((ooc: no worries! i just find it makes re-reads easier on the eyes, and it also allows for editing when i inevitably find a typo three posts later XD))
The girl's eyes fluttered open--oh, good, at least she wasn't dead. Somehow alive and naked was less weird and creepy than dead and naked. He flinched when she shrieked then, and before he could really react otherwise her palm had collided soundly with his cheek, sending him reeling sideways and crashing painfully into the alley wall.
Well. Hadn't seen that coming. It was usually fairly difficult to get the drop on Axel, but he hadn't had his guard up, and certainly hadn't been expecting to be struck for stopping to see if she needed help.
Right. No more playing the Good Samaritan for this Nobody.
"Jeez, lady, do you always treat people this way when they're trying to help you out?" he asked, righting himself and rubbing his shoulder where he'd hit the wall before lifting his hand to his face. He was sure there was a nice red handprint there now. "Next time I'll just leave the bloody naked stranger in the alley, sheesh!"
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The girl's eyes fluttered open--oh, good, at least she wasn't dead. Somehow alive and naked was less weird and creepy than dead and naked. He flinched when she shrieked then, and before he could really react otherwise her palm had collided soundly with his cheek, sending him reeling sideways and crashing painfully into the alley wall.
Well. Hadn't seen that coming. It was usually fairly difficult to get the drop on Axel, but he hadn't had his guard up, and certainly hadn't been expecting to be struck for stopping to see if she needed help.
Right. No more playing the Good Samaritan for this Nobody.
"Jeez, lady, do you always treat people this way when they're trying to help you out?" he asked, righting himself and rubbing his shoulder where he'd hit the wall before lifting his hand to his face. He was sure there was a nice red handprint there now. "Next time I'll just leave the bloody naked stranger in the alley, sheesh!"