Not Real Sure What I'm Doing (Kyle H)

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Oof! Marie dropped to the ground as her cohort went their separate ways after training. It was fifth cohort, so there wasn’t really a lot to training. That and they were all so sick with worry about their missing brand new centurion, Josh. Ronan still drove them hard, trying to improve them, but they all knew they were a far cry from first and second. FAR CRY. Marie took a deep breath as she sprawled out on her back in the grass and closed her eyes against the sun. It was warm out, but at least it was humid. Ugh! She reached an arm up and wiped the sweat from her face. After a minute, she lifted her gladius from her side and held it up so the sunlight gleamed off the edge. She frowned, licked her finger, and wiped a smudge of dirt from the shiny surface. “There, much better,” she said to no one. “Can’t have you looking unpresentable.” She paused and frowned. “Unpresentable. Is that a word? It sounds funny. Well, well, it’s a word now. I’ll just have to call Webster later and inform them.”

She let her gladius fall back to her side. Well, not literally fall – she wasn’t a clutz about a sharp weapon – but more of a controlled… lowering. Yes, that was the word. She took a deep breath and stared at the clouds for a long moment. A glance at her watch told her it was ten til noon. Everyone else would be out getting ready for lunch, in the showers, gathering with their friends. Her stomach rumbled slightly, reminding her that she should be with them. But she wasn’t. It felt nice to just lay out here, all on her own as far as she could tell. Everyone in their right mind would be grabbing a bite to eat. Why wasn’t she again? Hmm… she’s ponder that and get back with herself.

Oh, the mind of Marie Winters. It was a strange place, but it was familiar trail to her. Given that the trail always changed and branched off every few feet. She often found herself with one foot on one trail and the other on a completely different trail. It was a not-so-endearing quality that had earned her not so many friends over the years, but she was thankful for the ones she had. Plus being so… mentally all over the place meant she could see situations from perspectives people didn’t always see… or want to see. Take Felicity Weingarten – rest her soul – for one. That girl had played both sides like a skilled fiddl-ist (?) before the war. Marie tried to keep up with what she was up to, but especially that half year absence made it hard. Then the whole memory wipe thing. And the fact that she had never actually met Felicity Weingarten. Hmm, details.

Tag: Kyle Hydee
Word Count: 478
Notes: little short, so hope it works.

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Kyle was walking around, banana in hand, and taking a bite from time to time before being left with only the peel. True, while it may be lunch time, he wasn't exactly hungry. He had a big breakfast and was more in the mood to have something small that wouldn't rest too heavy on his afternoon training.  Besides, it was a perfect day for a walk. Not too hot, not too cold. Just right in his opinion. Thus he found his legs walking down the path that lead towards the field of Mars and thats when he spotted her. His face grew into a grin. That Marie Winters. That amazing girl who he had convinced to spend the night in a library and they ended up jousting one another on the wheeled chairs and each wielding a broomstick. He walked over to where she was with a little skip in his step because honestly, he was excited to talk to her. So what if word was she was in a relationship, he was allowed to still crush on a girl, especially if it was someone amazing like her. 

"Well, well, well, if it isn't the joust victor, m'lady Marie." Kyle said as he stopped walking to give her a mocked bow before smirking at her in his joking way. Finally, he leaned himself back up and walked over to her. "Surprised you're not with all the other people eating. You seem like a social butterfly with lots of friends. I know I'd like to be your friend." Kyle teased because in his mind they were already friends, and he was extremely thankful about that too. Why did she have to have a boyfriend too? Especially why a son of Jupiter? They were like Mars kids, high strung and always with a stick up their rear and it always took more than one drink to get them to be a normal human, at least in Kyle's mind, but that was also the jealousy talking. Chris wasn't all that bad from what he knew of him. But still, that guy sure was lucky for snagging such a pretty dame.  Who wouldn't fall for her either? She had such a sweet innocent face that broke into a smile that could light up the entire room and her laugh was music to his ears. Oh well, as long as she was happy, wouldn't stop him from flirting with her though. 

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notes: It's okay, mine's short too

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Marie was in the process of relaxing, studying the sky, and just thinking in general. She had a lot on her mind, which was normal. She usually had such problems sleeping because her mind simply did not know how to shut up. Every situation had at least two sides to it, and a dozen what if’s to go along with that. And it could be called something of a hobby – or habit? – or hers to toy with each and every one of them. She blamed her dad for that one, though not in a harsh way. That would be like… like being upset that Chris could control lightning, or that Felicity could shadow travel, or something like that. They were just inherited gifts. And speaking of her father, she could hardly be mad at him for anything really. Sure, there was the whole absent all childhood issue, but didn’t pretty much all demigods have that? However, he had come to visit her a day or two ago and she’d had a lovely time just hanging out with him and knowing for those hours, she had her fathers as-undivided-as-it-could-be attention. It made her smile.

She was somewhere riding that train of thought when someone interrupted her lazing about. Someone she immediately recognized as her new-found friend, Kyle. She grinned and propped herself up on her elbows from behind, looking up at him. He bowed jokingly so she responded with an attempted curtsy, which was rather hard when one was not even sitting and ended with her falling back down quite…unladylikely. Another word she would have to alert Webster about there… “Why if it isn’t the good knight Kyle.” She sat up and, with a bit of a hop to it, got to her feet and dusted off her jeans before regarding him with a smile and a shrug. “Sometimes. Most of the time I’m just a tad annoying.” She grinned like this was an excellent quality to have. “However! Since you mentioned it, I suppose we could be friends,” she added with a hint of teasing. “So then, Mr. Knight in Shining Armor, what brings you to my humble spot of dirt?” She rocked on the balls of her feet, which proved to be a little more challenging given how torn up the Field of Mars was from the last war games. Romans were weird, she decided, not for the first time. No one else in the world in their right mind would put the words ‘war’ and ‘game’ together. It made her think of The Hunger Games or something. Craziness. Though she would be lying if she said she didn’t enjoy playing the war games at least a little bit. Little, little, little bit.

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Word Count: 454
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Kyle gave a chuckle at her attempted curtsy as she fell back down. Then he feigned shock. "What? People think that you are annoying? Well, that can't stand. Tell me who they are and then it's off with their heads!" Kyle proclaimed brilliantly before giving Marie one of his signature cocky smirks. "Or, if you prefer. We can kill them the silent way. Just find a vial of poison and make their drink taste just a bit funny." Kyle continued with his joke. He wouldn't actually kill them. Sure, since the age of ten he has been taught how to kill people in the Roman fashion, he wouldn't actually go through with it just because someone found someone else annoying. Although, he still found it hard that someone could see Marie as annoying. She was a fun-lover, Kyle's ideal type of girl. True, while there was that little problem of Marie already dating someone, a son of Jupiter at that. But he could figure that bit out later.

And there she goes. She supposed they could be friend. Kyle chuckled again. "Oh good, you had me worried a bit there. And regarding the question of what brought me here, that I can easily answer. See, I was just walking with my pal banana here, but we had a disagreement so I had to eat him" Kyle said as he lifted the peel before tossing it far to the side of the field. Technically, it wasn't littering if you believed in compose. "And so, then I saw you and gods, I don't know, it's like I was drawn to talk to you. I'd offer you a banana to eat for lunch but, well, like I said, I already ate him and throw him so that the Earth can now feast on his skin." Kyle said with a bit of humor attached to it.

But seriously, he hoped that Marie had eaten something today and wasn't one of those girls who felt that they needed to starve themselves in order to look good. Kyle preferred a girl who could eat without a care. Plus, with being in the legion and burning up so many calories in a day, a girl needed to eat three full meals otherwise it could be unhealthy. That and drink lots of water. Even Kyle knew that and he wasn't in the infirmary or anything. To him it was just common knowledge that he heard through the grapevine.

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notes: sorry, short

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Marie grinned at her friend. It was funny, really, how fast they had become friends. They hadn’t even known each other a month yet, yet she felt like he was her best friend. Something about staying overnight in a library and chair-jousting maybe. But he really was a fun guy, a little goofy, but she liked that about him. He was a bit crazy, like her. He made her feel at home and accepted. It was one of those nice feelings she only really got around him and Chris and maybe like… two other people tops. “I know! Hard to believe, isn’t it? Don’t want you beheading half the camp though.” She tapped her chin at his second idea. “Now we’re talking. Stealth. They’ll never see it coming.”

And then he went and pulled another Kyle. She stared at him a moment, torn between laughing and, well, laughing more. However, Marie kept a straight face. “Well then… I hope you and I never get into a disagreement. Might be awkward if you started chewing on my arm. But we should give your pal banana a proper burial. Or littering works,” she finished teasingly. She’s seem people ditch worse things than banana peels. Besides, randomly placed banana peels were usually traps for a good laugh. At least, in cartoons they were. Marie grinned when he continued. “It’s because we both have such magnetic personalities. And you know what happens when two magnets get close enough together.” She clapped her hands together and blew a raspberry for sound effect. Then she frowned. “Hmm, maybe not ptt. That sounds messy. Makes us sound like road kill or something. But you get the idea. We’re naturally attracted to each other.” Okay, that came out wrong, which didn’t help her not being awkward efforts. Sure, she was a little attracted to Kyle, but not like she was to Chris. She loved Chris. Kyle was like a big brother. Or…something like that. It was confusing.

She looked over to the discarded banana peel, then back to Kyle. “Feast on his skin, eh? Seriously, remind me never to get on your bad side. I like my skin just where it is, not being feasted upon. That aside though, speaking of feasting, how would you care to join me for a deli sandwich?” Her stomach was growling a bit and she didn’t particularly feel like skipping lunch today.

Tag: Mr Hydee
Word Count: 400 exactly
Notes: mine was worse o.o But I got tired halfway through

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Kyle couldn't help but laugh at her attacks on him with cannibalism. Sure, he wouldn't mind eating her, maybe not in the sense she was thinking of, but that was besides the point. He wouldn't cross into her relationship with Chris, as much as he wanted to, which was a lot. He couldn't help it, like she said, they were drawn to each other with their magnetic personalities. Why couldn't Chris die in the war, then Marie would be all his. No, that was horrible thinking. He just hated it when a girl he was attracted to was just a centimeter out of his reach. That centimeter being that stick up the butt son of Jupiter. "It's not littering. A banana is organic therefore, it constitutes as compost. The Earth is going to love me for it. Trust me. I wouldn't hurt the only place that lets beautiful women like you live in." Kyle said, adding the last bit of his sentence very nonchalantly like it was no big deal that he just handed her a compliment.

"And you're right, it does make us sound like roadkill. But I get it, we're attracted to each other. Such a shame there's something in between us two magnets to keep us from becoming....roadkill, as you made it sound." Kyle added with a chuckle. Honestly, he wasn't going to go in between the two, but it wouldn't stop him from teasing her a bit about her "bae". That was what the kids were calling their significant others nowadays, at least from Kyle was able to tell from his last little escapade beyond camp ground. It was an acronym for "before anything else", apparently it was really mainstream and adorable. Though, in Kyle's opinion he thought calling the person he was attracted to by some creative nickname of his own creation, or by their own name. After all, the girls here seemed to have such pretty names. Take, Marie for example. It was fun to say, and beautiful.

Kyle gave a joking pout. "Aw, and here I was looking forward to a feast of Marie. Well, there goes that idea. Guess I have no choice but to your deli idea." Kyle said with a smirk. "New Rome or...?" Kyle added, it was always a good idea to try to figure out where he was going at least. Though, anywhere with Marie isn't all that bad, not in his opinion. However, if they ran into her boyfriend then Kyle might give her the cold shoulder just to save his own skin. He didn't really feel like becoming a crisp that day.

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notes: not my best >_< I'm sorry.

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Marie smirked as he defended himself and his littering. “Sure, you keep telling yourself that.” She was teasing, of course. Then he went and complimented her and her cheeks turned a nice shade of pink. She wasn’t the sort of person who was complimented often, unless you considered “wacko” or “crackpot” a compliment. Oh well. Either way, Kyle’s attempt did the trick. He acted like it was nothing, so she passed it on with an awkward little “Thank you,” and preceded to examine the banana peel some ways off.

When he continued, she looked back to him with a hint of a smile. Until he mentioned the something between them. She knew perfectly well what – er, who – he was talking about. She’d run into a slightly tipsy Chris not that long ago who had been worried that Kyle might be a something between too. She hated making two people dear to her so upset. Well, she couldn’t tell if Kyle was upset, really. He had a good way of brushing things off with a joke just like he did now when he talked about them being roadkill. But Chris…. Chris was usually easier to read. Maybe because she was closer to him. She just dorked around with Kyle. Just friends. Flirty sometimes, but nothing actually serious. She thought he was cute, yes, but Chris she thought downright handsome. Kyle was funny. Chris was romantic. But both she felt like she needed. Not in the same way, heavens no, that would have been a real mess. Kyle she joked with, but she knew he was essentially harmless. He was a huge flirt, that was all. But she had to be careful, because she already knew for fact that Chris did not take kindly to what he saw as competition. Like he’d said when he took her to that picnic at the lake back when it was warm enough for that sort of thing: he lost his sanity when he felt like he lost her. That was why he had drug himself, horribly wounded, through the infirmary just to see if she was okay.

She snapped herself from her horribly disrespectful thinking about Chris while she was supposed to be talking to Kyle. Whoops. “Right, though roadkill doesn’t sound like something I’d like to be to be honest. Sounds painful and messy.” She made a face and then laughed. Then he just had to go on. She blushed brilliant red this time. “That sounds really bad. Just so you know. Like something definitely cannibalism, or something that shouldn’t be mentioned in front of small children.” She took a deep breath and nodded, still blushing. “Yes, deli, definitely deli. Um, how about New Rome? I know a really good place there.”

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Word Count: 458
Notes: I thought yours was a good post!!

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Kyle couldn't help but feel proud at all the blushing he was getting out of Marie. There was something about a girl and her blush, it highlighted her face and the way they acted flustered made all of them seem adorable. It was one of the things he really liked about women, of course there are plenty of other things he likes abour women. Their curves, the slight sway of their hips in their walk and thank the gods for summer time. Perfect time to be a guy in his opinion. All the short short and low cut shirts. Even here in camp, the Venus girls were extremely proud of their body, he remembered when him and Amelia use to have little flings, needless to say he really knows how proud of their body they are. Enough of those rude thoughts though, he had a different girl here. Marie, very unique Marie.

"And I'll let your mind wonder whether I meant the cannibalism part of the inappropriate for children part. Though, you've known me long enough to probably guess which one I mean." Kyle said with a very cocky smirk. Heck, anyone who knew him probably could guess. He knew he would get a few jokes out about that with Kit. Ah, Kit, that was another one of his favorites, probably his number one in all honesty. She was his kitten after all and she was a girl who wasn't afraid to have fun, even if it meant breaking a lot of rules, she seemed to not even think twice about it. Speaking of his Kitten, he needed to make a mental note to go bug her, it's been awhile since the last time he had and that was far too long in his opinion. Not that he was worried she would scamper off to another guy or that he held her in a higher regard than any other female, there was just something special about her to him. She was probably the only girl he would get really defensive over and who knows what secrets he would reveal to her after a few late night shots.

"You know a place? Well then, lead the way. No seriously, you can walk in front of me, I wouldn't mind the view." Kyle added teasingly hoping to get the dame to blush again because dang, those blushes made him crazy. Plus, if he wasn't constantly adding a flirting tease would he really be the Kyle everyone knew him as?

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notes: sorry for the wait and shortness