She laughed at how serious he seemed with the title and shrugged, "I'm really not a master, it was an exaggeration, but yeah, it's good to practice." Before she grabbed the chips, she took a bite of her sandwich, then opened the bag and set it between the two of them. "The chips are just to eat alongside the sandwich, sort of like the bacon and eggs this morning."
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"Ah, okay." Oscar methodically assembled his sandwich and took a bite, then tried out the chips as well. "S'good." He watched the people playing football as he ate, frowning slightly. "They're fighting over that roundish thing. Does it have food inside it? Why are they all smiling and happy if they're fighting?"
Honor continued eating her sandwich, watching the game and trying to explain between bites of chips and sandwich, "No it doesn't have food inside. They're playing a game called football, it's a sport. Something kids and adults play for fun?"
"Fun….?" Oscar eyed the others for a moment longer, having already finished off his portion of the food. Without thinking, he looked a little deeper, his eyes blackening. "Yeah….they are having fun….." he watched, hypnotized, as the two teams raced for the ball, and one of them threw it high into the air. He was so focused that he didn't react as the ball came arcing back down, heading straight for him. And as a result, he was completetly unprepared when the ball smashed into his face hard enough to flatten him to the ground.
All the players flinched and stopped in their tracks. "Sorry!!" one called. "Uh….is he okay?"
Honor yelped a little when Oscar got hit in the face with the ball, jumping back and looking over at the players, shouting back, "Yeah, he's fine!" In reality she had no clue if he was alright or if the ball had re injured his head, but she grabbed the ball and threw it back to the players, "It's alright!" She studied Oscar's face with a look of concern and tapped his shoulder, "Are you okay Oscar? Your eyes went black again…and you got a ball to the face."
Oscar had fallen back without making a sound, screwing up his face in surprise. A tiny trickle of blood seeped out from under his bandages, running down his nose. For a long moment, he stayed motionless, looking a bit like an overturned turtle. But then, a tremor went through the ground, and he dug his fingers deep into the grass. He growled and sat up, his eyes flying open again. They were still pitch black.
"That hurt," he said, his voice suddenly angry. "They're attacking us!"
"Oscar! They're not attacking us!" She yelped, freezing from the tremor in the ground and looking over at him with a worried look before trying to calm her voice and get him to calm down, "Oscar, we're fine, it was an accident. They weren't trying to hit you, please just change your eyes back and let this go. I promise it was an accident, even if it hurt." Honor gently and quite nervously reached over and wiped the trickling blood off of his face before pulling back to herself and watching him for any sign this was going to get worse.
(Iiii spaced out hard lol, sorry)
Oscar seemed like he wasn't even listening at first, keeping his eyes locked on the people, who had by now gone back to their game. But then Honor's tone paired with her touching his face snapped him out of it slightly and he blinked, glancing over at her. Slowly, his eyes returned to normal. "I…..I'm sorry. I just thought they were trying to do something bad….." He looked concernedly at her. "….Did I scare you? I didn't mean to….."
(That's ok lol, sorry it's so short)
She let out a relieved breath and shrugged, shaking her head, "It's alright…I..yeah, you really did scare me there." Honor glanced over at him and shook her head, sighing as she tried to focus back on the picnic, "Are you alright?"
(it's all good ^^)
"I'm fine," Oscar replied immediately, still studying her expression closely. "It doesn't hurt anymore. I'm really sorry, I don't want you to be scared….I wanted to protect us from them, that's all." He looked quite distressed. "Are you mad at me? I made my eyes go dark when you said not to…."
"No, I'm not mad at you," She said gently, only looking over at him for a few moments before pulling a the grass and sighing, "I'm just not used to your powers, but I understand the protecting thing." Honor really just wished he knew a little more about everything, that way she wouldn't have to teach him. She supposed teaching him was fun though, and something that made her think.
(I have to go to bed, but here)
Oscar nodded slowly, calming down somewhat. "I'll try harder next time, if there is a next time." he glanced at the remains of their food. "Are we staying here a little longer, or do you want to keep moving? I guess we're both done eating so there's not much else to do here….."
"We can stay here as long as you want or if you want to leave we can do that too," She said, making herself one more sandwich since she was hungry, "Before we go anywhere else though, I need to check if your head is alright, we can do that at the truck though." Watching the kids play made her think back to when she was a kid and doing that exact thing with her friends, rolling around in the grass and throwing a football around.
Oscar copied her and constructed another sandwich, downing it in four bites. "Maybe we should just leave…..thanks for showing me this park though. I liked it except for getting hit in the face."
Honor nodded, eating her sandwich as well and standing up with a sigh, "Yeah, it's probably good that we get going, your welcome though, besides getting hit in the face." She picked up the remaining food and held out a hand to help him up, making sure to listen for the ball heading for them.
Oscar took her hand and got to his feet, also keeping an eye on the football players. "When we're done looking at my head, where are we going next? The library or your parents' farm?" He was half-hoping she wouldn't ask him which one he wanted, since he himself couldn't decide, but he still expected her to ask him, as she had for every other destination.
“Well, the library is a shorter drive, but it’s up to you.” She said, walking over to her truck and unlocking it again. Honor set the extra food down where it was before bu Oscar’s seat, then patted the seat for him to sit down, “Right now though, sit down and let me check your head for any damage to the stitches.”
Oscar sat in the truck obediently and bent down so Honor could reach his head, pulling off his hats. The bandages across his forehead were a bit bloodstained, but he no longer seemed to be actively bleeding. "How does it look?"
She gently reaches up and ran a hand across the bandages, lifting her fingers away to see if the blood was still flowing, “It doesn’t seem that bad now, it stopped bleeding. I would look under the bandages but I don’t want to risk not being able to rewrap them so I’ll just leave it. You should be fine.” Honor nodded and stepped away, walking around to the drivers seat and hopping in, “Well, where to now? Library is closer, but if you want to see the animals at my parents house we can do that too.”
"Let's go to the library," Oscar decided, gingerly poking his forehead before replacing his hats. "It makes more sense if it's closer, I think. Do you think they'll have any books on my kind there?"
“Probably not, your kind isn’t a subject that a lot of people want to read about.” She admitted, starting the truck and pulling out of the park skillfully, “I could probably find something online for you though, that way you can read books about other things and I’ll try to find something.”
Oscar wasn't very familiar with "online" stuff yet, but for once he wasn't in the mood to ask about it. He merely nodded, staring out the window for a minute before tentatively asking her something else. "Honor? You said earlier that you'd met one of my kind before….but you said it was a long story. Is it a….bad story? Is that why you didn't talk about it?"
As soon as he brought up the story, her demeanor changed slightly and she bit her lip, focusing on driving and not taking her eyes off the road. “It’s..well, it’s not a bad story, sad maybe, but not super bad. But yes, that’s why I didn’t want to talk about it. I don’t want to ruin a fun day with a not so fun story.” Honor finally glanced over at him for no longer than a moment, drumming her fingers on the steering wheel and trying to decide if it was worth telling.
Oscar glanced at her as well, trying to read her expression. "You don't have to tell me if you don't want to," he ventured.
"No, I want to tell you, just not right now. Later tonight maybe, or tomorrow." She said, her focus back on the road as she drove back into town and towards the library. She hoped it wasn't too crowded or crazy, if anything she wished it was empty or only had a few people. That way Oscar would feel the most comfortable.