He looked at her with an odd, blissful affection through half-closed and once again thickly-lined eyes. It was hard to judge color in the poor lighting, but his complexion seemed a bit altered, and he was missing his usual piercing, leaving a small dark hole where it usually protruded just under his lip.
"I went out dancing... that's all. Hit a couple of the clubs. I came back though because I got tired. And because I know I shouldn't stay out too long. I trust you more than those patrons..."

Nova chuckled ruefully, still rather drowsy. "You don't think that 2:21 is staying out too long, huh? And it's easy to trust someone who all they can do is lie in bed all day... you're okay though, right? What happened to your lip...." She brought one of her hands up to his face to lightly brush the spot under his lip with her fingers.

"Mmm..." he sighed, letting his eyes flutter closed.
The skin of his face was smooth; he was careful to keep it clean-shaven, especially when he planned on going out.
"I just took the stud out. I have it in my pocket somewhere." Darling slowly brought one of his hands up to curl it around her fingers. "Your hands are so... soft..." He held it close to him and gently kissed the back of her palm, keeping it against his lips.

Nova lowered her eyelids slightly to look at him through her eyelashes and let her hand relax in his grip. "Mm... did you have fun otherwise, then...?" she mumbled. She was only half paying attention to what he was doing, the other half of her wondering vaguely what exactly was different from Darling before compared to now.

"Oh... it wasn't bad." He looked up to meet her eyes for the moment, smiling softly. "The clubs here aren't what I like, though. But I don't know why I went out... I guess I was just looking for something to do... but I'm careless." Having worked his way up her hand, he slid her fingers back around his neck and mouthed her wrist.

"Careless...? Why, what happened...?" Nova murmured with mild interest, her lips curving into a small, slightly dazed smile as her eyelids drooped lower. She made no move to move her hand from where Darling had it cradled, as though she didn't even notice what was happening to it.

He released her wrist slowly, his warm breath tickling the skin where there'd probably now be a mark by morning. Letting his hand stay mingled with hers, he sat back up in the chair and looked at her face again.
"Hey Nova... can I kiss you?"

-RP excerpt by Koryo and Star

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Hee hee. I started doodling this last night and decided to finish it by shading it. I did it all with only one layer for the shading and one for the lines! I would have spent longer on the hands to try and get them to look better but I GOT IMPATIENT!

Anyways, download this if you want to see the original big image. I think it's cute. XD Darling's slightly drunk.

Also if you're wondering why Nova is in a hospital bed, she got shot in the stomach, poor thing.

Darling is Koryo's. Nova is mine c: