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I don’t know what I’m doing but I wanna use this character (OxO| Closed)

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((https://docs.google.com/document/d/19bYN8QLXMehGFKomsex5bniZ2ei68w2Py-81iMe8Ae8/edit?usp=sharing Have a little drabble I wrote a while ago! It was started late at night and finished later so it might not be super great, but it also might give you a bit of insight on these two, and maybe even be a fun read))

(Thankkksss!!! I’m starting on it and it’s already amazing!)

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She took in a sharp breath before she could register it. Her neck was, unfortunately, an incredibly sensitive spot. Well, unfortunate for her, very fortunate for him. "Definitely. Maybe we can help each other with that."

Tali let out a soft breath against her skin, grinning. “We definitely can. I’m going to try my hardest.” Came the muffled reply. “You smell good, by the way.”

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Osora narrowed her eyes at his head as a small shiver raced down her spine, glaring half heartedly. "I'll try if you try. Do I really? I don't even know what I smell like, let alone if it's…good."

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“Mhm… you smell like… I don’t know I’ve never smelled this.” He purred, laughing softly. “Is your neck as ticklish as everywhere else?” He asked, lifting his head to stare into her eyes.

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((I can't honestly remember if I've mentioned what she smells like.))

"I wouldn't call my neck ticklish. Sensitive. Not ticklish." It absolutely was ticklish. At least, in some places. The hollow of her neck, and the soft skin just behind her ear, weren't ticklish so much as sensitive enough to functionally render her useless. "Don't you dare even think about anything, Tali."

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(I can’t either 0.0)

Tali gently took her wrists in his hands and grinned brightly. “Think about what?” He asked innocently, pressing a butterfly kiss to the spot just below her ear. “I’m not thinking of anything.”

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Osora pressed her lips firmly together, cheeks heating up quickly until they were dusted a light red. She was trying her hardest not to react the way her body desperately wanted her to. "Right. Because you weren't planning that."

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(Sorry for low quality responses. My siblings are annoying me and I’ve got a bit of a headache.)

“Not at all. But you’re so tense.” He replied quietly, grinning from ear to ear. “You’re so cute, you know. You don’t need to express anything with your face because I can read the rest of you.” He grinned wider.

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"I'm not tense." She countered futilely, knowing she very much was. "Just because you're one of a few people who's fine with my lack of emotion doesn't mean you have an innate ability to tell what I'm feeling. Maybe you're getting the wrong signals. Maybe you're confused. Maybe you're making things up-"

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“I’m not being fooled am I? I thought I could read you pretty well.” He replied cheekily, slipping his hands into her’s. “Let me think this way even if it’s wrong. I happen to like falling for you:”

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She sighed slightly, linking her fingers through his. He seemed to be done messing with her for the moment, so she relaxed a bit, her posture still stiffly straight. Some habits were hard to kick. "You should be careful doing that. Falling for me. If I don't measure up to your expectations, it's going to hurt you."

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“I have no expectations, dearest Osora.” He teased, cupping her cheeks again and stealing a kiss. “Relax. I won’t tease you anymore.” He murmured softly, releasing her and gently pushing on her shoulder. “Here, let me finish. You keep distracting me!”

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"Sure, blame it on the injured girl." Osora said with a roll of her eyes, bumping his forehead with her own before raising her hands half heartedly in the air. "There, I won't distract you. Hurry up though, I want to watch the news."

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He chuckled and pecked her lips quickly. “Thank you. Turn around so I can get to your back, please.” He stretched out his arms, feeling slightly cold now that she wasn’t pressed against him.

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She lowered her arms to stand, carefully maneuvering to sit backwards on the chair so that he could reach her back. She gritted her teeth as the bone fragments in her knee moved, sending flashes of pain through her leg. "Think you could hand me the milk first?"

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He nodded gently and reached for it, letting his arm brush against her shoulder as he did so. He breathed her in and smiled as he offered the milk carton back to her. “Here you are my lovely lady.” Tali shamelessly winked before he ran his fingers through her hair, moving it away from her neck to check for scratches there.

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"I feel like that wasn't quite necessary." She commented, leaning into his fingers slightly anyway. "But…I see why you like it when I play with your hair." Opening the carton again, she took a long drink, letting him work. There were a few minor scratches, more on her shoulders, but what would catch anyone's eyes was the ugly looking burn scar on her right shoulder. Not just a burn, but a raised brand, like it had been made my a cattle prod. The kanji, for anyone who could read it, when translated to English, spelled out something like 'Evil League', or 'League of Evil'.

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“Doesn’t it feel nice?” He asked her softly, checking for glass. He paused when he noticed the brand, running a gentle finger across its surface. “They’ve been cruel to you haven’t they?” He asked softly. “Whoever is putting you up to this, that is.” He bent down and pressed a gentle kiss to the brand. “This isn’t okay. You don’t deserve to be marked like this.”

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She took a deep breath, her shoulders tensing for a moment before relaxing again. "I had to be. You don't-I really should explain to you. Nobody's putting me up to anything, Tali. This is entirely my own doing. It has been since I was fourteen." Taking another long drink, she paused, before chugging the whole thing. "It started with the Puppeteer, sort of."

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“I’ll listen if you want to tell me.” He replied in a near whisper, cleaning up the smaller scratches and finishing up. Tali turned the chair so she was facing him and dipped down to sit in front of her on the floor. “The Puppeteer huh…?”

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Osora nodded, looking off to the side. For a moment, something fairly haunted passed over her face, before she closed it off again. "When I was fourteen, I loved wandering the city streets at night. In fact, it was more than wandering. I was a sort of…vigilante on occasion, helping out when someone was facing trouble. For once, my power was useful, you know? Scary, but it helped people." She gripped the back of the spinning chair, fingers flexing and holding so hard the knuckles turned white. It had been seven years, but she still couldn't get rid of the taste of cloth in her mouth, or the eyes of the dolls on her. "And then I got caught in the wrong place. Back then…there was a man who had been terrorizing the districts, who called himself the Puppeteer. He…controlled things. Dolls, objects, and sometimes people."

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He shuddered, fully aware of the Puppeteer and what he could do. The terror of the man was wide spread to those with unnatural powers. The puppeteer was someone who could potentially get creatures like Tali killed for good. “I remember hearing about him. He posed a threat to beings like me, who’s ability doesn’t help anyone but myself.”

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"Then you remember when he disappeared." She said, her voice taking on a sort of dead tone. "I was out, one night, when it happened. I heard muffled noises from an alley way nearby, and this wasn't the sort of area people hung out in at night. He had a woman pinned to the wall with dolls." This time, the breath she took shuddered on the way in and gave out on the way back. "I…shouted. Got his attention and drew it away for the woman. I remember more than I'd like to, but even now, some things are still blurry. All I know is she got away, and next thing I knew, I was waking up in a dark cellar, tied up and surrounded by dolls."

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He nodded gently, falling silent as she continued with her story. He offered his hand for her to hold, blinking softly. “That sounds awful…” he murmured, sliding closer to provide some sort of comfort.

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She accepted his hand without hesitation. “Two. Two days. Two nights. That’s how long I was down there. He did things, horrible things and never once spoke a word. I would rather he had, honestly. But he…slipped up. He didn’t know what I could do, and he had forgotten to drug me one day. My head cleared, and I-I reworked the bones in my wrist, slid them from my skin without and incision so I could get free. They didn’t get to mend properly, because I didn’t have time. I could hear him. Coming down the stairs. And before I could think much through or talk myself out of it, I had sawed the rope around my feet and waited. It felt like forever and two seconds all at once before I was standing over him. He was dead. I was holding a knife of my own bone.”

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Tali gave her hand a reassuring squeeze, as if to tell her he was here and she was here with him. He stood slowly, wrapping his arms around her with a soft whimper. “So you got rid of him… that’s alright. You did what you had to do.” He murmured gently, hoping she’d hug him back. “Is that how this all started?”

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Osora buried her face in his chest as she returned the hug, clinging tightly. “One of the places it started. The most influential.” She said, voice muffled by his chest. “After that…I couldn’t go back to not doing everything I could to prevent it from happening to someone else. That’s what I do. I try-as hard as I can to protect people.”

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Tali closed his eyes, trying to imagine what that would have been like. He couldn’t. He never would be able to. “It’s alright, Osora. I understand now.” His fingers rubbed small circles into her back, weary of her cuts. “Just promise me you’ll be careful and if you need help you’ll call for someone to help. I can help.”

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“Tali, that entirely defeats the purpose of keeping you safe. But…I do have backup, if it makes you feel better.” Osora pressed her forehead a bit harder against him, taking comfort from his hold. “The Surutameni. My friends, the ones I mention.”

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He laughed, kissing her head softly. “I’m just saying, I’m here if you need it. I have the teeth for it, remember?” Tali’s hand moved to her hair instinctively to gently pet and sooth her worries. It just felt right. “Keep your friends near by, Osora. Know you’re lucky to have them.” He tugged on her shirts sleeve, smiling. “Alright. I promised you cuddles after I finished and I’ve finished. Would you like me to hold you?”