[Beau]

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Beau

"Can you take the trash out, B?" Kysaly would ask of her with a smile on their face. "Of course, you got it!" She'd beam to them, more than happy to do such a thing. It was little things like that, that made the job mondain but also so worth it. Having to take out the trash, or to clean their own messes, was something that they had grown accustomed to never having to do. No matter what form they took they were free of such chores.

Now, Beau was more inclined to do these things as she was able to realize the value that such interactions had to the world around her. Tucking some of her blue locks behind her ears, she would grab up the two large garbage bags as one of the last things that was needed before they were able to go home. Putting them both over her shoulder, she'd let out a hard gasp and open the back door to the café.

With the trash placed in the bin, Beau turned around to see something... no, someone slumped beside the back door of Kyss café. She would get closer, trying to discern if it was someone that they should be messing with or not. Because of the fact that Kysaly also had a clinic, there was a lot of unsavory people that would come to their door in odd hours. As she got closer, her heart stopped. She recognized the person, no, more than that. She knew this person like the back of her hand; every inch of his body, the way he smiled, the way he held them... This was Dekker, their Dede.

There were so many mixes of emotions that Beau wasn't sure what to do. Throw up? Kick him? Kiss him? It was all so confused in her mind that she felt like she was going to go crazy. Without any thoughts, Beau would move past them and yell for Kysaly inside of the building. Even if she wanted to help, she was sure that her emotions would get the better of her.

With haste, Kysaly would pick Dekker up and promptly get him inside and on a table in their clinic. They weren't sure if there were any injuries, but anyone passed out at this hour wasn't a good sign.

Notes

↭ Black slacks, blue blouse.

Beau Gambit

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[Gambit]

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The sound of something swinging through the air to his right was the last thing Gambit heard before something struck the side of his head as he turned to walk away from the hag. His vision was swallowed by darkness before he even hit the floor, but he could hear her fuming from what seemed like really far away. Or close? Soon it was replaced by the sound of distant arguing, then with a sharp sting in his neck the voices faded to nothingness.

He floated in darkness for what seemed like ages until the slam of a car door broke the silence. He was dimly aware of someone dragging him before his back hit a cold wall and the roar of the engine peeled away. Figures. Slowly he became aware that he felt as if he'd been tossed down a rocky hill on the way here, obviously the bitch hadn't just hit him in the head. Fuck.

For a moment he sank back into darkness, but as he became aware again he slowly realized he was now on his back. Why? Alarm shot through him but it took him awhile to fight through the grogginess and open his eyes, and then he was only more confused. He automatically tried to sit up, only to flinch partway and fall back onto his elbows as everything seemed to hurt at once.

Realizing he couldn't move, he instead flopped back down as if in defeat, his vision swimming from whatever the hag had drugged him with after beating his ass. He was well aware he wasn't alone though, even if it was still difficult to focus.
"Where am I, exactly..?" At this point he just prayed it wasn't a chop shop.

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Beau ,

[Beau]

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Beau

"Hey, easy now." Kysaly would tell him, standing over to his side and smiling gently. "You hurt yourself pretty bad, I'm sure that it is hard to move around so just take it easy. You're in safe hands." Kysaly did have a doctor's coat on, and they did have a clipboard. All official and shit, or at least as official as a back-alley doctor needed to be.

"You're in a clinic. Don't worry, not an official one- I'm not going to rat you out." Kysaly gave a small giggle, checking the IV that they were giving him. "Looks like you were drugged and got hit in the head. I gave you some stuff for that. For now, I'll have..." Kysaly would look to Beau for a moment, her head shaking in a no. "...Belle look after you. She's good as my little assistant. I'll be right back." With a nod, Kysaly would leave the room and leave "Belle" in charge of him. She'd approach, warily, and look at him. "...How are you feeling?"

Notes

↭ Black slacks, blue blouse.

Beau,Gambit,

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[Gambit]

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Gambit visibly relaxed as Ky assured him it wasn't an official clinic. He stared at the ceiling dazed as they spoke, the magenta in his eyes slowly dimming to a low glow as it seemed he was safe for the time being. He didn't know what the treatment might cost, but that was future Gambit's issue. Current Gambit was too tired and hurt to give a damn.

Instead he shifted to look at the girl introduced as Belle, giving her a sheepish grin as he tried to focus on her. She was as pretty as he might have expected a Belle to be.
"Like I was rolled down a mountain." He mused in reply. He slowly flexed his limbs and shifted around a little. His legs and arms felt bruised as a motherfucker from whatever she had hit him with, but he felt nothing that suggested anything was broken.

After a moment he pushed himself back onto his elbows and gave his head a shake but otherwise made no attempt to move. His head had cleared more, but he still felt drowsy enough to know getting up was a lost cause.
"You two always help strays?" He asked, glancing back to the pretty assistant before smiling mischievously and patting his side as if checking it half-heartedly. "That seems too convenient, or am I missing a kidney?"

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Beau ,

[Beau]

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Beau

When his eyes met her, she couldn't help but blush. This was, of course, the person that had seen a certain side of them, all of them. For him to look at them again with a different gaze... It felt off. Belle wanted him to look at the real Beau, the Beau they had grown up to love, but Belle wasn't so sure that it was how he had truly felt. Why else would he betray them and break their heart?

Nonetheless, habits died hard and they tried to play off their blush as nothing at all. "I-I bet, you look like it." A sheepish laugh, one that sounded half forced and half genuine. In reality, he looked so good that it made her want to melt. Seeing him as an adult, with those strong arms and chisel- she had to stop herself. She had no clue who this person was anymore, or if they would even want to know who they truly were.

Watching him move, she would make sure to stay close enough that she could help if he fell down again. "Well, Kysaly likes to help people, and I work for Kysaly, so I suppose so. It's not anyone that would take you in and not want your kidneys." With baited breath, she would gulp out her next words. "Y-You can go ahead and check, no kidney removal marks." She'd motion to his body, half expecting him to check while she was in the room. "I assure you that Kysaly doesn't need things like that. They just like to help." Belle would smile to him, before moving over to the side and offering him a cup of water. "If you're thirsty. Oh-" As if to prove that the water was just water, Belle would tip the glass and take a gulp, before offering it back to Gambit. A few drops could be seen running down her chin and into the middle of her shirt. "See, no poison or drugs."

Notes

↭ Black slacks, blue blouse.

Gambit, Beau,

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[Gambit]

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"Well, nice to know people like that still exist... Thank you." Although he was currently a hot mess, his gratitude was surprisingly genuine. A part of him still found it hard to believe there wasn't going to be a massive catch at some point, but for now he chose to believe them. Not like he really had much choice anyway.

Gambit followed her motion and glanced at his stomach for a moment before pulling up his shirt and peeking at his side with a smirk. He was mostly doing it to mess with her, but he was also assured that his skin seemed bruised but otherwise un-marred. He dropped the shirt back down and took the water she offered before drinking it without much thought, figuring there would be no point drugging or poisoning him at this point anyway. If that was their intention he never would have woken up in the first place.
"Thanks, again~"

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[Beau]

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Beau

God she wanted to punch him. She wanted to punch him so hard that he wasn't even there anymore. Still, her pictures of emotions seemed to come in waves; just like the last she would breathe it down. "I'm sure you can thank Kysaly more than me. I'm just the one that found you." Perhaps it was karma that it was the reverse of how they met the first time.

The face that she made at him lifting his shirt was that of horror, or perhaps arousal, or perhaps disgust. It was all three at the same time and Belle wasn't sure what her face really looked like. She stared harder than she wanted to, eyeing him up like some meal, before realizing that he was way too casual in showing a total stranger so much of himself.

As her emotions started to settle, she felt her face get wet. Tears would stream down her face to the point that no amount of wiping would make them stop. Her Dede wasn't there anymore. The man that her true self had been madly in love with was not the person that she saw before her. The amount of pain and trauma that she was only able to hear through stories all felt like a dream to her. Instead, they were the reality of the person she saw before her. Was it the way that he had grown up that made him different, or had he always been that way and hid it from them? Was the person that Beau had been in love with even real, or was the person before her what Dekker had never shown her?

He missed him so badly that it hurt her heart to even see him, unsure of what was the best thing to do. If she transformed, there was no way of telling if he would even want to see him again. If she didn't, she would have to pretend that she wasn't still madly in love with someone that didn't even know a thing about them.

"I-I'm sorry, I can't-" the timing must have felt off for Gambit, but it was too much of a rush of emotions for Belle to really handle. "It's not fair..." She'd mumble under her breath, her hands pulled into fists as if half ready to punch him. What was she even supposed to do when she felt like the answer to her suffering was right in front of her, but she was too scared to do anything about it? Even if she did everything right, there was no guarantee that the person she wanted him to be would even still be there, if he was ever real at all.

She stood there, frozen and unmoving, her head bowed so she would have to look at him and have her emotions get even worse. Her breathing was short and tight, and her hand slowly went up to grip her heart. Hopefully, Kysaly would come soon to pull her away from her living nightmare.

Notes

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[Gambit]

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Gambit froze as the girl suddenly began to cry, unsure what he had done. His eyes glowed a little more than before as he glanced nervously at the door Kysaly had left through, suddenly anxious they would return. Would they think he had done something to her? Had he...?

He looked back to Belle with an expression that was half alarm and half confusion, but he couldn't think of what he should say. He wasn't sure if he was still more dazed than he realized from the drug, or if it was just less obvious and he was too dumb, but he had no idea why she was crying.
"I'm sorry!" Although he blurted the words out by reflex and didn't know why she was crying, he was still sorry if he had something to do with it. He may be a sleazeball but he still didn't make it a habit to just make women cry. Let alone ones that had been nice to him for no apparent reason. "I'm sorry if something I did upset you.." He tried, watching her as if worried he'd just make it worse yet having no other idea of what to do.

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Beau,

[Beau]

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Beau

Beau did not want to react like this. The way that she acted was not what she wanted his first impression of "Belle" to be. At the same time, she could not help the emotions that were going through her, or how she reacted. She didn't want to freak him out; in reality, she never wanted to hurt his feelings ever. He was their everything... He was their everything. She wanted to say so many things but in those moments she was so vulnerable and defenseless.

As of Kysaly knew, they would come into the room and immediately go over to Beau. "Hey, B, it's okay." They'd grab her by the shoulder and start to turn her around towards the door. Beau followed their lead, sniffling out of the door and trying her best to walk straight. After a few moments they would be out of the room and Kysaly would join Gambit again.

"Sorry about that. You remind them of someone." There was a rather big emphasis on that word, as if Kysaly was wanting him to figure it out before Beau outright told him. "It will hopefully pass once they calm down. Sorry about that." They'd look down to their clipboard and sigh. "I'd say it would be best for you to get some rest here for the night. I'll lock the door, mostly for B's sake, but if you need anything you can press on that button and I'll be able to come check up on you. You're safe, so, try to just relax and get better." They'd smile and half turn to leave. Before they did however, they would give Gambit a word of advice. "Listen. I'm not sure who you are, not really, but you may be something to them. I won't pry into your personal business but, get that shit sorted out. Having loose ties in this world will get you in trouble, or killed." With a head nod, they would wait a moment to hear any last requests or remarks before closing and locking the door.

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[Gambit]

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Gambit tensed as Kysaly returned but relaxed a little again once it seemed they weren't angry with him for upsetting Belle. Still lost, he watched her leave before simply flopping back down with a sigh. He was pretty used to fucking up, but at least he usually knew what he'd fucked up.
Kysaly's emphasis on them only confused him further. He had never understood those kinds of things. Had he used the wrong word for them? He couldn't remember most of what he had said thanks to the drug. So maybe? He had never understood the importance of what someone called you, but maybe he just didn't care enough.

He remained quiet as Kysaly talked, but his mind instinctively rebelled at the idea of being locked in a room. He had been trapped and tricked countless times in this city, and the idea of being trapped in the room for the night rather terrified him. However, despite the glow in his eyes growing brighter, he made no attempt to argue about it. For one he could still barely move, so it wasn't like the city was any safer for him. He was painfully aware that he would be screwed if they changed their minds and just kicked him to the curb.

Two.. for some reason the idea of a locked door between him and Belle seemed appropriate. He wasn't sure why but they made him feel weirdly lacking and more like trash than usual, though... he supposed that could just be because they weren't like the kinds of women he was used to. He was pulled from his thoughts as Kysaly spoke again, but once again he just looked utterly confused.

"I don't know them, I feel like I'd never forget someone like that.." He glanced at the door and frowned for a moment before looking back to Ky. Loose ties. For a moment his mind wandered in his memories, but as he neared the older memories of what was before Japan, it felt like his entire being recoiled from them in response. He cringed and simply let his mind go blank, closing his eyes to hide the glow as it intensified further with the attempt.

"Thanks..." Was all he could say as he simply gave up trying to figure it out for now. Whatever Kysaly had given him had helped the pain, but he still felt heavy and too tired to figure out what was going on. Instead he focused on resting, and trying to ignore the sound of the door locking and not loose himself to panic.

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Beau ,

[Beau]

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Beau

"I guess it can be hard to remember someone you forgot, perhaps." Kysaly would say cryptically, not wanting to pretend that they knew everything. "Even if you don't... I hope that you two can work out your differences and become friends. It's good to have people you can trust in this country." Kysaly finished up looking over his vitals and marked it down on the paper. "Sleep well." They'd nod, before leaving and locking the door behind them.

For Beau, it was time to figure out what they wanted to do with the situation. After talking with Kysaly, there was a lot of courses of actions to take. She could tell him, she could keep it a secret, she could pretend that she doesn't know him, she could trick him... All of it felt like too much to decide. The real Beau, with their golden arms and all, took the whole night to think about it. Looking at the photo that he still had of Dekker, he'd kiss it softly and hold it lovingly in his arms. "...I hope you're still in there, Dede."

In the morning, Beau made their decision. The first course of action was to greet him properly this time. Knocking on his door in the morning, "Belle" would come into the room with a grin on their face. "Hey, sorry about yesterday. Did you want breakfast?" Beau had chosen to try to get to know the Dekker that was now. They did not truly know each other anymore, and even if it sounded fun to spring their other, familiar identity onto him, it wouldn't make things easier between them. She hoped that she could get to know him for who he was now, and see if her feelings were still there. Hopefully, she'd be able to hear why he left, too. "I just... You reminded me of someone I lost, someone that I cared deeply for. My first love." She'd try to smile about it, stifling her urge to just blurt out the truth. "Here." On a plate was Canadian bacon and eggs, with blueberry waffles and maple syrup. Perhaps this was on purpose, but maybe it would make him think of their home. "Kysaly is Canadian so, they make a lot of Canadian food."

Notes

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[Gambit]

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Gambit was still on the table they had laid him on the night before, although now he was sitting upright and had pulled his legs up to his chest, his head resting on his knees as he half dozed. The knock at the door woke him immediately and he lifted his head with a start, but he relaxed as he realized it was none other than Belle. It was a surprise after last night, but still a welcome one once he pushed away the worry that he'd somehow make her cry again.

Though before he could worry about it for too long, his attention was almost immediately caught by what was in her hands. He hadn't even realized how hungry he was until he smelled the food, but his attention returned to Belle as she spoke about yesterday.
"That's okay, sorry you went through that after helping me." He was a little relieved to hear he hadn't done something wrong, but hearing someone talk about lost loves made his chest feel rather hollow.

Thankfully one of the best things to fill the void was handed to him on a plate a moment later, bacon. There were other things on the plate he hadn't eaten for quite awhile too, and he had to admit the food was perhaps the second of two things he actually missed about his homeland.
"Well, I really appreciate it. I was born there too, and It's been awhile since I've had food like this." He admitted with goofy smile, shifting to sit on the table a little more normally to eat so he wouldn't look like a moron.
"Are you feeling better?"

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Beau,

[Beau]

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Beau

"It's alright, I can't react like that when people have qualities of him." It was more than just qualities, but he didn't need to know that. "I'm sorry if I worried you is all, you don't deserve that." That was up for debate. She would step a pace away to give him some space, ensuring that he had his napkins and cutlery. Instead of chopsticks, there was a fork and knife. It was a bold move for Kysaly to give him a knife, but if Beau was going to die she'd rather it by her ex than a total stranger. He wasn't truly a stranger, right?

"Me too. I'm from Canada I mean. It's the reason I wanted to take this job, so that I could be around someone that understood that side of me." A small smile would creep up her lips, but it was nothing more than a subtle one. The way he smiled did make her happy, but she was trying not to show it. "Yeah, I'm better. I just... Sometimes my emotions get the better of me. Maybe it's a trauma response." She was honest about that much, but she didn't need to tell him that he was the trauma. "I-I just wanted you to know it wasn't anything you did. I wasn't your abs either... Since it happened right after." A pause, before she realized what she said. "I wasn't like staring at them I just, it was a shock." Another hole. "I-I mean to say they're very nice so I'm not saying that they aren't-" Digging herself a deeper hole of shame, she'd just sigh out a big breath. "-I guess I'm not good at talking to pretty people." Stupid Beau, you're just an idiot. At this point their head was bowed in embarrassment over their multiple fuck ups.

Notes

↭ Blue dress.

Beau,Gambit,

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[Gambit]

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Gambit nibbled on his bacon and watched her with an impish expression as the topic of his abs came up. Considering he was used to being objectified, such an innocent comment didn't come close to fazing him. Though watching Belle stumble through it was quite cute.

"Maybe you could practice in the mirror?" He suggested with a grin as he sat the empty plate beside him and leaned back on his arms, quite happy and more relaxed than he had been in a long time. He didn't know how long he had before he was given the boot, but he was enjoying the moment none the less. Even his eyes were almost their natural shade of dark red as he smiled at Belle.
"I appreciate the sentiment though." He added as his smile turned into a lazy smirk.

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Beau ,

[Beau]

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Beau

As much as she messed up, she wasn't used to a forward, flirtaious Dekker. They shivered at the comment, the sheer thought of this new version of him finding her cute being both relieving and scary. She looked at herself as much as she could while standing there, even pointing to herself. "I-I'm pretty?" She was dumbfounded, baffled even, because she hadn't expected something like that to happen to her with her ex.

"Yeah, of course." She'd pause, before taking that step forward. "This is going to sound sudden but, would you want to be friends? I... I don't have many and at the very least we can talk and it not be horrible so..." They would go into their bra and casually pull out their phone and give to him. "Can you put your number in here?" Their phone was decked out with very very subtle accents of gold, but otherwise the phone had a blue case and a lighter blue base color. There were anime stickers behind the case and a small star charm that hung from it. "Sorry if it's a bit warm. I..." Well, she couldn't say she wasn't used to having boobs. "I forgot to wear something with pockets."

Notes

↭ Blue dress.

Beau,Gambit,

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