The talk -Invite only;Pain.-

The Big Man was waiting for her outside the hospital, he didn’t wanna’ go back in that place again, he hated hospitals. Didn’t stop him from visiting her every day though, he felt guilty for her injuries, and a part of him still cared for her; even if the other part of him didn’t want to admit it. Pain was leaned up against the hospital’s wall, not too far from the entrance. He stood with his powerful arms crossed over his muscular chest, and a thick joint hung loosely between his lips; something to pass the time. He kept his head low and his eyes shut, ignoring anyone who may have been looking at him; he couldn’t care less what anyone else thought. “The hell is takin’ her so long…” He quietly mumbled to himself out of the corner of his lips before exhaling a thick cloud of gray smoke through his nostrils. ‘She said she’d be good to go and out here twenty minutes ago. Damn hospitals.’ He thought to himself as he inhaled more of the sweet smoke into his lungs. His mind was flooded with thoughts of the young girl who claimed to be his daughter, and he couldn’t help but believe it now; she looked far too much like him for it to be false. That was far from the only thing on his mind though, he couldn’t stop thinking about Raine either, and why she would hide something like that from him. On top of all that, Scarlet was in his life again, and he couldn’t help but feel like a ton of things were left unsaid; he couldn’t stop thinking of her either. The past week had been hell for him, and he spent nearly all of his time trying to be as far from sober as possible.

About two minutes passed before Scarlet came out, her long beautiful blonde hair dancing with breeze. He nodded over to her as he inhaled a heavy drag from the shriveled joint before speaking up in his rough voice. “Yo girlie, you’re late.” The Big Guy gave her a slight smirk, he was obviously teasing her. “You’re lookin’ good, better than you was in that hospital bed.” He teased her even further and a brief moment later exhaled the smoke through his nose.

“You know me.” Pain chucked softly at her, his bright blue eyes staying locked onto her as she began walking away from him. She was truly an attractive woman all around; it was difficult for him to not look at her. “Ain’t gotta’ worry about health.” He stated playfully in his rough voice as he continued to puff on what little was left of his joint. The Big Guy uncrossed his arms, began walking after her and quickly fell into step with her. His big hands moved to dig into his pockets as he walked beside her with somewhat poor posture. He wasn’t sure where they were headed, but he hoped they were off to get something to eat; his stomach had been growling for awhile now.

She looked over at him with her luscious green eyes, both looking and sounding very concerned about him. He exhaled a cloud of smoke out of his nose before replying. “Good to hear, and me, well, I’m holdin’ up alright.” He removed his right hand from his pocket, moving it to grip the tiny joint in between his lips. One last big puff was taken before he tossed it to the floor. The same hand then moved to rub the back of his neck, he really wasn’t doing that alright, but he wasn’t about to dump all his problems on her. He had a lot on his mind, and it was fairly obvious despite him trying to hide it. His hand moved back into his pocket, exhaling the last hit he took out of the corner of his lips and aiming the smoke away from her. “How ‘bout we get somethin’ to eat.”

The Big Guy shrugged and replied in his rough voice, "Guess to get some food." He slowed his pace just a bit to allow Scarlet to step in front of him until they passed the annoying family. He just ignored them and fell back into step with her, listening to her talk about food. Man, this gal really liked food, but not as much as he did, and a burger sounded great at the moment. He followed her into the burger shack and couldn't help but smile at the way she acted. It was nice to see her that happy, she seemed so miserable for the past week. Though he could tell that when he visited her it did cheer her up a lot; couldn't blame the gal for hating hospitals. "Out eat me?" He softly chuckled at her, yeah right, like anyone could out eat him; especially not her. "I doubt that Scar." He finished with a slight smirk as he followed her over to the bar. He stood barely a foot behind the significantly smaller woman, towering over her as he waited for her to order. Out of the corner of his eye he noticed another young woman staring at him very oddly, almost like she wanted to attack him and tear his clothes off. It was one of those looks that just made it obvious what the person was thinking; didn't take a genius to figure that out. Pain chose to ignore it, he was used to the attention and thought little of it. All he cared about right now was getting rid of this stupid pain in his chest. He couldn't shake this pain, but it wasn't a physical wound or anything like that, it was something much deeper. Something that his healing abilities or super human body could not stand up against, and that was heartache. No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't stop thinking about everything. Seeing that picture of Raine, finding out he had a fucking daughter with the woman, finding out he'd been left in the dark for more than nineteen years, beating the shit out of his own flesh and blood, telling her he wasn't her father and being so cruel, and on top of all that now Scarlet was back in his life; the least of his worries right now was Chaos. He couldn't put his finger on this feeling, but it was dark, he felt cold and like he was dying on the inside; depressed to sum it up.

The Big Man couldn't let it keep him down though, he couldn't let it stop him from his responsibilities, he couldn't let it destroy him, but this was one of the most difficult things he had ever faced. All this thinking made him lose his appetite, and he was completely zoned out until Scarlet said his name; his real name. That pissed him off, he was Pain, that was his name to everyone else, no one was allowed to know his goddamn name. He scowled in frustration, but he couldn't get that mad at her. It's not like she meant to piss him off, but that didn't change the fact that it happened, and that everyone around heard her. He was an extremely famous man, and now these civilians knew his true name; what if that got out? Then the whole world would know. Pain shook his head at her, replying somewhat coldly to her in his gruff voice. "I'm good." His icy blue eyes drifted off to look out the window, staring off into the street and beginning to lose himself in his thoughts once again. He wanted to say something to her about saying his name, but that would just drag even more attention from the people around; he'd bite his tongue until they could talk in private.

Maybe he had been a bit harsh, and he was definitely lying about not being hungry. The Big Guy hadn’t eaten much for the past week, he would never starve himself but this whole thing messed with his appetite. All he could do was try to stop thinking, and just enjoy a decent meal. Even for a superhuman, that couldn’t have been good to do to himself. Pain felt his stomach growl, and was a little glad she ignored him and ordered anyway. Sometimes he was just too damn stubborn, even he noticed it, but even if he seemed annoyed, it was a good thing someone was fighting to get through that thick skull of his. His bright blue eyes drifted from the window, moving back over to Scarlet, and the look on her face was a little amusing. She looked pissed, glaring viciously at another woman who was eying him up. What she did next surprised him even more, taking his hand and dragging him out of the burger shack. He didn’t stop her or hesitate to follow, but his expression was clearly puzzled, optics darting back and forth between the two women. It almost looked like a fight was going to break out, but thankfully the woman didn’t follow them after their quick departure. He couldn’t help but wonder what the hell that was, and why Scarlet was claiming him like that; man he’d never understand women.

He wasn’t sure where she was taking him, but he didn’t really care at this point. Pain trailed behind her, being pulled by her to wherever she was headed. ”Don’t worry about it.” He stated calmly in reply to her, feeling almost like he was taking things out on her. Turns out she was dragging him to the nearby park, which sounded pretty nice actually; at this hour it was mostly empty. He took a seat beside her on the bench, a seat he normally came to due to the massive tree hanging over it; he liked the shade. He took the bag of food from her, placed it on his lap and gave a weak smile. When she nudged him, he softly chuckled at her statement. “Ain’t gonna’ let that happen now.” He dug his hand down into the bag and pulled out his burger, which he quickly unwrapped and brought to his lips for a massive bite. It’d probably take four or five more bites like that to finish it, but he still had to chew. With his mouth full and closed, he looked over at Scarlet, who was eating a couple of fries. He finished chewing before replying calmly in his rough voice. “I wasn’t lyin’ Scar, I’m doin’ alright, but I’ve had better days.” He moved to take another massive bite from his burger, quickly devouring almost half of it in two bites. He winced when she mentioned their names, and once again waited to finish chewing before speaking up. It was nice that she was concerned about him, but he didn’t need anyone but himself to get through this; at least that’s what he thought. She told him to talk, and he really didn’t know where to start or even wanted to. ”It’s been a long week, living with this, it’s been a long time since I felt so sick. I appreciate it, its nice knowin’ someone cares, but I ain’t about to dump my problems on ya’.” He finished speaking and went back to devouring his burger; it wouldn’t last much longer with the way he ate. “I can handle this on my own.” He stated calmly after he gulped down another bite.

Pain enjoyed the final bite of his burger, swallowing what little was left of it in one big chomp. He brushed his hands off and wiped off his lips using his forearm before flashing a smirk at her. “Deal, thanks for the burgers girlie.” He took her burger off his lap and brought it to his lips to take another massive bite. She considered him a friend, really? After all the shit he put her through she still thought of them as close? She really did care huh? That made him feel a little better, knowing someone out there could put up with the monster he was. Though something felt wrong, calling her his friend didn’t feel right; something in his gut said that they were not meant to be friends. He pushed all his thoughts on everything else to the back of his mind as best he could and just focused on Scarlet; she deserved his full attention, it was the least he could do. He took one more bite before tossing the burger over his shoulder off somewhere far behind him, they wouldn’t ever being seeing that thing again. “I appreciate that Scar.. I really do, but this ain’t your problem, it’s mine. A man should deal with his own burden, alone, that’s what makes him a man.” He turned to her, giving a subtle and sincere smile before speaking out in his rough voice again. “Havin’ you around, that’s all the help I need.”

While her eyes darted about the park admiring her surroundings, his focused on her. It was far from the usual lecherous look he gave, he was truly admiring her beauty. Her skin stretched perfectly over perfect placed bones that shamed the greatest architects. Her luscious green eyes more powerful and vibrant than any he had seen in a long time. When it came to a woman, the eyes were the most important and green had been his favorite kind. His eyes darted from her and moved to the landscape, the park was a nice place, but he had been here far too many times for it to impress him anymore. He listened with a heavy heart as she spoke, knowing exactly what question was coming next. When she asked him, he closed his eyes and inhaled a deep breath through his nose. He knew it had to come up, but he had hoped it wouldn’t be so soon. Couldn’t blame her though, he would have done the same thing in her position; no one likes to be left in the dark. He exhaled a deep breath and revealed his bright blue optics to her, aligning them with hers. “Cause I’m just good for a one night stand, and I can't control this monster I am..” His eyes cut away from hers, looking down to his left hand resting on the ground. “I’m…Sorry for hurting you. You deserved better than that. ”

Pain nearly instantly dropped the chunk of earth when he felt her soft hand touch his. Though the feeling was numb, he knew it was there, it was all too familiar and comforting. His bright blue optics lifted back up to view her beautiful green eyes, gazing into them in a bit of a daze. Though he already knew she thought highly of him, it was nice to hear her say all that. Right now he was just feeling sorry for himself; he needed to just get over it and move forward. Now going about that was the difficult part. Scarlet seemed very concerned about him, to the point it was obviously upsetting her. It was kinda’ nice to have someone care like that. Maybe he wasn’t so bad after all, like always he was just being too hard on himself. He softly shook his head as a subtle smirk came to his face, “Yeah I hear ya’,” He had noticed her slowly drawing in closer to him, but thought little of it and said nothing. The Big Man was taken by surprise, her bold move was completely unexpected, his eyes widening for a brief moment before lulling to a close. It was a short, but sweet moment, feeling her soft warm lips pressed against his reminded him of all the time they spent together. You’d figure she wouldn’t want anything to do with him, but it’s obviously the opposite. He didn’t really want to jump into anything and screw everything up, but this was nice, having her around was nice..

Pain’s icy blue eyes opened up to view Scarlet turning bright red, kind of funny, for such a bold woman she sure was nervous around him. He liked that though, he had always been able to make a woman weak at her knees, but this was a little different, it felt deeper. He listened to her words very carefully, but found it difficult to believe she could’ve kept loving him all this time. Well, a part of him did, the part of him that always wants to push everything and everyone away, the part that protects him from being abandoned. Her words seemed sincere and true, they were difficult to deny, even for a man as stubborn as Pain. “Thank you Scarlet.” Was all he could really muster up off the top of his head, he wasn’t really sure what to say. “I’d like for you to stick around, but Scar how-…How could you keep loving me?.” His curiosity got the best of him, he just had to know. Why didn’t she move on, she could’ve found something better..

Pain had to be honest with himself, he still very much had a soft spot for this woman, but he was not ready to consider it love and did not cling onto it while they were separated. He didn’t wait for her, and expected the same from her. The Big Guy respectfully remained quiet while Scarlet spoke. His eyes had moved away from her and stared off over her shoulder while he listened to everything she said with a bit of a guilty conscious. As she continued, he felt even more like a jackass, she was a very sweet woman and he just tore her heart out. After all this time she still cared for him like that? He wasn’t sure of anything right now, his head was in such a mess, he couldn’t even think right. Pain didn’t really question if it was the truth though, for some reason he trusted Scarlet; guess that’s what made being around her so nice. His eyes darted back to look into hers, and he wasn’t sure what to say to her; he was at a loss for words. Scarletta was one of the few women in his life he felt like he could trust, and the only one currently.

He took in a short breath through his nose before speaking up in his rough voice. “I’m sure I ain’t the only one who saw more than that Scar. It’d take a real idiot to not see that.” Pain exhaled a deep breath before rising back to his feet. The Big Man just went with his gut and moved in front of Scarlet. He extended his massive hand down to her, offering to help her back to her feet. “I hope you weren’t waiting long, and I hope this night makes up for time lost.” He said softly as he smirked down at her, waiting for her hand. He had no idea what he was going to do to make it up to her, so he guessed he would just roll with things and hope for the best. He wasn’t exactly the romantic type, so if this worked out, he hoped she would be able to make up for him in that department. The only thing Pain feared right now is this backfiring, but he kept confident, standing tall and proud before her. ‘Worst case scenario, fuck it, I been in worse.’ He thought to himself.