#c; luc

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"Surprised isn't the correct word. I more feel....disappointed, I suppose." Luc held her gaze a moment more before looking away, only to actually be surprised when she closed the distance between them again. "Hopefully I can be pleasant company, despite the tinge of regret. But lead on, my night is yours."

Her head tilts in curiosity at his words as she presses her lips together and takes yet another step forward. "Care to explain as to why that is?" Addie questions, not expecting him to tell her in all honesty, but she held out hope nonetheless. "You have your moments, I can admit even that." She softly says, reaching out to take his arm, keeping her expression neutral. "It can get crowded in the opera house." Addie merely explains.

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Luc expected her anger, her disbelief, far more than he anticipated she would listen. He had nothing to gain from lying here, and was more human than he'd ever been in their world before. He was doing his best, no matter if she believed it or no. He was braced for that when she started talking, relaxing when his assumption proved incorrect. "I understood love in a different sense. But it was...certainly different than how the feeling has changed with my being here. You've always been unique." He nodded before giving her a smirk. "I'm glad you can trust that at least."

"A different sense, it was obsession, Luc, regardless of you wanting my soul." She bites back, taking a moment to close her eyes and take in a deep breath. "Are you telling me that this place has humanized you?" Addie asks as she finally looks up at him. "I think we both know why I can trust that so easily at least, but I want a reason as to why this place has you feeling different, I can't guarantee I'll believe it until I see it, but it's a start."

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“I believe I don’t really have to do all that much for you to start feeling that way about my company.”  Luc smirked back at her before taking a slight step back to give her space.  With how violently she pulled away from his touch the dark  god figured the evening would go better with some space between them.  “I thank you for the thought Adeline.  I’d love to join you, providing I haven’t inspired any regret already?”

Addie furrows her eyebrows together in response and takes in a deep breath, averting her eyes from him as she speaks. “Considering everything, neither of us should be surprised by that fact, now should it?” She asks, taking a couple of steps towards him after his slight step back. “You don’t need to thank me, and there will always most likely be a little bit of regret but it’s so far, not enough to make me take it back..yet.”

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“Protest all you want, you’re still requesting my company.”  Luc gave her a soft smile before making sure to look away, straightening his jacket in an effort to not be quite so visibly soft for her.  Adeline was more likely to mock his feelings than accept them, and he was honestly just happy he was getting to be pleasant with her.  As she stumbled he reached out to steady her, holding her arm for the briefest of moments before taking the ticket with a smirk.  “Why thank you Adeline.  I’ll do my best not to be too irritating for you during the production.”

"Do you want to make me regret inviting you?" She asks with a tilt of her head, narrowing her eyes at the soft smile before looking away. "Like I said, I don't know many other's who would enjoy this as much as I know you would." Addie explains again, not wanting to admit that she wanted his company. There's a sharp intake of breath when she feels him grab onto her, but in that same moment that she feels him let go, she instinctively yanks her arm back and glares up at him, her eyes betraying her as they momentarily fall to his lips. "You're welcome. Yes well, I look forward to that then, the promise."

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Luc smirked back at her, replying easily.  “Oh, never darling.  But you want to spend time with me, so, excuse me for being somewhat shocked.”  The man stepped closer to her, his smirk softening to a smile as she looked away. “Well, I will have to do my best not to be completely intolerable.  I’d love to come with you.”

Putting a hand up, she shakes her head, smirking slightly in her reply. "Uh uh, no, I never said I wanted to spend time with you, we both know that I will be paying more attention to the play." She remarks, despite being very familiar with many plays, operas, and musicals, she still did genuinely enjoy them and if she were to look back over at him every so often, she would try not to get caught. When she looks back up at him, she notices that he's gotten closer, so she stumbles back slightly when taking a step back. "And yet somehow, you always manage to find a way to annoy me." She teases back, her lips twitching slightly to hide a smile. "Here's the ticket." Addie hands it over to him and clears her throat.

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Luc had arguments for her words, but he kept walking when he’d turned away, the past a mute point for him at this point.  She’d made her deal, she’d been angry at him for the rest of her life about it, and he was currently too tired to argue with the brick wall that was her hatred of him.  Luc was surprised when she followed, turning quickly to face her down as she voiced her assumptions. 

“I hadn’t gotten tired of you in centuries previous Adeline.  Why would that change?  And the difference is that I…”  He’d been about to say he would have been alone again, but he realized that was more vulnerable than she cared for him to be.  The dark god just shook his head, quiet for a moment before he responded.  “Clearly you know how the future would’ve gone, and you seem fine with those assumptions.  So why you bothered following me into the street I don’t understand.”

Addie's eyebrows furrow as she sees that she’s closer to him than intended, moving back a little to give them both some space, though her expression doesn’t change. “Anything could have changed here, we’ve been given fake lives, and you could do anything unexpected if you wanted to, I’ve learned to be wary. What would the difference have been, Luc?” She questions, shaking her head. “I’m only doing what I thought would be for the best. I..” She swallows hard, knowing that he has made a point. “That makes two of us.” Addie whispers as she looks down. “Has this world changed you?”

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“Considering the fact that a good portion of the things I said and did were my version of being kind, I believe you would prefer being a favorite rather than despised.   At the beginning?  When you were sulking because the deal you made with a god after dark wasn’t what you wanted it to be?”  Luc shook his head and finished his drink, taking a step back.  “Is that the same reasoning you had when you did agree to be with me, to pretend you cared, only to be waiting for the perfect moment to hurt me?  How was it put....to make me hate my very existence, until you could get what you wanted?”  He finally looked at her, his tone hard but his eyes were sad.  “Congratulations.”   Luc then turned and walked out, moving out the door and into the street without looking back to see if she’d even bothered to watch him go.

"Yes, your version of being kind, that doesn't mean that it was seen as kind to anybody else, Luc! Spending over a century trying to take my soul isn't a common, nor kind courtesy." She narrows her eyes at him, not wanting to admit he's right as she crosses her arms and looks away. "You tricked me, I wanted a free life away from my home, not one where nobody knew who I was, and I didn't realize how late it had become, everything went by too quickly." She remarks, knowing how weak her works sounded and how much she hated herself for having made the deal at all. Her jaw clenches at his next words as she shakes her head and looks up at him. "How do you even..never mind." She muses, his expression making her furrow her eyebrows in genuine confusion for a moment before he's walking away and she takes all of thirty seconds to decide to follow him, placing some money down on the bar as she gets out the door and follows behind him in the street. "I did it because I know you would have eventually been tired of me, I know you wouldn't have gone and made the same mistake again after me, which was clear in how short of a time Henry originally had, but what difference would it have made, Luc? You'd continue on with making deals and collecting souls, I'd be free, we'd both be happy and no longer angry at one another."

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“You should still be flattered.  Not often a being like me likes anyone enough to have favorites.” Luc smiled grimly before it dimmed and he looked away, focusing on the drink in his hand.  “It would be up my alley. But I thought you might prefer a less aggressive approach.  Give you less reasons to feel as strongly as you do.’

"Well considering the things you've said and done, I think I would have preferred to not have been a favorite, you're the one that said in the past that you could have easily left me alone to suffer with nobody else knowing who I am and while I will admit there was some..comfort in at least one person being able to say my name, the way you were at the beginning wasn't worth it." He had his moments, Addie could give him that, but she was too stubborn for her own good. "How considerate of you, Luc." She mumbles, clearing her throat. "I do it for good reason."