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Smiling toward Elijah, Quin nodded “I can tell you that the first couple of days after waking up felt so unreal. It was …kind of gross.” But he was feeling much better now than he did then. It took a lot of ambition on his part to get the hell out of there as soon as possible. Thankfully he was still younger and could bounce back relatively quickly. Pausing, he blinks as Elijah brings up the Iphone home button “Huh. Probably about the same as them fucking with the ear jack. I don’t like smart phone companies. But I’ll live with it if I got to make that call.” He muttered unimpressed overall with the question. Quin was not a big fan of phones, so much could come of phones, most of it trouble for those like himself.
“A little bit. It feels, often, not real.” Quin muttered, glancing up from his box and frowning “Two years just gone like that, that’s awful enough. That’s two years I am never getting back,” But what made it all worse was the memory loss, the feeling of of vertigo that came with not laying in bed every single day for two years “It’s hard to explain this feeling off something I’ve lost.” It wasn’t like he just woke up and everything was fine. He was merely able to keep up the illusion thanks to some of his memories remaining in tact. Bringing a hand to his face, he brushed his finger tips along his forehead “There’s a lot missing…” Quin muttered to himself, seemingly forgetting briefly that Elijah had been standing right there.
Though his attention returned to Elijah in the next moment as Elaine was brought up, and the divorce “Oh boy do I—” He made a face “Kinda?” He shrugged and went back to what he was doing, honestly, he couldn’t remember much of it at all. It wasn’t one of the more important memories to him, or well, the reality is it might have been too new a memory that it just was lost on him since the accident “That bad, huh?” He shook his head “Look, Elijah, you cheated. We’ve all been to that point.” He nodded, certainty he had a reason for why he wasn’t interested in dating as much as he was in having sex, Quin was known for his promiscuity prior to the accident. But he had never boxed himself in long enough to cheat, or was very open about what he wanted.
Frowning down toward the boxes, Quin blinked “For normal people, not me, of course, but normal people. I imagine that monogamy is very important. If you wanted to step out and sleep around, Elaine is certainly not the woman to have done that with. Given her past with her own father.” Elijah had to have known. But at the end of the day, the divorce seemed more to do with Elijah’s anger with Elaine’s position as Vice President. From what Quin could remember “But you didn’t do it out of a need to fuck some bitch with a nice tight pussy. No. You did it to hurt Elaine. That probably makes it far worse than just cheating.” Quin sighed reading the side of the box for a moment “ To put it bluntly, anyway…” Smiling then toward Elijah he gave a shrug “This is karma, my man.”
“Bitches love when a man reaps what he sows.” He teased lightly “So are you going to stay reaping, or are you going to start reaping, Elijah?” Quin questioned challengingly “It’s time we started being a real threat to those Reapers. They are going to be coming for us, do to that little slip up. We need you to get your head in the game.” His eyes shift as he searched for what else to say “I guess i’m starting to get some color back in me, anyway.” With the playful threat he rolled his eyes “Please. I’d poke you just right you would be paralyzed before you knew what was coming.” He hoped anyway that his martial art skills were just as in tact as his knife skills seemed to be. Opening the box up then he looked toward the pizza box as it was opened “Hmm spicy!”
Leaning over he grabbed a slice from the box and brought it over to his mouth, taking a bit out of it and chewing for a moment before nodding, pleased “That’s great.” Though he shook his head “I’ll pass on the chili flakes for now. Still need to take it easy on the stomach.” Quin had already vomited once at Elaine’s earlier this week because of eating too much grease and things too heavy on the stomach “You guys keep feeding me like this i’m going to think I’m some kid that just found a house made of candy out in the woods and you are all witches ready to cook and eat me.” He joked. Then pointed toward some boxes “I got some more crowns over there. I am setting my crown collection back up.” Quin then told his friend, before reaching into the box he had already opened and pulled out what looked to be a wrapped up crown.
Elijah nodded softly, “That’s understable, I can only imagine how uncomfortable it must be. I’m glad you are looking better, looking better too.” He said softly as he gave her a soft playful punch to the arm not wanting to hurt him or knock him over. He nodded in agreement, “True that. I have one but just because my sisters would probably fly down here constantly if they didn’t see me.” He said honestly. Echo and Aubrey were the ones he had become closer to them after everything.
He nodded softly as he listened, he could only imagine. It was a miracle he survived, so he knew that would only mean that there was consequences. It was only obvious, a serious injury meant that the long term effects were just as serious. “I can’t imagine losing two years like that, but now you can make the most of the time you have in front of you. You pushed forward, and we are happy you are back.” He said honestly, as he patted Quin’s back lightly. He nodded softly in understanding. “I understand that part more than you know.” He said softly, even though no one knew about what he went through with Tatiana. It was hard to explain the feeling of losing something that many wouldn’t get. He saw his far away look, “everything okay, bud?”
Though his attention returned to Elijah in the next moment as Elaine was brought up, and the divorce “Oh boy do I—” He made a face “Kinda?” He shrugged and went back to what he was doing, honestly, he couldn’t remember much of it at all. It wasn’t one of the more important memories to him, or well, the reality is it might have been too new a memory that it just was lost on him since the accident “That bad, huh?” He shook his head “Look, Elijah, you cheated. We’ve all been to that point.” He nodded, certainty he had a reason for why he wasn’t interested in dating as much as he was in having sex, Quin was known for his promiscuity prior to the accident. But he had never boxed himself in long enough to cheat, or was very open about what he wanted.
Elijah hummed softly as he shrugged softly, he was sure how to actually feel about that any more. He knew she had the right to feel hurt, and he didn’t mind that. He understood, he just didn’t know why that mistake still had to be brought up constantly even six years later but he guess that’s what people meant when they said you will get judged for the one mistake you make instead of everything else. “Yes and no, it’s not only that.” He rubbed the back of his neck, “I know, and I get that, but we aren’t even together it’s been years..”
Frowning down toward the boxes, Quin blinked “For normal people, not me, of course, but normal people. I imagine that monogamy is very important. If you wanted to step out and sleep around, Elaine is certainly not the woman to have done that with. Given her past with her own father.” Elijah had to have known. But at the end of the day, the divorce seemed more to do with Elijah’s anger with Elaine’s position as Vice President. From what Quin could remember “But you didn’t do it out of a need to fuck some bitch with a nice tight pussy. No. You did it to hurt Elaine. That probably makes it far worse than just cheating.” Quin sighed reading the side of the box for a moment “ To put it bluntly, anyway…” Smiling then toward Elijah he gave a shrug “This is karma, my man.”
He laughed softly and rolled his eyes gently, “It was once, and I was pissed and drunk. I never done good things in that state, my brother can surely attest to that. I sure as hell ain’t like him, I get it. I fucked up, but trust me when I saw darker things ran through my head and it settled on that.” He knew he could get in trouble for admitting this but at this point he didn’t care. He was tired of being judged for one mistake that his brain decided was the less dramatic way. He licked his lips as he stayed quite as Quin pointed out that he did it to hurt Elaine, he had kept Tatiana to hurt her and Adonis. It was his pattern and he knew. It wasn’t new to him. Adonis had pointed out to him long ago that when Elijah didn’t agree with something people got hurt. “Karma.” He nodded in agreement.
“Bitches love when a man reaps what he sows.” He teased lightly “So are you going to stay reaping, or are you going to start reaping, Elijah?” Quin questioned challengingly “It’s time we started being a real threat to those Reapers. They are going to be coming for us, do to that little slip up. We need you to get your head in the game.” His eyes shift as he searched for what else to say “I guess i’m starting to get some color back in me, anyway.” With the playful threat he rolled his eyes “Please. I’d poke you just right you would be paralyzed before you knew what was coming.” He hoped anyway that his martial art skills were just as in tact as his knife skills seemed to be. Opening the box up then he looked toward the pizza box as it was opened “Hmm spicy!”
he chuckled softly as he shrugged, “I don’t know, as you can tell Elaine won’t even tell me about a job. She rather hand it to a newbie and now we are in deep shit. Because we don’t even have the element of surprise. I think the part you missed is that I no longer have distractions or a weak point, the boss doesn’t think to think about that though. I just want to get something done, I’m getting antsy.” He said honestly before letting out a laugh, “You think you can move fast enough too?” He teased softly. He chuckled softly as he nodded, “It’s mild, I didn’t want to upset your stomach so fast.”
Elijah chuckled softly, “Well just to warn you take out is not all I can offer, I had to master cooking.” He hummed softly as he got to the box Quin pointed to and started unboxing. He looked at Quin, “Remind me again on how you got a crown collection?” He asked with an amused look.
