(ZYRO) of Movies and dates

[ROSALIE BRAONAIN]

The nurses office had been a quick visit, she’d been prescribed sleeping pills – after coming clean about her nightmares and was given a general check-up – nothing came from it however, and while her fatigue was evident there was nothing physically wrong with her. She’d spent the rest of the night tucked up in bed after a hot shower watching Roman Holiday (thank god for Audrey Hepburn) and eating the equivalent of her own body weight in chocolate. Of course her thoughts had initially dwelled on the disaster of an afternoon – she needed to speak to somebody about her powers they – it was getting out hand.

Though she was glad to have met Zyro, she wouldn’t have made it back by nightfall if he hadn’t helped her. Not to mention he’d been sweet and had an excellent taste in video games. It was safe to say she was looking forward to this date and although he’d practically found her half unconscious in a graveyard she couldn’t help but feel nervous. Brushing a comb through her unruly hair she sighed at her reflection – of course today would be the day her hair decided to rebel, pulling a face she groaned and settled for pulling it into a long loose braid.
“Okay,” she said to her reflection “okay, it’s just a date, you’ve already spent time with him, so we’re not gonna screw this up.” She narrowed her eyes at her own reflection and pulled a toothy goofy face.
Grabbing the bag of cookies from her bedside table she popped on her cardigan and left her dorm room. The hallways we’re surprisingly busy and as she meandered her way through the crowd pushing gently past the crowds that had stopped to chatter she finally made it to the lobby.
Sitting down on one of the few chairs that were dotted about she waited for Zyro ignoring the nervous butterflies in her stomach.

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Zyro left his room and headed for the lobby, he decided on casual clothing because he figured that there was no dress code. He'd asked her to watch a movie, not to have dinner in Paris... Damn, he was nervous. Dating was just not his forte, he'd never asked a girl out before and had no idea what to do. He had the movie obviously, and just in case, he brought along his portable DVD player as well. For one, he had no idea if the one in the lobby worked, and two, he didn't know if she wished to be more private and head up to one of their rooms to watch the movie. He knew it was against the rules, but he had his powers just in case she wanted to use that option. He was pretty sure he could make them invisible in the hallways. If he concentrated, he could do about anything with shadows, even track their owners, making it easy to sneak through the hallways.

On the other hand, he had no idea of what she expected, and if she wanted to go to one of their rooms, he would have no idea of how to act. His room was neat, as his parents ingrained tidiness into him at young age, and he had no roommate. The lucky power of making a room soundproof didn't hurt either, and as a precaution he tried it out last night with the same method of the sphere he made yesterday evening. It worked.

Well, looks like thinking time's over. He entered the lobby passing several people on the way. As he entered the room he looked around for her... Oh shit, he never considered that she wouldn't even show up. He looked around, with the feeling of a fist clamping his heart... Then he saw Rose sitting in a chair, and that fist dissipated at the sight of her leaving behind a profound relief... and another feeling he had never felt before. Huh, it felt kinda warm and tingly. He grinned with relief and genuine happiness. He shouted over to he and waved. Time for the evening to begin!

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Rose nibbled her bottom lip nervously, she could do this, and it was just a date it wasn’t like she was about to race in the Olympics or take a life changing test. She could do this, she’d spent time with him yesterday and that had been fine – though she did suppose she in a half daze and there wasn’t the pressure of the date label. What if she said something dumb, what if she didn’t like the film – she couldn’t be mean she liked him! The crowd of people in the lobby began to slowly dissipate and as she heard footsteps and a familiar voice - one that gave her butterflies shout- her name she broke away from her thoughts and smiled brightly at Zyro.

Sweeping up from the chair she waved and grinned up at the handsome (she still couldn’t believe she called him hot to his face) dark haired boy, as a glowing feeling of happiness resonated inside of her making her feel all warm inside.
“Hey Zyro,” she greeted, “you ready to go?” she asked, as fell into step beside him. “I’m really excited to see this film,” she said shyly – and spend a more time with you – she mentally added.
“So where do you wanna go, it could be a bit loud in here,” said Rose noting the constant stream of leaving and arriving students all chattering or gossiping loudly, with excited whispers and carefree giggles.
“I mean there’s my room, but my roommates there,” said Rose with a frown, as she tried to think of quiet places in the school.

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Zyro smiled as Rose ran up to him. "Yep, I'm ready to go." He noticed that her hair was in a braid, and he felt that it really looked good on her. "Yeah, I wondered if you wanted to go somewhere aside from here." As he listened to her, he noticed that she was a hell of a lot more alert than yesterday. Talk about a draining power, banshees in a graveyard, he know knew it took a toll on her. "Hmm, it may be my own selfishness, but I really want our first date to just be us. I don't have a roommate, so we could go to my room." As he said that, he noticed something about his own words... Shit, oh shit. He really hoped that she wouldn't get the wrong idea. He didn't mean... that. he just wanted to be alone with her. Oh well, the words were out, he'd deal with it if it came up again, but he really did want to spend time alone with her.

His cheek unfortunately went pink, though. "I have a portable DVD player, so we can watch it in my room. would that be fine with you? I also have snacks, movies are always better with snacks!" after he laughed he whispered into her ear, "I can make us invisible, so we won't be caught on the way there." He held out his hand to her, hoping that she'd take it. "Shall we go?"

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More students seemed to pool into the lobby, there would be no sense of privacy here not that she minded the constant chatter usually it was sweet to see everyone she knew but not on a date. She wanted the privacy of their own company and it’d be almost impossible without some form of interruption. And she supposed even with headphones in they’d hardly hear the film over the mixture of radio music and conversation. Rosalie smiled as she noticed the growing shade of pink cover Zyro’s cheeks in a light dust of rouge. Cute.

“Yeah, we can go there,” she grinned, though she did worry about getting caught, the academy had strict rules on the matter of girls and boys in each other’s dorms and for a moment – for a fleeting second before she banished all cautious thoughts she worried about the repercussions of the security guards finding out.
“No that’d be great, we won't be bothered there,” she grinned, taking his outstretched hand and lacing her fingers with his own. As he leant in close and whispered into her ear she felt her cheeks tinge pink as she felt his breath catch against her ear and the sudden proximity. Though he quelled her worries, they wouldn’t be caught and she wouldn’t have to worry about getting into trouble. She was such a little swot; she definitely worried far too much about breaking rules.

“Well come on then shadow boy, I’ve never been invisible before.” Said Rose, with a tiny smirk playing across her lips, she squeezed his hand gently and stepped forward into the direction of the boy’s dorm rooms.

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"Okay, gimme a sec, rule one of being covert is to not draw attention to oneself. I need to get us alone before we disappear. If we just pop out of existence, people will get suspicious" Zyro told her with a conspirator's wink. "Ah, here we go, a deserted hallway, just what the doctor ordered." Zyro unlocked his gauntlet and sent the shadows around them, this time reversing the effect and making it that no one outside the sphere could see or hear them. "Well there we go, let's see if it worked. He waited until a student passed by and shouted, "HEY, HOW'S THE WEATHER!!!" No reaction, the student just kept walking as if nothing at all happened.

He then turned his attention to Rose. "You know, if The Doctor had this power, the weeping angels would have never given him trouble." He laughed. Then he stopped. "Ah, you do know Doctor Who, right?" he asked her. He decided to shake the thought away, did it matter? He didn't know, actually, it wasn't on TV very much in the states, but she might have in seen it in Europe.

They began to walk. "So, how was your day? mine's been pretty uneventful."

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She chuckled at her own haste; she nodded in agreement, it would look ridiculously suspicious if two students suddenly vanished from a crowded room, it wasn’t very secretive at all. There went her MI6 career. She nodded solemnly, returning his wink.

“Of course, any other rules?” She asked with a grin. She followed his lead, her hand still laced with his, letting him pull them into a deserted corridor, with no students in sight but their own selves. Rose glanced back to make sure no one was close to the coming through the door.
She watched in slight awe as the shadows enclosed around them in a familiar sphere like dome that held them yesterday. This time however it hid them from the sight making them invisible to the naked eye. Cool. Her eyes widened with astonishment and she smiled up at Zyro brightly.

“Wow,” she said in awe, “this, this amazing – “she touched the wall of the sphere and giggled as Zyro yelled over to the oblivious student. “HELLO!” she added for good measure, still finding it amazing that they couldn’t be seen or heard.
“I bet this comes in handy all the time,” said Rose “you could sneak out and everything.”
As the conversation turned to Doctor Who, she nodded in agreement.
“But can you imagine if the weeping angels had that power,” said Rose solemnly as if it was the more terribly thing in the world, “we’d all be doomed!” she exclaimed dramatically, she certainly didn’t like the idea of those creatures having a shadow ability, she shuddered at the thought.
“I love it, tenth was my favourite doctor, then probably ninth,” she said flanking to the side as she considered them, “Matt smith was good, but I don’t know I wasn’t a massive fan of the last season.” She said. “Who was your favourite assistant?” she asked curiously.

As the topic turned to how the day had been so far Rose mused over her boring day of rest.
“Not too much really, I was still really sleepy this morning so I slept for ages.” She laughed, “oh and I still feel a bit bad about your head yesterday.” She reached up and with practised gentleness touched the place where the injury had been, “is it any better?” she asked, “I know you said you heal quick, but I just worry.” She said shyly as a blush settled across her cheeks.

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"Eh, rule 2 is to be quiet, but really, there's no need to. So, meh." He thought about her comment about his sphere and laughed. "Believe it or not, that's the second time I've used it, The first time was last night. I'm not usually a rule breaker... well, at least intentionally. I screw up on occasion." He gave her a goofy grin.

"I love Doctor Who, but I'm a recent fan, I watched Christopher Eccleston's, and David Tennant's reins before Scifi stopped showing it. I've never seen Matt Smith's work, unfortunately. I've seen a bit of William Hartnell's too. Mom had a couple of VHS's around. They were hilarious!" Zyro was a little hesitant when Rose asked about his favorite assistant, though... "My favorite assistant is... well, Rose. Yeah, I see the irony..."

He chuckled a little bit. "Now my day was also uneventful, mainly I wandered around the grounds, played my PSP a bit, and practiced this sphere a little bit, not in execution, mind you, but in theory. I, uh, can also make my room sound-proof so we don't have to be worried about our laughter disturbing my neighbors, I practiced that last night, and tested it." He chuckled a bit.

"My head? Hmm, I'd nearly forgotten about it. Here, see?" He moved his hair so she could see where he hit his head, there were no markings at all. "How about you?" He asked concerned, "How are you feeling, are you okay?" She looked fine, but he couldn't be sure. Her "injuries" weren't physical at all, as far as he knew.

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It was amazing how much control he had over it considering he’d only practised it twice, go Zyro. Perhaps there was hope for her then, if the academy was working for Zyro then she needed to open up to it too. So making a mental note to try harder in her lessons she settled on the idea of being able to control one aspect of her powers by the end of the first semester. If she could just learn to block out the spirits she’d be happy.

She returned his grin and nodded almost seriously in agreement over who his doctor who favourites were.
“Well, while, Rose has a brilliant name,” grinned Rosalie playfully, “I’ve always loved Donna the best,” she grinned. “Matt Smith’s okay, but I don’t know I’m just not enjoying it the same, I think it’s because they switched the writers out.” She said.
“You know I’ve never seen any of the older doctors, though I’ve always been jealous of fourth’s amazing scarf,” she said honestly not caring how silly she must have sounded, “my dad used to tell me he’d hide behind the couch every time a Cyber man stomped onscreen, when he was little.” She chuckled. Of course when he’d first told her that she’d found it incredulous, the old set and monster designs had looked so blocky and very un-scary.

When he removed his hair she felt her worry relax, a little, at least there wasn’t a mark, god she would have felt terrible if there had been.
“I’ve just been really sleepy, my poor roommate had to make sure I actually got up today.” She chuckled, “But I feel so much better, I just need to remember no more walks on my own.” She said lightly. Not that she minded, it had been stupid of her to run alone anyway, she’d been told enough times not to do it…

She nodded when he mentioned making his room sound proof, it certainly made sense, especially if they were still acting ‘covert’. “Of course, after all we still need to be covert,” she grinned,she tried to fake a serious expression but couldn't keep a soft gigle from escaping.

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"Eh, Donna irritated me a little, she complained a lot... Well, of course, who doesn't in the situations that she got caught up in." He qualified. "I think that I might too." Zyro laughed. "But, yeah, the Cybermen still scare me a bit..." He shivered. "I prefer to walk around with my brain, thank you very much. I'd prefer to confront a Dalek.."

And you're talking about Tom Baker, my mom's favorite Doctor, Mom even crocheted his scarf!" He grinned at the memory. "She did a good job too!" He then decided to be serious for a moment. "Are you sure you're okay? You were clutching your throat pretty badly yesterday. I may not be a Banshee, but I know about them... to an extent. I like to read." He shrugged. "I did extensive research into mythological creatures and other supernatural phenomena in middle school, and I did come across banshees and their lore. I don't wish to pry, but was a ghost pestering you? Attacking you? Trying to cause you to scream? ...Sorry, I think that I'm hitting a personal area, I'm just worried about you. I knew that there was a ghost last night, and you collapsed... So I was worried...and didn't know if there was any other way I could help..... and now I'm yammering, so I'll stop now." He had a worried look on his face, hoping that he hadn't crossed a line. He was actually worried.

He quickly tried a subject change. "I should probably introduce myself. My name is Zyro Nox Tsukaima. I am a vampire with a vampire mother and a human father. I am 17 years of age, and am a lover of various forms of entertainment, nice to meet you." He winked and gave a exaggerated bow with a goofy gin on his face, being sure not to pull her, as their fingers were still linked.

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“But, they’d exterminate you on sight,” said Rose with a shudder, “If I had to choose I think I’d rather go against the Ood, at least they’re not too bad really.” She grinned, “I mean, as long you don’t enslave them or anything.” She added. Poor Ood, she’d always felt sorry for them – she was happy when they broke away – even if they had gone on a murderous rampage of sorts. It wasn’t really their fault.
“Wow really,” she grinned as Zyro mentioned his mums scarf, “that’s really cool, I wish I could make something like that, I suck at knitting my granny tried to teach me once… it didn’t end well.” She said shaking her head. Though that would be a story for another day.

She sighed as the conversation turned to her abilities. Nodding slowly she felt a pang of fear return as she remembered yesterday’s incident.

“Sometimes, if spirits aren’t happy they’ll target us – they want to be noticed and for a young one like me, it affects our screams directly – I think it’s because ghosts want to be noticed most of the time. And when we scream it’s to alert the living that somebodies past.” She said sympathetically. “I think there’s a spirit out there that isn’t happy there dead.” She said biting her lip nervously “and they’ll do almost anything to return to the living, and yesterday I guess they were desperate,” she said with a nervous smile. “Thanks for saving me though, I don’t think I’d have gotten out of that graveyard-“ she said with a smile, chuckling at his worry. “Hey it’s fine, I’d have done some research too if it was the other way around. Thanks for worrying though.” She grinned. "not many people would have." she said sadly.

She returned his bow with a lame curtsey, after all their fingers we’re still linked and she hardly wanted to stumble as he bowed. “Lovely to meet you, Mr Tsukaima,” she giggled, “I’m Rosalie Aoife Braonain,” she chuckled, “seventeen years old and a massive fan of chocolate and old movies. Speaking of movies, I can’t wait to see this film.”

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"hehe, knitting can be hazardly." He chuckled. God, it felt good just to talk to her, even if it was about who was the most dastardly being in the the Doctor Who universe. "I see" Zyro responded when she answered his worries. "I never really thought about it that way, I guess I should feel sorry for them. It must be horrible to be so alone, and possibly damned to it for all eternity..."

"Well, at least you're safe now. Just contact me if you ever need help again... which is hard without my contact information, and I have nothing to write on. Well, story of my life." He turned over to her and grinned.

"Mr.?" Zyro complained jokingly. "Please. I'm not that old. I would consider the youngest person in my family for that title is my Dad.." Zyro's face then fell. "I wonder where he is..." Zyro said, half to himself. "Ah, sorry. My dad disappeared on an overseas trip. Nobody knows where he is. He's not dead, at least I don't thinks so. We were told, around some classified information, that he got away from some fray wile he was over there. I think he'll come home one day, but it's a long trip. Hell, I think he'd swim home if he had to." Zyro grinned at this. He thought of his dad and laughed. "It sounds like him."

"Now, as for snacks, I happen to have chocolate and popcorn. I really like chocolate too, I really have a fondness for cherry filled ones!" He laughed at his own joke. "Well, I do love chocolate of all types, so you can take your pick. Ah, here's the stairwell, Not far to my room, it's right up here."

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She nodded as if it was the most serious thing in the entire world. “oh definitely, so hazardous in fact that she banned me from using them,” she said with chuckle, “though I almost put my eye out, not going to blame her for taking them off me to be honest.” She said shaking her head. She’d give herself a nasty graze on her cheek – she’d been waving them around like they were magical wands, shouting spells and trying to turn the cat into a cactus.
“But I’ll be sure to let you know when it gets bad.” Said Rose, though for a moment she faltered as a pang of worry resided, what if the spirits began to target him out of spite? She didn’t want Zyro hurt because she couldn’t block things out or banish them away. “I mean if that’s okay,” she added, “It’s really great of you but I don’t wanna be a burden or anything.” Said Rose with a hint of worry in her tone.

“Oh, I could give you my number if you want later.” She said mindlessly before a blush settled across her cheeks as she realized what she’d said, stuttering through her next sentence and feeling the words die in her mouth she babbled quickly. “I um mean, you know it’d be nice to text and –“she let her voice trail off and quickly changed the subject. Chocolate was great, she just loved chocolate. Oh god she was an idiot.
“Oh especially if its nutty as well,” said Rosalie a little starry eyed as the talk of chocolate continued. Her smile softened as he spoke about his father as she noticed the fall in his expression.

“I bet it’ll be amazing to see him when he gets back.” said Rose who couldn’t imagine what life would be like without her dad around. He was like a rock of stability while her mother was the overprotective crazy one her dad was just wonderful when it came to advice, boys and even homework he didn’t even get mad like her mum did.
They continued up the stair case, and Rose kept close to Zyro, mostly out of worry she’d somehow fall out of the sphere in an awkward stumble and just ruin their whole covert operation – and she kind of liked being close to him.
“so what else do you have planned for the weekend?” she asked as the continued their journey up the stairs.

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Zyro laughed at that. "what did you do, try and juggle them?" Wow, that seemed more klutzy than he would ever be. Hmm, maybe one day he would try crocheting. It might be fun, and he liked trying new things. Well, anyways he know knew to keep sharp pointy objects away from her, as she'd probably hurt herself.

"Yeah, you can lean on me any time, it's no problem, you're not a burden. Trust me, I'd tell you. I've been told that I'm kinda blunt about that kind of thing. I don't like to lie, as the truth is generally simpler as well as easier, and both parties get hurt in the lie. So, I find no point." They reached the top of the stairs, his room was only a couple of doors away.

"Sure, My phone's in my room, I like to text." He winked at her. "I have Crunch Bars, Almond Joys, Snickers, Baby Ruths, and a few others. Will that hold you?" He winked again. "What else... hmm, I really don't have much planned this weekend. Play some games, read a bit. Maybe take a few walks around the grounds. Do homework. Nope, not much..." They arrived at a door, and he looked around as well as checking the positions of nearby shadows. Looked like no one was around, except in rooms.  "Well, here's my place, shall we go in? Don't worry, I keep the place clean."

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Rosalie laughed “Something like that,” she grinned at the thought of herself juggling the shiny silver knitting needles “the way she banned me from them though, you’d think they were a deadly weapon or something.” Chuckled Rose “knitting needles of mass destruction.” She joked.
Though to be honest even when she’d demoted to sewing duty – and by sewing duty she meant she’d been told to sew buttons onto pieces of fabric while her more able cousins were allowed to continue learning the craft – she’d been semi dangerous. Not that she’d minded though hell she hated all that stuff, it was boring fiddly and her fingers always hurt. Fuck being lady like, it might have been something she wanted to learn but the thought of having to put work in to learn it made her shudder.

A sense of relief washed over her as Zyro admitted she wouldn’t be a burden, yet she still couldn’t help herself but worry. What if something was to happen, it’d be her fault – yet still she was glad for the offer, the thought of having someone who she could just talk about and who could maybe help her was relieving.
“Y’know, that- that would be great.” She said softly “I’ve never really had that support before.” With her grandmother tucked away in Ireland and her father and mother being completely clueless things had been tough.
She nodded with appreciation as he listed off the different types of chocolate he’d had most of them were American brands she’d never even heard of before. Okay maybe she’d heard of baby ruths but only because they mentioned them on The Goonies.
“Well it’ll be an experience,” she giggled, “I’ve haven’t actually tried American chocolate.” She admitted.
As they approached the room, she glanced around to make sure they were no other students in the corridor. Her brown eyes met nothing but an empty hallway and so it was deemed safe. Thank goodness.
“Oh video games sound cool,” she smiled, “but me well, I’m certainly not taking any more walks outside the grounds,” she grinned “Maybe I’ll finish my essay, I’ve just about lost all motivation for it though,” she said, “Why do we even need to learn Tech, I mean I know how to use a computer.” She sighed.

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