[Closed] Breaking through the shell

[cole manaj gryffon]

Cole tebsed, heartrate picking up. He pushed at August's shoulders angrily, nearly pushing them both over, caught himself with a huff. "Not now," He mumbled, looking around warily.

He frowned at the next words. "Stubborn.." Touching at his lips absently, he realized his grip on the bench had his knuckles going white and released it.

[august]

August tumbled over on his butt. He groaned, rubbing his shoulder. "Not now? So you'd kiss me otherwise?" He asked with a smirk, shaking his head. "Sorry, no rain checks, buddy. And yeah, I'm really fucking stubborn. But so are you. So we're even, aren't we?"

[cole manaj gryffon]

"No," He snapped, annoyed. He rubbed at an eye, agitated tears burning in his eyes. "Leave me alone," He rasped hoarsely, hiding his face in his arms and knees again, shoulders trembling faintly as he tried to keep control.

His chest heaved faintly, breaths slowing again, rwgaining composure.

[august]

August sat the dress down in his lap again, stretching his legs out underneath the bench. He leaned back on his hands, figuring he may as well get comfy.

"Looks like a Mexican stand-off." He said, half expecting his brother to come yanking him up, to tell him to leave his brother the hell alone. Someone walked past and his stomach grumbled. He looked back to Cole, not breathing at all.

[cole manaj gryffon]

Cole didn't stur this time, didn't budge. He heard Jacob snap something not far off at Tyler, didn't want to deal with them.

So he unfurled, standing up and starting to walk away again without much warning.

[august]

August groaned, getting up the ground. He jogged to catch up to him, his white eyes now red. He almost bumped into a pregnant girl, getting distracted for a moment by her eyes. He turned back to Cole, walking beside him.

"Where we going?" He asked, putting his hands into his pockets, the dress draped over his arm.

[cole manaj gryffon]

Cole heaved a sigh as August kept after him. "I dunno," He mumbled, simply continuing to walk. Crowds fell away as they reached the end of the mall and he relaxed some, slipping into the long hallways leading to the bathrooms and walking halfway before sliding to the floor.

[august]

August sat in front of him, his legs stretched out on either side of the boy. He closed his eyes, feeling his fangs slowly grow longer and longer, his stomach growling louder and louder.

"So, music." He said with a slight lisp, trying to remember where they left off. "Neither of us could find a song that wasn't about love or drinking."

[cole manaj gryffon]

"Yeah," He huffed quietly, tracing over the grout between the hallway tiles as a distraction. He picked absently at a thumbnail, the quiet that was settling around them relaxing him some more.

He obviously sat here a lot when he was here. Fifteen and he knew places to hide from others, places where he could be alone.

[august]

He nodded, folding his hands over his stomach. "Well, to be fair, I can't find a rap song that isn't about sex." He worked his jaw back and forth, his hands slowly beginning to shake. "Well, sex and drugs, anyways." He said softly, drumming his fingers against his stomach.