Re: The Trouble With You (M) (Reserved)

[Wolfy]

Before the sun had even begun to rise, Grey was gone. He couldn't handle the company of others anymore. All he wanted was to be alone. 

Mason emerged from the den, smiling at Layla before barking at the rest of his pack to awake. Ianto, Ming, Gen, Niall and a few others trotted up to him, questioning whether they could go hunting or not. He nodded, and smiled as they dashed off into the woods. The Alpha looked around for Grey, his smile turning into a frown when he discovered that his brother had left. 

[What should happen?]

[P r o m i s e r]

(Layla could go with Mason to find Grey.)

Layla padded to Grey's den, a bit shocked to see him gone. Her heart sank as she smelt Grey's scent leading out of camp. There were gasps of shock and basically everyone started questioning Mason, on who will go to find him and all of that load of crap. "I'll go." Layla barked from behind, earning herself looks from all wolves. "I'll go find Grey. But I'll need someone to go with me." Layla said, looking around to see if anyone would go with her. Nobody moved. "Yep, just as I thought. I'm not going to eat you!" She growled, rolling her eyes. The fae turned around to pad out of camp and look for Grey.

(Wow, that sucked. ;-

[Wolfy]

[What exactly should he be doing?]

Emi padded up to Mason, head tilted. "Is Grey going to be alright on his own?" She asked, looking up at him with chocolate colored eyes. "I don't know. His sins caught up to him, Emi. Not everyone can handle it." It was a heartless thing to say. But it was true. Emi whimpered, but nodded her head. "Maybe you should go find him. He might try something bad." The pups were smarter than some wolves gave them credit for, but Grey wasn't suicidal. He might murder a bunch of wolves out of anger, but throwing himself off of a cliff wasn't something he would do.

[P r o m i s e r]

(You mean Grey? Eh, I don't know... Hmmm... He could be fighting with another wolf, or something.)

Layla sighed and turned around, "Are you coming?" She asked, looking up at Mason, hope in her eyes. "You? Go find Grey?" Jackie sneered, stepping in front of Layla. "Yeah, me. Nobody else is willing to do it, so yes I'm going to do it." Layla replied, her venomous tone harsh. Jackie laughed. "I can't believe you wolves trust her to go look for Grey. She isn't even worthy of being here!" Jackie snarled at them. Layla snarled, "I might not be very trusted around here, but I sure as hell don't trust you!" Layla looked at Jackie with hatred. Jackie sneered and turned away. She rolled her eyes, "Am I going alone, or is someone man enough to go with me?" Layla asked sarcastically.

[Wolfy]

Mason growled at Jackie, looking down at her. "Grey isn't a part of this pack, and neither is Layla. He is my brother, and I say who looks for him." He told her, and looked back at Layla. "It should just be you. I should be the one going, but we were never very close." Mason sighed softly, and turned to look at the dens. "I'm sure he'd rather be dead at the moment anyway. Don't try to bring him back here, Layla. Just comfort him in every way you know how."

[Sorry, went out of town.]

[P r o m i s e r]

(It's okay. ^^)

Layla sighed and nodded, "I'll let him come on his own. But I'll comfort him in every way I can think of." At that, Layla turned around and raced out of camp, leaving Mason and his pack behind. The fae followed Grey's scent with ease, as she has followed many scents before, mostly because of missions or revenge. Her blue eyes flashed side to side as she looked around for the brute, Layla's nose still following his smell. Finding him sitting under an oak tree by a river, she sighed uneasily before padding beside him and licking his cheek. "It'll be okay." She soothed, lightly pressing her side against his as she sat down, doing her best to comfort. "You may not see Miyako, but she'll always be with you in your heart." Layla said softly, like a mother would to her crying pup.

[P r o m i s e r]

Bump?

[Wolfy]

[Sorry. School started a couple of days ago, and this is different than high school, so I won't be as active since my muse hasn't been all that good.]

Amber eyes stared into nothingness. They saw everything, but it never quite registered. A mask of pain had been pulled over them, blinding Grey from the real world. He was wallowing in the emotional pain. Drifting away from what was real. But he couldn't escape it. The pain was there. It would always be there. His cold, bitter heart had just cracked, and nothing could mend it. The pain would fade, fade to a dull ache, but it would never really leave. His flirting, his crude humor, would never sound the same. Everything had changed. His world had been knocked out of kilter and not in the good way. Layla pulled him from his pool of sorrow for a moment, and he flicked his ears in acknowledgement to her arrival. "You don't get it. My heart... I don't have access to it. I threw that key away a long time ago, and it's too late to find it. She's gone, and some little images left in my head aren't gonna make things any better." His voice was cracking. "Love isn't brains, Layla. Love is blood. Blood screaming inside you to work its will." Grey released a shuddering sigh, moving away from Layla. "Miyako.. she was the only mystery worth solving. The only puzzle worth putting together. And now she's gone. Forever. I'll never hear her voice again."

[P r o m i s e r]

Layla could feel her heart dropping into her stomach, causing her to swallow a knot forming in her throat. Licking his cheek softly, she sighed. "Miyako would still be here if it weren't for me." She growled, feeling guilty for Miyako's death. "I know what love is. I've just never loved someone because nobody has ever came around to accept me. I don't feel the kind of affection a mother would give to a pup."

(Its okay. My muse is low too.)

[Wolfy]

"We... we don't know that." The anger had faded. He blamed himself, now. For leaving her. "Had I stayed with her..." Grey shut his eyes, tears slipping from them and leaving dark trails. "If only I could turn back time. I would put myself in her position a thousand times over." His memories drifted back to a conversation with Mason, when he and Miyako were younger and it seemed like nothing could seperate them. "You would sacrifice yourself for her?" His brother had asked, an inquiring look in his eyes. "In a heartbeat." Grey confirmed, smiling softly at the time. 

"Oh... but I'm too late now, aren't I Miyako?" He muttered, sounding a tad bit crazy. "Now you're ribs are shattered, not mine. Now my heart beats on, not yours. The light of day is mine to see again, but not yours either. And all because of me." He chuckled, eyes snapping open. They were filled with a hysterical pain. Grey gave a lopsided smile, still crying. "It should've been be, shouldn't of it?"

[P r o m i s e r]

Layla licked his tears away gently, trying once again to comfort the heartbroken Grey. "Don't blame yourself Grey. Nobody can be blamed for this kind of thing." She said softly, pressing her shoulder closer to his. Pricking her ears up at his last comment, she turned her head to press her nose to Grey's ear with a soft touch. "If I were to think like Miyako, I would have wanted you to live on happily but keep your memories inside your heart where you can still feel them, and in your brain where you can dream them. Miyako was a lovely wolf." Layla told him, offering a small but beautiful little smile. She did have a heart. "I can tell that you have a strong heart. You know, my father's father had died tragically. My father never stopped mourning for him, but stayed strong and did his very best to make sure that he still cared for the others around him. But my grandfather died when my dad was just a little pup, so it was harder on him then it could have been on another." Layla added, remembering her father, whom had turned out to be one of the greatest alpha's out there.

(That was so terrible. ;-

[Wolfy]

He didn't respond. He just stared at the ground. Not even a week earlier, he had been a cocky, flirtatious brute who thought nothing could tear him down. And now here he was. Torn down. In pieces. "No. Layla. No. Haven't you loved anyone so much that.. that..." Grey slid down into a laying position, shaking his head. "That when they leave, it feels like something is missing? When they're hurting, you can't help but feel the same pain? That just a smile from them can brighten a shitty day? You don't, do you? You've never been intimate with anyone... have you? Never touched their nose and felt that exciting little shock zip up your spine?" The brute looked up at her, searching her eyes for some sort of answer. "Even the strongest hearts break, Layla. And they break the worst." 

[P r o m i s e r]

Layla bristled at that with a slight pain. "No Grey, I haven't. And I haven't loved someone for a good reason, and that reason is that I know someday that someone will not be there and I'll break down like an old record player. I've loved siblings or friends, but I've never felt true love. And that reason being, nobody is appreciative of what I have to give. Not get." Layla growled, doing her best not to snap.

[Wolfy]

[Oh.. my... gosh. I'm sorry about these short, in frequent replies. School is a bitch, so I've been loaded down with homework. ]

He listened to her in silence, blinking to keep himself from zoning out.  The brute chuckled sadly, a weak smile making its way onto his face. "I always used to say something... what was it? Oh yes. Life's a bitch, but I'm friends with her sister. I didn't even know what it meant... not until now, anyway."

[P r o m i s e r]

Layla rotated her massive head to face Grey, her blue eyes meeting his rusty amber. And for once in so many years, a full and bright smile appeared onto her maw. Licking his cheek once, she let her ears lace back softly. "Life is a bitch. But it's full of surprises." Layla replied, her voice full and beautiful instead of its usual dark and mysterious tone. "But I've never had a brute tell me I'm pretty, or worth anything at all. But I know what it's like to lose a loved one, and I'm not about to leave you to deal with it on your own like I did. No matter what happens, I'll be here for you."

(Oh that's okai. Lol, I just went into 8th grade and I got one of the strictest, yet awesome teachers.)

[Wolfy]

"Do I want anyone to be by my side? I trust me, myself and I. Why should I even believe you if you say it's all gonna be okay?" Grey looked at her, anger trying to spark in his eyes, but failing miserably. That's what he needed, Was to yell at something, fight something, be able to latch his teeth into flesh and just let everything loose. "I can do this on my own, Layla. I promise. There isn't any other way."

[Do you think they should seperate until Spring? Because depressed Grey makes me sad.]

[P r o m i s e r]

(Eh, I don't know. Grey seems like he needs a friend. <3)

Layla's eyes burned back into his like blue fire, anger also trying to spark into hers. "You think you can do everything on your own, don't you Grey? Nobody can do everything by themselves. And I don't trust many. At all. But I've learned to trust you, and Mason. I know deep down, you aren't as bad as Mason says you are." Layla growled, her voice getting softer as she spoke.

(Well, maybe. Mason is supposed to fall for Layla at some point, then Grey get's jealous. So maybe they could depart for a bit.)

[Wolfy]

Grey stood, moving forward till his nose nearly touched her. "Not as bad as Mason says I am? I'm ten times worse than that, Layla. Don't think for one second that you know who I really am. I don't need your 'oh it's gonna be alright' because it will never be alright!! Don't you get it? Miyako is gone, the one thing I cherished, the one wolf who knew who I was deep down. And that wolf will never be you." He snarled, shaking. 

[Just an idea :3 It would just give him a chance to be fished out of the depression pool. Mason and Faith are kinda thing, but Grey could notice what he thinks to be Mason being attracted to Layla and get jealous over that?]

[P r o m i s e r]

(Eh, idk. Mason was supposed to have a thing for Layla at some point like we agreed.)

Layla trembled with rage, her blue eyes burning into his. "I know I'm not Miyako! I know I'll never be as precious as her! But I sure as hell know who you are deep down! I'm not stupid... But I know I'm not loved, either. By anyone. And I don't want to be." Layla snarled, her canines colliding with a snap. "You should have seen it coming Grey. Every wolf dies eventually, and there's nothing you can do to stop that. But I care about you Grey. And I thought you cared about me. It's obvious you don't though." She snarled. And with that, Layla sped off back to the camp her eyes blazing with fury. Padding towards Mason, she greeted him. "I found Grey. But I don't think he'll be around for a while." She told him, sighing softly.

(But yeah, we can have Grey wait until Spring. It's only about three weeks away. :3)

[Wolfy]

[He could have a small crush on her, and I forgot about the agreement *oops* but in the end it would probably end up as him and Faith. But the thing about my charries is, that they never fall in love quickly. It could take five to ten pages, really. Love complicates things sometimes.]

Grey snarled, but didn't feel the motivation to go after the wolf. "Every wolf does die, but they shouldn't die like that!" He yelled after her, bristling with anger. As soon as she left, Grey sat back down, sadness flooding through his body again. It felt good to be angry at something besides himself. Now Layla was running off to Mason, because he was the nice one, and she couldn't seem to accept that Grey would never be nice. 

Mason heard Layla enter the camp, and nodded. "I don't expect him to. He fell hard Layla, you can't hold that against him. It's gonna take a long time for him to get over that."

[P r o m i s e r]

Layla's mystifying blue eyes moved up to meet Mason's, giving a long and heavy sigh. "Neither did I. I know what it's like to have a loved one die." Layla said to the brute, ripping her gaze from Mason's. She felt a bit awkward asking Mason this, but it was worth it. "Do you want to hang out for a little while?" She asked softly, her angelic voice tender, but bitter.

(Yeah, and Layla doesn't fall in love easily either. xD But she's definitely worth it.)

[Wolfy]

"Sure. Things have been quiet since the fight. Everyones a bit depressed." Mason padded off to a secluded area in the trees, and laid down, exhausted. "Being Alpha is... tiring. It was so glamorous at first, being able to have all those wolves looking up at you, but now it's just..." He closed his eyes for a moment, waiting for Layla's reply. 

[P r o m i s e r]

Layla followed Mason, kind of trudging more than walking. She laid beside the Alpha, listening to his words carefully, then nodded. "My father, Durnal, is an Alpha. And a damn good one. I don't think there would be an Alpha that had more control than he did." Layla spoke softly, her angelic voice coming out tenderly, but roughly. "Exhausting?" Layla finished for Mason, already knowing what he was going to say. She sighed heavily, dropping her massive head down onto her paws.

(That sucked monkeys... And not the good kind.)

[P r o m i s e r]

Bump?

[Wolfy]

[I've been getting lazy with the text coloring :3]

"Yeah... that's the word. Exhausting. I never should have become an Alpha. I should have staid in the Beta rank with Faith." Mason nudged a leaf on the ground, moving it along the thin layer of frost that had been collecting. "I could've been a father by now, and not struggling to control a bunch of rowdy yearlings. I'm tired of it Layla, I really am."

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