Falsehood (Hiyami)

[Hunter Armitage]

It was time to leave, things were settled and now it just seemed inches away from having the great escape from this place. Even though it was only down the hall, and out the doors.. There was still the campus to go through and all the crap through there.. But what did that matter?

He was still coming out with a cute girl intact, and other things, like his life intact as well. But this was different.. He had felt a need to take care of this young lady, make sure to keep an eye on her.. Perhaps that was the difference between him and his job right now... or perhaps it was just the change of the fact that she wanted to look after him.. Help him mend his ways, and get out of the differences that were the Mafia world. That would be tough in itself.

And yet..

"No worries, Prince Charming. The time will come sooner or later, but I'll definitely help. Just let me know, ne?"

He nodded.. Perhaps she would be the only one to see him for what he was, instead of a mean Mercenary.

"You don't need to know a person's name to know them.. And if you were going to hurt me, you'd have done more than squish me when I came in, especially with your toys."

He gripped it in his hands.. He thought that this one would be scared by him and his actions. But still, thinking back, how could he do that to someone as cute as her..? That was near impossible.. But now.. What was coming over him? Suddenly.. There was a hot feeling in the middle of his head, clouding his judgement, only for a moment though.. Before going away. Feeling her smack his stomach he didn't recoil, but placed a hand on his stomach staring at her as she walked out. He followed her outside.

"I remember some of the Underground made for bad owners. That's all."

He waved her down the hall, signalling to walk that way with him as he continued moving. But after hearing that.. He looked down for a moment. He knew it wouldn't be best to pry.. But he was curious, if there was a way to help her..

He tucked his hands into his pockets, only giving her a slight feeling of reassurance.. It was all he could do right now.

"You know.. Instead of erasing and corrupting files, and the like.. I really wish I could just erase these kinds of people that do this sort of thing."

She was keeping something.. Which was fine, this would be the only business that he would not look into.

But..

".. And, I wish I knew who these 'owners' were.. So I could erase them myself."

He smiled at her, those red eyes just staring at her.

"But that wouldn't change a thing.."

It was true..

"I suppose looking after the Princess, is all that matters."

[Hiyami]

He waved her towards the exit and she headed in that direction, slowing down so he could keep up. Once he'd caught up, she matched her pace to his - an easy thing.

His hands were in his pockets - a goodwill gesture, she supposed, to emphasize that he wouldn't hurt her.... Or it could've been a purely subconscious action. Or he was putting his cyberdeck away. She wondered what it was he was doing - a tangent her mind went on from boredom or its randomness, whatever you like.

"You know... Instead of erasing and corrupting files, and the like... I really wish I could just erase these kinds of people that do this sort of thing."

Hiyami thought for a moment, considering a concept of the like. "Well, you might not be able to erase them, but you certainly could erase them. It's dangerous, though. Always is, with that kind of sensitive thing."

"And I wish I knew who these 'owners' were... So I could erase them myself." And Hiyami knew he was smiling at her, red eyes piercing through her. She grinned back at him as he continued. "But that wouldn't change a thing..."

"Of course not - the government already got them. Most of them, anyways. And most of them have probably gotten out already." she shrugged, sighing. "The bad guys usually do unless you play your cards right, and the government has a really bad poker face."

And then, just a heartbeat later, he continued once more: "I suppose looking after the Princess is all that matters."

Hiyami paused at this again. Looking after? She wondered if he was referring to her again, or to someone else. And no matter who it was, why did they - or her - need looking after? She'd been looking after herself for years, thank you very much. She'd survived two painful, torturous and inhumane years, and she'd survived the aftereffects. She didn't need looking after.

She might have even gotten angry had her mind not acknowledged that, with Prince Charming being such a nice guy, he probably hadn't even considered that she might be able to look after herself.

"Oh, I don't know about that, Prince Charming - you look a bit lean to be doin' that." she said cheekily, referring to his body frame. She knew it pretty well from the being squished and the smack on his stomach as she'd walked out. And besides, she was wearing his trench coat - it was a pretty good indication of his size, if nothing else, yes?

"Maybe a couple of years in a training room and about twenty more pounds." she said, teasing. "After all, having been attached to computer parts for so long, you could probably use some sunshine, too, hm?"

[OOC: Waugh, short post.]

[Hunter Armitage]

Erasing the government wouldn't be that hard, it would be strong effective and enough to create malice within the world as it would point everyone and everything in the wrong direction. That was the terrorists way of looking at it anyway. He sighed, there wasn't much to think about it. It was the whole entire deal to it all.

Whatever.. that didn't matter now.

Playing nice guy wasn't, the best way of handling things here.. But it had to be done sometime. Still.. Whatever, it wasn't best to discuss this sort of thing now. Especially in a public place.

"Of course not - the government already got them. Most of them, anyways. And most of them have probably gotten out already."

"The bad guys usually do unless you play your cards right, and the government has a really bad poker face."

The government was easy to fool, it was all about making fools of themselves. In a way.. It was just another ruse, the government was another figurehead for those that were pulling the strings. Politicians all bent like hell, coming up with different ways to tarnish their image..

And who would they be paid off by to take the fall?

The mafia, organized crime of course.

But Terrorism wasn't Hunter's line of work. That wasn't his job.

Still, she joked about his body size.. That was more or less no difference to him.

"Oh, I don't know about that, Prince Charming - you look a bit lean to be doin' that."

Whatever she said, it was a joke. Although, she hadn't really seen Hunter pull off his crazy moves.. It was all about the power in this school, I guess. Still, he fought with brains, along with what little brute strength he had.

"Maybe a couple of years in a training room and about twenty more pounds."

"After all, having been attached to computer parts for so long, you could probably use some sunshine, too, hm?"

He laughed a bit.

"Gee, you make it sound like I'm totally useless.. You haven't seen me duke it out with anyone at all."

He then pulled his hands out of his pockets and crossed his arms.

"I fight with more brains, than I do brawn. It's a proven fact." His eyes narrowed, the end of the hall was coming soon.

The doors were approaching fast, but that such is another day, would come to a close soon enough. When they'd get there, he'd hold the door open for her.. Like a real gentleman-- Er.. Prince, should.

"Ladies and Princesses first." He'd say, holding the door for them to exit out onto the schoolyard. Once doing so, he'd follow her outside.

".. Another day down.." He sighed intently, as he then reached into his pocket. Thinking about it for a moment, this would.. Nah.

He then pulled a small card out of his pocket, a name was written on it, with a phone number.

It was his.

Hunter Armitage-- Was what it said in small print in the middle.

"Here.. Um.. We should do something again." He stuttered awkwardly, holding out the card. "This, uh.. It's my card. Here. Take it, if you ever want to give me a call.. Or up to doing something.. Or, you know.. Whatever."

Good job, idiot. Saying that, and thinking those last three in his head while he looked down at his feet.

[Hiyami]

"Gee, you make it sound like I'm totally useless.. You haven't seen me duke it out with anyone at all." he told her, and she grinned.

"Of course I haven't! Violence, though unfortunately a part of both life and school, is a bit...." Hiyami didn't finish her sentence, but shrugged instead, hoping to express her feelings that way. She didn't necessarily hate violence - it was just another part of life, really - but it didn't mean she liked it either. She simply accepted it.

She raised her eyebrows as he crossed his arms, having taken them from his pockets. "I fight with more brains, than I do brawn. It's a proven fact." he continued.

And Hiyami chuckled. "That's probably because you've got more of those than muscle, hm?" She'd have been disappointed if he tried to fight with force anyways. Someone of his size would fail horribly at trying to fight someone else. Of course, as far as Hiyami could see, he was essentially a lean stick-figure, thus the thoughts. While she knew better than to judge a book by its cover, she couldn't help herself from promptly conjuring thoughts of the boy before her under another boy. Any other boy. Ahhhh. Yaoi.

Soon enough, though, they reached the end of the hall and he reached forward to open the door for her with the words, "Ladies and princesses first."

And, as she moved past him, she couldn't help but tease, "So which am I? And what are you?"

She breathed in the fresh air, missing his words. They sounded a bit muffled, though, so she guessed that he was speaking to himself and it was of no importance to her.

She turned towards him say their farewells, but realized that he was holding something out to her.

"Here... Um... We should do something again."

She accepted it curiously, and realized that it was his contact information.

"Hunter Armitage." she murmured the name, tasting it. "It's a strong name. That's good."

"This, uh... It's my card. Here. Take it, if you ever want to give me a call... Or you're up to doing something... Or, you know... Whatever." he stuttered, before looking at his feet. Hiyami giggled. That was cute.

"Well, thanks!" she said cheerily. "But are you sure you want to give this to me? I could turn out to be some sort of evil person that wants to use you in her evil schemes or something like that."

[Hunter Armitage]

This girl obviously loved to tease Hunter a lot, clearly.. It was just words though, perhaps that she enjoyed treating him like this. It wasn't easy. But it's all it was, was just words. Words and nothing more.. But some words can have a lot of strong meanings, and as a lot of people do say..

Actions speak louder than words.

Even though, as he tried to be a gentleman.. It would just prove to push more into him. Even as he offered to punch a hole into the topic at hand, she still even then persuaded to annoy him with such teasing.. But it was welcome, despite some of the phrases.

Still, once they made it outside. This was where it mattered.. At least. This girl seemed.. Interesting, for the part to say the least.

Still.. He wondered what she would say, looking at his card..

And then he wondered what the hell was wrong with him.

"Hunter Armitage." She repeated, sounding the name off as he looked at her.

"It's a strong name. That's good." He gave a small smirk. At least, she liked the name, right? That's all that mattered so far.. Right?

Still, for some reason, for some stupid reason.. He stood there nervous like a sheep continued to look down. This.. it was unexplainable. For some reason he could only glance at her for several reasons that he didn't know about.

But.. There had to be something.

"But are you sure you want to give this to me? I could turn out to be some sort of evil person that wants to use you in her evil schemes or something like that."

Or something like that..? He chuckled, laughing almost. His bright red eyes finally taking a spy at her.

"Yeah, whatever.. And I'm sure you just show your assets off to just anyone you want to get to work for you." He joked. Finally stopping to laugh, putting on a smile.. For once. And reaching out to brush that same cheek that he did earlier on when he was.. Squishing her.

".. Nah. I trust you, Princess. So be happy, cause that's a rare occurance." Slowly retracting that hand, holding that stupid red on his face.

At least.. Trying to hold it back.

".. But if you don't want, it.. That's fine too."

[Hiyami]

"what assets?" Hiyami asked, cocking her head to the side. What was he talking about? And then he reached out to touch her, but she reflexively moved back, grinning cheekily at him to show she was playing and not running.

Still, he at least admitted that he trusted her, and that was a relief. But when he mentioned that he trusted few people, her mind once more went through several options. It was true that trust wasn't readily given, but that didn't mean that it was never given, but on the other hand, trust was almost never given, but when it was, it was readily done so. Hiyami briefly wondered which had come first - the necessity for trust because he'd been in an awkward position or the ease of doing so which came after speaking to her. Ah, the conflicting puzzles relevant to emotion duress and distress.

"Alright," she promised, both surprised and pleased by his trust, "I promise I'm not really an evil person out to take over the world.... But if I do become one, it's totally up to you to stop me, 'cuz I haven't told anyone else yet." She grinned at him.

"But if you don't want it, that's fine too." Hiyami swore she could see a hint of red, but didn't mention it.

Instead, she smiled up at him. "I'll keep it, but..." She opened her bag and took out a three by five index card and a pen, and quickly scribbled her name and number. "There - now we're even!"

Then, checking her watch, she winced. It was definitely time for her to go - she had to meet up with the study group at the library to help tutor.

"I've gotta go - see ya later, Prince Charming!" she bid him adieu and trotted a bit away. She turned to wave, and then sprinted towards the library.


[OOC: It's short! T_T]