'Revival' in C sharp

Quiet for a moment, Seraphim looked up into Karinaâ€s eyes, the smile slowly returning to her once again. It was kind of funny really, one moment Karina would feel something come to her that brought her down, and Seraphim was there to pick her right up. But then Seraphim would feel a similar pain, and Karina was there to return the favor of optimism. The two really did help one another through this, and Seraphim really was getting a good, strong feeling that this was going to be a wonderful friendship, one sheâ€ll never regret.

She even laughed a little, a soft chuckle coming from her when she heard Karinaâ€s comment about trying salad. She really was a lover of junk foods, wasnâ€t she? She must have had one Hell of a metabolism to be eating like that then, that was for sure. She really wanted to find out the girlâ€s secret! …Not to mention after last night, when both Karina and Sindel made comments about how certain foods did infact stimulate growth in the breast department, she was really starting to consider changing her own diet, at least a little.

“Thank, yea… I think Iâ€ll be okay now. I just… itâ€s not something I can just forget, but Iâ€m sure I can handle it a lot easier knowing youâ€re here with me.” Seraphim started to sit up as she said that, her voice marginally more cheerful now than it was before. She even laughed a little again, feeling Karinaâ€s soft hair from her twin-tail like strands tickling along her, almost sneezing had she not held it in. she sat up once Karina got off her though, hiding the fact that she secretly enjoyed it, before taking a long breath of relief, and leaning back in the couch, feeling like she could be here all day thanks to Karina. “Alright, I guess Iâ€ll try some. But..” She smirked a little, again lightning her own mood by joking, putting everything in the back of her mind as she hoped to embarrass Karina a little again, wanting to see that cute reaction from her. “..Only if you let me feed it to you~” Joking of course, she still got a laugh out of it, giving a deviant little smirk as she did.

" I'll always be here for you since you're the only person that actually gives a damn about me, heh. " Karina was about to grab her fork from within the bowl when Seraphim told her she was going to try only if she could feed some to Karina, immidiatly Karina became startld and almost let her hand go into the hot water of the bowl but managed to pull herself back, a faint tint of red appearing on her face and looked back at Seraphim, stuttering. " I-I-I am not a baby! " She then looked back and took her fork, though trembling a little just from the thought of having Seraphim feeding her, twitching and shaking her head to clear all those thoughts but Karina finally said something to tease Seraphim in return. " Okay.... If that makes you try some.. But make sure you stay close cause I don't wanna burn my mouth for you! "

If Seraphim wanted to tease her, she could play that same game right back, knowing how the girl felt at being close, she could win the teasing so easily! " And I think it's fair that I can feed you in return! " Karina's grinned widened, thinking to herself that she got this teasing in the bag! Karina has never teased anyone before though it was easy to mimic people, hoping that she could see Seraphim blush at the thought of Karina returning the favor. It was odd for Karina but she actually did like teasing Seraphim as much as the girl liked to tease her apparently, looking back at the bowl, she could eat a bit more from it but couldn't finish it alone, so she was hoping Seraphim could help her, she hated letting good food wait untill tomorrow, it destroys the whole original taste from it.

Just like she anticipated, Karinaâ€s reaction was priceless~ For someone who was such a badass, Karina really had an adorable side to her, one that Seraphim got a kick out of every time, and found to be awfully cute. It was like a whole other side to Karina, one she wanted to draw out more, and connect herself with. Sure, both Seraphim and Karina were practically monsters in the ring, and quite frankly, she never wanted to change that. But seeing this cuter, softer side to the girl she was becoming drawn to so much, it was really something she enjoyed.

Chuckling with a big smile on her lips, she pulled a hand to her mouth to cover it as she laughed, as if not to be rude as she heard Karina stammer out her reply. However, when Karina threw that little request back at her, Seraphim gave a nervous and shy little grin, a small bead of sweat trickling from her brow as she hesitated, now knowing why it was such an embarrassing thing when she thought about it. “Er, n-no thanks. I take it back, r-really.” Finding the thought of it to be just humiliating, even if she was in front of her friend, Seraphim withdrew her own, before getting close to Karina, their shoulders resting against eachother as she would take up on the offer of at least sharing the giant bowl of ramen with her. Honestly, the girl ordered far too much, the double order being more than enough for the two. But hey, Seraphim wouldnâ€t complain, it was fun to eat a little off her normal routine, especially with a friend as she would eat alongside Karina, quite but content, as she did so in a very well mannered fashion.

As they ate, Seraphim did decide though that she might as well bring up one thing Karina mentioned, just a little something to talk about as they finished off the ramen. Seraphim was a little hesitant about it at first, knowing that it was something she liked to keep secret, but she just took a small breath, and let it out, a slightly nervous look on her face and even faintly reddened in the cheeks as she looked away in embarrassment. “Y-You know… you mentioned creating music together. And er… I-I can sing. B-But you wouldnâ€t like it, r-really, its gospel and mezzo-soprano.” Clearly feeling like that was a weakness, knowing her angelic singing voice just never seemed to fit her tough image, Seraphim quickly clapped her hands together as she came up with an idea. “A-Although! I can always try out the bass. Iâ€ve finally got some extra money on the side, caught up with all my bills, improved the apartment, and overall, after all my victories, Iâ€m finally okay finance-wise. Sooo.. maybe Iâ€ll buy a bass guitar? Y-You really wouldnâ€t like my singing style.”

Making sure they both had an equal amount of the food was left, Karina devided as much as she could between them, her eyelids blinking when she felt Seraphim resting against her shoulder but soon she let her lips curl into a smile and leant back against Seraphim to support her weight, it seemed this day couldn't go any better then it was now, she had never felt this good about herself for ages and maybe that was what she missed. She took one last bite from her fork before she placed it in the bowl and looked at Seraphim with a chuckle. " Well.. I'd like to hear you sing and play.. " Karina was quite interested in hearing Seraphim's voice in a song, maybe Karina herself could ease down on her guitar and match up with her voice.

She pushed the bowl gently back to the center of the table once they were both done and rested back against the couch, looking over at Seraphim with a smile. " So.. Next time we spar.. We are gonna go all out right? I mean.. I know it might turn out bloody, well pretty sure it would if we both go all out and even if it is a spar, I wouldn't mind but.. I wanna fight with you with concentrated focus instead of rawr-rawr-smash-smash. " Karina could feel her stomach being warm and full from the delicious food they had shared. She figured she might aswell rest a bit and still leant against Seraphim, enjoying her warmth and it was actually starting to make her a little sleepy. " This is the life... Great food... Great night.. Great friend. "

Seraphim felt as if she could just stay like this for the rest of the day. Laying here shoulder to shoulder with her friend against the soft couch, a full stomach from a warm, tasty meal, and the comfort in knowing she had someone like Karina who cared. She didnâ€t feel like leaving it any time soon, even though she knew pretty soon sheâ€d have to head back to her apartment to help Alison, for now, she would stay. With all Seraphim had been through, meeting Karina made it all feel like it was worth suffering, just to be here right now.

“W-Wait, n-no, you wouldnâ€t want to hear it! R-Really, itâ€s embarrassing and.. I-Iâ€m not that good, really.” Suddenly she got nervous again, hearing Karina mention how she would actually want to hear Seraphim sing, her voice cracking and a nervous, panicked smile on her face. The only person she really sang to was Alison, and that was just to help her fall asleep, or put the girl at ease when she was troubled. But Seraphim never really thought she was that good. Really, she would just take playing the bass and everything else would be fine. But.. if Karina really did want to hear, then maybe some time soon, she still didnâ€t know, the whole thing was just embarrassing.

Fortunately, the mention of sparring put her back at ease, before she looked back at Karina, and pointed at her own jaw before speaking. “Well, tell ya what. Iâ€d be fully healed in a month. But, Iâ€m anxious too. We can do it in just a week, but you got to promise no shots to the jaw or… well shit, really my face in general.” Seraphim said with a small, nervous laugh as she moved the bangs of her white hair aside, showing the bandage that covered the stitches along her head. As anxious as Seraphim was to fight, even she knew not to threaten the risk of further injuring an already bad wound when she could easily just rest and let it heal. Sure, she pushed herself to no limit in a fight, but really, she'd rather not have a perminant injury on her, even if fighting Karina again made it completely worth it.

" Well I really wanna hear you sing to know if you're good or not! " Karina was persistant, keeping a teasing glance over at Seraphim with yet another smirk attached to her lips, getting pretty interested as she saw how nervous it made Seraphim, it looked pretty cute on a girl like Seraphim, who was just like her. For now Karina did press the matter too much, this was only the first day they had a chance to hang out together normally, she was sure there was plenty of that still to come. She listened to Seraphim about the spar, looking at her wounds before rubbing her own still bandaged forehead, grinning and nodding at the girl while she traced her finger over the bandage on the side of the girl's head. " I'm pretty sure that I would not like to hit your pretty face again, haha. So no worries, I don't want to actually hurt you too much, just enough to have a good fight, heck I'm already getting pumped up thinking about it, hehe! Ouw. "

Karina brought both hands up to rub the sides of her head, feeling like her heart had just went to her brains and now beating painfully in her head, though it was probably because she was thinking too much and getting too excited,bringing one arm around Seraphim to let it rest limply on her. " I hope you don't mind.. I prefer not to have my arm numb between us. " Karina wouldn't mind if Seraphim pulled away, she had every reason to from what she heard about a bad relationship, she could only relate to that with her little sister, they both were quite close when they started to hang out again, it was an experience Karina missed and she was certainly going to get her sister back.. The hard way if need to be.

She was really persistent about it, wasnâ€t she? Though Seraphim was still a little hesitant, she couldnâ€t deny it. Her cheeks seeming to puff up just a little as they tinted red from blushing, even pulling her own hands up close to her face, twiddling her fingers like a shy high school girl as she curled up a little, clearly not very confident about herself with it. In truth, her singing voice was purely beautiful, like hearing the angels from above singing their melody. But Seraphim just always felt like it wasnâ€t fitting for herself, and was in the end just embarrassed about the whole thing, even if Karina did raise her confidence a little.

Still, Karinaâ€s antics always kept he spirits up, smiling through her blushing cheeks, subconsciously adjusting her eyepatch as nervousness began to fade again, and she nearly laughed again at hearing what Karina said. She thought the girl was sarcastic too about the ‘pretty face†part, but it still made her feel warmth in her cheeks, and her smile grew. She just felt more at peace with the girl, and as she looked into those fiery red eyes, her own softened a little, comforted by her smile, and the arm around her shoulder. Seraphim started to lose herself a little in the moment, and then gradually, she leaned more into Karina, resting more comfortably into the girlâ€s side, Seraphimâ€s face nearly touching Karinaâ€s chest. “Mm.. I donâ€t really mind at all.” Seraphim said with a soft little purr, her crimson eye closing halfway as she pressed herself into the girl, like she was ready to take a nap on Karinaâ€s shoulder. Slowly though, she drifted her hand closer to Karina, low and out of site, before Karina would feel Seraphimâ€s bare hand against her lower thigh. Resting just above her knee and below the skirt, Seraphim gently placed her hand there, rubbing a little along her thigh, like a tiny little tease all of the sudden, but nothing too serious.

Through all her years of suffering and just shattering herself out of existence, closing her heart for everyone, it seemed that today that was slowly changing, Karina smiled more then she did in years and her smiles actually had meanings to do so. Seraphim had really made Karina feel more happy and it was easily seen that even though Karina's rough and still ongoing nature, she can be calm and sweet, it just needed someone to take it out. Karina didn't flinch or get scared when she felt Seraphim resting more comfortable against her, her eyes starting to travel down to where she felt Seraphim's hand running along her thigh, it actually felt pretty great, heck it even made her shivver and created goosebumps aswell as that dark blush appearing on her cheeks.

Her own hand that was around Seraphim's shoulders went up and placed her hand on the side of Seraphim's head and then very lightly, she begun to stroke her fingers through Seraphim's hair, letting her stay as comfortable as she wanted, it actually made Karina feel happy about herself, that she could help Seraphim, even if it was to rest. She didn't move her thigh away, she allowed it to be stroked, it made her feel safe and off course, cared for and deep down inside Karina felt like she needed this and Seraphim was the one that was giving her the joyish feeling, whispering softly to Seraphim. " This is... Nice.. "

Hearing how Karina really seemed to like this, it put Seraphim more at ease too. She really was enjoying her time and company with Karina, and as the two were starting to get a bit closer like this, she found that the whole thing made her feel at peace, like she could put so many things that troubled her now behind her right now. Karina was really turning out to be someone she was obsessing over, all her thoughts centering around this girl, and not even sure exactly where her own feelings lied at this point, just enjoying her time and company with her. The girl really had an alluring appearance about her that she may not have been aware of, but Seraphim took in every detail. The smooth skin along her thighs as Seraphim softly stroked along it, the jet-black hair with those pink strands that helped highlight the attraction, those fiery red eyes that could take on such a surprisingly soft gaze, her whole body and figure that Seraphim was slightly envious of. Everything about Karina, Seraphim found to be just… perfect.

“Yea… I think coming here was the best decision Iâ€ve made in a long time.” Seraphim said with her own softer tone, allowing Karina to pet her soft, silky white hair, tilting her head a little into it as she closed her eye with a smile, clearly enjoying the feel. In the back of her mind, she still had that faint thought that only Megumi was the one who should have done this. But Seraphim let those troubling thoughts sink away with Karinaâ€s gentle touch, letting out a soft sigh of peace, like she was ready to sleep. “Mm.. for someone so strong, you sure have a gentle touch.”

Karina couldn't help but smile faintly when she heard Seraphim's last words and the answer came so quickly, so sure.. " ..Heh.. It was waiting for the right person deserving it's touch.. " What Karina said, was right, straight out of her heart, she never, ever gave anyone the emotions that lied within Karina, it was like the Chinese wall that was struck around her very heart and soul, not wanting to be unsealed for a long time, and that time had passed, with every second she spent with Seraphim, a small brick crumbled from the wall, showing that pure light that lies within it.

Karina was starting to think about something, how long she was seperated from her guitar now and now that Seraphim was this close to her, comforting her in such a snuggle kind of way, she didn't need it. What if Seraphim was all she really needed? Those thoughts that ran through her.. For once she didn't repress them, she welcome them, Karina gently caressing the girl's hair and whispered gently to her. " Maybe.. It was all for you.. Waiting.. " Karina loosened up to the point where she just welcome any movement Seraphim was doing, pressing her thigh against the stroking hand and releasing a gentle purr from her mouth, her eyelids coming to a complete close and she relaxed against the couch, enjoying the feeling of Seraphim so close to her.