"I never had time or enough people to trust as far i could throw them i guess." He listened to her continue to talk mostly sipping, but he wasnt as sharp or harsh as he was when the meeting ended last night.
"Im oddly comforting to you?" he paused mid drink at that, very confused by that statement. very confused. How was she comforted by him of all people? him? There was no way that was true. Not even people in his own gang were comfortable being around him.
"Liar theres no way i comfort you." he huffed.
Then felt like smacking her on the back of the head. "Well Gee I dont know whats coming out of my mouth if not words that im using to speak to you?" he rolled his eyes.
She rolled her eyes back at him, "Your a difficult person. I thought for sure you would want to go your own way and never speak to me." Kiera paused for a minute and then continued, "I'm not lying about anything. You are strangely comforting. I dont know how to explain it though." Ki took a sip or her drink, that hasn't been touched until now. "Just know I'm here for you. just text me whenever and I'll try my best to respond. I want to be the person you trust. And yeah, I know it will take a while but I'm not going to back down. You deserve a chance to have someone you trust."
"Yes well Im sorry im so difficult." He took a sip before glancing back at the counter, then back at her.
my neck hurts staring down for so long… My neck hurts as a short person hence why i say hes neck should hurt looking down if mine hurts looking up.
"Well i dont know how you find me strangely comforting because even the people i work with and are close in rank to me dont even feel comfortable around me. nonetheless find me strangely comforting" he huffed walking over and grabbing his scone before walking back.
"okay well I suppose this should go th other way around shouldnt it? well text me and i wll be as blunly honest and sarcastic as I can and hope it helps. You also deserve a miniscule chance to trust someone though I loathe it be me." he bit into his blueberry muffin.
"Don't be sorry." She smiled at him. Kiera looked at her phone checking the time, "I gotta go now, sorry. We can catch up later yeah?" She took her cold coffee into her hand and the other on his shoulder, hoping that it wouldn't make him react in a bad way. Ki patted his shoulder and started on her way to work. I trust him She thought. He deserves to be trusted. He needs a change in his life, and I'm here to help him.
"Yeah, talk to you later." he finished off his muffin, thn she gave him a patt on the shoulder, it felt weird coming from her, but not neccesarily a bad weird.
(Ki: shoulder pats)
(Dustin: what is this?)
(ki: its called affection)
(dustin: disgusting)
(dustin: do it again)
He watched as she left the coffee shop, then he threw away his muffin wrapper. did she actually trust him? he wondered as he jogged back home, throwing the coffee in the trash when he made it back to base.
(do it again :DD) (time skip?)
(ye, can you start this time?)
KI got off work early, which wasnt normal but the station hasn't had a whole lot to do. After changing she wanted to see if Dustin was busy. 'Hey, you busy?' She texted him as she left the station. Kiera walked down the street until she reached the cozy bookstore she spent a lot of time in. She grabbed out her pen and threw it in the nearest trash can "You need to stop it. its bad for you." She whispered to herself. Ki smiled, as she found a book and began to read.
Dustin was in the shooting range, practicing and sharpening his quick draw and fire, was this safe? Nope. Did he used accidentally injure himself? All the time. Will he ever stop? Not likely.
He was about to switch guns when he heard his phone go off, he took it out and saw a notification from Ki.
'Hey, you busy?' he warmed a little on the inside.
He put the gun down and opened his phone, starting to type a response.
'just practicing with my guns at a shooting range, you want to meet up? Yes he did ask her if she wanted to meet up, she texted first its not that big a deal. He decided to finish up for the time being and go shower and get changed in some more casual clothes. Not sweats and a t shirt though.
Ki smiled when she looked at his text. Interested in hanging our i see she thought, 'yeah, theres a park we can go sit at.' she texted him back. Ki thought of his soft hair, I wonder if he'd let me braid it or something. She smiled, this man was making her happy, even though they have only know each other for limited time. Ki texted him the address of the park and decided to head there. It had to be only a couple hours after noon, probably three. So the park was empty, no one there to watch. No one at all. Just her and hopefully Dustin.
(Lol imagine someone from the station walks by and recognizes the both of them)
'yeah, so what? i only asked because you texted first, I will meet you there in a bit.' he put away his phone and started to pick up all the guns when his phone buzzed again, probaby with the park adress. He took all the guns to the weapons vault and put them all in there places.
He usually just kept a pocket knife or too for self defense, but that was if he was alone. He didn't want to accidentally slash at her or have his knife thrown at her.
He reached for the pistol when the same thought crossed his mind, he cursed. why am I thinking about her safety? She can defend herself for gosh sake. He shook his head at his actions and just grabbed a pocket knife and heading to meet up with her.
(That would be a shame…especially if it was a rival detective of hers)
Kiera smiled as she sat down on one of the swings, "I miss you mom and dad." She said to herself while looking down at her shoes. She felt nervous again, like she would say something to Dustin and he'd get mad. Why are you caring about him getting mad. He's his own person. He can do what he wants She thought to herself. Stop caring about him. You guys are…friends? Kiera sighed, and went fishing for her pen in her pocket. Only to realize she had thrown it away. Why did you throw it away. Because Dus said it was bad But you dont have to listen to him Why am I listening to him? Her mind kept having mini conversations. Ki looked around to try and stop thinking and just prayed that Ki and Dus wouldn't be recognized.
(such a shame)
He held his hands in his pockets, walking into the park looking straight ahead, as he strolled through the park. He noticed a little girl in the swings, figuring it was her. He walked over to her behind her and opened his mouth when he heard her talk about her mom and dad and he paused. After she didn't say anything He flicked her on the back of the head and sat on the swing next to her.
"You get rid of your vape?" He asks her not glancing in her direction.
She laughed, "How'd you know? But yeah…its a bad addiction." Ki looked at him, happy he showed up. "So how was your day?" She began to slightly swing, just a small motion so she would stop fidgeting. Kiera stopped looking at him and looked around the park, making sure it was still empty. Which it was. (But not for long). Ki sighed and looked at Dustin again. She looked at him closely, I hope you can open up to me one day.
"Well i saw you dig around for it, so you either didn't have it with you or tossed it out. Its good that you stopped, its definitely a bad addiction even if it feels like its better then ciggar or a cigarette." He basically could translate that I'm glad you tossed it out i was worried about you. He looked at her when she looked away, watched her swing not looking away when she looked back, then looking away.
"Could have been better, could have been worse. Yours?" he looked around the park as well.
"Boring. Too much paperwork." She sighed. Its good you stopped, She thought, was that him caring about me? She turned to look at him a small smile on her face, "You know, your hair was soft." Out of the corner of her eye she saw someone and brushed it off. Until they came closer.
"Jackson, what are you doing here with one of our top wanted people in the city?" A male figure asked. He was around 20, short and muscular build. And annoying.
"What are you doing here spying on me Carters?" Kiera rolled her eyes. Damn idiot.
He chuckled, "The Chief know about this? You and Dustin?"
She bit her lip, "Fuck off will you?"
"No, you are supposed to arrest this man. Since you wont I will." Carters got closer.
Kiera stood up, "You know if you weren't so ignorant maybe the chief would tell you more. Maybe like hes working for us."
Dustin litterally just said "Mood." as a response, and its beautiful.
He turned to look back at her and noticed the small smile on her face, he didn't smile back, but it warmed his heart to see her smile. "I told you it was soft." He noticed someone getting closer to them. He groaned, he looked very irritating and kinda like a fat lump of flesh.
he stood up from the swing, Towering over the short muscular lump of flesh. He started down athim, with dead uncaring cold eyes.
"Is there a problem here?" He asked, absolutely no emotion, very cold and bitter.
Carters chuckled, "I let you two get back to your date." He turned to leave, pulling out his phone to call the chief to see if Kiera was lying.
Ki sat back down, quieter than ever. She didn't know what to say. She mumbled, "Sorry." and left the conversation to end. She felt bad. Now more than ever she wished she had her vape. "You can leave if you want."
Dustin saw how she shrunk into herself. Nope, not on his watch would a douche make her sad. he threw his knife right through his phone, making sure he couldn't talk to there chief.
"Oh and if you try and say that she and i were together i doubt he will believe without any evidence." he walked over to the man towering over him and taking the knife from the mans phone and handing him the phone. "Oh also, its not a date. Were just friends, pig" He then put his knife away and walked back over to Ki offering his hand.
"lets go somewhere not so public hm?" he asked her, which he would never do something like this but e felt he needed to for her.
("if you dont take my hand i will pick you up and run and it will not be pleasant ")
She grabbed his hand, "really?" No doubt he was confusing, but just now, what he did. "Thank you." She smiled at him. Her heart beat faster as she grabbed his hand, Stop ki, hes a friend. Nothing more. "So friends huh?" She giggled. As she stood up she noticed the height difference, noticing she was much shorter. "Why do you get to be so tall?" She asked. "Its not fair. I'm so tiny."
As soon as she grabbed his hand he started to walk away from the douche pulling her along looking straight forward. "You think he deserved more? I would happily kill the pig but i thought it would be a bit much, i think he gets the memo tho." He was hard to tell if he was was serious or horrible at jokes. He enjoyed the way her hand fit the folds of his hand. Stop.
"Yeah, Were friends, why not?" he huffed walking with her.
"Yeah well trust me, its not fun when your too tall and big to enter a place or hit your face on a door frame. your lucky to be small."
