"Willow!" Aurora snarled as she marched down the stairs. Her heels tapping rapidly on the wood floor before shoving the reaper's curtain open.
"Who the fuck said it was okay to pull this sort of bullshit?"
Willow popped her ear bud out, sighing softly as she glanced up at Aurora from her seat on the floor where she had been unpacking her things from home.
"You're going to have to be a little more specific Aurora." Her voice was soft, playful even as she laid back on her bed.
"There's all sorts of pull shit I could have pulled in who-know-what time span."
Aurora kicked Willow's nightstand down, spilling pens, papers, and books flying onto the floor. She crossed her arms over her chest, the smallest of smirks playing at the edge of her ruby lips.
"What the hell, Aurora!" Willow shouted as she stood up, glaring at the cat.
"What was that for?"
"What was what for, you'll have to be more specific!" Aurora hissed, knocking over more of Willow's stuff.
"What is the matter with you two?" Spade barked as she stepped into the room.
"This dumbass gave Dagger my phone number!" Aurora hissed, glaring at Willow herself.
"Oh come on, you are so into him. You're just too proud to admit it." Willow stomped her foot, her eyes on Aurora's.
"I was trying to help you take a step that you never would take on your own."
"A step that isn't meant to be taken, Willow." Aurora groaned, tossing her hair over her shoulder as she made her way toward Spade.
"He's a criminal, Willow. He's not only in, but in charge of a gang which is inevitably responsible for all kinds of drugs and violence. He's a threat to society, and I could do infinitely better."
"Wasn't your dad a murderer before he met your mom?" Willow spat back.
"And he fucking died for it, Willow!" Aurora ran a hand through her hair, sighing softly as she calmed herself.
"My father was not a good man in his first life. I have no illusion's about that. He died and my mom brought him back with his dead mother's help.
He was a shit person and look at how wonderful and kind he became thanks to my mom?"
Spade took a step closer to Aurora, resting her hand against her arm. "Maybe it's time we drop this-"
"If he could why not anyone else?" Willow shouted crossing her arms over her chest.
"Where is you faith in what love can do?"
"Because my father is one of the strongest beings on this planet." She sighed, her eyes distant as she glanced out a window.
"His and my mother's story is a fairy tale unlikely to repeat itself anytime soon."
Spade shook her head, grinning at the inner workings of Willow's mind as she got up and apologized to Aurora, who in turn helped pick up all of what she had knocked over. Aurora exited , Spade right on her heels.
"She was trying to help Aurora. Admit it or not, you are attracted to him"
"It doesn't change what he is Spade. I don't look down on him for being poor, for being half human. I deserve better than some wanted criminal though." Aurora stood before the steps of her loft, turning to face Spade.
"I have been just fine on my own. I don't see why you keep pushing this especially with how you seemed to dislike him after the last encounter."
"Just because he annoyed me doesn't mean I automatically shun the idea. It's you're life, Aurora. As long as you're happy and unhurt, you know I try to keep out." Spade said softly, her eyes dropping to the ground.
Aurora smiled softly, stepping forward and pulling her cousin into a hug.
"Thank you." she whispered softly before turning to walk up her stairs.
"He's really not as bad of a guy as I'd like him to be." Spade commented. She brushed a strand of raven and silver hair behind her ear, a soft smile on her lips.
"Because he'd be dead by now if he were."
Aurora grinned, rolling her eyes as she continued up the steps, letting herself fall onto her bed next to where she had left her phone.
She glanced down at her phone. Her eyes looking over his text, again and again it ran through her head.
-Hey Scourge-
Of all the things he could have chosen to call her, why that.
...
"Not that I'm complaining, but we've been here for over two hours now and you haven't once even hinted at wanting to go home." Aurora's tone was filled with skepticism as she casually browsed through the clothing rack of the department store in the mall.
"Well Christmas is soon and I have to buy gifts for everyone." Spade spoke softly, analyzing a shirt she pulled off the rack.
"That doesn't explain why you're not bitching. I thought you hated being in crowded places."
"I'm finally able to fully control when I hear thoughts, so it makes being in public easier." Spade sighed gently returning the shirt to the rack, she turned to her cousin, hesitant to continue speaking.
"Hey, lets get out of here, I'm not really liking their selection." She ignored the feline's questioning as she made her way out of the store, easily evading the sea of people.
It was true, usually she hated being in crowds like this; too many people, too many voices, too much energy; but she was on a mission.
"Look Aurora," Spade began as she felt the presence of her cousin next to her;
"I need to talk to you about something." She looked up, noting the sign directing to the food court.
"Let's get some food first." Aurora raised and eyebrow suspiciously, searching for answers she was more than aware she wouldn't get until the canine chose to give them.
"Okay." Aurora's voice trailed as she followed her, "Let's get-"
"Mongolian barbeque? I'm craving the same." Spade stated more than question. She quickly widened her eyes, turning to face her cousin;
"I did not mean to read your mind just now." she began to stummble over her words;
"I'm sorry, I just have a lot on my mind today."
"Dude it's fine, just, what the fuck is going on with you?" Aurora folded her arms over her chest, preventing her cousin from walking past.
"You do realize now you definitely owe me some answers."
Spade sighed, nodding softly as she attempted to avoid eye contact.
"I'm going to ask Abigail to marry me." her words were gentle and slow, her shoulders dropping gracefully as though a weight had been lifted.
Aurora stood still, eyes wide, mouth gaping and searching for words. Spade felt her muscles start to tense as the silence drew on; she was expecting her usual reaction, blowing up, yelling, scolding; anything but silence could she prepare for.
She began to open her mouth to speak but the silence was broken by a voice that held slight familiarity.
"Spade?" the rugged voice was barely above a whisper behind her, but enough to cause her to swiftly spin around to face him.
He stood as he did the first day they met, hands securely tucked in the pockets of a battered dark brown leather jacket, facial expression almost completely lacking emotion; if not for a slight softness in his golden eyes.
"I thought that was you." the corners of his lips barely curled, almost unable to be called a smile.
"Yeah, Ezekiel, right?" Spade was somewhat hesitant, their last encounter was brief, but she rarely allowed people to see her in such a state of weakness; much less a stranger.
"Who the hell is this kid?" Aurora immediately interupted, stepping forward, quickly assesing the man. Spade sighed gently, shaking her head at the feline's outward approach.
"Oi, Zeke!" Spade raised an eyebrow observing the white and lavender haired girl running toward them.
"Who the fuck is this?" Aurora quickly questioned, folding her arms in front of her chest again.
Her glare was focused on the obvious canine, she had a short bob cut and stood at about 5'10; only a couple inches shorter than Ezekiel.
"Me-ow looks like this kitten's got claws." she retorted sarcastically, giving Aurora a quick glance over;
"Who are these fine females Zeke?"
Spade sighed again, gently taking a step ahead of Aurora before any real claws came out. She raised her eyebrow again, noting the sudden change in Ezekiel's demeanor. She could easily see the annoyance on his face as the female threw her arm over his shoulder.
"Anaiyah, this is Spade, as for that one how the fuck should I know since you decided to grace us with your ever so annoying presence." his body swayed as she cackled, arm still firm around his shoulder causing him to slightly slouch to her height.
"Oooh, goin' all big bad wolf in front of the pretty girls." she howled with laughter.
"Okay seriously, who the fuck are you bitch?" Aurora hissed gaining their immediate attention. Anaiyah raised an eyebrow, smirking as she finally realeased him from her grip.
"Geeze don't get your panties in a bunch, I'm Anaiyah, Zeke's older sister. Now, who the fuck are you?" she grinned playfully, clearly enjoying every reaction she got from the feline.
Aurora however, was no where near as amused. Spade could easily feel the heat radiating off of the scarlet haired feline.
She shut her eyes, rolling them behind her lids; breathing deeply, this was yet another reason she tended to avoid public places.
"Hello Anaiyah, I am Spade and this is my cousin Aurora-" She halted her sentence aburptly as a second familiar warmth approached.
"Who is probably going to snap regardless of any of my efforts." she sighed quietly, aggravation thick in her voice.
She shook her head briefly, for once unaware to the focus on her; without noticing golden eyes quietly analyzing her offhand mannerisms.
"Hey there Scourge." Dagger's confidence was clear in his voice, smirking as Aurora spun around to face him.
"How the fuck-" the feline began to hiss. She stopped, shaking her head with frustration, reaching out and grabbing him by his wrist pulling him away.
"Ya know what, I don't give a fuck. C'mon, you and I are getting lunch, Spade, catch up whenever the fuck you're done with this mutt." she gracefully flipped her hair over her shoulder, leading the firey haired man away without even bothering to listen to a response.
Spade shook her head again, torn between wanting to later scold the younger girl and being to focused on her current troubles to care about her expected rudeness to this complete stranger.
"Way to go Anaiyah, I think that was a new record for how fast you can convince someone you are a total cunt." Ezekiel's voice held slight aggression, his eyebrows slightly furrowing as he avoided eye contact with his sister; quickly focusing his gaze on silver eyes.
"The fuck ever Zeke, stop trying to pretend you suddenly have a back bone to look good in front of this cat." Spade raised an eyebrow again,
was that supposed to be some sort of insult?
She ignored the thought, letting her curiosity take control; she knew it was wrong but she couldn't resist. She took advantage of their momentary bickering to attempt to read Ezekiel's thoughts again; nothing; but something different did occur this time.
He quickly shot her a look; that if she hadn't known better; would believe held a tinge of amusement, as though he knew what she was doing. Her facial expression never faltered as she focused her abilities on the female; nothing.
"Perhaps I should be going." Spade finally spoke, interrupting the siblings.
"Yeah, maybe if we run into each other again I won't have her following me around." Ezekiel responded blandly.
"See you around Spade." and just like their first encounter, he turned around and left with no hesitation; no looking back; genuine apathy.
Spade frowned slightly, watching him walk away, her mind couldn't help but travel to thoughts of what lied inside that mind; more so, why couldn't she read either wolf.
...
"Can you fucking believe that stupid fucking mutt?!" Aurora snarled kicking a trashcan. She quickly shot a glare at a group of girls that had stopped to stare at her, all of them quickly averting their eyes and shuffling away. She growled again, sitting down at an empty table in the food court with a tray filled with Mongolian Barbeque.
"Well from what you've said she sounds like a grade A bitch." Dagger scoffed, starting to eat his food.
"But I'm surprised you let someone so below you piss you off." He remarked sarcastically, smirking as he received an eye roll but matching smirk from her.
"Shut up, you're just some dude that keeps stalking me, you shouldn't know that." she couldn't help but chuckle as she spoke.
"Ouch, I'm still just 'some dude'?" Dagger questioned, exaggerating a hurt frown that quickly turned into a smirk as she laughed aloud.
"Really though, what gives, why did you let that stupid bitch get to you?"
Aurora's eyes drifted to her food, she shuffled her fork around in the noodles and meat, furrowing her eyebrows as she contemplated giving him the truth. She sighed with defeat, looking up from her food into his crimson eyes.
"Ugh I don't even know why the fuck I'm going to tell you this, but Spade is planning on proposing to her girlfriend." she slightly growled, shaking her head. Dagger tilted his head slightly, his expression a mixture of what seemed to be confusion and humor.
"Well, what's the problem with that? They seem like they work in some weird freak sort of way." His voice trailed slightly, eye brows furrowing. Aurora couldn't help but burst into a fit of laughter at his facial expression.
"Be nice, they aren't that bad." She choked out between spurts of laughter.
"Then what's the problem?" he questioned again with a raised eyebrow, smirking as he felt heat radiating off of her. She narrowed her eyes at him, slightly muttering as she took another bite of her food. She took a sip from her drink and sighed, contemplating the answer she should give him.
"I just worry that she might be rushing into this a bit fast, Spade is honestly the most level headed person I know; but this is her first relationship and she's about as bad as a middle schooler when it comes to love." she growled softly, running her hand through her hair;
"I'm not trying to belittle their love, I know they do truly love each other; I just think it's better to wait more than just a year to propose that type of commitment."
"Fair enough." Dagger nodded, balling his hand into a fist in front of his mouth as he continued to talk while chewing.
"I guess you should probably talk to her about it, but I personally would say just let her know your worries and let her make her own mistakes."
He reached over and gulped down some of his drink.
"Or they may surprise you and it won't be a mistake."
He flashed a grin as she gave him a quizzical look.
She chuckled softly, shaking her head.
"I can only hope."
...
Spade had chosen to give Dagger and Aurora a longer time together and looked through a few stores searching for the perfect ring.
Her mind still was burdened with questions to why the wolves were impervious to her gifts; that, and the stress of Aurora's out of the ordinary reaction to her news had left her without an appetite.
She heard the buzz of her phone in her coat pocket, a new message from Aurora.
-Still with the stupid mutts?-
Spade sighed shaking her head softly, quickly responding.
-No. I'm at the jewelry store next to the beauty supply place. Lost my appetite.-
-That bitch would make me lose mine too. I'll be there soon.-
Aurora walked into the shop, quickly spotting the silver haired demon being tended to by one of the sales associates. It was odd to see Spade smiling so brightly in public; wide with fangs exposed, eyes holding a light rarely seen. If she didn't know better, Aurora would think in that moment the psychic didn't even realize she was there. She couldn't help but smile softly, the doubt she had slowly dissipating the more she watched her older cousin.
"So, this it?" Aurora spoke up, leaning up against the counter beside Spade.
"Yeah, I think she'll like it." to anyone else Spade would seem pretty calm about it, but Aurora could see the truth; this was Spade beaming.
Spade nodded at the sales clerk as he offered to start ringing up item. Aurora watched the man walk away before continuing their conversation.
"So you're serious, you're really doing this?" Aurora questioned, clearly knowing the answer.
"Well, according to you it'd be out of character if I weren't serious;" Spade attempted to joke, gaining a chuckle from the other feline.
"But yes, I'm sure. I love her more than I ever thought possible."
"I know you love her, but this type of commitment consists of more than just love."
"I'm well aware Aurora, but she's the one and I'm ready to risk it all and take this plunge." Spade's voice was soft and gentle, she focused her eyes on Aurora, her matte black painted lips forming into a small smile.
"Is this because of some vision?" Aurora quickly questioned, Spade's certainty seeming all too familiar. Spade's smile faded and her eyes suddenly seemed far away.
"No," she said softly,
"Honestly, when I do see the future, she's never in it."
She inhaled deeply, lightly rubbing her thumb along the ring Abigail had given her. Aurora slightly furrowed her brows, eyes questioning.
"It's not a bad thing, it really probably means nothing. My visions are still pretty sporadic, sometimes I can trigger them for specific people but not without strain; so it makes sense that I haven't had any involving her." she locked her silver eyes with the jade across from her, keeping her expression calm as always.
Aurora sighed heavily, shaking her head as she chuckled reaching to put her arm around Spade's shoulder.
"Well, I guess I have no choice but to trust your judgement on this." She said happily, squeezing Spade closer to her gaining what was close to a giggle from the silver haired girl.
"It's me, when have I ever made a bad judgement?" Spade said confidentially, laughing with her cousin as she was being swayed side to side.
"I'll give you that, you're usually to boring to ever make a bad decisions!" Aurora howled with laughter, causing all eyes on them.
This only proved to further the humor in the situation as Spade cackled along with her, both girls gaining looks from everyone around the store. But neither cared, they went about their way, giggling excitedly.
After all, what was there not to be happy about?
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