▐ ️️️️ ️️️X A V I E R ️️️️ ▌

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️ ️ ️ ️ ️ ️ ️was nothing sacred anymore? he lowers the engraved, black pool cue down from his hand, thankful it wasn't his turn, as dark gaze travels between bulstrode, rowle───── surely one of them was to blame for KAIRI CASTLE'S sudden appearance in the snakes' lair? yet, when he sees how close she is and the dumb look on the idiots' faces, he knows.
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️ ️ ️ ️ ️ ️ ️she's here for HIM. what was it with mudbloods risking death so callously these days? ' i couldn't possibly know what you're talking about. ' but actually, he did, didn't he? oh yes, seven years and ivy and kairi were hard to miss───── even HARDER now that one of them was entirely too USEFUL, and one entirely too sweetly, naively INNOCENT, clearly.
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️ ️ ️ ️ ️ ️ ️as he looked annoyingly up at the IDIOTS who took their sweet time to fucking leave, xavier rolled up the sleeves of his black shirt and put on his best EXPRESSION───── the one he'd learn to copy when he was five years old. ' right. you and her are close. why does that give you a right to her business? shouldn't you be asking her, if you badly want to know? '
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️ ️ ️ ️ ️ ️ ️as ONYX rested on eyes he noted were the colour of clear TOPAZ, as he leaned back onto the edge of the pool table, he could see it all so bare on the blue; the TRUTH clear for all to read. no one worried that much about someone who had nothing to give, so. . . kairi knew ivy's secret, or she wouldn't be here. ' her brother DIED. we'd all go a bit CRAZY, so let her live. '
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️ ️ ️ ️ ️ ️ ️xavier spoke as if he knew GRIEF, as he should───── and maybe he did, in a sick and twisted way. kairi's eyes were so unlike his own, he doubted she knew anything as dark as that. doubted she knew DESPERATION, RESENTMENT. in fact, if she did know anything about darkness, he doubted she'd be here looking as recklessly fearless as she was now.
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️ ️ ️ ️ ️ ️ ️lips twist into a snide, amused smirk. ' why do you assume i'm not a nice guy? sure, i did some questionable stuff in my younger years, but have you heard anything of me recently? ' oh yes, all he needed now was a halo around his head and he'd be an ANGEL───── the sarcastic thought makes the smirk genuine, for a SECOND. ' IVORY IS FINE. bargaining, sure. . . '
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️ ️ ️ ️ ️ ️ ️wasn't that one of the STAGES? xavier stood straighter, amused. ' but we should all be BARGAINING, considering the azkaban breakouts, the MUGGLEBORN attacks, the whispers in the halls. . . ' his words make him wonder if KAIRI has something to BARGAIN with, and his next question answers her questions. ' wouldn't you try to sell YOUR soul if it was your family? '
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️ ️ ️ ️ ️ ️ ️he's GENUINELY curious, and his next words? A LIE.
️ ️ ️ ️ ️ ️ ️ ️ ️' whether the DEVIL accepts. . . how would i KNOW? '
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️ ️ ️ ️ ️ ️ ️xavier cocks his head slightly to the side, tongue briefly grazing over his bottom lip as he smirks. ' she's a big girl, probably doesn't need a BABYSITTER. ' what was with that look in her eyes? his gaze lingers on hers for a moment too long, before he realises it was PITY she held in them───── it makes him chuckle, fingers gripping the edge of the pool table.
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️ ️ ️ ️ ️ ️ ️' you keep your eyes on the one you THINK is the enemy and you might miss the one coming at you. ' who was to say? the world, especially the WIZARDING WORLD, worked in mysterious ways. xavier rolls his shoulders backwards, before letting his head momentarily fall too; he hears the satisfying CLICK of his bones, before he adjusts ONYX back on TOPAZ.
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️ ️ ️ ️ ️ ️ ️he barely holds back his SCOFF, the grin twitching onto his lips with ease as he spots the WARNING tone in her voice, the THREAT masked beneath the innocent layer of TOPAZ. his tongue plays against his lips as limbs finally move───── he mirrors her pace, circling around the table with his own cue already in his hand. ' you think i'm the ONLY devil there is? '
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️ ️ ️ ️ ️ ️ ️she'd be NAIVE to think so, but something told him kairi castle was less SHALLOW than she might have appeared to be. ' unless you intend to challenge them ALL? ' with a click of his tongue, xavier stops, watching as she leans over the table, her stance. . . ADMIRABLE. onyx dances along the smooth curve of her waist, trailing further down until he lets out a low CHUCKLE.
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️ ️ ️ ️ ️ ️ ️he looks away with a silent HISS, his bottom lip sinking between his teeth as he sucks in a LONG breath. ' you WIN, and i'll make sure no devil gives her what she wants. ' he'd agree to those terms. the loud clattering of the scattering balls make his movements SILENT───── he's suddenly peered over her, palm hovering over her back as he presses his lips to her ear.
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️ ️ ️ ️ ️ ️ ️' and if i win, what do you have to OFFER? ' he breathes the words lowly into her ear, before he steps back to avoid any quick reflexes she might have. he leaves the bemused smirk on his lips as he wanders over to the other side of the table; elbow rests on the surface, the cue sliding easily between his fingers. it wasn't a hard shot to make, but he chances a glance at her.
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️ ️ ️ ️ ️ ️ ️would it really be so bad to let her play just a COUPLE more rounds? eyes returning to the game in play, xavier slams the tip of the cue against the ball, and watches as it hits the corner of the pocket and bounces BACK───── a hand gestures for her to take the FLOOR, as he steps back. ' so you won't SELL your soul to any devil, but you'll make a DEAL with one? '
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️ ️ ️ ️ ️ ️ ️INNOCENCE could always be so easily DESTROYED.
️ ️ ️ ️ ️ ️ ️ ️ ️' sounds to me like you're ALREADY IN the darkness. '
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️ ️ ️ ️ ️ ️ ️evasive, vague answers leave her rose lips───── and he has to give it to her. she's here to PLAY. walking away from her, the words play in his mind. . . she's not giving him ANYTHING? ' then why should i play you for anything? if i don't get your SOUL, what's in it for me if i lose? ' because he could. being a GAUNT didn't make him invincible. . . not if he wasn't careful.
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️ ️ ️ ️ ️ ️ ️he's man enough to see the OPPONENT that she is, to watch her play her game. in fact, he tells himself he's assessing her as an ENEMY, as he watches the way she curves over the table, using everything to SAVE A FRIEND. how honourable. he doesn't see her make the first shot, intent on watching her instead. she moved stealthily, like an innocent little DOVE.
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️ ️ ️ ️ ️ ️ ️HE HAD. she was right. not that he didn't see her as enemy, but maybe the way she played the game gave her away as what she was now───── which was a formidable, FUN opponent. at least, in POOL. his chuckle is infernal, a dark sound that evidenced his AMUSEMENT at her landing another shot in; her long, beautiful body stretched over the table.
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️ ️ ️ ️ ️ ️ ️' did you consider using my naivety to WIN? did you NOT consider using you ANGELICAL blue eyes, your beautiful little INNOCENT GAZE, your body. . . ' he came closer, AFTER she'd missed the shot, ON PURPOSE. ' . . .to WIN? ' he was close enough to make it very OBVIOUS he looked her up and down, before reaching out and grabbing the cue from her hands.
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️ ️ ️ ️ ️ ️ ️only after he walked away, free of the scent of CARNATIONS and SPRING───── did his face move and release some of the tension she'd left with her little GAME-PLAYING. ' if you ask me, the devil does look just like YOU. ' . . .his own personal one did. of course she had MUGGLE BLOOD, and of course she liked games and had a SHARP-TONGUE, and a need to WIN.
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️ ️ ️ ️ ️ ️ ️' you know. . . ' he muses aloud, lining up one shot and getting a ball in quickly. ' . . .if you'd played me till the end and not given away your identity, DEVIL, ' he half-mocks, smirking, ' i would have let you get away with bartering nothing on this little deal of ours. ' ANOTHER SHOT. . . ANOTHER BALL SUNK. ' but now i know your level, and you must pay your DUES. '
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️ ️ ️ ️ ️ ️ ️everyone who got something from him, PAID───── why would she be any different? ' unless you want me to believe you are just a little angel, and i should treat you differently? ' he challenged, missing the next shot, but leaving the white ball strategically placed far in the MIDDLE, amid ones she shouldn't TOUCH. ' if you're here to play, you'll OWE ME if you lose. '
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️ ️ ️ ️ ️he liked the RISK, with HER. ' your turn. ' a GRIN─────
️ ️ ️ ️ ️ ️️ ️ ️handing her the CUE. ' . . .i do like to watch DEVIL work. '
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