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Mackenzie sat on the couch with mr boots and stuffed mr boots. The living cat laid on her legs and purred. She balanced a bowl of shredded wheat on her lap and took bites while watching hi hi puffy ami yumi on tv. She occationally let the cat have a few licks of the milk from her spoon. Mommy went into the city and had been gone since morning. The only ones left were her, mr boots, and kelly. She missed kelly when he was gone but she wasnt going to get attached. Everybody leaves. Silus, kelly, daddy... they all left. It was part of the reason she stopped talking since daddy left. Not a word. She wasnt an idiot, she knew what kelly and mommy were doing. She was happy mommy was happy but refused to get attached herself.

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(mite want to get this moved to Loika's house, since Kelly's house no longer exists. lol)

Kas had been around mostly at night, after Mackenzie had gone to sleep, and her mother didn't have to worry about the child interrupting anything...

He didn't decline, however, when Loika would leave Mackenzie here with him. That would seem suspicious. 

While the girl was nested in between her stuffed kitty and the real kitty, he walked between her and the colorful, bug-eyed, high-pitched squealing things on the tv screen. 

"How can you watch that stuff..?"

Reaching over to mess up her hair, he chuckled and kept moving to the kitchen to see if there was something more appetizing than.. shredded wheat. Yeah, putting that crap away.

"Ugh, how can you eat this stuff?"

He didn't know what to really talk about with Mackenzie. Kelly wasn't afraid of children anymore- but he was wary of the girl finding out what he hadn't told anyone else. The real weight of the guilt he carried, and how much his 'married with children' life had been destroyed by his own fault. His own lies. Which he was continuing to perpetuate.

Finding an orange, who knows where the hell that came from, he flopped onto the couch, deliberately making enough of a disturbance that the cat had to rearrange itself on Mackenzie's lap.

"What's up, kittypup?" he asked the girl as he started peeling the orange.

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She looked up with the same sad face mommy made. She had daddy's hair and post of his looks but had mommy's eyes and facial expressions. She wasn't dumb. She knew what mommy and kelly did. Again she didnt care. "It's just a show. It was on when i turned the tv on. Mommy went to the store. She will be back with more food."

She let mr boots jump back to the safety of her lap. The kitty hissed at kelly before curling up on the girl's lap and kitty glaring at him. Mack petted him and thought while the kitty drank from her bowl. The cereal was gone. "You are gunna leave like everyone else. I dont care. Mommy does though."

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The puppy-dog eyes and straightforward statements from Mackenzie created an awkward pause in the conversation. While he appreciated the honesty, he wasn't sure what to say. He didn't want to lie to or disappoint the kid.. so the hyperactive anime banter on the tv filled up the space.
Kelly narrowed his eyes at the cat, and while Mackenzie took a minute to watch her goofy show, he bared his teeth at it, trying to convey with one look how bad he wanted to drown the cat in a toilet. There were animals he could get along with, but this one was a territorial prick that kept pissing on his clothes whenever it got the chance.

"I can't help it I guess. Some people just can't stay in one place for very long. Even if I'm not around for a while, you know I'll be back."

He tried to offer some kind of reassurance, though it was likely going to be ineffective on the girl. Mackenzie wasn't the type of child to be patronized.

"Is there something you want me to do about it?"

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The cat hissed at him while mackenzie watched the tv. "I cant love you like when i was younger because ive learned love is a foolish emotion. It is a waste of time and gets you no where but heartache. You forget though, that i can read your mind. You love my mommy."

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"You sound like a cynical senior citizen already, pup."
Kelly said with a touch of humor, though it failed to make things any funnier.
The kid had a point.. He sighed and let his head roll back on the couch. He couldn't watch the flashy colors on tv any more and tormenting the damn cat wasn't entertaining either.

"Even so,' he wasn't going to try denying it now. the brat was already in his head 'What am I supposed to do about it? Like you said, love is foolish."

The kid could see what he was relating to when he said the words, if she chose to. The thoughts were right there on the surface, as clear as a photograph. Him and Eve, Adam. How they started, and how everything turned out. The night they broke up. It was all because of foolishness. The notion that he could pretend everything was fine, when it wasn't, just for the sake of trying to preserve the love they had when there was nothing else to make it work.

"It's stupid to think I could just change who I am in the blink of an eye and be someone's dad, boyfriend, or whatever. I'm not a nice person.. just nice to certain people. When that runs its course, I'll make like a banana and split. It's better that way." A fair shade easier than her mom going to more funerals. 

So he wasn't going to say 'no, Mackenzie. you're wrong', or try to incite any argument with the little girl. She already seemed to have a rational grasp of things, compared to the sentimental adults around her.
"You're totally right, on all counts."

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Mackenzie didn't speak in his head for a long time. She finaly looked up at him teary eyed. The little one was always strong. Stronger than most adults in her life. "Stop being stupid and listening to a kid with anger issues. If you love my mommy then fight for her dammit."She said out loud. It was the first time she had spoken out loud since daddy left. Her voice cracked alot from lack of use.

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Dammit, he hated that look from his neice. It just clobbered down all of his defenses in one fell swoop.
He looked at the girl with a mixture of surprise and sadness, finally hearing her voice for real. He wasn't sure if she'd even try talking anymore, or just keep her mouth closed and mind-speak everybody. The fact she talked to him.. meant something big.
He raised an arm and wrapped it around the child, seeming to dwarf her. Kas pulled her over closer for a second, long enough to kiss her forehead gently.

"Baby girl, fighting is what I do best. I'm not going to make you of all people any promises, but I'll try."

It was as close as he would get to any kind of a commitment, for now. 
Kids had scared the shit out of him. Even Mackenzie, when she was a sickened infant, made him more uneasy than anything an adult could ever do. With time, and experiencing what it was like to have a child of his own, he got over that..
It was a total 360. Now children were something cherished and protected.

"You know I love you, and your mommy. We're all hurting because we lost somebody.. but maybe we can help each other get better."

He flicked the cat on the ear before he let Mackenzie go.

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Mackenzie cried amd wailed as she clung to kelly. She loved him as much as she loved mommy and daddy. She tried to be a tough little girl for mommy but it was really hard. Mommy needed her help. She hated seeing mommy sad. "Mommy misses daddy. I miss daddy. I miss eve and adam too. Why does everyone have to leave! What will happen when im all alone!" She wailed and refused to let go. 

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He felt like his heart was breaking all over again, seeing Mackenzie caving in like this. He swatted the cat off the couch and put the mostly empty bowl on the floor for the virmin creature.
Kelly pulled the crying girl into his lap and hugged her, just letting her cry. He could totally understand, and almost felt like crying himself.. but there were really no tears left in him by this point. Only a cold sort of emptiness. Mackenzie and her mom were helping to fill that void, though it would still take time.
Kas didn't know what to say to help the child feel better. Her fears were very warranted. Peter left them, and Loika could finally break for good and go off to the forest to live with the wolves.
Adam was gone, and Eve had moved on with her life far from here.
He worried about what would happen. No doubt someone at the Institute would try to care for Mackenzie, but how well would that go over? She was already a troubled child, and another push could send her into that scary death-kid mode again.

"I'm sorry, kittypup."

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Mackenzie cried a while longer. How long she didnt know. It felt good. She could see why mommy cried. Crying wasnt a weakness like she though. She still didnt see it as a good thing to do in front of just anybody. Only safe people like mommy and kelly. 

Still clinging to kelly she looked up at him. Her face as all red from crying. Her voice still sounded broken and scratchy from not using it. "It's okay to cry kelly. It makes you feel better to get it all out."

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"If crying was going to make me feel better, I'd already be prancin' around saving the world like Captain Patriotic Pajamas!"
Okay, well maybe things wouldn't be -that- wonderfully fantastic.. but he probably wouldn't have to get totally wasted before his mind would slow down enough to let him fall asleep.

"but I'm glad it's working for you. That does make me feel better. I thought you were just going to head-talk for the rest of your tiny senior citizen days.." he had to tease the kid a little, but it was all in light-heartedness.

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" I'm not an old man uncle Kelly. I'm a big girl. I have to be a big girl to take care of mommy. Mommy needs me. She needs you too. I didn't want to talk to people no more cause when i talk people leave." Mackie laid her head back on kelly. She was so tired now from crying but she was afraid if she went to sleep now then Kelly would be gone if she woke up. She still hiccuped from crying and rubbing her eyes. She was trying So hard to stay awake. She hiccuped in the silence of the room. She did not look up at him but yawn and said, " Promise you wont leave. Never ever. Pretty please?"

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