Take It Slow {MavenKiwi}

[Faye]

Sven sat and listened.

And agreed with her.

But he felt bad for letting her down like that...

"I didn't tell her anything, though.. the others told her and she made arrangements with the people who had stayed behind.." He said, his voice showing obvious signs of being tired. "And it's all I've been doing to keep myself busy instead of worrying about what you're doing." His voice took a turn near the end, he despised her having an male persona.. but it was the only way they were able to stay together like this and how she got on the island in the first place.

[Nicolette]

Katherine frowned at the last comment, hearing the slight malice in his last few words. She turned to look back at him, her frown clear on her full lips. That wasn't very nice to say at all.

"What is there to worry about? I've told you everything I've been doing lately. I've told you every day that I go out for a study session with Kiwi, I told you about my dinner with her this evening. I haven't hid a single thing from you, but you act as if there's something to worry about, as if there's something I might be doing behind your back."

[Faye]

Yeah, yeah.

He knew all that.

Sven stood up from the couch, his body taking a little to regain his balance but his legs soon got enough feeling in them for him to stand properly without falling back to the couch. "I know that! But we never spend any time together now!" His voice had risen in volume by the time he had finished the sentence, "I miss you, and we don't even have to y'know, go out to dinner, we can do dinner here, but no, you're always studying with 'Kiwi', now!" By the end of his words, he was already half way down the hall way to his room.

Who knew that the thing he wanted the most was causing him so much stress and anger.

[Nicolette]

Katherine clenched her fists and ran toward the hallway that her boyfriend had started to disappear down. Those comments were completely uncalled for, as if he was completely blaming her for the fact that they didn't spend time together anymore. Which was bullshit.

"What the hell, Sven?" She asked, trying to keep control of her voice. "I finally get a friend and suddenly you get all hostile on me? What have I done to deserve something like that? I'm not the only person who's been busy. You live on that laptop of yours, even on the nights when I'm home. Hell, I'm surprised if you even notice me coming home sometimes!"

[Faye]

"I don't know anymore... It's just weird you going out to dinner with her! She thinks you're a boy, so she wants a relationship of some sort with you!" He replied, his voice breaking at some points, he was tired and near tears because of the stress he was under already.

Though he wouldn't break. He would not bow to the stress levels.

"I wish things were easier.." He whispered, his voice soft as he leaned against his closed bedroom door. He was sure Katt wouldn't have heard.

[Nicolette]

Katherine stormed down the hallway until she stood outside Sven's bedroom door, after he'd shut it. She grit her teeth glared at the door. She'd done nothing to deserve him yelling at her.

"Don't you dare run away from this, Sven. You don't yell at me, and then just walk away, because I'm not the kind of person who will take that kind of abuse. I'm sorry that this is the kind of life I live, but this was the life I was thrown into two years ago for reasons that I'm still unaware of. So I'm sorry that I'm doing what Matthew would do and going out with Skye, but what else am I supposed to do? I can't turn my back on my other life."

[Faye]

Oh for fuck sake.

She always had a point. She was always right about it all. He knew she had this other life, he had fallen in love with her despite her being disguised as a boy in the first place. He had agreed to take on those circumstances when he agreed to be her boyfriend and promised he would always be there for her.

He turned, twisting the door knob of his door, he pulled the door towards him, he stepped outside the room. "I..I'm sorry Katherine..." He couldn't help but apologise, he knew he had been wrong. But these random acts of verbal and physical abuse were becoming more frequent lately..

[Nicolette]

Katherine's expression calmed a little when she noted the door opening and she relaxed her stance. His apology left her slightly on edge, but she felt that it was best that he at least apologize than for them to continue to argue. She let out a sigh and leaned her back against the wall behind her, running her fingers through the dark locks.

"And I apologize for living the way I do... I'm sorry I give more attention to Matthew than Katherine.... But it's just the way I have to live..." Her eyes fell to the ground, unable to keep his gaze any longer.

[Faye]

Sven stepped forward, gingerly lifting his arms and slipped them under hers, pulling her into a gentle hug. "I know.. and I'm sorry that I snapped.. I'm just so tired..." His voice had softened and quietened down a dramatic amount than before. "I just miss you.."

[Nicolette]

Katherine wrapped her arms around his neck, stepping up on her tiptoes and shutting her eyes as she buried her face in his shoulder. She was silent for a long moment before she rose her voice to speak.

"Let's go to your room and spend the night together... Sex, or just sleeping, I don't care... I just want to be close to you..." She whispered against his neck.

[Faye]

He smiled softly as he felt her arms wrap around his neck, feeling her warm breath on the bare skin of his neck. He wished he had the energy to lift her up, he instead, he took her by the hand and led her into his room, closing the door behind them.

"I think sleep is the better option, I don't think I could find the energy to have sex.." Though he wished he could, he had felt quite pent up over the passed few days but he wasn't sure with how dampened the mood had been.

[Nicolette]

It started with Sven leading Katherine into the room, and ended with Katherine pulling him down onto the bed. She hadn't changed out of her clothes from her date, but she didn't mind sleeping in practically nothing. She untucked her shirt from her pants and went through the process of unbuttoning it. Once she'd finished, she tossed it onto his floor (to be picked up later) and slipped her tank top off afterward. Her pants soon followed, and she was left in just a pair of boxers, her bare back to her boyfriend.

And as Katherine stared down at the clothes she'd just shed, she felt tears fill her eyes. Matthew... Katherine... Sometimes she wondered if the two lives even crossed, or if they were completely different people living in the same body.

She stood up from the bed, picking up her discarded button up shirt and sliding it back on. "I... need to take out my contacts." She said, her voice low and shaky. She left the room quickly, heading over to her bedroom. She quickly removed her contacts and placed them in her case before she took her glasses, sliding them on.

And the first tear slid down her cheek, followed by another. She ran from her room, and never had Sven's room felt so far away. But when she finally got there, tears streaming down her cheeks and her chest moving as she panted from her run, she just gazed through her thick glasses at the man on the bed.

[Faye]

Sven had collapsed on the bed when Katherine pulled him down. He went to roll over and snuggle up to her when she had gotten up and started to strip. He didn't mind, he watched her, the clothes falling to the floor but there was something strange happening at the same time.

But before he would question it, she had left the room to remove her contacts. He waited, lying there, unable to move now that he was on such a comfortable surface.

When he heard her footsteps at his door, he lifted his head, seeing her eyes had watered, a frown piercing his lips. "Katt.. what's wrong?" He asked, forcing himself to sit up.

[Nicolette]

Katherine moved into the room, shutting the door loudly behind her before she ran to the bed. She stumbled and fell onto it, crawling until she was curled up at her boyfriend's side, shaking with tears streaming down her cheeks. She brought her hand up to take her glasses off and tossed them on the nightstand next to them.

She clung to Sven for dear life, whimpering softly as the tears continued to fall.

"I love you..." She whispered, and then repeated it again and again between her soft sobs.

[Faye]

Sven grimaced as she ran for the bed, stumbling and falling on top of it, watching her curl up against his side. His eyes softened yet held a distinct hint of concern. Was she alright..? She seemed to messed up and confused, like himself, stressed out.

He shifted himself and her so he could lie down, his arms around her as he rested his head next to hers. "I love you too," He replied, telling her it was okay and he was here for her as he gently ran his fingers through her hair.