sixthiteration | Test Drive 19

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Prompts

July is going to be wet and wild, villagers. Keep an eye to the sky and hold onto your hats!

SAVING FACE - Look at you, trying to save that goat or dog or ZALPACA that's gotten stranded in a particularly nasty storm! You're a regular hero, trudging up that cliffside or swiming across that creek! Unfortunately, the sky didn't get the memo about your heroics, and it's just opened up even more. Finishing this job just got a heck of a lot worse. Good thing someone else just showed up to help both you and your animal pal. You hope. It's possible they're just there to laugh at you.

PANTS ON FIRE - You know what's great? When the storm breaks, the skies start to clear and everything looks sunny again. You know what's not? When the weather pushes the LYING MIST down from the mountainside while you're out trying to clean up. Hope you don't have any whoppers you're trying to keep secret!

SINK OR SWIM - The days when it's not storming are just beautiful, and the village river is running high. There are spots out of the current that are perfect for a cool dip or lounging on the shore, but take care you don't go out too far and get swept away. Oh, and watch out for the RAINBOW CRABS, those claws are sharp.

WILDCARD - Choose your own adventure. Maybe play powers roulette.

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She tactfully ignored his quipped and focused on the matter at hand. Dante was charming but Kat never let that fact distract her when there was something important going on and right now she had to get the zalpaca settled so that she could make sure that he was okay.

Kat released her grip on Dante before turning towards the young four-legged creature. It was shaking but she could tell that it was happy to be out of the storm. She gently coaxed the young creature to the ground and then shrugged off Dante's jacket to drape over it's fluff wet coat. "She's fine."

With the zalpaca settled she turned towards Dante. "Come here. Let me see your back." Vergil had told her that he was human and she assumed that it was the same for Dante. She wanted to check to see if anything was broken or had to be set back into place. Kat wasn't a doctor but she was used to treating her own wounds.

"And we need to warm up."

Dante watched her move from under half lidded eyes, chest still screaming in protest of his bad idea. It felt like he'd fractured something at the very least and he was passingly grateful for what little experience he did have with Human pain. Granted, it used to be that he could flex and heal those small fissures without having to go the long way.

She was cute with animals.

The best he could manage for 'come here' was leaning up from the wall with a groan, curving his back like a question mark as he settled his arms on his knees. "Told you I'm fine. I've fallen from higher. But unless there's some wood towards the back of this thing, there's not going to be any fire. Got any suggestions?"

Kat was unconvinced. Without asking permission she began to gently press against Dante's abdomen and side. "Tell me what hurts and how much." She slowly worked around his sides, checking his ribs and muscles for where the pain her. Aches and dull throbbing pains were good, that meant that he was bruised but a sharp pain could mean that something was broken or worse.

As she slowly worked and assessed his injuries she moved so that she was leaning over him, her shoulders gently bumping against his.

"Body heat." Kat had assumed that any wood they found would be soaked which meant that it'd be useless. The only way for them to guarantee that they weren't going to get sick was staying close together and sharing body heat. "Me, you and our friend there." She glanced back at the zalpaca. "We can use your coat as a blanket." Though it'd be more like a shield as it'd likely over very little warmth on its own.

The first few presses were fine but the second and third started with a soft, sharp intake of air and a hiss as she presses again. Yup, definitely a fractured rib or three. He wiggled uncomfortably away from her fingers as he looked over his shoulder at her. He was sure he'd be fine.

"We're gonna cuddle?" The question came with a curl of his lips and a huff of breath that made him wince and groan. "I hate being human. I want my powers back." He turned his palms up to look at the red patches. "This blows."

But he was glad Kat was there with him. It made it better somehow.

"Yes." There was a very tiny smile on her lips as she pulled her hand away. "Think you can lay down without hurting yourself? You have some broken ribs." It would heal though Dante would have to take it easy for a few weeks if he didn't want to run into further complications.

It was going to be a little bit of a chore to keep him from hurting himself.

"I'll try not to hurt you." Though she did remember him saying that he liked it rough.

He grunted again in way of acknowledgement with a faint nod. "You see any big flat rocks that would work as a pillow? Probably shouldn't fuck up my neck while I'm at it."

Slow, ginger movements got him down on his left side and while he tried to pull one arm up to tuck under his head, the sharp stab of pain vetoed the action, drawing a growl of protest from him.

"I call dibs on big spoon."

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Without a word she stripped off her scrub and balled it up for Dante to rest his head on. "Here." It's wet but it'll keep his neck from twisting while he slept and hopefully protect his spine. Kat was worried about him though she was trying her best not to show it.

Her undershirt was white and wet though she didn't seem to bothered by it. The cold prickled at her arms but the scrub hadn't done a lot to keep her warm. "I'll let you have big spoon this time."

She slid beside Dante while reaching over him to grab the jacket from the zalpaca and pull it enough to cover the three of them. After a bit of shifting her back was against his front with one arm curled under her head and the other rested across her hips.

"Thanks." Tucking the bundle of fabric under his head, he was grateful for what little lift it gave him as one arm lifted from his stomach to accommodate everyone that was snuggling against him. The baby zalpaca bleated at the pull of the jacket, but one gentle urging from Kat had it settling down against them.

Dante patted it's butt softly in reassurance.

"If I start snoring, just remember to not elbow me."

But the silence around him had his head going with everything that had been thrown at them. "How'd you get here anyway?"

It felt strange, snuggling together like this but it was warm and slowly, Kat felt the cold fleeing her limbs. She curled a little closer to the jacket and a little closer to Dante.

"I won't." Kat's voice was light and warm. "It'll be like have the sounds of the city to sleep to again." This world was too quiet and despite it's relative peace, the silence was unsettling.

"I don't know. I remember you and Vergil fighting and then I was waking in the well at the center of the village." She wished she knew. "And you?"

Dante hadn't stood still long enough to really take in the lack of consistent sound yet, but its unsettling nature was currently held at bay downpour that continued outside. The silence between them was comfortable, strangely at odds with what his ears were used to picking up.

"I'm sure we can find a horn to blare at 4 am if you get real desperate." Since he normally went to sleep around 3, it meant he was only an hour into sleep and it made him grumpy.

"Do you remember how that fight ended?" No, he hadn't missed the question; it was just put on the back burner.

Kat smiled at Dante's snark though the expression quickly slipped from her features. She didn't want to think about what had happened but it was something that had to be said.

"Yes." Her voice was soft and pained. "I begged you not to kill him and then Vergil left."

That was the last thing she remembered and it hurt. Vergil's words had been cruel, he hadn't deserved her kindness, but Kat didn't want to see the man who had saved her die. Vergil was wrong but she didn't believe that he was a bad person.

He nodded slightly, not that she could see it.

"So right after, then.." It implied that she didn't remember them propping themselves up against each other and managing to go 'home', or what little was left of it.

"I went looking for him the next day, ya know... Went back home. To our real home. I figured he went to go see Mom's grave." A beat passed as Dante pushed away the memory of it, and the memories that flowered up out of his head when he had.

"He wasn't there, but I fell into her grave and.. out of the fountain. I figured it was a demon trick."

"I'm happy that you're here Dante." Kat closed her eyes, a light smile curving her lips. It was selfish of her but she was happy to find him here in the village too. He hadn't abandoned her. Ever since they found him he'd been with her.

Kat didn't know what she'd do without him.

"Then?" She asked, shifting a bit as if she wanted to look over her shoulder and meet Dante's gaze. Kat didn't know what came next, there were the moments after Vergil had left but there was only a minute or two before she had arrived in the fountain.

"Did something else happen?"

"Yeah. Me too." He wasn't totally sure about being here in the world but the moment was nice, and he was glad to be here in it. Kat made him feel at peace, which was rare. He.. hadn't ever really felt that.

Blue eyes held hers for a moment before he smirked. "I feel like that's telling the end of the story before you finish the movie. You sure you wanna know? Might make you blush."

He was playing with her - they'd both gone home and collapsed into the first soft, flat surface they could find, passing out for almost 24 hours.

Edited 2018-07-26 22:21 (UTC)

It was a little awkward; her hips were twisted, her shoulder pressing gently against his sternum and her eyes were locked with his. She had so many questions but she wasn't sure what to ask him. Kat had gotten used to trusting Vergil and taking his word without questioning him but that hadn't ended well.

Dante was nothing like that. She did trust him and the warm glint in his eye brought a light smile to her lips.

"I didn't think you knew how to blush." Kat reached towards him and gently brushed her fingers along his jaw before allowing her arm to rest back against her side. "Are you still worried? About what you had said before?"

I know exactly who you are.

He wished she'd just turn over and face him properly, but he also knew exactly what that would lead to. And hey, they had to generate some body heat, right?

"I don't," he said with a low laugh, smile getting more genuine at the touch of her fingers against his face. But the question she posed sucked some of the light out of his expression.

"About Vergil? Nah. We're safe here. Or.. were you talking about his STD?" One finger was lifted and pointed at her in question as his face broke out in a grin.

Kat didn't dignify Dante with a smile or response but there was a warm glimmer of light in her lovely emerald green eyes. She gently brushed his finger aside, careful not to accidentally toque his arm. Her hips and shoulders turned, shifting so that her back was pressed firmly against his front.

It was warmer now and Kat knew that she could likely turn over and face Dante without losing that heat but facing Dante had it's own problems; things that Kat tried very hard not to think about. The mission had to come first. That wasn't the case here but the habit had been ingrained into her.

"Try and get a little bit of sleep Dante. Hopefully the rain will let up in a few hours and we can head back to town." Where there was fire, beds and roofs.

She didn't have to. He'd take that glint of amusement in her eye as plenty of response and couldn't help but grin at the way she batted his finger away. Still, he got an excuse to keep his arm wrapped around her waist and enjoy the shape and heat of her.

At least his imagination was getting a workout.

"Don't know how restful it's gonna be with you running around in 'em." He curled around her a little, trying to will hormones that were getting stirred up to settle down. "'Course, we could always make body heat in other ways. Passes the time too."

Dante didn't think he'd get anywhere, but he had to try.

Dante's phrasing left something to be desired but she knew him, she liked him and, more than all of that, she trusted him. The attraction had always been there but it had never more than a passing thought. Now that she was thinking about it and she couldn't focus on anything else.

Her fingers reached down and gently slipped between his. Kat made sure to move slowly as she rose his hand to her lips and pressed a kiss at the center of his palm. "You're hurt Dante. I don't want to hurt you more." He had several broken ribs and a back full of bruises. What he was suggesting wasn't practical.

Kat moved his hand back to where it was but left her hand intertwined with his.

She didn't think she'd be able to sleep but she could close her eyes, rest, think of Dante and listen to the rain.

He didn't care if he was hurt; they'd been through a lot and he wanted to bury himself in her most carnal comforts but there was something about her hand in his, about the way her lips moved across his skin that distracted him away from lust.

She was sweet. He didn't deserve her kindness but Dante wasn't one to shy away from something because he didn't 'deserve' it. He wanted it.

Even though it did hurt, Dante curled around Kat and the baby zalpaca a little tighter and closed his eyes.

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Dante hadn't thought he could go to sleep but even on the ground, he'd gotten comfortable, body taking carefully shallow breaths, peppered with a soft snore that arbitrarily peaked and came with a mutter of intelligible words. The coat was pulled off them as the baby creature got off and started to amble off and out of the cave, eager to go find it's mum, however grateful it might have been for their help in the first place.

She was used to sleeping in uncomfortable places and comparatively, Kat found it easy to fall asleep on the ground. That was, after she managed to clear her thoughts and relax into the warmth of Dante's arms. She made a point not to show it but Dante always made her worry spike and her thoughts race.

At some point in the middle of the storm she'd turned towards Dante and was curled against his side. The jacket laid on the floor near the entrance of the cave as the young creature rushed off into the day light. Kat rubbed at her eyes, inhaling a sharp breath. She had no idea what time of day it had been or how long they've been asleep but the sun was out now.

She gently shook Dante's shoulder, careful of his wounds and whispered in his ear. "Good Morning Dante. It's time to wake up." They should really get back to town before it started raining again and she wanted to have a better look at his wounds.

Having rolled onto his back at some point during the night, one of Dante's arms was spread wide, while the other kept loosely around Kat's waist, keeping her close even in his sleep.

He groaned in protest at the shake, head rolling this way and that before he cracked open an eye at her. "Who says. Did it stop raining?" Craning his neck up to peek at the cave, he groaned again at the light. "You okay?"

Male Brain was confused as to why Waking Up was a thing.

A soft nearly silent laugh shook through Kat's torso. She didn't move. His arm was around her waist and she didn't want to accidentally torque his back into an odd angel but she found his reluctance to wake up amusing.

They had no where to be but staying her would likely prove detrimental to Dante's wounds. He should lay down in a bed and she's sure that there was a free one at the inn.

"It's stopped raining and I'm fine. Your friend is gone." Kat glanced towards the mouth of the cave, already missing the cute ball of pink fluff.

"But you're still here." She needed to move. He needed to mentally talk down his morning erection. His hand slipped into a fist and reluctantly withdrew from her waist, eyes locked on her face.

God she was pretty.

"How long do you think it'll take to get back to town?"

"I am." Kat's voice was soft and warm.

Another few seconds passed before she carefully shifted and lifted herself from Dante's side. It felt cold without him next to her but her clothes were dry and she could feel the heat of the sun slowly warming the air. It must have been very early in the morning.

"Probably a half hour." Assuming that he didn't have any trouble walking. "We should get you to a bed. Maybe the hospital so I can take a closer look at your ribs."

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