One-on-one (Closed, stalkers welcome)

By the look on his face, he seemed sad that she had to go, which made her even more resolved to leave. She was stupid, she knew she couldn't do this! She knew she would have to leave if she did get attached, and that would hurt even worse than this. But part of her knew it was too late; she was already looking at him, her guarded expression was coming down.

"Thank you so much, I'm so sorry, I shouldn't have done this to you," she babbled. Then she stood to leave, but couldn't bring herself to let go just yet. "Enjoy the rest of the storm," she mumbled.

"I'll try."
But he knew the second that she turned to leave the storm would fade. She was the magic inside it, and without her it was nothing but water drowning a useless city. He didn't understand the feeling, but understood it was precious.
She obviously didn't feel the same. "Get home safely."

She raised her hand in a wave. She wanted so badly to say, don't do that to me. I want to stay, I really do. Don't make me feel bad about it. But, for some reason, she just couldn't. Instead, she flipped her waterproof jacket's hood up over her head, and turned to make her way through the rain.

(AS I WAS SAYING)

She turned around. He didn't know when he'd next see her face, her glorious eyes, her frizzy hair, her perfectly coloured complexion… But he couldn't think of that, not now. He sat back down, head in his hands, letting the rain inside him to soak away the hurt.

She stumbled through the foggy rain and fumbled with her keys as she did so, wanting to get away from the storm. The storm that he was in, that they used to be in together. She didn't know why she was so concerned about this. Once she got inside, she collapsed onto her bed and stared through the skylight at the raindrops that were hitting the glass above her head. She tried to think of good things, like seeing her family again or hanging out with Gwen once she got home, but the same face kept pushing all those things aside. He was so interesting. She couldn't get her brain to think of anything else.

(So i got something to do for a few minutes, I'll probably be gone for like 30, but I'll be right back)

(OKAY! Crazy school period is calming down and I'm back!!)

(AS I WAS SAYING)

(WHAT WAS IT)

It numbed him. For the first time in many, many years, all feeling left him. It felt amazingly painful.
He stood, waking out into the street.
Not now. Not now. He could feel the break edging towards him, his lightly scarred arms aching in advance. Not again. Not again. He inhaled deeply, trembling violently. He almost stumbled, fell onto the street, but caught himself in time.
He was walking… Somewhere unknown.

(AS I WAS SAYING)

(WHAT WAS IT)

(I was just being silly lol that was right after our conversation in the ship chat)

(So do you wanna timeskip?)

(Sure. When are you thinking?)

(AS I WAS SAYING)

(WHAT WAS IT)

(I was just being silly lol that was right after our conversation in the ship chat)

(oh lmao okay)

(what if she feels bad about the night before so she decides to show up at the hospital and surprise him?)

(Yeah! And I think we talked about his mother getting worse, so how about they talk it out and are about to leave and then gasp coma or something like that)

(Alrighty, sounds good)

Timeskip: The Next Morning

Piper awoke with her upper body partially hanging off the bed. After lying there for a few minutes, she sat up and rolled out of the bed. She had been thinking about him all night, about how much of a jerky move it was to leave him like that, and about how she would make it up to him. He’d told her in conversation the day before that he would be at the hospital all day today. Since it was Saturday, she didn’t have to work, and she was planning on surprising him at the hospital.

(just wondering~ are you still finding this rp interesting? Honestly, because I had someone drop out recently cause they got bored so let me know if that's your case?)

Theo was already in the subway, on his way back from a night shift at the children's clinic he worked at. He let himself nod off along the ride, only getting home by 8.30 am.
He shuffled his way home, planning to sleep until 11 o'clock before heading to the hospital.

(I am, actually I really love it. Are you? Btw the reason I haven’t been on as much is school, but my workload should clear up in like two weeks.)

After getting ready, she decided she would run a few errands before going down to the hospital, so she went up to the farmers market to buy groceries and such. After dropping them along with some other things off at her apartment, she got on the train, making her way to the hospital to visit a woman she’d never met for a guy she’d only known for approximately 24 hours. Once she got inside, she asked if anyone was there to visit the woman, and since no one was in the room, she decided he hadn’t arrived yet, so she sat and waited for him.

He woke up slightly late and in a rush pulled on a tattered jean overall he hadn't worn in years over a white-washed black t-shirt.
Combing through his hair with his hands, he sped towards the station and was on the train within 5 minutes of leaving his house. Another 20 minutes and he was jogging towards the hospital, more and more excited by the minute– lame as it was, he needed his mom. He got upstairs to find someone already logged in to his mother's visiting sheet, and turned to her corner to find Piper sitting patiently.

Whenever she heard someone come in, her head snapped over to see if it was him. Time after time, it was some other person, until she started to question if she should just go home. She was about to get up and go when she saw him walk through the door. As soon as she saw him, she hopped up from her seat.

"Hey!" she said in a high pitched voice, and immediately cleared her throat, then spoke a bit lower. "I was starting to think you weren't coming."

He froze, staring with wide eyes at the apparition before him. It took every ounce of strength he had not to smile at the sight of her. « Hi, » he said quietly, slowly walking forwards. He words stung slightly, only alluding to how little they really new each other,
« I would never ever miss an appointment with my mom, » he told Piper, stopping a few feet from her.

"Yeah, I um-" she looked around before forcing herself to reestablish eye contact with him. " I just wanted to come and tell you how sorry I am about ditching you like that yesterday. I didn't know the next time you would be at your apartment, and I was more likely to find you here, so I came. And I'm also sorry about your mom. If you don't mind me asking, what does she have?"

(hey I know you're probably busy, and if so, take your time. I just wanted to make sure you didn't forget.)

(I would never forget!! Sorry, I just got really busy..)
(I don’t remember if I’d said before what she had so I’m just going to say something else if that okay?)
He shook his head as an ‘It’s Okay’ gesture, and walked right up to Piper and gestured behind her to one of the rooms at the end of the corridor. “She has ovarian cancer. Stage 3. Been in intensive care for about a year and a half. “

“Wow,” she breathed, and she lifted her hands to hug him, but caught herself and put them back down just as quickly. Why did she want to act like she knew him for ages? “That must be awful. I’m not gonna lie to you; I haven’t the slightest idea of what your situation must be like. But I really am sorry, and I hope she feels better soon.”

He smiled as her hands fidgeted, and started to walk. "She'll want to meet you I think. You want to come with me?" he asked, meeting those vibrant green eyes with his own dark ones.