Bull smirked in displeasure, but lowered his rifle. He then nodded at Keigo’s words.
Boris put up his shotgun.
“Alright,”Boris said.
Amelia hesitated to back down, but after a moment, she took a few deep breaths, her hand releasing her dagger. She then nodded at Keigo. Her eyes didn’t stop glaring at Kera.
Keigo, who was already annoyed and stressed, just strait up grabbed Amelia, snatching her up into his arms and walked off to his bedroom like no one was fucking watching. He was tired and ready for a fucking nap already.
Kera watched almost stunded By keigos actions “ he was never that fucking pubic and touchy with me. Wtf!?”
“What…”Amelia blurted, caught completely off guard, as Keigo picked her up.
She stared ahead in absolute confusion for a moment before realizing what Keigo was doing and where he was going. She snorted, sighing a bit.
When they were out of eyeshot of Kera and the others, Amelia laid her head on his shoulder and melted in his arms, feeling utterly drained. The last time she had been so tense was during the fight with Maxim that had ended with his dagger in her neck.
“Fuck,”she mumbled. There was so much she wanted to add to that one word, but she wasn’t in the mood to say more. Besides, she was sure her tone said enough. They were definitely going to have their hands full with Kera around.
She held onto Keigo, in the mood for a nap as well.
“Well, if you weren’t such a bitch…”Bull snorted. He watched her closely, not moving from his spot.
Boris walked away without a word, heading to Jonathan’s room to make sure he knew what was going on.
Kera looked around “ so… Anything to do?”
Keigo laid Amelia down and Curled up around her. He pulled the blankets up. Keigo ran his fingers through Amelias hair. “ I love you. “
Bull shrugged,”I’m thinking of getting some fucking pie. Can’t beat having pie when there’s nothing to shoot at. You could join me, and I’d give you a rundown on who’s who. Might as well, if you’re planning on staying.”
Bull then headed away, locking his room’s door on the way to the cafeteria.
Amelia snuggled against Keigo, shivering a bit, though she wasn’t exactly sure if was from being so upset or just being cold, or both. Nor did she really care at the moment.
“And I love you, Keigo,”she cooed.
Damn, she hated being worn out like this. In its worst moments, it lasted for days. No wonder she had run away from Maxim. She had been so on edge that she hadn’t been able to do anything more than argue or sleep. And Amelia had a feeling that Kera would be just as bad, even if she happened to be more subtle than Maxim.
Kera followed eagerly, she didn't understand the names like ‘bull ‘ or ‘birdman’ she kept thinking about it but figured the big ass man infront of her would explain.
Keigo sighed, moving Amelia’s hair out of her eyes. He felt her shiver and pulled her closer, “ I've got you love. I'm not going to let her ever get between us, promise”
Bull reached the galley, got himself a piece of pie, and sat down. He ate for a moment, lost in thought, then turned to Kera.
“Alright, first off, I’m Ben but everyone calls me Bull. You got a front row seat to why I’m called that. My business is guns and deals.
“Then, there’s Boris, ol’ Medicine Man, the bald fucker with the shotgun. He’s our medic. He’s the one that usually comes up with the nicknames, or codenames, or whatever the fuck. If you manage to piss him off, you’re fucked.
“Then Jonathan, everyone calls him Beta-Man or Beta though. He’s the one you probably didn’t see that called out ‘Avant-garde’ earlier. He’s the tech guy and the loot scout, and can be a bit hyper sometimes. He also just got a parrot named Edgar, fucking obnoxious bird.
“And finally, Amelia. She used to go by Emma, but I guess she decided to switch names. She’s the pilot and mechanic, and is stubborn as hell.
“Oh, and Boris calls Keigo ‘Birdman’ since he’s Captain and has Toaci.”
Bull then turned away to continue eating.
Amelia smiled warmly, wrapping her arms around him.
“I promise to do the same. And I already know she’s going to fight me. I know her type too well, even if I’m more used to the male equivalent. I did not miss all the bullshit,”she replied with a sigh.
“ if you want I can help releave stress,but there’s not much else I can do. “ he took a deep breath trying to clear his head. “ im sorry I can’t do more, my head so fucked that I can’t even think straight” he mumbled.
Kera nodded, watching bull intently. She went back to sketching on her small iPad from the spare room. She used to stay in there and knew where everything was at
Bull glanced at Kera, noting her pad. He then finished his pie, grabbed some coffee, then sat back down.
“And you?”
Amelia smiled softly and caressed his cheek.
”You’re so sweet. I’d appreciate that. And I know the feeling. I’m so fucking out of it right now,”she replied, chuckling.
“ I just go by Kera. Me and keigo were once in one of the most wanted gangs… Till we all started getting executed. We were known as the bloody bandits. We were s.o.s. Shoot on sight. “ she pulled the collar of her shirt down, exposing a tattoo on her chest, it was a skull with a dagger through it. “ it's the mark of the bloody bandits, and though he'll probably never admit it. Keigo was the leader, and he apparently watched his whole team get there blood-spattered across the walls, but me and him survived. He just didn't know it yet.” when she sat down her digital pen the drawing became a clear sketch of a younger smiling keigo shed done from memory.
Keigo smiled softly and put her hand on his, he leaned in and kissed her. His hand traced her jawline and rested at the base of her neck, pulling her closer to him
“Hmm… I remember the name. I also remember hearing rumors about how the crew disappeared. Didn’t think any of them were true. No wonder they all vanished,”Bull commented.
He wasn’t sure if he should believe anything Kera said, but he would definitely ask Keigo later.
“What’re your skills, besides being a fairly good artist? Guns? Tech? Pilot? What?”
Amelia savored the kiss. A shiver passed down her spine as his hand moved to rest on her neck, and she moaned when he pulled her closer. She then softly moved her leg between both of his.
Keigo gave a soft laugh as he pulled from the kiss. He kept their faces close, running his fingers through the smaller baby hairs on Amelia's neck.
“ we didn't ‘vanish.’ we were slaughtered. “ she corrected him with a sick tone. Remembering it was hard on her. The copper smell of blood, the crimson shades splattered everywhere as she looked her creates in the eyes when they were taken up to the makeshift gallows. “ I was the medic.. “
Amelia smiled warmly at him. Another shiver passed through her as he rubbed her neck, and she closed her eyes breifly. Then, she stared into his eyes, easily getting lost in them.
“Vanished, slaughtered, not much difference. And you were the fucking medic?”Bull snorted.
Considering what Kera had said earlier, about Keigo being her bitch and how easy it was to affect him, it was all starting to click. Bull was liking this woman even less.
“ if your thinking with keigo, I wasn't. He had his own medic for that shit. And there is a difference, vanshied means there's no trauma, no smell of copper left in your nose, no night terrors of their blood spattering across your face as you sit in shackles waiting to be next. The last thing your seeing is his face looking up at you, knowing he was standing there and fighting the guards with every bit he had just to get to you, and then he falls. He was just shaking, that band was glowing a deep red. I had no idea what was going on with keigos medic laying dead on the hollow. They let him go, said he was cursed or some shit..”
Keigo moved Amelia to be on his chest, continuing to run his fingers through her hair. He pulled the blankets up a bit and let his hands travel from her neck to her sides.
Bull considered her words for a long moment, and knew something was off. She had known about his seizures, if anything she had said while locked in her room had meant anything. And yet here she was, claiming ignorance. A blatant fucking lie if Bull had ever seen one.
And besides all that, her story didn’t seem to line up somehow. Bull had imagined a battle, not an execution. And now he was imagining a long talk with Keigo later, primarily because he trusted Keigo’s word a shit ton more than he would Kera’s.
But, even though he doubted her every word, Bull decided that it was best to keep the conversation going somewhat smoothly, instead of having it devolve into an argument over who’s word meant more. He wasn’t sure how well that would turn out, and he wasn’t in the mood to have Keigo up in his ass for beating Kera to death.
“You have a point, but ‘vanished’ still works, because it’s vague. It implies that no one knew what the fuck happened to the lot of you, whether traumatic or not. And not surprising that they’d consider Keigo cursed. Not many pirates with seizures around,”Bull commented.
Amelia chuckled as Keigo moved her, still staring into his eyes. As his hands moved, she moaned again.
“I love it when you do that,”she breathed.
Amelia then tenderly kissed him.
Keigo kissed her, “ do ya?” he asked softly. He kept his hands rubbing up her side, kissing her neck. He nipped her a bit, though it was only a love bite.
Kera went back to sketching her picture. “ I wasn't trained on how to help keigo, though his whole team knew the color route. Green and yellow he could handle himself with a check-up after he comes out of it. Red and any shade of crimson could be deadly. Black is a death sentence. “ she mumbled and stared down at the picture.
Amelia moaned again, more shivers running through her.
“Yes,”she purred, tilting her head so that more of her neck was exposed.
She gasped a bit when he nipped her. Her hands then shifted a little, softly kneading his shoulders.
Bull hummed at her words, considering them once more. He didn’t reply, instead drinking more of his coffee. He then glanced in the cup with a weird look and snorted.
“Don’t you hate it when you finish your fucking coffee without noticing?”he commented.
Bull then went to get a refill.
“ no, no I don't. I'm allergic to it..” she said and started a new sketch. It was of bull, he was holding his mug and staring into it.
Keigo tugged at Amelia's shirt ( time skip for them, we could just focus on kera and bull.
(Yeah)
“Allergic to coffee. Literally or metaphorically?”Bull asked, sitting down again.
He noticed she had started a new sketch, but he couldn’t quite pick out what it was.
“ literally. “ she said. She lightened the layer and started doing line work. The image became more detailed and more noticeable of who it was.
“Hmm, that’s a new one. Never heard of being allergic to coffee. I’ve had heartburn from hell with certain types, but that’s as far as I ever thought it could get,”Bull said, shrugging.
He then noticed what the sketch was and rose an eyebrow at it.
“Me? Seriously? You got photographic memory or something?”he asked, taking a sip of coffee.
“…” she kept her mouth a hut but just barely nodded. “ I don't forget nearly anything except what I want to. “ she mumbled. She colored the sketch, making it look kinda like acrylic
“So… basically photographic memory. Must be fucking nice sometimes,”Bull snorted.
He watched her color the sketch, primarily because he was bored and didn’t have much else to do while talking to her.
“ yup. Got a problem with it?” she looked up, her greyish eyes had hints of blue in them.
“I could give a shit, woman,”Bull replied.
He barely even acknowledged her gaze as he turned back to his coffee.