Street Kids

Her hand still gripping the doorknob, Sheena bites her lip, looking back at May. She can tell from the girl's slumped shoulders and her tone that she is sincere...she doesn't want her to go. But what if she's wrong? What if she really will look at her like she's strange or uncontrolled now, what if she really will look at her as a freak or think everything she does, everything she says, is because she's in love with her? What if this all backfires...what if she gets with Devin and it just hurts Sheena more?


Why can't anything ever be easy for her...why can't she ever just have someone who cares about her. Why won't anyone ever just like her for who she is...is there anything likeable about her?


"No one is ever going to love me," she says before she can keep the words from leaving her mouth, and she is shocked not only by the words, but by her shaky tone. Her face burns immediately...how the hell could she have said THAT of all things? Now May would really freak out, she would think Sheena was asking her to LOVE her or something, SH*T!


She was so stupid.
 
May felt her eyes prick with tears, this was so damn hard! Not to mention what Sheena had just said is what May had felt for a long time. May felt no-one ever loved HER, just her looks, her body. People only lusted for her, even Devin. "You'll find someone Sheena, you will. I love you, just not in that way." She carries on, picking up the almost silent volume a little bit, "I've never had a friend before, he never let me and all the girl's at Calius were bi**hes anyway..." She finally gets off the bed and walks over to Sheena, not even thinking before wrapping her arms around her in a hug, trying to prove to her that she wasn't going to freak out and do all the things Sheena mentioned earlier.
 
When May first touches her, Sheena goes very still, shocked that she would even dare to do it. After what she had done- after May had made it clear she didn't want her, not like that...how could she come close to her now...touch her...say she loves her...how could May do this?


But she doesn't question it for long. She wants the contact too much for that, so she wraps her arms around her fiercely, closing her eyes, and swallows hard.


"I'm...I'm sorry."
 
Jason listened thoughtfully. Rhys' tale sounded like it was straight out from a fairy-tale; now all he needed was a lover to keep his tail away so that he would stay on land.


But of course not. Life had become rather strange as of late, but not that weird. "Well, good luck," said Jason. "I hope you find it." After a moment, he added, "I suppose you won't be staying here that long, then, if you have to go search for your tail thing?"


He finished the last of his meal, then hopped off of his chair. He walked over to the counters, rinsed off his dishes, searched for a moment, put it in the dishwasher, and sauntered back.
 
Still hugging May tightly, her face partly against her shoulder, Sheena takes a deep breath, not yet wanting to let her go. Her hands are pressed somewhat awkwardly against May's back, her heartbeat rapid as she speaks again.


"May...is it...okay if I love you? And...I mean, if I hug you or something...you promise you won't think...it will still be okay?" Her words are still soft, vulnerable, and she's careful to keep her face concealed.
 
May nods lightly, her own voice reassuring, "It's fine Sheena." She still hopes Sheena understands that May doesn't like her back that way, but she doesn't want to outright say it, she thinks she just solved it all, without Sheena being too badly depressed by it, so she doesn't want to say anything, she just hugs her back. She sort of finishes Sheena's sentence for her, "I won't think of it that way, I promise." May just wants her life to finally settle, to finally be normal. No ill mother's, no sick-minded 'dad's', no pimp Calius, no living on the streets. Just peace. She just wants peace.


"We should go back to the others soon, before they think something is wrong." May speaks quietly, her tone careful.
 
Sheena nods, then reluctantly lets go of her, stepping back. Opening the door a little awkwardly, she follows May back to the others. As she re-enters their present she is embarrassed and self-conscious, not really meeting anyone's eyes after her earlier explosion. She is partly concerned that they can tell she has been recently upset or what she has done with May, so says nothing.
 
Hood went quiet at the girl's words, thinking over them for some time. Perhaps she was right. Maybe there was more than just the study, even if he'd never admit it. He was becoming attached to this little group. 'What a sickeningly human feeling,' he thought to himself before speaking again. "Of course. The study could not be completed if the two of you were removed from it, hmm?" he said with a smile, though his words did not sound one-hundred percent genuine. "And I agree. It does seem to be growing. I do hope it's finished, at least for a little while. It is becoming difficult to track everyone and remember names."
 
Kira chuckled and then looked at him. She crossed her arms raising her eyebrow at the sound of some uncertainness. She smiled and then looked inside. "Well, I guess it can get confusing, but it's not that bad." She shruged and then looked at him. "Well for me it's not." She looked around and then back inside. She looked at Hood, he was different from the others, different from anyone here.
 
Now in the others' presence again, Sheena is unsure of what to say or do. She doesn't want to call attention to herself whatsoever but she knows perfectly well that they all remember her storming out of the room. Her eyes slide to regard Rhys in particular, very carefully now. He doesn't look like a threat...appearances could be deceiving, but still, a guy like him she could probably tear apart even without shifting to her Lycan form. Maybe it will be okay. Maybe...


She would like to know where that Joe is though.
 
Jason was a little surprised to see Sheena come out again. She had looked pretty distressed earlier, but seemed to have calmed down. Behind her stood May; she had probably coaxed her into reappearing. They had been together when he first stumbled upon the group, and certainly seemed to be closer than anyone else.


"Uh, hey," said Jason. "I think you're in luck, Sheena," he added. "Rhys says he's got things to do, probably won't stick around. I think." He gestured to the older boy; "D'you know, he's a mermaid? Er, merman. He's looking for his... Uh, tail." He faltered. "Eh, he can probably explain it better."


"Hey, May," he said, turning. "So, how many beds are there in here? I'll take a couch or something, but it would feel great to actually sleep on a real bed for once. Or take a shower, change my clothes. Eat some junk food. Is there a TV? I call the remote!" Jason hopped off of his chair. Man, living in a house was awesome!
 
"Uh...he can stay if he wants...for now," Sheena mumbles, then brightens at Jason's question. Turning to May, she nods, some eagerness showing itself in her eyes at the thought of Jason's mentionings. She has not showered in four or five days and by this point feels pretty disgusting.


"Is there more than one bathroom? 'Cause I call first shower...or at least second. It's your place, you can go first if you want."
 
"You can just say I am looking for my tail," Rhys said. He was glad that Sheena didn't seem mad but he did want to talk to her. Apologies again. If he was going to be here for one night or so he wanted to make peace with the girl. He hated leaving people mad at him.


"Hey Sheena. Can we talk," he asked. He put his hands up. "I swear I'm not trying to pull anything. I just want to say I'm sorry and stuff." Rhys felt he sounded lame.
 
Glancing over at him quickly, Sheena shrugs, somewhat wary. "What are we supposed to be talking about? And what are you apologizing for? You're here, I'm here, everyone's here. End of story, isn't it?"
 
"I just...I wanted to say I'm sorry for being here again. I never meant to upset people. So far you guys have been nice. Better than most people I've met." Rhys shrugged and look at his feet. He didn't know why he spoke. "Just forget it, I guess. I'll be gone soon enough and you guys can continue on with whatever."


Rhys frowned as a weird sensation went through him. He looked around as if to try and pinpoint where it came from.


'My tail....?'





Then he shook his head. It was nothing. It couldn't be near. He was imagining it.


----


The witch smiled. She would wait until the boy was alone then she would strike. If she tried now she would only be risking it. She wanted to kill him not kill herself or even alert unnecessary people to her presence.
 
When Rhys looks away, suddenly looking distracted and intent, Sheena narrows her eyes slightly, reluctantly concerned and curious. She doesn't respond to the rest of what he said, just his current reaction, momentarily distracted from her need of shower, food, and rest, in that order.


"What?"
 
"I felt something," he said. "Or at least I think I did. I can tell where my tail is. It's still connected to me in a way. Usually it's faint when I look for it, but... It's not possible. It can't be close to me now. I must be tired still."


Rhys felt ridiculous. He was sure no one understood his situation or what he was saying. He shook his head again and then remembered Sheena didn't hear his tale. "I was a merman and still technically am in a way. A witch stole my tail and I've been looking for it."
 
Slightly taken aback, Sheena stares at him, then blinks, automatically looking around the room as if the tail might pop up somewhere nearby. She wouldn't exactly be surprised. Stranger things had been happening lately.


"A merman...like the redheaded one? Is your tail green?" she asked, this being a serious question. Then another one dawns on her, further delaying her movements toward a bathroom. "How did she TAKE your tail? Cut it off? Because how are you sticking it back on then, it's not like it's made of Velcro...right?"
 
"My tail was more of a dark blue, why does everyone think of Ariel first?" Rhys sighed. "No. Like...it's hard to explain. I say she took my tail but she didn't literally remove it from my body. I would be dead if that was the case. No. She more stole it in a magical sense as in she removed the part of me that made me a merman and now I am human. I say tail because it's easier for people to understand and in a way it is what makes me a merman to people."


Rhys frowned. "It's hard to explain."
 
If it's hard for him to explain, it's harder for Sheena to understand. But then, she still really doesn't have a real idea of what Hood is either, or Kira for that matter, so Rhys might as well join the club. Shrugging again, she turns toward May.


"Shower? How many bedrooms are here? There's-" she looks at everyone quickly, counting, "six of us? So some of us will probably have to share."


She hopes as soon as she says it that May won't take that as a hint that she, Sheena, wants to sleep in bed with her, though of course that would be her first choice, and blushes fiercely.
 
May listens to everyone, glad they took Sheena's reappearance well. She is still thinking about what happened back in the room, and vaguely hears what they are saying, however when Sheena turns to her asking of showers she suddenly snaps out of her daydream. "Oh right yeah.." She frowns, thinking, "It's been five years since I've lived here." She mutters lightly, "But there's two bathrooms, one downstairs, one upstairs. Both have showers..." Her eyes have glazed over as she speaks, like she is imagining the house's compete outlay in her head and speaking as she sees it, "There is a main bedroom with a double bed, and two bedrooms each with a single bed. Two couches in the living room and one in the main bedroom." She blinks then, almost like she has come back to reality, she glanced at them, "Mother meant to have another kid, but she didn't in the end." She explains the reasons for two bedrooms, but doesn't say her mother never had another kid because she fell deathly ill. Some of her life has to remain personal in some way, right? She looks around at them, "We can all take turns on the couch, since I'm sure none of us want to permanently sleep on it."





May then glances back to the door, "We should decide who's sleeping where when Hood and Kira get back." She then looks to Devin coldly, who has been sitting, listening the entire time. "Are you going to leave yet?" He shakes his head, a small smirk on his face, "Nope." May's glare hardens and in an impossibly fast movement she is beside him, acting like her muscles didn't just switch to make her faster, her hand is around his throat and is pinning him to the couch he is sitting on, her grip tightens and he looks at her with no fear in his eyes, "Get out." She speaks coldly and he shakes his head, smirking lightly still as he whispers, "Kill me first." She growls and pulls his head forward then smashes it against the wall, hard. She lets go of him and takes a step back; she can't kill him. Her eyes filled with mixed, confused emotions before they harden and she looks away, speaking stiffly, "If you are insisting on staying, you are not staying in the same room as me and you will not stay on one of the beds at any point. Got that?" She still doesn't look at him, she still has feelings for him. Devin nods, looking at her turned back with sadness in his eyes, his smirk gone, "Got it." May nods walking over to Sheena now as her hardened gaze falls and she speaks to her as she did before the whole kiss thing, "You take the shower downstairs, I'll take the upstairs one." She smiles at her briefly before heading off to shower.
 
Sheena watches the confrontation between May and Devin with conflicted feeling. On one hand she can't deny to herself that she's pleased with the fact that May seems considerably less than thrilled to have him here. On the other hand she also isn't forcing him to leave...and Sheena had seen the confusion in her eyes, like she wasn't sure what she thought. Oh well...at least May isn't being weird around her in front of everyone, like she had feared.


As she heads towards the shower May had indicated, she wonders which of them will end up sharing the double bed. She can't see any of the guys wanting to, being guys, but she also doesn't think anyone is particularly close yet. Maybe May will double with Kira? No way will she want to be with Sheena after what had happened.


Stepping into the bathroom, but first stopping by May's room to take a handful of borrowed, if ill-fitting clothing to change into, she thoroughly enjoys having soap, shampoo, and hot water, and takes her time in the shower before she realizes other people likely want hot water too. It's with reluctance that she gets out and dresses, not bothering to comb her damp hair.


She feels so much better all over, so much cleaner in many ways, just to have had that much accomplished.
 
"I'll sleep on one of the couches," Rhys offered. It would be better than on the floor or slumped in some alley. "After all I won't be here for long so I don't mind taking a couch."


"I also don't need a shower. Well maybe. But it doesn't matter." Rhys knew he smelt like the ocean but he wanted to keep that scent.
 
Jason had grinned at Sheena's interaction with Rhys; The Little Mermaid, he used to have that. Back at the house. When he was young, of course. He wouldn't dare be caught watching that nowadays; and he didn't think there were any VCRs left in existence nearby.


He flinched when May moved, impossibly quick, then rose out of his seat when she pinned Devin. "Whoa, hey-" he said, unsure of what to do. Nothing, it seemed, as she let him down of her own accord and stalked away after conferring with Sheena.


Both girls seemed sort of... Disheveled, as of late. Then again, it had been one terror after the next for the past few days. Guns, blood, demons, death. Hadn't someone that Kira knew died? Sheena was always jumpy, frightened of guns, apparently. And May had Devin to contend with- Jason looked sideways at the boy that he couldn't figure out.


After a moment, as Jason heard water turn on elsewhere in the house, he said to Devin, "So, uh, what's... What's up with you and May?" He didn't know much about him. He had a long history with May. He refused to leave her side, even though he didn't show any affection for her. And the girl certainly didn't like him much either. But still... They refused to meet each others' eyes, and Devin was looking pretty down. He thought he had heard that Devin had used to be her boyfriend, a long time ago.


So... What had happened? What had made May hate Devin? And why was he refusing to reciprocate?


Jason didn't quite understand love. He'd never been loved, after all. He thought maybe that was why he didn't understand....
 
Devin looked at Jason, "Uh..." He rubbed the back of his neck, glancing in the direction May had gone before looking back at the kid. "It's a long story.." He trailed off being meeting his eyes properly, he shrugged, "I don't mind telling you if you've got time." He hated that May didn't want him here, she made it pretty clear...but the fact she hadn't killed him yet gave him some hope, she must still feel something underneath that tough exterior of hers.


May sighed as the warm water ran over her body, letting it wash away all the dirt and cleanse her hair, after shampooing and conditioning her hair she stood for a few moments before switching off the shower and wrapping a towel around her securely, she crept out of the bathroom and tip-toed to the one bedroom she thought she'd never go back into again. Her mum (and dad)'s room. She sighs and looks around, nothing bad happened in this room until her mum passed away, even then, not often in here. He seemed to have some respect for the dead. She slowly walked over to her Mum's closet and pulled it open, knowing all her mum's clothes would probably fit her perfectly now, her illness had made her skinny. She took out, very carefully, a flowery type, elegant dress that flowed out at her knees and showed off her chest without looking sluttish. It looked more like a summer dress. Her eyes watered and she brought it up to her nose, sitting down on the double bed as she held it close to her. She then changed into it and lay down on the bed silently, facing the wall with her eyes wide open.
 
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