. "what's your long term plan, hm? because there's no way in hell you can crash on my couch forever. you can't pay rent, and even if YOU COULD i dunno if i'd let you stay."