Alice sighed softly,"Yeah, we can get you your meat." She said quietly as she grabbed her purse and turned towards him. "You ready to go?" She asked quietly looking at him, she still looked rather bitter, at least her eyes looked like she was in a fairly cold mood. She walked out to the car without him not really caring. He could follow her, she wasn't going to make sure he knew where everything was like he was a little puppy. He had to figure out things on his own.
He slammed the car door shut and glared at her, her mood was rubbing off on him though he was too angry to realize it. “This was your idea mortal! You didn’t want me to eat you out of house and home remember?” he laughed mockingly, “you should be grateful I haven’t decided dying was worth the enjoyment I’d get from watching you suffer!’ he leaned in close and showed his nails which had sharpened into claws, “Or that I don’t cut off your limbs, technically I only need you alive to survive!” he said giving her a smile that showed many sharpened teeth, before sitting back in his seat his nails and teeth returning to normal, “Drive mortal, I grow impatient.”
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His dark thoughts lifted when he saw all the different things in the store. So much selection, he wondered how he was going to taste it all! Gluttony had not been a sin he had been inclined to understand nor appreciate but he was definitely starting to see the allure, as he wandered through the aisles.
Alice sighed as they reached the store. She didn't know why the sudden gloom had just come over her, but she didn't want it to seem obvious. She wondered if Argenti was just going to snap at her all the time, if he was, it was almost like having her father around. She just followed him around the aisles occasionally grabbing things that she herself could use for meals, if she actually ate. She managed to smile a little so she wouldn't seem totally out of it. She wondered if he could feel how hurt she was emotionally, about as fragile as glass and terribly broken. But if he did he wasn't making it obvious. After all, he didn't give a damn about her. He just wanted her alive. Whether she was happy or not didn't matter.
He walked briskly out the store satisfied with their various finds. It had been a unique experience the only damper being his ball and chain of a mortal, oh yes he knew how he felt, and as much as he tried to ignore it or convince himself it didn’t bother him his mind constantly returned to the subject. A part of him hated her for making him feel this way, another part hated himself for not knowing how to remedy the situation. For the second time today he wished he had something to kill! He paused when he heard something drifting through the air, something he had never heard before. Entranced he followed it heading across the street he saw a man with a guitar, he was playing a song. Argenti stared in rapture as the music something he had never heard filled him, he felt lighter somehow more whole, the sound coming from the guitar made him feel connected to…something, he could barely comprehend it, as tears genuine tears glistened in his eyes as he smiled.
Alice looked at Argenti with a confused glance as he stopped and sat there staring at the man with the guitar. "Hey? Everything okay?" She asked quietly. Was he crying? What the hell was this? Alice was a little shocked, she had no idea that he could display an emotion other than anger after all. He was quite the joker, more like threatening joker though, not actually funny. She smiled a little and just shut up. She didn't want to ruin things for anyone. Her mood had seemed to lighten just a little though. "Do you like the sounds?" She asked quietly. "It's called music."
He looked at Alice, an idea forming in his head. In one swift movement he pulled her into a hug, “I’m sorry I threatened you,” he whispered, “They were empty threats, bluffs I would never hurt you,” I don’t think I could anymore not even if we weren’t bonded he thought. He pulled her away as the music died down, he composed himself drying his tears and trying to place back his old walls of hate. “I know what it is,” he said his voice no longer soft and kind as it had been before but still not its usual harsh bark, “Music is forbidden in hell, I have never heard it before, it is…strange,” he said struggling to find the right words for it, “it felt like being whole for the first time,” yes that was as good an explanation as he was going to give. He placed a hand on her shoulder, “Can we go home now Alice? I feel…ill” it was true, his stomach had made a sudden lurch and he felt it gurgle, he thought it might vomit something he had never done even in the stinking bog.
Alice was a little shocked as he suddenly pulled her close to him. She listened to him and could only nod and slightly hugged him back,"I know you wouldn't hurt me." She whispered before he pulled her back away and started to talk about music. She nodded a little weakly as he said he felt ill though and gently took his hand leading him back to the car and driving him home. Once they were back there she carried the groceries and things back inside and started to put them away. She wondered if she would ever see that soft side of him again... it was... likeable. It made her actually want to hug him and feel safe... It was weird to her.
Argenti had rushed into the bathroom as soon as they entered the apartment, he closed the door and leaned over the toilet. He opened his mouth and felt hot red liquid spew from his mouth, he had time to groan once before another bout hit him. When he recovered he looked down at the mess and saw smoke coming up from the bowl and heard a hiss as what he had thrown up began eating away at the porcelain, panicking he flushed the toilet hoping that would do away with it. Groaning he leaned against the sink and dropped his human disguise. What he saw made him gasp in horror.
His eyes which had once been bright yellow lamps were now a dull sickly yellow, his fangs which had been so long it had forced his jaw open had shrunk he could actually close his lips, his horns had shortened somewhat and seemed less sharp, even his skin was less rough feeling less like shark skin and more like the smooth scales of a serpent. What was happening to him? Was this from being in the mortal world? Or did it have something to do with that damnable bond!? Angrily he punched the glass causing it to crack and leaving a fist sized dent, he took a deep breath getting his anger under control and put his disguised back on. Heading out of the bathroom and into the living area he slumped into the couch. Rubbing his temples he wondered at what was becoming of him.
Alice sighed softly as she was just putting the groceries and humming softly to herself, her voice had always been pretty, her singing voice at least but she rarely sang unless she was bored or alone. She sighed softly as she finished cooking. She looked out into the main room at Argenti and couldn't help but feel like something was wrong. "Um... Do you want anything?" She asked quietly as she walked into the room quietly. She was behind him though, possibly 9 feet away from the couch. She really wanted to go hug him and what not because of his sudden change earlier, but she had a feeling he would snap at her. She just stood there in awkward silence waiting for what he was going to do.
“I want to go home,” he said his voice a soft whine, as he continued to rub his temples. “I don’t want to experience anymore new things! I…I don’t want to feel lost anymore!” Hell below he sounded pathetic. He sat up and looked at Alice an expression of sorrow on his face, “In hell I was strong, I was powerful! Here I don’t feel strong… I feel weak…empty and alone.” He dropped his disguise and regarded her with his yellow eyes, “ I hate this world… I hate not having my own brethren around,” he placed his clawed hands on his head and emitted a weird gurgle from his throat which was in fact a sob, “I want this bond gone, I don’t want to feel your pain and sorrow anymore..” he said desperately trying to fight off the tears again and failing, “and I don’t want to feel guilty for not being able to help you!” he cried out at last
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