Under! Where? [AJ/Private] (Read 839 times)

[Shadow]

A small café was the perfect place where Shadow could spend her time. Even if for now she was alone, she won’t be for too long, she was waiting for the rune knight commander, or better said for her adoptive sister. She missed for a long time without showing any signs that she was still alive, so she is kind of sad when she thinks about that, about how worried AJ would be. And then suddenly a letter from Shadow where she was asking AJ to meet her here. To the place where AJ took her the first time, where they make the best mint ice cream that Shadow ever tasted.

And that’s what she was doing now, dressed in a more royal outfit because Autumn wouldn’t let her leave without it, it was an outfit that would make Shadow unrecognizable for someone who is used to her wearing that school girl outfit she got the first time. Only red and black, a dress with layers and all kind of ornaments. She really looked like a royalty, and of course she attracted some unwanted attention. Some guys were looking at her and talking to each other, surely they wanted to flirt with her, but no matter how much they would try, it would be futile since Shadow is already promised to someone else.


She was staying there, like a good girl, eating her mint ice cream while waiting for AJ to come already and spend some time with her, maybe go someplace nice or just stay here and talk. All she wanted was to talk with AJ and at the end of the day to just call Autumn and tell her that everything went alright. The only way AJ could recognize Shadow right now would be because of her cursed eye. And AJ should better come fast and save Shadow, because one of the before mentioned guys took a sit next to Shadow and tried to talk to her, and flirt with her inviting her over to her table. She didn’t look at that guy at all, she just concentrated on her ice cream, but she was still afraid of what could happen.

[AJ Styles]

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That one letter was enough to drive a driven General into retreat when it came to her workload. Not that it would have taken her much to stop from the beginning, anyway, but alas, this was an oppotunity that she could not miss, given the fact that she hadn't seen that girl in such a long time. Of course, aside from the obvious anger that has stemmed from Shadow leaving without a single word, after all she's done for her, part of her was still relieved to hear that she's well and safe.

Soon enough, the loud noise of her signature motorcycle could be heard coming from the outside of the cafe, which would probably be sufficient to drive anything that's happening inside the cafe to an indefinite halt. Within the next minute or so, the redheaded girl could be seen entering through the front door, albeit not dressed in her familiar red uniform, but is instead wearing a random t-shirt and a pair of jeans with a white biker's jacket with the words 'Don't tread on me' printed on the back. For those who knew her, that was definitely not her motto, but it represented a part of her that, well, felt right at the time. She wasn't in a good mood, and as much as she wanted to try to maintain a low temper when she spoke to Shadow, she had to make it clear that what she did was wrong.

And so, upon her entry, the usual case where all the attention in the room suddenly shifted towards her, happened. Still, she didn't care. All she did was shift her gaze around the room, trying to locate the one she considered to be her younger adoptive sister. At first, there were no real signs of Shadow's presence, at least until she managed, with her all perceptiveness, to notice the weird eye that the girl had always possessed. The weird eye that currently belonged to a girl who was carelessly licking away at her greenish ice cream, whilst being talked to by one of the jocks who wasn't entirely happy that the girl he was talking to, wasn't paying him any attention at all.

Naturally, being the protective person that she was, AJ gently walked over to their table, and took a seat right in between the two people. Whether or not he recognizes her from all the interviews and announcements she's made on TV, it was entirely up to him. In a stern and direct tone, the girl spoke, her gaze not even fixed on anyone but a menu on the table. "Shouldn't you be headin' back to your other jock buddies, lover boy? They be waitin' for ya."

WORDS: words
TAG: person
SPELLS: spells
NOTES: lalala

[Shadow]

This guy wasn't leaving, and Shadow had no idea what to do to make him leave. All she did was continue to eat her ice-cream and wait for this guy to get bored with doing something that seemed useless. But he didn't stop, the more Shadow ignored him, the more the volume of his voice was increasing. Shadow was very scared right now, she feared that if he gets to angry he would force her to follow him. Even if she was training to be a strong mage and to be able to protect others, right now she was weak, and her magic won't do too much, except make him even angrier.

But then something happened that distracted him for a bit from Shadow, sounded like a motorcycle. One of the things that Autumn told her not to get on because those things are very dangerous. And, she won't get on one, not only because Autumn told her not to, but because she doesn't like them. But Shadow's hope rose even more when she noticed that the person on the motorcycle was AJ. She would have gotten up to glomp her, but she had two problems. The first one was that the guy who was next to her got back to trying to get her when he saw that Shadow reacted to the motorcycle. The second problem, which was the most important one: she didn't know what to do since she felt so bad for leaving AJ like that.

She just left without saying anything, and she knew that she would be scolded because of that, and she was ready for it. She did something that turned her in a bad girl, and bad girls always get scolded.

But right now she was happy that she could see her again that she actually came when Shadow sent her that letter. She was even happier when AJ told that guy to back off, but he didn't want to listen. He started to lie that he is Shadow's boyfriend, and that she is used mad at him and doesn't talk to him. During the time the boy was talking, Shadow was shaking her head; she didn't dare say anything yet. But she couldn't help it when the guy told AJ that she shouldn't interfere in other people's business. She just slammed her hands on the table and said in a louder voice. "Leave me alone! I don't know you and I don't want to! AJ came here to see me!" she felt anger build up in her, and as she was saying those words, the blackness in her left eye started to fade, revealing a yellow eye. The red eye was starting to gain that darkness, someone wanted to come out.

[AJ Styles]

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There was no denying in anyone's mind that AJ was beyond pissed. First, she gets a letter out of nowhere after an important meeting with her higher ups, from someone whom she cared deeply about that had left without even telling her where she had gone to, or what she was doing in that period of time, and now this. A jock, trying to hook up with said person, in spite of his extra company that he wasn't paying attention to. Maybe its because she wasn't wearing her usual uniform, but if he even reads the news, or watches it from the television, he would've known who she was. Then again, jocks like him probably spent all day and night watching no good football games and whatnot. The veins on the redhead's forehead bulged out, but when Shadow suddenly decided to yell out and cause a scene, as if they hadn't been causing one already, AJ spoke in a very calm, albeit very stern way, to the both of them, starting with the girl.

"You, young lady, do not have the authority to namedrop me, especially since you've put me through hell searching for your ass and trying to find where you've been for the past I don't even know how the fuck long. And you.. don't get me started on you, brawns-but-no-brains. I don't know if you know who I am, and frankly, I don't fucking care. If you wanna start shit, I'd be happy to whoop your ass in front of your friends, so they'd get something to gossip about come classes on Monday. Do you want that? Cause if you do, feel free to throw a punch. Right now. Just so I'd have a reason to return fire."

Every word that she said, she meant it. Obviously, the aforementioned meeting with her superiors did not go well, otherwise she would have been in a much different mood than she was right then, but oh well.

WORDS: words
TAG: person
SPELLS: spells
NOTES: lalala

[Shadow]

The guy saw that he has no chance on making AJ leave, so he just gave up and left the table. He looked disappointed, but it's not like Shadow or AJ cared about that guy, right now there was a problem between the two of them. Shadow didn't want to say anything, or better said she couldn't say anything after what AJ said to her. Now she felt very guilty, she wanted to say she is sorry, she wanted to cry, but she couldn't. Something in her told her that none of those things would solve the problem she is facing right now. All she did was look down with a saddened look.

The girl was just waiting to be scolded, she deserved it. She made AJ worry, and Shadow didn't know if AJ did something while she was gone or what she did to try to find her. She moved so far, and she wasn't alone either. She had a bodyguard, but the guy wasn't staying next to her dressed in a uniform or anything else to make him grab someone's attention. The guard that Autumn sent with Shadow actually managed to blend very well and was just watching Shadow from the distance making sure she doesn't get in trouble. She didn't know why he didn't interfere when the guy was hitting on her, but maybe he trusted Shadow that she could deal with this by herself.

Clenching her fists to make some courage, she finally managed to open her mouth to say something, but it was in a low voice, it could barely be heard. "I'm sorry ... I'm sorry because I left ... And, didn't say anything..." She didn't know what else to say, she just wanted for AJ to scold her; she wanted to be punished for doing such a bad thing. People who do bad things are always punished, and it was AJ's job to do those punishments, that's why she was the commander, she was the best person for this kind of job.

[AJ Styles]

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Honestly, she had expected much more when it came to the guy, but since he just decided to give up and leave quietly, she wouldn't pursue the matter any further. Looks like that guy had enough brains to know not to mess with someone, eh? But yes, moving onto the real deal here, AJ had completely no idea what to say or do when it came to Shadow. Sure, a girl her age should be making her own decisions and doing whatever it is she wants with her own life, but the fact of the matter is, she can't keep trusting whomever gives her a bag of candy or says nice things about her. Countless hours upon hours of fruitless searching, tossing aside her professional position to prioritize that girl's well being, it wasn't something she, as a General, as a role model, was supposed to do. Yet she did it, out of her own choosing, and never once had she questioned why she had so much patience and tolerance when it came to someone who would leave out of the blue, without leaving as much as a single note to tell her where they're planning on going for fuck knows how long.

"Why'd you come back?"

That was all she said, and that was all she was going to say. The word 'sorry' only existed in AJ's vocabulary if someone messed up on something, or screwed up a task. At least she could contemplate actually forgiving those people, because they had no idea what would go wrong. This, however, Shadow knew fairly well that leaving without alerting anyone like that, she'd know, that no matter how inexperienced and innocent she was when it came to the real world, that abandoning your guardian is something you should never fucking do.

WORDS: words
TAG: person
SPELLS: spells
NOTES: lalala

[Shadow]

Why did she come back? She couldn't explain the feeling she had at all, the reason that she wanted to be here. Besides the fact that she was feeling sorry for leaving without any notice, worrying AJ for sure. Who knows what she did when she saw that Shadow wasn't there anymore, who knows how worried she was for the person she thought of as her little sister. Shadow knew that AJ was worried; she knew that AJ would have done many things to try to find her. Shadow was too far from this place, making it impossible for AJ to find her. She had to apologize and talk to AJ more, maybe she would forgive her.

"I missed you a lot.... I knew that you will be worried, but I didn't realize I left nothing behind to tell you where I go. All the time I wanted to send you a letter or find a way to tell you that I am safe, but I always forgot." As she was talking Shadow didn't dare to look at AJ's face, she was just looking down at her lap. Then, something else escaped her that she never thought it would happen, seems that her mind locked AJ in there as a big sister, that's why the next words that escaped from her mouth could be confusing. "I wasn't a good sister at all, I made you worried. Even after all this time, you still came here when I asked you too ... Thank you."

As she finished saying what she had to say, she again waited for AJ's reply. She had nothing more to say, she said she was sorry, she didn't know what else she could do in order to make AJ believe that she is sorry.