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[furynyx]

Nyx could only feign a glare back at the woman sat by her side. She was excited to be back in Barton Hollow because even though it held a lot of bad for her, it held more good. This was where she’d met Dee in the first place and that really did mean something to her. She ordered them both drinks before sitting back. “Listen-- How about you just be the one to walk me home later. Sounds a little more romantic than just a plain old walk.” The fury leaned in and placed a sweet kiss on Dee’s cheek, the grin on her lips remaining unmoved. “But.. You know, out of interest; where were you thinking of walking to?”

  A scoff was all Nyx elicited from Dee. She’d been wanting to go off and explore every nook and cranny of Barton—the exact same thing she did when she first got here. What had changed? Who was still around? What was everyone doing? There were so many unanswered questions, and being anchored to a barstool for the rest of the night didn’t sound all too enticing. But hell—it was what Nyx wanted to do. She worked at the Anti-Hero pub for forever, and Dee figured there must be some sentiment in the dusty old bar.

  “You wouldn’t even want to go on a walk with me later tonight?” she asked after a couple of minutes with a modest sweetness “I thought it might be romantic.”

[furynyx]

“If it isn’t the queen bee herself.” Nyx didn’t even have to turn and look at the woman to know who it was. She would recognize that voice anywhere even though it wasn’t on the side of some football field hurling abuse at her. “Guess they do, I mean I still like a drink and you still love my company.” Nyx threw back, looking over at the other fury with a grin on her lips. This was what she’d been missing. She’d missed the familiarity of it all. The shorter woman loved travelling and especially loved travelling with Dee but she missed the ability to call just one place home. “What’s been new with you, Bells?”

After she’d left BHU, Bella hardly went to the Anti-Hero Pub. And, by the time, most of the furies had gone their separate ways, she never went at all. But, when wind reached her about Nyx’s supposed return, Bella decided to check for the hell of it. And, low and behold, it didn’t take her long to spot her former teammate. Stealthily sliding in the seat beside her, Bella rested her arms on the table. “Old habits die hard.” She mused, making her presence known.

[furynyx]

Nyx looked to her company, more comfortable with strange men because of Dee’s influence. If it had been a girl she would have been completely at ease but men always left her on guard somewhat, though over the years the security of having Dee made her feel untouchab-- Milo? Was that Milo fucking Katz? “Well if it isn’t the first unofficial angel himself.” The fury said, throwing her arms around him. “How the hell have you been, kid? Oh god, you’ve got stubble now.” Nyx sat herself back on her bar stool to take a proper look at him. The time had definitely been good to him. “Next round’s on you? Well I’m not about to argue with you.”

Ten years had been a long time, at least for Milo. For some people, things didn’t change. Milo however had learned a lot in the past and this past ten years had been good to him. Although he was not completely sold on his future. Things could change. Milo stepped into the pub. Why not? He thought. He had been in the pub before— when he lived in the town. “I’ll drink to that. Next round’s on me,” he laughed.

[furynyx]

“Gotta like the place you work, you know? Well, worked anyways.” Nyx had liked her time in the Anti-Hero. The patrons had usually been the quiet kind and her manager never questioned the fact that she refused to show him any ID ever. The shorter woman ordered a mojito, getting a questioning look from the bartender before he grasped the fact that it wasn’t for her. “Why no more dancing?” Nyx asked out of interested, impressed by the fact that the woman had learned to play piano. Aurora used to play it all day long in their dorm and often tried to teach Nyx, but her hands just weren’t up to the task. “Me? I’m--” How was she liking the world? In truth for the first time ever in her life she felt like she was meant for the world and she smiled to avoid the emotion that came with that realization. “I’m good.. I’m great. Traveling a lot, seeing everything, you know? I’m-- Uh, I’m happy.”

Ariel smiled with recognition, suddenly she felt more like her old self. “You always seemed to like this place. Not many people like it now, or at least it looks like that.” shrugging lightly she wondered why, now youth was all about noise. She never got to understand that. She did drink now, barely but she wouldn’t say no to the girl after such a long time “Mmm…a Mojito would be nice, thank you!!” whenever people ask her that, the lack of words would make her feel if anything a bit anxious “I guess so…” she would say she was more dry, but didn’t know if people actually referred to themselves like that. Perhaps it was just her. Ariel pouted her lips “I stopped dancing, I moved into the wood…oh! and I play the piano now.” she smiled to avoid letting the summary depress her. Even in she was happy in the woods, the fact that she couldn’t dance would always make her feel a void in her life. “but besides that? Not much, but enough about that. How are you doing? How are you liking the world?”

[furynyx]

“Well shit-- If it isn’t the little angel herself.” Nyx said, instantly recognizing that innocence that seemed to emanate off Ariel. “So I like a drink.. Not about to deny myself, especially on vacation time.” She said before taking a sip of her drink and glancing to the other woman. “What would you like? My treat.” Nyx offered with a grin, wanting to give Ariel a reason to stick around. She wanted to catch up with as many people as she could before heading off with Dee again. “Have you changed much, lady? What’s new with you?”

“Nyx.” she whispered, as if she was just realizing but she had been aware that the brunette that there…she was secretly waiting for her to speak, as if to confirm she wasn’t crazy. Ariel always saw the demigod and the fury, but it was never them. It was always just a couple that when she looked closer looked nothing like them. It was sad, but it helped her to remember more often which was honestly nice. It was familiar. “It would be a bit weird if you didn’t.” she said, but quickly felt sorry about saying it. It sounded too much like saying she was an alcoholic. “It’s nice to see some people don’t change.”

[furynyx]

Nyx took a beat to recognize the woman next to her but she nearly lost it when she realized it was Evangeline. “Nice to see you haven’t changed much either. Always easy on the eye, you know?” The shorter woman said with a fond little smirk, remembering the constant arguments they had. “I ordered myself some fire water. My own creation of course-- It’s just a little bit of everything in a glass.” Nyx got her glass and took a sip, feeling the harshness and the burn in her throat. “Still as good as I remember. What have you been doing with yourself?”

“Nice to see you haven’t changed that much,” Evangeline noted with a laugh, lifting her glass of red wine to her lips and taking a small sip. Crossing her legs and meeting Nyx’s eyes, she questioned with a raised eyebrow, “What did you order?”

[furynyx]

“Fuck--” That was the only word that seemed appropriate of the affect ten years had had on her old work place and once favorite watering hole. Ten years did little to change her tendency to swear. The fury nodded over at her old manager, they’d never really spoken much but the unspoken nature of their friendship was something she appreciated. He didn’t tell her much she’d cost them in damages and she kept the riffraff out. She sat herself at the bar and ordered properly for the first ever time in her history with the Anti-Hero. “Well I don’t know about you, but I’m staying here all fucking night.”

[furynyx]

She didn’t think life would change. No, she wasn’t that naive. She didn’t think life would change the way it did.

College flew by. She had a bad patch with her grades but she got herself back in the end. Nyx found her way and graduated with her full degree and honors. The furies won every competition they even dared to look at and she felt like all the years she’d pushed towards an unspecific goal had paid off in everything coming good by the time she graduated. Cheerleading had never been very important to her, the furies were far more important than winning; the fact that they did win was just a bonus.

Nyx had always prided herself on being very ready for adventure. Of course her last two years of college had been tumultuous but nothing that really sated her wanderlust. Dee had kept her updated on her travels across every lake and through every valley and though she never said it she was a little jealous. There was that and she’d missed the girl, that however she’d never live down if she said it. Nyx had come home after the day of her graduation to get ready with Aurora for the night ahead, but had been left at the door by an arguably awkward best friend. When she got inside their little dorm, yes they stayed in the dorm, there was the traveler herself waiting to ask Nyx if she’d join her on her journey.

Nyx never really saw herself as part of anyone else’s plan and for Dee to want to involve her was one of the most amazing feelings she’d ever felt. The thought that out of everyone she was the one person that stood out still never fails to get her smiling. The fury didn’t even go out properly that night, she was far too ready to go see and do everything she’d been missing out on. After emotional goodbyes with her fury sisters and all the connections she’d made in Barton Hollow they were off. Nyx didn’t find it hard to go because Dee was a compelling person to be around at the best of times, and it made her feel like there wasn’t anything else she was supposed to be doing.

They went everywhere and did everything together. The dynamism between the two was unmatched. They worked off the same page and Nyx knew that without hesitation there wasn’t anything she wouldn’t do for Dee. Their beginnings back in high school had been physical and shallow but it had transformed into something incredibly special. Nyx’s idea of movie romance was never really lost because Dee managed to do a good job of being her cliche kiss in the rain even when the sun was shining.

Even though they’d traveled everywhere there was one place that seemed to come up more often than not. Barton Hollow was a part of them both whether that had good connotations or not. They both decided that it was probably in their best interest to just get over their curiosity and go back to visit the place they used to call home. What difference could ten years make?

[furynyx]

"I'm spun the fuck out right now, I wouldn't feel so flattered." Nyx often found herself amazed at whatever fell out of Bella's mouth. Sometimes she just had to take a moment to appreciate how self centered one being could be because through all the people she'd ever met Bella took the cake and the box it came in too. The fury knew that when it came down to it that they played on the same side but moments didn't come around often enough to reaffirm their 'bond'. "Right , food. Where are we heading?"

"Neither can I, although I am flattered you see such goodness in me." Bella prided herself on being untouchable to the fullest extent. Nothing hurt her because there was nothing to heart. Bella du Pont was as icy and heartless as they came… for the most part. As cold and selfish as she was, Bella loved her brother and she was loyal to her fellow furies. They were perhaps the only people who would ever have the pleasure of saying Bella was on their side. The fury smiled. "Great. Now, let’s go before I faint."

[furynyx]

"Dee, it's your birthday. We can do whatever you want." The shorter girl said with a little shrug of her shoulders. "Something out of state? Are we going on an adventure?" Nyx asked, a smirk appearing on her lips. 

   ”Birthday dinner…” her face wrinkled with contempt “I don’t wanna go out anywhere to eat—especially anywhere I have to dress up. You’re right, we should do something bigger… like, something out of state.”

[furynyx]

Nyx nodded at the girl and gave her a little smile. "I don't know, lady. It's definitely not no problem. I'm definitely imposing-- You're kind of the secret sweetheart type, aren't you?" The fury was always open to being surprised by people and it gave her a little hope in the people she was surrounded by. Evangeline had previously been very outspoken towards her, but Nyx wasn't about to hold any sort of grudge. The girl was being hospitable and nothing but friendly; she was curious however about the change in personality. "Blankets? No, I should be fine. Warm blooded and all that."

Biting her lip and averting her eyes as Nyx began to change into the clothes that Evangeline had lent her, she only looked back up once the other girl was fully dressed. “That’s sweet of you. Thank you,” she responded, a small smile making its way onto her face. “Yeah, it’s no problem. And alright - just tell me if you want anything.” Heading into her room, she pushed open the door to her bedroom. “You want some blankets or anything?” she questioned, turning her gaze towards the smaller brunette.

[furynyx]

Nyx wasn't listening in on their conversation. She just happened to over hear the whole thing due to her close proximity. Perhaps the mention of the word 'dominatrix' intrigued her or perhaps her need to protect women from ignorant idiots made her pick up on the whole exchange. She knew it was the former but just wanted to have the latter to feel better about herself. And then she did what she'd want someone to do for her and swooped in. "Hey, I need to borrow you for a minute." The fury said before turning to the woman's company." I'll totally give her back after, you two definitely have a spark." The shorter girl joked to a very quiet audience before waiting for the woman to react. 

The demon let out a slow, deep chested breath as the person before her continued to go on about nothing but bullshit. She could probably smell it from a mile away too. “Your ignorance is not cute, nor is it satisfying this so-called ‘mature’ conversation. For the last, and f i n a l time— prostitution is not the same as being a dominatrix.” She practically said the words between gritted teeth. Being ignored and told she was wrong wasn’t something Fleur took kindly to. After all, this kind of stuff was what she dedicated her life to.

[furynyx]

It wasn't every morning that you saw a young girl slumped over a cat on your way to get coffee, that's what Nyx was thinking anyway. Maybe she'd stepped on the thing? If Aurora found out about that there was no way Ariel would come out of the confrontation alive. She was thankful it was her turn to get coffee and not Aurora's, Ariel was good and didn't really deserve to die at the hands of a vengeance hungry, coffee deprived fury. "Don't think that matters. What are you doing here, Doctor Dolitte." Nyx couldn't believe she'd actually made that reference and pouted to herself for a moment. She was definitely choosing the next movie they watched. 

Ariel wasn’t a morning person, even if she wished she were. She hoped coffee would help, but as she was heading to the mystic she saw a little cat weeping and walking a little bit weird. Kneeling down, looking around and hoping no one would see she placed her hand on the cat’s leg, it seemed like it was broken but since it was small she figured it wouldn’t take long.  She wasn’t really hiding, but she didn’t want people to see…whenever people would see, they had this weird look in their eyes. As if they were scared, or amazed it depended in the person. Breathing it, she started to notice it wasn’t healing as fast as she thought it would.  That couldn’t be good. Ariel, upon hearing steps, turned around as fast as she could “I—what are you doing here?”

[furynyx]

Because I fucking care about you, so get that through your thick fucking skull!

That echoed through her pained mind so hard that she no longer had questions or anything to say to Sawyer really. Now was not the time. She wasn't sure if the time would ever come but all she really knew was that now wasn't the time. The fury was exhausted and so lost in everything that had happened that she wasn't herself. She was this diluted eccentric version of a person she never wanted to be. Sawyer was meeting her again at a very difficult time and though that was no excuse for burning out someone's car, it would have perhaps allowed for some sort of understanding. Nyx put her head down apologetically and just resigned herself to following Sawyer wherever she wanted to go. She'd figure out everything else after that. 

Sawyer bit into the inside of her cheek. Every ounce of anger and irritation that she had for Nyx was bubbling up. Where the hell was the girl who was eager to cause trouble? She hadn’t seen any problem in light Cam on fire, so where was that girl now? Why was Sawyer stuck with the weeping girl who seemed as though she just wanted to give up? Turning around at Nyx’s inquiry, Sawyer stopped so suddenly that she wasn’t sure if Nyx would actually knock into her. “Because I am!” Sawyer’s lips curled into a slight snarl, something that rarely ever happened— the brunette hated getting angry, although, in some sense, she was always angry. “Because I fucking care about you, so get that through your thick fucking skull!” Sawyer let out a muffled scream into her hands and tilted her head back. “Because despite you fucking hurting me, I still feel like I should fucking help you. So let me fucking do that.”

[furynyx]

Nyx took the clothes that Evangeline was offering up and changed in front of the girl, folding her clothes up and leaving them off tot he side. As a fury and as experienced as she was with nudity on a whole she wasn't afraid of being naked in front of other people. "Yeah, it's really well done, you know? And thanks for these." The fury said as she gestured down to the t shirt she'd borrowed from the girl. "Nah, if I get anything else off you you're gonna have to charge me."

Evangeline managed a wavering smile before stuffing her hands into the pockets of her jeans and strolling down the street, eventually ending up at her apartment. “Just give a second,” she called over her shoulder as she headed off to her room, shedding her own skinny jeans and oversized red sweater in exchange for a pale pink t-shirt that was a few sizes too big for her along with a pair of cream-colored sweatpants. Grabbing a gray top and black sweatpants from her closet for Nyx, she brought them out to the main room, barely catching the dark-haired girl’s compliment. “You really think that?” she questioned, her cheeks flushing. “That’s sweet of you to say. Thank you so much.” Averting her eyes, she continued, “Do you want anything? Coffee or water or whatever.”

[furynyx]

Nyx often did wonder what bystanders thought of her interactions with Dee because they were so often connected at the hip. When she saw the soccer player her gut instinct was always to slip herself under one of the girl's arms and slip a hand around her waist. It was their natural go to position. They didn't just stand side by side like friends, they stood entangled in some way with each other more like a couple. 

"I know, oh I know you will." Nyx was fully aware of the damage that Dee could rain down on anyone who really went against what she wanted out of life. Nobody fucked around with her soccer team, end of discussion. "And you know I'll be right there with you with a whole pack of furies. It's been ages since we've had a proper reign of terror scenario." Even if Dee felt she didn't need back up Nyx would see to it that whatever the soccer player wanted to put into action would happen without any sort of hitch.

"Absolutely nothing." Dee really was adorable even though she probably didn't want to be. All Nyx could do was bite down on her lip to stop herself from laughing at the girl's enthusiasm. "There's not one single problem with that, promise." The shorter girl said before resting her head against the girl's side, feeling utterly content around the soccer player. She turned for a moment and looked back at the blazing car having all but forgotten about it. Dee had the ability to push into the forefront of her mind even if there were more pressing things vying to be thought about. She was grateful that Dee had found her because she knew that she would have spent the rest of the cold night just stood in front of the car until she was picked up by some police car; ice cream with Dee sounded like a much better option. 

  The kiss earned Nyx a surprised look from Dee, as she wasn’t expecting affection to blossom past holding each other’s and walking down the street together. Yet, it was still endearing, and Dee eventually returned the kiss with her own peck on the cheek. They looked adorable despite the scene of their kisses taking place as they walked lackadaisically away from the wreckage of a burning car. Ah, how romantic the backdrop of fire was.

  “I’ll fuck up the athletics department if they axe the team,” she snorted. Her judgment would rain down fire and fury against the douchebags who were more concerned with the revenue of the university instead of the legacy. “I’d start a petition—and if that didn’t work I’d do something drastic,” and as Nyx knew, drastic could mean all sorts of things.

  “That’s cool dude, we can go on a run together whenever tomorrow, I’m pretty free.”  A pair of incredulous eyes fell unto Nyx “I don’t think there’s any problem with that, though. You think there’s a problem with that? What’s wrong with getting some ice cream and having some fucking fun?”

[furynyx]

And I swear you’re just like a pill Instead of making me better You keep making me ill…