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“Sooo…. Why did you do that?” he asked, sitting there on a rock that’s face level with her, staring with a blank smile.
It was a simple question that he asked, really. Nothing behind the question held any malice or bad intent. She tried to think of some answers to give him, but despite everything, she couldn’t think of anything that was deemed a “good enough” reason. So all she could do was glare at him and heave out a sigh.
“Because at the time I was stupid, dumb, and naive–” she settled with. Sure, it was a horrible reason. But ultimately, it was the truth. Besides, from what she’s heard over the years is that “The truth will set you free!” or whatever that bullshit means to her now.
He stood there dumbfounded at first, unsure how to feel. Until he crossed his arms and legs, looking at Jackie with a smug smile across their face.
“What’s with that look..?” Jackie points at Storm with a suspicious annoyed glare. Storm, being the smug little guy he is, continues to sit there looking so… Proud of himself..???
Well, whatever feeling Storm is having, Jackie is clearly not in the mood for it. So then it just becomes a staring contest. One side, looking like they just won a lifetime of something valuable to them– While the other is just confused and wants to know why the other is feeling the way they are…
After a moment of awkward silence, Jackie closes their eyes shut. She puts her head down and huffs out a sigh. She then puts her arms out towards Storm. “Okay, seriously spil–”
“HAH.” Storm says out loud which causes a loud echo to go throughout Jackie’s home while also catching Jackie off guard, as she draws their arm closer to herself.
Jackie gives a weirded out look to him as Storm is smiling so smugly as ever. He then uncrosses his arms and legs while laughing to himself. Jackie meanwhile, is just staring at Storm so confusingly at him… It only takes a couple of minutes before Storm stops to clear his throat.
“ Ahem. ” he starts. “I win.” he states, cockly enough. “Win, what exactly…?” Now Jackie is the one to cross their arms while staring at Storm with a skeptical look.
“The staring contest we just had right now, silly!” he jumps out of seat as he now stands in front of Jackie, having his hand on his hip. Jackie rolls her eyes as she pinches the temple of her face. She then lets out an exasperated sigh.
“Okay fine. Whatever you win…” she glares at Storm before continuing. “But seriously, what was with the look you're giving me–??” She gestures over to Storm, pointing at him from top to down. Storm, still with their smug smile, crosses their arms once more with a stance of pride.
“Because…” Storm says while Jackie stares at him, expectantly. “Because…??” she echos back to him. He doesn’t even finish as he starts to giggle a bit, which starts to annoy Jackie.
“BECAUSE WHAT KID?!??” Jackie grabs Storm by the shoulders as she starts to shake him a bit. Storm giggles even more while giving a bit of a concerned look. “I–I’ll tell you–!! Just let me go first!!”
Jackie then stops shaking Storm as they look at him with a deadpan expression. Storm's expression at Jackie has changed with a now nervous smile on their face, as he shakes a little to himself now. Jackie lets out an exasperated sigh.
“You better…” she murmurs under her breath as she lets go of Storm.
Once he is free from Jackie’s grasp, Storm lets out a sigh of relief. Storm then looks up at Jackie, giving them that cocky smile of theirs. She crosses her arms looking expectantly at him. Storm giggles once more, crossing their arms, before finally letting out an answer…
“You admitted you were stupi–” But before he could finish his smug remark, Storm opened their eyes to notice something coming their way, so immediately they dodge without a moment's notice.
Storm then looks at the thing that almost hit them. A glowing blue spear, that seems to be now unmateralizing by the second, until it is nothing. Storm, with a face of annoyed confusion looks back to Jackie, who has a mad glare towards him.
“THE HELL WAS THAT FOR–?!?” Storm stomps over to Jackie angrily as they have their fist clenched, ready to fight if needed. Though Jackie waves her hands defensively at Storm with an uninterested look on their face.
Storm then unclenches his fists, now just glaring at Jackie.
“Did you not hear what I specifically said…?” Jackie says as she raises her eyebrow to Storm as the glare changes to a confused expression. Storm shakes his head, which makes Jackie grumble angrily to herself, not looking at Storm before looking back at him again with an annoyed expression.
“Because at the time” she emphasizes with air quotes. Storm then looks at Jackie with an ‘ohhh’ face, finally getting it. But as soon as Jackie lets out a breath of relief, she looks back to see that a cocky smile has dawned on his face.
Jackie then groaned in annoyance as they started to walk away from Storm. Doesn’t matter though because he follows behind. Storm starts to giggle all of a sudden as Jackie continues to groan in more annoyance. She even tries to pick up her pace a bit, but be it as it may… Of course that doesn’t deter him.
Jackie, finally having enough of this, turns around in a fit of rage and glares at Storm, who is now smiling sheepishly. “The hell is so funny..???” She asks with anger clear in her voice. Storm giggles a little nervously “Because, as the villain I never expected you to have such–”
“Don’t even finish that.” Jackie interrupts as she puts a hand up in protest. “But– Awh, you know what I mean though!!” he says back in protest even more. Jackie rolls her eyes as she waves a hand at Storm.