A/N – I'm actually in the process of writing a couple of one-shot song-
fics, and I'll let you people know when I put them up so you can read them
if you want to. Just wanted to say that, and thanks for the loads of people
who reviewed (it's really not so many, but compared to my other stories...^_^
What can I say?) I hope you all like this chapter, I wrote most of it @
school, when I should have been paying attention (J/K). Well, anyway, on
with the story. I don't believe I've put up three chapters in one week.
Yes!
Chapter 3 – Arguments and Confessions
When Amon looked into Robin's room the next morinig, he realized that she had never slept in her bed, which was perfectly made. He realized the reason for it a few seconds later when he walked into the living room of the apartment. She was asleep on the couch. Her chin still rested in her palm, and her legs were curled beneath her.
Amon felt like pounding his head into the wall. Instead, he ran his fingers through his hair in one nervous motion. What had he been thinking – why the hell had he kissed her?
Robin shifted in her sleep, letting her head rest on her forearms as she turned her back to Amon. He reached out and tapped Robin on the shoulder, and she rolled over and opened one eye. "Please tell me I didn't sleep all night on the couch..." she muttered.
"You didn't sleep on the couch."
Robin looked at Amon strangely. It sounded as if he was making a joke, but his expression was serious. "We should go now," he said abruptly. Robin nodded distractedly. There was no sign of the Amon who had kissed her the day before. The Amon who had wanted to talk to her.
That Amon had retreated into his usual cold shell. So Robin did the same.
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Michael watched Robin and Amon closely when they came into the STN-J main office. He was the only one who noticed that they put plenty of space between them.
To almost everyone else, everything was normal. But he had his own business to attend to – he didn't have the time to get involved, no matter how much he wanted to be.
"That's their problem," he murmured.
"Who's they, and what's their problem?"
Michael jumped at the sound of Doujima;s voice behind him. "I wish you would stop doing that," he snapped.
Doujima frowned in the direction of Amon and Rovbin, who were arguing quietly across the room. "Do you two think those two are acting strangely?"
Michael looked at Doujima in surprise. "Yes. Did you just realize that?"
Doujima nodded solemnly, the smiled. "I bet you know why, huh? Robin tells you everything. It can't hurt to give me just a little hint, can it?"
Michael rolled his eyes and ignored her.
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"We don't need to go. We should wait here until the hunt," Robin protested.
Amon didn't seem to be listening. "We don't need to be be here. We've done all we need to do here."
Robin scowled. "you can't stand having nothing to do, can you?"
"You're very perceptive."
"I'll just stay here, then."
"Just come with me."
Robin hesitated at the urgency in his voice. Why was he pressing this? They glared silently at each other until Robin looked away.
"Fine," she muttered. "I'll go."
(A/N: I know they don't normally argue...correction, they NEVER argue. But there's a reason for everything ^_^ )
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"You're going the wrong way," Robin said softly, watching in confusion as Amon drove pas the intersection where they should have turned.
"I know that. Like you said, we already checked out the area, and it's under surveillance."
Robin shifted uncomfortably. "Then where are we going?"
"Where do you want to go?"
"I don't know."
Amon glanced at Robin once before turning the car in the general direction of their apartment. "Why have you been acting so strangely?"
"You've got a lot of nerve asking," Robin snapped. She shut her eyes and let her head rest against the window.
"I'm not even sure how you'll react to a hunt after everything you've found out, Robin. It's disconcerting."
Robin opened her eyes, and Amon was slightly stunned to see teats in her eyes. "I don't know any more than you do," she murmured. "I'm more lost than anyone, I think. I'm just confused."
"You'll be fine, you'll deal with it."
"Will I?" Robin wiped her eyes with the back of her hand. "Because right now, I want to forget everything that's happened and go back to being Robin the hunter."
"Is that why you accepted SOLOMON's offer?"
Robin nodded. "It was probably a bad idea. I just wanted to believe that nothing had changed – that I hadn't changed."
Amon stopped the car in front of their apartment building. "I felt the same thing after my mother Awakened. After they hunted her down. I guess I thought that if I pretended nothing had changed, my mother would walk back through the front door and ask whether I'd eaten, like she always had."
Robin shifted awkwardly. She had never heard Amon reminisce like this, and the fact that less than twenty-four hours ago he had kissed her didn't help.
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A/N: Sorry for writing such total drabble (I know it was short, but it's an update!) –_ ^ But anywayz, what did you think? I don't like this one very much, but I'll write a better chapter next time. I think it's kind of weird...I have no idea why my dialogue and characterization seem to be coming out so weird. It's driving me nuts!!! ~_~; I don't know why I like writing, but I'm hooked! Well, hope you thought it was decent at least, plz review!
Chapter 3 – Arguments and Confessions
When Amon looked into Robin's room the next morinig, he realized that she had never slept in her bed, which was perfectly made. He realized the reason for it a few seconds later when he walked into the living room of the apartment. She was asleep on the couch. Her chin still rested in her palm, and her legs were curled beneath her.
Amon felt like pounding his head into the wall. Instead, he ran his fingers through his hair in one nervous motion. What had he been thinking – why the hell had he kissed her?
Robin shifted in her sleep, letting her head rest on her forearms as she turned her back to Amon. He reached out and tapped Robin on the shoulder, and she rolled over and opened one eye. "Please tell me I didn't sleep all night on the couch..." she muttered.
"You didn't sleep on the couch."
Robin looked at Amon strangely. It sounded as if he was making a joke, but his expression was serious. "We should go now," he said abruptly. Robin nodded distractedly. There was no sign of the Amon who had kissed her the day before. The Amon who had wanted to talk to her.
That Amon had retreated into his usual cold shell. So Robin did the same.
*^*^*^*^*^
Michael watched Robin and Amon closely when they came into the STN-J main office. He was the only one who noticed that they put plenty of space between them.
To almost everyone else, everything was normal. But he had his own business to attend to – he didn't have the time to get involved, no matter how much he wanted to be.
"That's their problem," he murmured.
"Who's they, and what's their problem?"
Michael jumped at the sound of Doujima;s voice behind him. "I wish you would stop doing that," he snapped.
Doujima frowned in the direction of Amon and Rovbin, who were arguing quietly across the room. "Do you two think those two are acting strangely?"
Michael looked at Doujima in surprise. "Yes. Did you just realize that?"
Doujima nodded solemnly, the smiled. "I bet you know why, huh? Robin tells you everything. It can't hurt to give me just a little hint, can it?"
Michael rolled his eyes and ignored her.
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"We don't need to go. We should wait here until the hunt," Robin protested.
Amon didn't seem to be listening. "We don't need to be be here. We've done all we need to do here."
Robin scowled. "you can't stand having nothing to do, can you?"
"You're very perceptive."
"I'll just stay here, then."
"Just come with me."
Robin hesitated at the urgency in his voice. Why was he pressing this? They glared silently at each other until Robin looked away.
"Fine," she muttered. "I'll go."
(A/N: I know they don't normally argue...correction, they NEVER argue. But there's a reason for everything ^_^ )
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"You're going the wrong way," Robin said softly, watching in confusion as Amon drove pas the intersection where they should have turned.
"I know that. Like you said, we already checked out the area, and it's under surveillance."
Robin shifted uncomfortably. "Then where are we going?"
"Where do you want to go?"
"I don't know."
Amon glanced at Robin once before turning the car in the general direction of their apartment. "Why have you been acting so strangely?"
"You've got a lot of nerve asking," Robin snapped. She shut her eyes and let her head rest against the window.
"I'm not even sure how you'll react to a hunt after everything you've found out, Robin. It's disconcerting."
Robin opened her eyes, and Amon was slightly stunned to see teats in her eyes. "I don't know any more than you do," she murmured. "I'm more lost than anyone, I think. I'm just confused."
"You'll be fine, you'll deal with it."
"Will I?" Robin wiped her eyes with the back of her hand. "Because right now, I want to forget everything that's happened and go back to being Robin the hunter."
"Is that why you accepted SOLOMON's offer?"
Robin nodded. "It was probably a bad idea. I just wanted to believe that nothing had changed – that I hadn't changed."
Amon stopped the car in front of their apartment building. "I felt the same thing after my mother Awakened. After they hunted her down. I guess I thought that if I pretended nothing had changed, my mother would walk back through the front door and ask whether I'd eaten, like she always had."
Robin shifted awkwardly. She had never heard Amon reminisce like this, and the fact that less than twenty-four hours ago he had kissed her didn't help.
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A/N: Sorry for writing such total drabble (I know it was short, but it's an update!) –_ ^ But anywayz, what did you think? I don't like this one very much, but I'll write a better chapter next time. I think it's kind of weird...I have no idea why my dialogue and characterization seem to be coming out so weird. It's driving me nuts!!! ~_~; I don't know why I like writing, but I'm hooked! Well, hope you thought it was decent at least, plz review!