Unmasked
"Ye know, I always thought ye'd spend yer free time daein' more work," Nevina said behind me. "Then again, preparing to do Reno seems like hard work anyway..."
"If you didn't want to come then you could have said," I remarked back. "I just needed someone to talk to, sometimes Cloud's near-mute moods and Tifa's worrying can be repetitive."
"Ye ever on the phone tae Omen? He's a blast," Nevina stopped and browsed through lingerie racks, brushing back her long brown hair, which she had decided to part to the left rather than the right. Most of the length was really just hair extentions, but she couldn't be bothered waiting until it had grown naturally. "Now are ye lookin' fer 'simple seduction' or 'desperate and need cock' kinda thing?" She was actually very serious in her question. I raised my eyebrow at her and she shrugged.
"How bad is the second one?"
"Well really it's just not buyin' anythin' fae here, strippin' naked and fucking yerself til he gets intae the house," I nodded slowly as she held up a dark blue, skimpy nightie. "This is more simplistic. What dae ye think Reno'd want?"
"He's had none for two weeks..."
"He'll go for desperate and need pussy then," Nevina handed me the nightie grabbed a few others as we went to the dressing rooms. She waited outside while I started to change into the different outfits, or lack thereof. "So, how are ye and him getting on?"
"Good," I replied, trying on the dark blue nightie. It was really only just enough to cover my modesty. Just. "Are you sure this one's simple? Seems borderline desperate."
"Let me see." I pulled open the curtain and Nevina scanned the skimpy outfit. "Ehh... my mistake, that's more 'really need it but just gonna make you go through Hell first'," She checked the price tag and then shrugged. "No wonder, it's as cheap as dirt. If you wore this Reno, or you, would tear it right off." I pushed her out of the dressing room and changed into a white, less revealing one.
"So how's Omen anyway? I haven't talked to him in a while," I asked, not really liking the outfit. I changed into a black one as Nevina talked.
"Aye he's fine, been askin' fer ye and wit the fuck ye've been daein', oh an' he's coming round tae Edge soon," She replied. "Course, ye've been workin' wi' me and the WRO, Cloud and Tifa," I could tell by her tone she wanted to add something on. I changed back into my own clothes and left the dressing room, looking at Nevina suspiciously.
"Nev... how are your powers developing?" I stared her right in the eyes. She wouldn't beat around the bush or talk shit.
"Good enough tae read minds now," She answered honestly. I nodded and stupidly turned around to pay for my stuff. "Good enough tae know yer workin' fae Rufus." I froze and slowly tured back around to face the girl.
"You... no I'm not," I lied poorly, knowing she wouldn't buy it but the words were said anyway.
"I've known for a few weeks, Chris," Nevina kept a straight face the whole time. "I wis wondering how ye could say 'Fuck off Rufus' without moving your lips." I shifted my weight a little awkwardly, caught very suddenly. If she knew why didn't she say anything?
"I hate your powers," I eventually managed to say. Nevina smiled innocently at me before flattening out her sunny yellow dress.
"Omen says they'll be frantic fer a while but settle eventually," She said. "I mean, my Telekinesis is all fine an' dandy but I'll get other stuff maybe." Nevina was only half a Whisperer, she could have developed anything or all of her powers. Still the mind reading thing scared me a bit. Just the thought of someone being in my head like that worried me.
"You keep your mouth shut on this."
"Aye, but if I dae it jist means everyone will be dead pissed aff wi' ye," Nevina smiled as we walked to the till. I turned to her and narrowed my good, seeing eye.
"Shut it." I didn't even want to think after that. I just felt concerned that Nevina would pin point on my fears and that horrible nightmare I had two weeks back. I hadn't had any other dreams like that since then but I couldn't get it out my head.
Besides, Nevina would sometimes do that 'giving advice when you don't want it' thing Omen does all the time. I keep telling her it's bad for your health to stay around him for extended periods of time.
Despite that I felt bad about keeping everything a secret. Still I've done so much lying but I'd have to stop it soon. I would probably end up yelling at Rufus about it, he'd send Reno to calm me down, I'd still be pissed off for the rest of the day.