A Glass Half Empty (Open)

[mysteryxio]

AJ again felt force against his back. Again he felt no pain, this time he prepared for the fall, putting his hands in front of him to break his fall. AJ got back up on one knee. He looked at Vargas and saw a knife for an instant and two blades soon replaced it. "I may not be as physically strong as you, however my magic more than makes up for that." He stood up and raised his voice. "You don't like to be touched fine, but don't try to kill me just because I want to help."

AJ felt his iris' change again and began to focus his magic on his body. "As I said I will get through to you. I've seen how people like you end up. And before you try and drive a spike into your whole self pity deal, I do consider you to be a person, not a monster. You're a person and a good person at that." AJ began to charge at Vargas, while he stood there in protective stance. AJ kept picking up speed and was about to punch him, when he teleported away. A half a second later he appeared behind Vargas and felt a successful kick connect to the side of Vargas' head. He watched Vargas fly onto the floor and became aware of the presence outside lurking, his ally finally arrived but whether or not they should enter would entirely depend on how Vargas acted next, unaware that his own body was shaking.

[Kirito]

Vargas lay, sprawled on the ground, head spinning. "Grrr... I already told you, I dont give a damn what anyone thinks!!" Vargas lifted himself from the ground only slightly, to bring his legs around, sweeping AJ off his feet. He got up, and stamped his foot down on his assailant, staring AJ straight in the eyes. "For one, not everyone can be saved, idiot. And for two, those who dont want your help, probably dont need it."

Vargas felt that he had nothing left to say, hopefully his point had gotten through. He left the boy on the ground, approaching a window, and laid his hands on it, opening a gap large enough for him to walk through, and he continued down the street, away from all that had happened. He'd ignored the crowd watching him from outside, and kept walking till he'd reached the forest.

[mysteryxio]

Paws clicked against the floor, carefully avoiding debris. They stopped and a dog, Gizmo, looked down at AJ. He might not have been able to speak, but AJ knew what he would say if he could. "Okay, I get, I messed up and messed up big, do you think you could just find his scent so I can apologize?" The dog took a deep a breath as if to sigh saying that he will never learn. Getting up AJ followed Gizmo as he headed toward the forest. When Vargas was in sight AJ made a move and got ahead of him, while he sent Gizmo to distract him and hoped that Vargas like dogs. AJ watched as Gizmo surrounded Vargas wagging his tail and looking playful. AJ felt his iris' change color again and continued to shake once more, not noticing the nose bleed either. The spell was meant to stop Vargas from escaping until after AJ said what he had to say.

After a few minutes, AJ appeared from behind a tree. "You know" said AJ "in that drawing you had at the end of your sketchbook, was the glass half filled or half empty?" AJ could see that Vargas was pretty pissed off so he held up his hands out, palms flat in an attempt to calm him down. "Just listen to me, please. Look, I don't understand the pain you've felt or what you've been through, and you don't have to tell me. I won't try to offer to take any pain away if you don't want me to. I won't ask any questions that seem too personal and I'm sorry that I touched you. I'll admit I am a stubborn guy and I don't know when I should stop helping or even who I should help. I think that I can solve all the world's problems on my own. Some think that I'm gullible or too trusting others believe that I'm too kind for my own good. From these qualities also arises someone who will not stop trying to at least be a friend to others, even if they don't ask for and yes I am aware of how weird and awkward that sounds. Like I said earlier though life is easier with a friend nearby, and now matter how many times you push me away, fight me, ignore me, or try to kill me I won't stop trying to be that friend. I know that there are different types of pain out there, but no matter where you go or who you are, loneliness is still the same. It's still a darkness that everyone has and we can never truly get rid of. The only way to ease it is to be around others. So go ahead and stab me with your blades, burn me with your alchemy, I don't care, like I said I'm stubborn and I won't stop trying to be your friend." AJ watched to see what Vargas would do next, smiling all the while and not noticing his vision starting to blur.