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AN: Same as last time, a chapter writing ahead. This time we move on to one of my favourite pairs. Cedric + Orube. I've written this couple in the past it more familiar to me then the last to. Hopefully it doesn't mean the last to were bad compared to this one. Also I've been thinking about why I don't get as many reviews as other WITCH fic writers and figured something. The only Non-Witch fic I've finished was a FF7 one shot. Other writer probably end up having there WITCH story read more because member from different find them through there other stories. Slightly annoying but what the heck.
Love is a Hearts Child: Interlude – Girls and Boys
Chapter 3 – Public Act
March 19th was another day of work for Cedric. Rising early, and spending a reasonable amount of time get washed and dressed, and finally adding his glasses. The ones he continued to wear even though he had need to do so. Grabbing his coat and check for his key he left to head for the bookshop.
As he opened the door he got the shock of his life at seeing Orube already standing there. In each hand she had a polystyrene cup with a plastic lid on top of them, and seemed to be standing there trying to figure out how to knock without putting the cups down. "How long have you been there?" He asked taking one of the cups without even asking.
It wasn't the first time she had done this, but it was so random when she did that it normally surprised him at first. "I just got here." She replied, taking a sip from the other cup. "So what are you going to be doing today?" Cedric asked as he stepped out of his apartment and closed the door behind him and locked. "Nothing, I've been trying to get into photo journalism but I can't understand what the papers really want from me." She replied and started following him as he descended the apartment blocks stairs.
"Maybe if you spent more time trying to figure it out, rather then showing up on my door step you would understand by now." He said, putting up with humans this early in the morning was annoying enough, but Orube had the habit showing up at those times he normally would have alone. The walk to the bookshop, was nice alone.
He wouldn't admit that it was nice to have her around in public. It was hard enough to do so privately without him feeling like a fool. He wasn't use to emotion, years of control them while under Phobos meant he wasn't the greatest a displaying them. Neither was Orube, while the drinks in the morning was nice, it felt serious forced on her part. Like she was trying to be the human she was not.
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Finally arriving outside the bookshop, Taranee and her boyfriend were already waiting for Cedric to arrive to open up. "Morning." Cedric said calmly before unlocking the shop door and walking inside. "Taranee would you be so kind to find some book on photo journalism I cannot stand hearing Rebbecca talk about it anymore." He said walking over to his desk, that sat a little way from the shop counter.
"Come on I'll find those book for you." Taranee said to Orube who was still standing near the door. "Hey Neil there is a box of books downstairs that need sorting out." Cedric said drinking the last of the coffee Orube had brought him that morning, before pulling out his account books from the draw of the desk and starting to go over them. "How do you stand working for him?" Orube asked. "Strangely he better then some bosses I've had. How do you put up with him the rest of the time?" Taranee countered leading Orube through selves. "hmmm." Orube mused to herself but didn't answer.
"Here we go, the books you want should be on this shelf." Taranee said pointing to one of the book cases. "Still thinking about trying to get into your old job?" Taranee asked. "Not really, but I don't know anything else." Orube replied. "Well what do you want to do?" Taranee asked leaning against a bookcase. "Practice my fighting?" Orube said unsure, that it would be realistic. "Well could you study earth fighting and teach that." Taranee suggested not really thinking about if it was possible. "That sound good, I could do that." Orube replied, and Taranee felt that she had just opened up something that wasn't good.
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By the end of the work day Cedric was starting to grow worried. By quiting his job and reopening the bookshop, he now had to work a lot harder then continue to pay for his livelihood. It did not ease his mind either that business wasn't really going that well. Orube had stuck around most of the day, which made concentrating on doing the store finance even hard then normal. Glancing at the clock he realized the shop was due to close 50 minutes and that Taranee and Neil were nowhere in sight.
Heading up to the door and locking from the inside so no one could get in he returned to his desk and tried to get money to add up. He didn't get much before the phone on the desk. He wanted to ignore it, but knew he shouldn't and as such picked up the phone. "The Ye Olde Bookshop. Cedric Hoffman speaking?" Cedric said sliding a pencil over his ear.
"Damn it Cedric, your meant to be at mine already." The voice of Steven said over the phone sounding more annoyed then normal at Cedric lateness. "And next time don't tell Orube, she showed up and I can't rid of her." Steven added more quietly into the phone. "I didn't know she knew about todays lesson." Cedric said, know wondering about himself. "Where are you anyway?" Steven asked sounding less annoyed. "I'm still at the shop." Cedric said. "I'll leave now." He added before hanging the phone up.
"How on earth did know me and Steven agree to meet today. I had forgotten myself." Cedric mused to himself standing up and pulling his coat off the back of the chair. Putting account books away, leaving and closing the store up behind him Cedric started making his way towards, Steven apartment which was in the opposite direction to his own from the shop.
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Cedric was slightly angry by the time he reached the apartment block where Steven live and pressed the buzzer for Steven flat. "Cedric that better be you." Steven voice said over the speaker a few second later. "She's driving me mad." He added. "Just let me in." Cedric said, and the opened the door when the buzzing noise meaning it was unlocked sounded. Quickly heading over to Steven door. Which was thankfully on the ground floor. Knocking, Steven seemed to almost ripped the door open.
Cedric stormed inside, and he went straight to the front room and saw Orube standing there. "What are you doing here?" Cedric growled. "I wanted to see you teach him." She replied with a smile. "YEAH RIGHT SHE TRIED TO GET ME TO FIGHT IN HERE TO PROVE SHE COULD BEAT ME." Steven shouted over Cedric shoulder. "Look forget the lesson just get her out of my flat." Steven said pushing his way past Cedric into his front room and collapsing in a chair.
For a second Cedric considered grabbing Orube's arm and dragging her out of the flat, but realized he like living and decided not. "Orube outside now." He order the women. "Don't tell me what to do." Orube growled back. "THAT IT." Steven shouted jumping to his feet, his hands starting to glow. "OUT NOW." He shouted, his voice like a sword edge grating of stone.
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Orube and Cedric were both standing outside the apartment building before there senses returned to them. "What just happened?" Orube asked extremely confused. "He seemed to have picked up compulsion spells." Cedric said, the though a scary one. For Steven magic to overcome two well trained minds at the same time, meant that he was either more powerful then Cedric had thought or extremely angry. Cedric hoped it was the latter.
"How dare he!" Orube exclaimed turning to press the intercom button. "Leave it Orube, you've caused me enough problems today." Cedric said before walking away, wanting to get home and have a glass of wine. Orube followed, both of them knew, no matter how much they seemed to annoy each other in public, as soon as there where both home alone. The instinctive acts of angry would drain to nothing, away from the eye of the human world.