Board Thread:Role Plays/@comment-26060252-20150130001450

Darian and Alice sat near the back of the cafeteria in a quieter corner, the multitude of conversations drowning away into a constant buzz as they sat there. Alice was sitting there, slowly eating her food, pushing some of it around her tray as Darian slept, his food untouched. Alice let out a sigh as she looked at her boyfriend and decided to finally confront him. "Darian," she said softly as she gently shook his shoulder, getting no response from the faunus. Alice's face contorted into a look of disappointment and distain as she looked at the still sleeping man before she began poking at his large cat ears, still calling his name. "Darian, Darian," each chant of his name was accompanied by a poke to his large cat ears, causing them to twitch. Finally after nearly a dozen attempts, Alice decided to change her strategy. "Darian!" she shouted as she pinched the tips of his ears for a second, causing the man to bolt straight up, emitting low pitched hiss.

"What?!" the man snapped as he rubbed the fuzzy tips of his ears, glowering at his girlfriend.

"We need to talk," she said with a smile, ignoring the attitude she was getting.

"About?" Darian asked grumpily as he rubbed his eyes, popping the tab on a can of soda and beginning to drink it.

"Your late nights, your disappearing from bed, that bottle of wash out hair dye in your locker," she listed calmly, not wanting for this to turn into a fight.

Unfortunately for her, Darian was in no mood to discuss anything she had listed. "It's nothing," he stated firmly as he finished off his can of soda and crushed it in his hand. "Don't worry about it."

"Well it's too late for that because I am," she stated, her eyes shimmering with concern. "Does this have anything to do with your family?"

"I said stay out of it!" Darian snapped, slamming his fist on the table, causing the trays of food to jump several inches in the air, spilling their food. Darian immediately felt bad for his reaction and cast his eyes from the woman, his ears folding back in shame. "I'm sorry," he apologized as he looked back at the woman, "I just...I have everything under control, okay? Don't worry about me."

Alice looked at the man and saw an immense amount of pain in his eyes and decided not to push the issuer further at the time. "Listen, it's okay. You're just tired," she said with a smile as she stood up and placed her hands on the man's shoulders. "You have the next hour off, why don't you go and get some sleep before class this afternoon." The man opened his mouth to begin apologizing again but was silenced when Alice placed a finger over his lips. "No arguments. No buts. No sorrys. Just go to sleep and you can make it up to me later," she ordered as she turned the man around and pushed him slightly.

"Okay...I'll see you in class then," the man said as he walked out of the cafeteria, heading for his room. Alice held her smile in place until the man was out of sight and then sighed, flopping back down in her seat, worry scrawled across her expression. 