I don't blame you -(( Fate >> Kai

[Darkduskk]

((Sure x3~ I'll get it up in a second))

[Darkduskk]

((There, board made =D))

[Kelly]

[posteddd.. don't forget to reply here, gotta go, night! : D]

[Darkduskk]

(=B -idiot- I didn't even notice your reply. Nighty night, Kelly ))

[Darkduskk]

"Yeah. And things before that even..." pushing around the mix still, he breathed in the aroma, finding the scent rather familiar and delicious. It suddenly hit him - this would be the suace for the noodles. Kai was making spaghetti. He quickly felt like quite the idiot for not noticing that earlier.

Again, he found himself mesmerised by the vapors that rose from the pot. There was something comforting in the way the haze floated and slowly faded into nothing.

[Kelly]

She raised a brow. "Something in particular that sparked the change?" She asked, rather interested, and also so that she could make note to never do whatever it was herself--He really seemed to feel terrible about what he did when he became whatever it was that he became, and she didn't want to cause him to do anything he would regret.

Peering over into his pot for a moment, she smiled. "You're doing a great job." She said, hoping he'd remember some of this for future reference.

[Darkduskk]

He smiled as he recalled just what exactly brought the memories back. "I just noticed that I left my shoes back at the office."

Tearing his gaze from the vapors as she mentioned how he was doing, his grin grew slightly wider. "Thanks."

(Sorry it's so short - I 'm having a major brain fart =P))

[Kelly]

She nodded slightly, noticing the smile on his face. "You sure your shoes're the only thing you left there?" She teased, only joking around, of course. It was nice to see him smile.

She grinned back. "You'll be a chef in no time, just wait and see."

[Darkduskk]

"Heh... Well, I also left everything else I was wearing before, though I highly doubt I'd want the rest of it now. It's probably torn to shreds," his smile faded a bit after he mentioned that, it only reminded him of everything all over again. A near silent growl slipped from his throat as he started to get angry with himself. Finally mustering up enough oomph to push the nightmares away, he tucked the horrid bundle in the corner of his mind. He'd deal with it later.

"Chef?" he chortled. "Doubtful - But thanks for the encouragement." still pushing around the food, he was almost folding the mixture into itself, a way he found that better mixed the ingredients and kept the meat from burning. At least, that's what he thought.

[Kelly]

She nodded at this. "Hm... I can imagine. Though, you know, the whole grunge look does seem to be in these days." She commented, a slight smirk creeping onto her features. However, as she thought about it, she bit her lip and asked. "Do you just... change like that randomly?" She asked, wondering how he'd had the control to change back, if he hadn't had control to change into it in the first place.

She offered a half grin to this. "Hm... Well, someone-who-can-cook-something-other-than-frozen-dinners, then. Does that suit you better?"

[Darkduskk]

His smile brightened and grew as she made the cocky remark, that quickly disappeared though as the subject was brought back up. Maybe it was better for him to talk about it - he'd kept it bottled up for so long. "I used to think it was random. Lately though, it seems to be based on a few select words - or even, just one." He swallowed hard, recalling the last events before he shifted.

He snorted a soft luagh as she mentioned the other title, "Hey. I can cook instant noodles, too."

[Kelly]

"What word is that?" She asked him gently. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to make you talk about something that you don't feel comfortable about." She said, biting her lip, looking up at his face, wishing she could make him smile again.

At his next comment, she shook her head. "What talent! I never even considered that, I must apologize." She said, sticking her tongue out at him.

[Darkduskk]

"One that I'd rather not say... One that I wish I could hear more often - one that probably doesn't mean much these days." He also bit his lip in thought of how depressing that must have sounded. "Don't apologize, I probably need to talk to someone about it anyway. Most likely better for my health if I get it out. - thanks for puttin' up with me."

Having cuaght sight of her stick her tongue out when she teased him about the noodles, he made a motion as if to grab it. "It is a talent - I know exactly how long to put a cup of water in the microwave to get it the perfect temp."

[Kelly]

The first word that came to mind when he said this was 'love.' However... That was just her being pessemistic. But what if he was pessemistic about it, too? "Is it something you're scared of, then?" She asked gently before shrugging. "I'm here to listen if you ever need to talk, you know that." She said.

Her tongue retreated back into her mouth as he made a motion to grab it, and she smiled. "You'll have to teach me how such a miracle is possible." She chuckled softly.

[Darkduskk]

"Scared of..?" he thought about the question for a time. No, he wasn't scared of it, not gaining it anyway... he was scared of losing it. He was scared of investing time, emotion, care, into something so fragile. He was frightened of finding love in someone special only to be the person to take it away. He'd be the person ...who would ultimately backstab whoever came to trust him. Hell, he was that person now... "Yes... but I'm too used to it."

"Pfah. For every two cups of water involved, zap it for one minute and fifty-seven seconds... High power." He brought his hand back down to rest on the handle of the oven door, still stirring the suace with the other.