On the Hunt (Safi/Kai)

[kinkednitemare]

~Safi Marie Hayes~

-=Going to the Gallery had been a great time and now she was just finishing up packing when her roommate came barreling into their dorm and was staring at her.  A sigh pushing past her lips as she tossed her bag with a bit of a thud and then plopping down in her chair at her desk she would sit there in silence, but the energy all that gave off was enough to put Safi on edge.  She was so hyper aware of moods because of her history with her family it was torture to be in the same room with someone who was so passive aggressive with their emotional manipulations.  Safi wouldn't make eye contact and would do her best to avoid conversation.  She had cut her family off a while ago...but the situation with Maggie had brought up a lot of trauma.  She saw a free counselor but there was only so much she could do in one session a month and really there was a lot to unpack.  Course even that wouldn't be an option once she was done with school which terrified her in and of itself.  She would gather up her laptop and all the other things she didn't want left with her roommate and get her bathroom things.  

Safi could feel eyes burning a hole in the back of her as she moved around the room.  =-

Don't forget to make your fucking bed before you leave...don't need this place looking like a fucking sty because you can't keep things clean.

-=Nothing was actually dirty in the dorm, but if you ever heard Eve talk to people outside of their room...her friends she'd complain about Safi like she was a huge burden to have as a roommate. 

Safi's body was so tense from just having her presence in the room, she'd probably feel awful tomorrow, but at the moment it was her fawn response, she'd shut down and fix her bed, before grabbing her bags and making her way out with out saying a word.  It was hard not to disassociate at the moment.  Normally she'd shut down completely staring off at nothing, but she had to make it down stairs and to Kai who was waiting for her and she'd already taken longer then expected that much she was sure of. 

What she could count on is that when she got to Kai's she could lose herself in gaming and no one would notice she was disassociating because she was still interacting to a degree.  What would be hard is the car ride there.  She wasn't good at small talk and was comfortable in silence, but trying not to seem like a big ball of tension was hard.  Her mother would sigh when she was displeased with things that weren't done around the house. Safi being the oldest taking on he brunt of house work and child raising because her mother would demand it or by default put it on her.  Being treated that way by someone she had no choice in living with was living that neglect and abuse all over again and she wanted to rip her skin off every time she heard a sigh it triggered everything in her body to shut down or run...she'd gotten away from her family for the most part, but this was getting impossible, but she was almost out of there...she could last...she hoped.

The only thing that would make her come undone at this moment while sitting silently in the car would be if Kai pushed to see what was wrong...if he noticed that is.  Her being quiet on a car ride was not unusual.  If he talked to her she could usually reply like a normal human of course, but she never went out of her way to make small talk on car rides...car rides usually just relaxed her and usually she could fall asleep during them if they were long enough.  Which was a blessing...she didn't tend to fall asleep so easily like that any where else.  

Not even Jen or Mel knew about her roommate.  No one did, it hadn't been so bad in the beginning but she'd say the same thing about Maggie...it hadn't been so bad in the beginning.  Seemed to be a theme in her life really.

She'd let out a slow quiet breath after giving Kai a bit of a smile and nodding that she was ready to go as she put her seat belt on.  Looking out the window she'd watch the city go by as he drove them away from her part of town and on to his.

It was already kind of late after getting out of the gallery, but she was so tense she was now running on adrenaline with no where to really put it to good use.  She would plop by Landyn and play some Apex with him.  Not minding that he was smoking and likely so was Kai...she didn't really partake in any of that though maybe it'd help her.  She hated not having her instincts sharp...they are what helped her survive so far.  Including if they really did run into a ghost tomorrow she didn't want to be off her game. 

Normally when they went on these trips there wasn't really anything there, but some times...sometimes there was and it all depended on the encounter how well Safi would hold up afterwards because she had to act as if it wasn't terrifying or as unsettling as it was...luckily she'd not run into anything dangerous so far...but she had, had her share of that in her childhood and that did not help with anything else she was going through. 

It'd be kind of late, but she'd finally kind of curl up next to Kai on the couch and fall asleep, not really wanting to take his bed from him.  She never did want to do that, though if he moved her that was up to him. 

Landyn though he had put his defenses slightly always felt comfortable with Safi, but that also meant he knew something had been up when she came through the door.  Would he ask...nah... but he'd leave them to sleep on the couch together and get some rest before he headed to work.  They'd be under a blanket together Safi and Kai in a silent apartment as he locked the door behind him and headed out to meet up with Zaid for some food before work.

Safi would shift a little in her sleep pushing into Kai for a bit more warmth not realizing that is what and who was  next to her in her sleep.  The room only dimly lit as Landyn had blackout curtains it was still really dark in the apartment, but there was a bit of light from the kitchen.  She pulled the blanket up to her chin and she made a bit of noise as her body was slowly waking up...not quite to the point of her brain being aware, but slowly getting there.=-

[Kaivion Stone]

Kaivion himself found the night odd and and enjoyed the silence on the ride home as he thought about the night earlier on before he was mildly discrtracted. It was very late, it felt like. But maybe thats how it felt when one actually enjoyed themselves. He would feel sleepy and would almost insantantly wanted to fall asleep on the couch next to safi. Which he almost did, but awoke in surprise when she snuggled up against him for warmth. He opened his arms and allowed her in holding her comfortably as the snuggled against the couch. Content with that moment to feel her snuggled against him. IT felt right some how. And first time in a long time he didn’t feel empty inside.



He’d even rub her back ever so gently as to sooth her back to sleep when she stirred. Wanting that moment to last a lifetime

[kinkednitemare]

Safi Marie Hayes



-=Safi was comfortable and warm.  She'd not rested like this for some time so she had fallen asleep hard.  Which was a blessing really. She needed it desperately and no one had woken her up or moved her and she appreciated that as well.  Her body starting to stir in the morning hours was calmed by a warm hand on her back and she would nuzzle into Kai hiding her face against him not realizing how intimate a moment this was.  They'd been friends for a very long time, they'd shared sleeping spaces before, but perhaps not as close as this.  She didn't mind at the moment.


Safi was comforted by this moment and in her sleepy mind it was innocent enough...right? Either way she didn't want to move, but she knew eventually it was going to have to happen. Mostly cause her bladder would make her.  After that she'd be up for the day. She however didn't dwell on it till it happened and it'd be at least an hour before her bladder came a knockin.  It was nice while it lasted she supposed, but she would shift and make a little noise before slowly pulling her body from his and covering him with the blanket so he'd stay warm. 


Making her way to the bathroom with her bag she'd shut the door and let out a soft sigh. Reluctantly she'd start doing her morning stuff and get in the shower.  it'd not take her to very long pinning her wild curls up as it wasn't wash day today for that.  Her mind zoning out as the boiling water hit her skin and she just stood there for a long series of moments with no real coherent thoughts in her head. She'd blink and realize she was just standing there and get to washing her body, face and all that before exiting and wrapping herself in a towel. Looking at herself in a mirror she would start the whole ritual of getting ready. lotioning face and body, minimal make up like usual...her glasses.  She wore them most of the time but last night she had worn contacts. 


Safi would emerge from the bathroom in a towel and make her way to Kai's bedroom where her stuff was so she could get dressed. If he was awake he could have the bathroom to himself now.


She'd glance at her phone for a few minutes before digging in her suitcase and figuring out what she wanted to wear, not really figuring she had a reason to rush she'd sit on the bed in her towel and read an email or two in the quiet of the apartment.=-

[Kaivion Stone]

Kai would stirr a little, when he heard safi making a noise. The warmth of her body leaving him, before she covered him back up with a blanket. Sleepy he snuggled himself back into the blanket falling instantly back asleep, for the duration of her shower. When he woke up, he realized he was alone, the blanket covering him, and he was still semi curled into the position of where Safi had been snuggled against him.



A strange feeling of disappointment filled him, when he realized that she wasn’t there snuggled against him. Had he just dreamed they’d fallen asleep together, snuggled up? IF it was a dream...well a part of him realized he wish he hadn’t woken up. And that left him a little unsettled. Especially so soon with things with Elyssa.



Sleepily he’d yawn and stretch the blanket falling off of him as he’d stand and stretch again scratching his ass sleepily as he headed to his room, needing to charge his phone. At some point in the night he’d moved his phone from vibrate to silence. He glanced down at it for the first time since before they got home.



There was 10 missed calls 3 voicemails and 1 text from Eylssa. Yup. She was definitely drunk last night. And he was not in the mood nor was he awake enough to listen to whatever the drunk verbal vomit she had in store from him. But the text surprised him.




[ I miss you ]


But the text did not surprise him or throw him off as much as walking in on Safi sitting on his bed in a towel. Because in his muddled and confused mind reading the text had failed to knock before entering.



For a moment he stood there taking in the visage before him. A moment that probably lasted longer than was appropriate. He felt himself start to blush and he’d stammer an apology.



‘Sorry...I..ugh.. I forgot to knock...I’ll let you get dressed’



He’d turn in embarrassment. His heart pounding in his chest and a feeling of confusion at his reaction. He’d never been with anyone besides Elyssa, so maybe seeing another woman in a towel in the flesh was shocking and kind of arousing than he’d ever anticipated. With his back still turned, but having moved. Kind of embarrassedly rooted to the spot. Clearly he wasn’t running for the hills at the site of her in a towel.



‘I’m ugh.. Going to make some coffee...er… do you want some coffee..?’



He’d offer lamely feeling very awkward at that moment, and looking for a good excuse to escape without, making it obvious that in the split second he’d allowed himself, he enjoyed the site of seeing her in a towel. This wasn’t supposed to happen. You weren’t supposed to break up with your forever girlfriend and immediately have inappropriate thoughts and responses to one of your closest female friends.

[kinkednitemare]

Safi Marie Hayes


-=Safi watched him when he stirred. He looked sweet when he was sleeping like that. Really she hadn't expected him to stay with her on the couch, but she was sort of thankful he did.  Waking up alone in a place she didn't know wasn't always...nice.  Covering and letting him rest seemed like the right thing to do.  She didn't need him to be awake to clean up and get ready for the day.  Though she always lost herself in her phone when it was like this...when she could get a moment to relax and just be.  Which wasn't a lot of the time considering the person she lived with at the moment.  She was enjoying the silence and the phone. Finally just scrolling through some things after answering some messages. She'd not hear him moving around she'd disassociated enough to lose track of time and any movement around her for the moment. 

Safi would hear him stammering and blink before looking up at him through her glasses. She wasn't sure what to do. she technically wasn't naked but it was a rather vulnerable state to be in and he seemed to shocked. She worried her lip not sure how to read his body language really.  Was he just surprised she wasn't dressed or had he not wanted to see her this way at all?  She didn't tend to think of her body in a negative way.  Not usually...she also didn't tend to think people thought of her body in a positive way in fact many had told her as such.  She was bigger than most even then Mel and Jen.  She Wide hips, big breasts since hitting puberty it was how she was built...a bit of chub around her tummy.  She always seemed comfortable in her skin for the most part until she met Maggie...Maggie had worn her down over their relationship...to the point she was starving herself under the guise that someone loved her and wanted her to be "healthy".  Maggie had projected her own self hatred on to Safi...Kai, Mel and Jen would witness the potential destruction of a soul in real time.  From racist microaggressions, to body insecurity and homophobia.  Though they were together Maggie hated her sexuality...past traumas of course contributed to that and of course Maggie didn't want to go get therapy or rather she didn't think she needed it.  It had been a dark time and she was starting to fall into that pit again with her current living situation, but at a slower pace.


She'd hug herself a little and shrug a bare shoulder.=-


It's ok...it is kind of your room.


-=She'd give a bit of a chuckle. Shy quiet laugh, but fall silent after that.  He wasn't moving from the door, but his back to her she would watch him...take in his back...how the shirt fell on it how his shoulders filled out the cloth.  Safi's brow furrowed in thought as he spoke about letting her get dressed.  She would move to pick up her her undies and start to pull them on keeping the towel on her body as she did so.  He'd offer to make coffee and she'd shake her head not that he could see it of course, but out of habit.=-


Tea would be nice if you have it. 


-=She didn't tend to do regular coffee ever.  The more sugar in it the better for her, but she usually left that to the professionals.  She'd stand there watching him...wondering if he had something else to ask, he seemed thrown off.   =-


I'll be out in a few if you need your room...


-=Reassuring him it was ok...she wasn't upset or anything.  She just hadn't thought he'd be awake yet... =-

[Kaivion Stone]

"oh tea! right!" he smacked himself in the forehead. 'I forgot you prefered tea to coffee. I'm sure ladyn has some I can scrounge around for. He'd peek at her over his shoulder before retreating to the safety and comfort zone of the kitchen. Where'd he'd busy himself prepping her tear and himself some coffee, trying not to think about her in a towel. And how that made him feel rather insecure. He wasn't sure why. It was Safi. They'd been friends for ages. what was different? Maybe that he was single and wasn't quite ready to mingle. But there was no better way to get over someone than to get under someone else. Not that he would ever disrepect Safi in that fashion. He didn't understand his thoughts. Maybe he was just muddled from the night before. it was hard to tell. He started to raid the fridge, not needing in his room just yet. content to be clothed in his bed er..couch wrinkled attire.

[kinkednitemare]

Safi Marie Hayes







-=Safi kind of noticed that he seemed thrown off by her sitting there. She would feel her cheeks flush at his response to her. Her eyes looking down at herself, nothing was showing. She watched as he walked away and she would shut the door and get dressed quickly enough. Packing her things back into her bad to keep it out of the way.  Never wanting to take up more space then she already did as she was told that she was big and that was taking up to much space. Maggi had made that clear to her many times.  She worried her lip a moment before coming out of the room wearing a pair of jeans that hugged her hips and thighs.  A gray crop top showing just a bit of belly, her hair pulled back into a puff ball on the top of her head, over all she looked adorable in her mind, though she was never really sure if she ever looked alright, she never put herself down.  This was as good as it got and she was ok with that.


She'd make her way to the kitchen and watch him stare at the fridge for a moment before moving further in and then clearing her throat a bit.=-


I can make some food if you want to go get cleaned up.


-=Was the least she could do right?  For getting to stay over and not be in her dorm not that he knew that, but she was very appreciative for it regardless.  Moving to take his spot at the fridge if he moved away from it so she could see what kind of food she'd be working with while he went and did his thing.=-

[Kaivion Stone]

He'd glance at her in surprise when she offered to make food, he hadn't head her come into the kitchen. For a moment longer than was probably normal for him. He looked her over before he glanced away. Clearing his throat and hiding his face in the fridge. He spoke semi muffled. 

'Cute top.' he reached in and grabbed the creamer for his coffee. before stepping back and letting the fridge door shut, leaving them standing kind of close. 'You don't need to make breakfast... you're the guest...what kind of man would I be if I let my guest make the food?' He grinned at her uncharacteristically perky for the morning. Kaivion by nature was a night person. Morning was his least favorite time of door. And usually didn't like communication before he'd had his coffee. But with Safi there, it was like he was a different person. Almost like he could breathe a sigh of relief. without having to hold it. Her presence always calmed in ways, he had never understood. 

'But I won't stop you, if you want to make the food..' he added. He wasn't opposed a home cooked meal by someone other than himself or ladyn. He'd grin at her. Again taking her in, thinking to himself, she really was cute. He wished she could see it for herself. He rarely brought maggie up because it was a sensitive subject, but he was getting the feeling she was feeling self conscious about herself and the space in the kitchen. He'd caught maggie making snide comments before about it. Which had greatly upset him. Numerous times.

'I'm don't need to change... unless I stink?' he gave her a look of mock horror and even went so far as to pretend to smell his pits. He'd grin at her. 'I guess I probably should. I don't want to be caught in slacks again.'  he grinned at her. Before unexpectedly even for himself he'd lean toward her and press a soft kiss on her cheek before sheepisly pulling back. 

'So ugh...thanks for cooking and keeping me safe from mel last night...' he'd look in her eyes for a moment waiting for her reaction.

[kinkednitemare]

~Safi Marie Hayes~



-=He looked so surprised when she offered to make breakfast. The thing about Safi was that if someone was helping her, if someone was being kind to her she'd take care of them as well.  Make them food, give them everything she had that they would need.  It was why Maggie was attracted to her she supposed...Safi gave love, affection and really anything she could, because she knew what it was like to grow up without.  Having someone take advantage of that hadn't changed her fully, but it did make her much more careful as to who got to be near her now.  More so the friends she had were it for her for right now. She couldn't imagine giving more energy and time to someone new.  She'd given so much to someone who drained everything from her in the end. 

Kai, Mel, and Jen would gets the best that Safi could give and though it wasn't money she would do small things, like clean up if she was staying with one of them, cook food if they didn't normally cook and all that.  She never wanted someone to think she was not grateful for what they were doing for her or being her friend.  ...yeah she had a lot of things to work through and she was only just slowly realizing that as time from both her family and Maggie went on.

He stared at her like she was crazy? She'd look confused by him doing that but would just shrug it off as him not expecting her to offer. Watching him look through the fridge as he commented on her top she would look down at herself which really it'd make it look like she was just looking at her own boobs and nod, she quite liked her shirt.  Nodding in agreement.=-

Thanks.

-=He'd leave he fridge and be a couple inches from her as she listened to him joke about what kind of man he'd be if he let her make breakfast. It made her laugh softly and shake her head. They were both normally nigh owls, but when she was in a place she wasn't used to or comfortable in it was hard to sleep late or at all some times.  Even when she needed the sleep she'd always feel guilty taking a nap leaving the person she was visiting to be alone.  It was nice to see Kai smiling and joking considering what had happened lately with the break up and all that. She'd play off the jokes to make him laugh more and keep him happy.=-

Well I mean...it's not every day I get such a gracious host.

-=She smirked at him playfully and nudge him a little. Being in a kitchen had always felt like home until recently. She loved cooking for people she loved food, but being made to feel like eating was a crime and her body almost worse then that, had been devastating.  Maggie could come off as such a nice person, she could say such vile things while seemingly being so normal it had taken so much time for Safi to realize what damage had been done.  Of course her friends saw it more then she could, but there had been a time she was trapped with Maggie seemingly...whether it was by mind or just physically isolated. 

She was trying to get back to feeling like herself, but the damage was great and she struggled with coming to terms with that.  Being here with him gave her time to breath with everything going on and really the distraction of doing an hunt was something she welcomed at this point.

He'd sniff himself and she'd laugh abruptly not expecting it really...of course he didn't smell, but she hadn't figured he'd want to go out in the same clothes he wore last night, especially since they were rather dressy for him.  =-

I mean, your little tush in those slacks are very cute.

-=She'd grin a little, but then freeze at the kiss on her cheek. It had been unexpected. Her eyes staring at him him for a moment as her face felt warm...her cheeks growing slightly pink from it she didn't know what to say or do in response, but give a shy smile and look away. Shrugging a shoulder.=-

The least I could do....

-=She took a moment to figure out her scrambled brain before glancing at him meeting his gaze for a moment before moving to give him some space.  Always feeling like she took up to much space she always tried not to invade peoples bubbles even if she was naturally affectionate, it had been trained out of her long ago. No one wanted someone like her invading their space when they took up to much of it.=-

I hope there is food in here that I can work with.

-=She'd move to look in a few of the cupboards hoping to take the focus off herself.=-

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[Kaivion Stone]

'I mean, your little tush in those slacks are very cute.'

Safi would have no idea how those words would haunt him for the rest of the day. They made him grin absurdly when he did go trasp to his room to change his clothes and let Safi work her magic in the kitchen. He thought about how she blushed and looked away when he'd kissed her cheek. It was an adorable response. As much excitement as he felt about little things with safi that were different than before, in a euphoric sense. It would be too soon for him to jump into another relationship. Besides, would she even give him a chance after how badly Maggie fucked her up? Should he ever grow a set enough to go there?

He sighed as he traded his clothes from the evening before for a pair of black cargo jeans and a metal band t-shirt, whose logo looked like a pile of sticks and impossible to read. HE'd take a few moments and pause, letting Safi get acquainted with the kitchen. He kind of doubted that they'd have any real food left. As neither he nor landyn had gone shopping recently. It was on the to-do list. It was easier shopping together and splitting the bill than going solo. Ladyn had been working a lot lately so Kai had hardly seen him, when Kai wasn't in school. He'd glance at himself in the mirror running his fingers through his hair to try and straighten it out, to the point that it was good enough and no longer looked like bed head.

he'd make his way back to the kitchen and lean against the door jam watching Safi move around the kitchen.

'You know, we could always just go get breakfast....if...we perpetual bachelors only have a man cave fridge.' 

he said half joking. Anything homemade by Landyn couldn't be trusted. Which was a lesson Zaid had let to learn, and it had become an on going joke with Landyn and Kai, as Zaid seemed to fall for it. Everytime.

Kai would watch her silently, his eyes roaming her figure. She might be a bigger girl in comparrison to Elyssa, but she had an allure about her, that had fascinated him since high school. And he could never put his finger on it. 

'My treat'

he added with a grin. waiting to see what she would say.

[kinkednitemare]

~Safi Marie Hayes~



-=Safi wouldn't have a clue how her statement about his tush would affect him.  It was not unusual for her to compliment her friends.  She could be flirty with it most of the time. Growing up how she did, she was very hyper sexual in various ways, but that didn't really mean she was having sex, just loved to flirt and be affectionate and all of that.  She however only did that with her close friends, because they were her safe space.  She was also pansexual so anyone was her taste in gender/non binary but she always thought her friends were beautiful. 

She liked making them feel as such if she could.  She however struggled with taking compliments for various reasons, but she didn't think down on herself...well until Maggie now she struggled not letting that voice come into her mind, and now with that as a trigger looking back on her childhood her mother wasn't exactly better in some aspects.  So she was using college for some counseling but she wasn't sure if she was going to be able to find help after graduation.  Which gave her anxiety to think about. 

To be honest though she'd always thought of Kai as handsome and funny... charming in his own ways, he'd also always been someone elses and that made him completely off limits to her, her mind wouldn't have even wondered that way.  To find he saw her as more then a friend...a sister would surprise her.  Especially since she was so close to Elyssa.  Though now she was barely hearing from Elyssa and was concerned about her behavior. 

Course the damage Maggie had caused messed her up, but she'd always been oblivious to when someone liked her.  It was just how she was in regards to anyone being attracted to her considering she'd always been a bit different.  People made sure she knew shew as other and that was out even knowing she had...powers, god forbid that came out. She'd hidden that side of her for so long it seemed like an foriegn idea to speak the words aloud. 

Safi would search around the place, but it was slim pickings to be sure.  She'd make a bit of a face staring into the fridge as if something might come to mind with what condiments were sitting there...she was good, but she wasn't that good.  She'd just got done searching the cupboards and hadn't noticed he had returned just yet.  She was zoning out "staring" at the fridge when he spoke up and she'd jump just a bit before looking over her shoulder at him with a bit of a smile.=-

I think I have to take you up on that...there isn't much here.

-=She'd make a bit of a concerned face because that meant they weren't taking care of themselves. She'd shut the fridge and move towards him.=-

Do we have to do some shopping when we get done with the job?

-=Her head tilting, she didn't like it when her friends weren't being taken care of.  If she could help with that, she would even though they were fully functioning adults.  =-

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[Kaivion Stone]

Kai would grin at her when she said she'd have to take him up on his offer. He'd wiggle his brows at her before disapearing around the corner to go look for his keys. His muffle response to her question about shopping was 'nope. we've got plans to go tomorrow' he called back having finally found the keys to his car and his wallet. he grabbed a slouch hat and threw it on over his dark hair and came back round the corner for safi. 

'its my treat, but ladies choice'

he said as he lead the way to the front door opening it for her, before locking it behind him and leading her towards his car. He was suddenly ravenous and all he could think about was food and safi in a towel. Wait. nope. Food. Must think about food. he kept mentally telling himself as opened her door before walking around and getting into his side of the vehicle. 

he'd turn and look at her. 'Figure out where you wanna go yet?'

[kinkednitemare]

~Safi Marie Hayes~



-=Safi nodded more to herself then to him as he walked off answering her question about shopping she was glad he had a plan to go shopping. Her eyes glancing around, she was ready to go luckily she didn't carry a purse but she'd grab her back pack if they were leaving right away after eating she liked to be ready.  Putting it on her shoulder she'd move to stand next to the door waiting for him. Her mind running over where they might eat because as predicted he was going to have her pick.  She'd glance at him as they headed to the car.  Her mind only slightly going to the thought of her in a towel in his bed. It was a weird thought so it didn't stay there for long and she would kind of blink at it. 

A sigh parting her lips before getting into the car and tossing her bag to the back seat. Buckling in and sitting there while he got in she would seem to think about it and then mention a place with good breakfast food cause that is what she was craving.  She'd lean her head against the window of the car as they drove along. Silent as they went along. She didn't have much to say...or rather she didn't tend to say much even though there was all the thoughts in the world in her mind. Mostly because people tended to talk at her and not listen to her when she did have something to say and she was just used to keeping it to herself now.

So she sat in what felt to her like a comfortable silence and most couldn't.  She watched the world pass by as Kai drove and she hummed a little to herself.=-

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[Kaivion Stone]

One of the things he enjoyed about being in safi’s company was she never felt the need to fill the silence. They could probably do a road trip across the state in total silence with maybe the radio and neither of them would be bothered by it, because it was comfortable.



He’d smile when he heard her hum to herself. It wasn’t like she did it often. But when she did it made himself. He’d glance gover at her.



‘Whatcha humming?’



He’d glance back at the road as they approached the restaurant. His stomach suddenly growling for food, ‘Mannnnnn chicken fried steak, with some biscuits and gravy and a bloody mary would really hit the spot right now. What about you cheeks?’



He grinned at her, as he drifted through the busy parking lot looking for a spot to park.

[kinkednitemare]

~Safi Marie Hayes~



-=She was so thankful he didn't need to fill the silence most of the time.  She struggled sometimes to focus on that kind of chatter and she felt bad because she wanted to be responsive, but sometimes...it just wasn't in her to give her full attention.  This was comfortable and welcomed and he seemed to needed or at least enjoy it to a degree as they drove along. 

Her humming could come now and then, but usually it was because she had a song stuck in her head.  It inspired her to a degree and she would catch his question her eyes not moving from the window as she replied.=-

Bishop Briggs released a snippet of a song and now it is in my head forever. I think she'll call it Pain in Love...or something like that but it isn't fully released yet. Just really...stuck with me.

-=She'd glance at him for a moment before looking back out the window.  Her hands resting comfortably on her lap as she seemed to be most relaxed in the passenger seat of a car.  Not having to talk or be under pressure to fake a conversation.  She loved just riding and being.  He made that possible from time to time. 

She knew they were close to the place and her stomach would also tighten with hunger.  She loved eating here and when he spoke about what he was going to order she would almost consider the same order, but she wanted something sweet as well.  Her lips parting with a bit of a sigh as she thought about it before looking forward.=-

Maybe some sausage gravy and biscuits and some french toast...

-=that sounded amazing really with some hashbrowns and she was set.  She didn't like bloody mary's and she wasn't sure if she was working today that a drink was a good idea, but she'd consider it as they parked and headed inside.=-