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"Mine. My friends. A lot of people's parents. It's not discipline, it's abuse. "

2015-07-13 04:20:11

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"...not even a spanking? In any case, I deserved it, therefore it was discipline."

2015-07-13 04:26:21

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"No. You didn't deserve it. At all."

2015-07-13 04:26:58

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"You must not have seen much, then."

2015-07-13 04:27:42

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"I saw enough, though."

2015-07-13 04:28:43

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"Evidently not. But I do not want you to see more, either. Believe me. I deserved it." He was responding like a robot, simply repeating his point over and over without emotion. Of course he did. Of course. Of course.

2015-07-13 04:35:36

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"You didn't. Really.Trust me." She frowned. Why was he acting like this?

2015-07-13 04:37:01

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He trusted her, but she was wrong. "I did."

He went to his dad with bloodied knees and tears in his eyes. He'd dropped the plates he was carrying to the sink and fallen onto the shards of ceramic. After his choked explanation, the man sighed with exasperation, gave him a one-over, and went back to what he was doing. "C-can you get the bandages, please...?"

"No. This'll teach you a lesson. If you don't forget the pain, then you won't forget not to make the same stupid mistakes again."

"But...it h-hurts..."

He glanced back down at him. "Ever heard of karma? It's when the universe gives you your just desserts when you do things like this. If you deserve it, I'm not going to interfere. If karma slips up, then I'm the messenger. Now go clean up your mess."

The little boy stood there for a second, bleeding and processing what he'd been told, then, with a sniffle and a wipe at his face, he limped off to go find the dustpan.

2015-07-13 04:52:52

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She paused for a second, taking in the memory. It only proved her even more right. "Zane..." She sighed. "You /really/ didn't. I know you didn't. And whether you believe me or not, I'm going to make sure no one hits you again."

2015-07-13 04:58:46

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"............." Why did she pause? He didn't respond. No, he didn't believe her. She was five minutes of 'didn't' after seventeen years of 'did'.

2015-07-13 05:06:10

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"I promise it. I don't know what you've seen but...I will."

2015-07-13 05:07:32

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Two days later. Christmas. About time. Tassek had wrapped the box with the ring and topped it with a thin red ribbon. They hadn't exactly gotten many decorations, especially with how crazy everything had been, but he'd gone out and gotten a small tree and some lights. Good enough.

2015-07-13 05:20:38

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Terezi entered the room slowly. What was going on here? She noticed the twinkling lights and Christmas tree right away. Hmmm? The she noticed Tassek. What had he been doing? God just staring at him made her feel ultimately guilty. She couldn't get the events of her and Seculus out of her mind. "What's this?" She asked curiously.

2015-07-13 05:26:02

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Oh. Good timing. He got up off the couch and grabbed the box, and went over to her. "Merry Christmas!" he said, and placed the gold-wrapped cube in her hand.

2015-07-13 05:28:07

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She blinked in surprise. "Wait...it's Christmas?" She face palmed with the free hand in her own stupidity. "Oh God, I completely forgot. Now I feel bad that I didn't get you anything."

2015-07-13 05:30:31

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He laughed. "Don't worry about it, you're here and I'm happy. Go ahead and open it."

2015-07-13 06:56:27

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Carefully, she moved her finger under the paper, and ripped it off. A...box? She opened it. Wait...was that a ring?

2015-07-13 06:59:20

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The ring was silver and twisting, and had a ruby heart and clear crystals at the corners. "It's a promise ring." He waited for her reaction nervously.

2015-07-13 07:03:11

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Her jaw dropped. The guilt came rushing in ten fold now. He...got her this? After all this time. I looked like it was easily something he had to save up for. Oh God. Why her? Why her? "R-really?" At least in her voice she sounded slightly surprised.

2015-07-13 07:05:24

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"Yeah. I promise that I'll protect you whenever I can and try even when I can't." He took the ring and slipped it onto her ring finger.

2015-07-13 07:08:09

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Holy shit. /Holy shit./ He was serious. After all this? He still was? He didn't deserve this. He deserve so much better. She watched as he slid the ring on her finger, her other hand over her mouth.

2015-07-13 07:16:50

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That seemed like a good reaction. She liked it, right? "So...what do you think?" He held her hand palm-down once he'd added the ring, so she could see it better.

2015-07-13 07:19:21

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"It's ...it's beautiful. Thank you." She didn't really deserve this. Oh God. She really didn't deserve this.

2015-07-13 07:20:43

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He grinned broadly. "Of course, you're welcome. I'm glad you like it."

2015-07-13 07:35:05

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She removed her hand from her mouth and smiled. "I love it."

2015-07-13 07:35:36