crucio (crucio) wrote in cwf,
@ 2011-08-02 21:53:00

to majid
As much as Noah had been avoiding Majid, he could still sense that the older lion was still hanging around. A part of him found it comforting, like maybe Majid was looking after him still. But after their last encounter, and how it had ended, Noah couldn't help but feel rejected. And the longer Majid stayed in Cold Water, the closer he got to realizing that Haben was still very much alive and well. Luckily Haben wasn't around Cold Water at the moment, though. Noah was thankful that his friend was off on some adventure somewhere, protected by wolves who cared about him. At first Noah hadn't understood Haben's tolerance of the other creatures, but he'd slowly come to understand the more he hung around and the more time he spent on pack land. Still, despite how he'd grown more comfortable there, he didn't stay at Wolf Haven unless Haben was there, so he'd decided to rent a little apartment in town.

He'd grabbed some food from the diner down the street and he was heading home. He was tired and he just wanted to take a hot bath, eat his dinner, and turn in for the night. He missed Haben terribly and wished his friend would come back soon, though he knew it was best that the other lion stay away for now.

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	crucio 2011-08-03 04:03 am UTC (link)
	"You're avoiding my question," Noah said quietly as he crossed his arms and looked away. He didn't want to think about Haben. He didn't want to talk about him. He didn't want to give anything away. "Majid - you just - you want to follow the rules of our Pride, but our Pride has fallen apart. Just... Stop. For once, stop and enjoy yourself. Just once." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

impotentwaffle
2011-08-03 04:31 am UTC (link)

"You weren't raised to be nothing but the Pride. That's all I am and now I'm nothing. So forgive me that I cannot be as flippant as you about the fact that it's destroyed along with our only hope of bringing it back together." He meant Haben. Haben had been destroyed.

He pushed his hand through his hair and then went to the food that Noah had brought home. He hadn't even taken his usual precautionary prowl of the premises and that was very unlike him.

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	crucio 2011-08-03 04:35 am UTC (link)
	Noah frowned and when Majid came over to the the counter, he turned to face the other lion. After a moment, he reached out and gently touched his arm. "What makes you so sure that Haben could fix all of this if he were still around? What if he didn't want to? What if, like me, he wanted to just stay away? Then what?" he asked quietly. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

impotentwaffle
2011-08-03 05:19 am UTC (link)

"Why wouldn't he want to? His father worked so hard to keep the Pride together." Majid couldn't understand what had happened because he didn't know. No one did except for Noah and Haben himself. "I understand that it was painful to lose his grandfather, but that's all the more reason to gain control of the Pride. Make them strong so that warring lions cannot hurt each other. We're stronger together."

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crucio
2011-08-03 05:23 am UTC (link)

Noah crossed his arms over his chest and he looked away with a frown. He didn't want to tell Majid Haben's secret. It wasn't his secret to tell, but he felt so conflicted.

"I don't know," he whispered softly before he turned away and went to sit down on the couch. "I can't go back, though. I know that," he mumbled, which was so strange considering the fact that he wanted to. He just didn't want to be with Jato.

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	impotentwaffle 2011-08-03 05:26 am UTC (link)
	"Then we won't go back. Now can I meet these wolf friends of yours? I do not like that you hang around with them, but the least you can do is introduce me. When he gets back, of course." Noah had explicitly told him that he was not messing around romantically with anyone, but Majid still felt jealous of this wolf. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

crucio
2011-08-03 05:32 am UTC (link)

Noah swallowed hard, and after a moment he got up and folded his arms across his chest. He held his breath and went over to the window before he turned around to look at Majid.

"I have to tell you something," he said softly. "I - I -" he paused and wet his lips. "While I was travelling, I found... I found Haben. He's alive. But I don't know where he is now." That was all true, he wasn't lying.

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impotentwaffle
2011-08-03 05:00 pm UTC (link)

Majid couldn't even react to it because the words stopped making sense as soon as he'd heard them. His body tensed, frozen with confusion.

After what seemed like forever, Majid's eyes narrowed. "And where exactly did you find him?" He had thought back to the details of Haben's disappearance. It had been certain that he was dead, but no body had ever been recovered. It was entirely possible that someone had kidnapped him. That was Majid's first explanation. "We have to rescue him. Why did you not tell me before, Noah? I can help him."

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crucio
2011-08-03 10:31 pm UTC (link)

Noah shook his head and let out a sigh before he tipped his head back and looked up at the ceiling. He had no idea if he'd just made the biggest mistake of his entire life or not, but he prayed that he hadn't.

"No - it's not like that, Majid," he said softlyy before he looked over at him again. "He wasn't kidnapped or taken. He ran away on his own. And he doesn't want to go back. He's in love and he's happy. Just leave him be."

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