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"Not particularly. He's better off purging his system than laying around being miserable." She caught him watching the door and smiled. "...he'll probably be a little while, though."
"Well the bathroom's just down the hall," she offered, joking. She paused, and frowned. "Though I'm really not sure if he'd be really embarrassed if you went down there or really touched. He's hard to figure sometimes." She waved a hand through the air again. "But in all seriousness, you saw what he ate. Nerves probably won't let him keep any of it."
"All things considered I'd be surprised if you hadn't." She picked up the plate and took it to the sink. As she set it down, Jake shuffled back into the doorway and leaned there, pale and tired and a little red-eyed. Jade pretended to not notice him right at first, to see how Dirk would react.
Jake made a vague sort of grunt of acknowledgment and raised a hand to wave shortly. He managed a feeble sort of smile.
"Sorry," he croaked absently. Jade was abruptly in front of him without seeming to have walked from the sink to Jake, and was pressing a cup of water into his hand. He grunted again.
As Dirk came closer he'd probably notice the way Jake was nearly hitching like a glitched computer program, with how badly he was shaking. He afforded Dirk a tired smile with his eyes more than anything else, bringing the cup of water to his lips and sipping at it.
"Slowly," Jade instructed, reaching out to smooth his hair absently. Wow, he was a sweaty mess. He didn't particularly want Dirk too close to him, because he was reasonably certain he reeked of vomit even if he'd been entirely clean about it. But at the same time, the contact on his shoulder was really pleasant. He brought his shaking hands down to about his midsection with the cup.
"I'll take a shower in a bit here," he offered. "Sorry to subject you to that, chap."
He laughed thinly, abruptly pressing the cup back into Jade's hands and sliding down the door frame to sit.
"Quite right," he offered. "And if it weren't a bit different sort of intimacy than what you signed up for I'd have you come with me anyway just to help my handicapped self out." He continued to vibrate a bit, there on the floor. Jade sank into a crouch and offered the cup back to him.
"Couch is closer," Jade mentioned lightly, setting the cup of water aside when Jake didn't reclaim it. "I don't think I can support his weight up the stairs. Come on then, Jake." Jake made a sort of catlike sound and shifted, hugging onto the doorframe to hoist himself back up. Jade hovered the entire time, not quite touching him.
He actually made most of the trek to the couch all right on his own, just a bit slowly.
"I'm a right bit of a mess right now," Jake offered with a haphazard smile. He was still pale and sort of sick-looking. "Sorry for inviting you over only to make a mess of things." He reached up and pat Dirk on the arm, though it took him a few tries. "Sleep upstairs, you'll be more comfortable up there."
Jade set his cup of water down on a little table next to the arm of the couch and set a blanket over him. She took his glasses and they joined the cup of water.
Jake's eyes closed over but he continued to smile. "You're sweet," he said quietly. He brought his arm back down to the rest of himself and tucked it under the blanket, shifting around for another handful of seconds before he dropped off into what was best described as a dead sleep.
"This happens once in a while," she admonished again. "He doesn't eat much through school finals. But yes, he'll be fine. He'll probably wake up in three or four hours and take a shower and wander back into his room to apologize, because the worst of it is that he's terribly embarrassed."
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Date: 2013-02-08 08:49 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-02-08 09:02 am (UTC)"Well the bathroom's just down the hall," she offered, joking. She paused, and frowned. "Though I'm really not sure if he'd be really embarrassed if you went down there or really touched. He's hard to figure sometimes." She waved a hand through the air again. "But in all seriousness, you saw what he ate. Nerves probably won't let him keep any of it."
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Date: 2013-02-08 09:13 am (UTC)"All things considered I'd be surprised if you hadn't." She picked up the plate and took it to the sink. As she set it down, Jake shuffled back into the doorway and leaned there, pale and tired and a little red-eyed. Jade pretended to not notice him right at first, to see how Dirk would react.
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Date: 2013-02-08 09:21 am (UTC)"Sorry," he croaked absently. Jade was abruptly in front of him without seeming to have walked from the sink to Jake, and was pressing a cup of water into his hand. He grunted again.
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Date: 2013-02-08 09:30 am (UTC)"Slowly," Jade instructed, reaching out to smooth his hair absently. Wow, he was a sweaty mess. He didn't particularly want Dirk too close to him, because he was reasonably certain he reeked of vomit even if he'd been entirely clean about it. But at the same time, the contact on his shoulder was really pleasant. He brought his shaking hands down to about his midsection with the cup.
"I'll take a shower in a bit here," he offered. "Sorry to subject you to that, chap."
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Date: 2013-02-08 09:43 am (UTC)"Quite right," he offered. "And if it weren't a bit different sort of intimacy than what you signed up for I'd have you come with me anyway just to help my handicapped self out." He continued to vibrate a bit, there on the floor. Jade sank into a crouch and offered the cup back to him.
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Date: 2013-02-08 11:04 pm (UTC)He actually made most of the trek to the couch all right on his own, just a bit slowly.
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Date: 2013-02-08 11:13 pm (UTC)Jade set his cup of water down on a little table next to the arm of the couch and set a blanket over him. She took his glasses and they joined the cup of water.
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Date: 2013-02-08 11:21 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2013-02-08 11:35 pm (UTC)Wow, Jade shipped her grandson with a stripper. Welp.