Always and forever droppy3/9/2023 "I've killed thousands of people men, women, children – didn't matter to me in the least, except as to how fast or slow I could make them die whether I could make them beg me to kill them faster or make them curse their mother for having brought them into the world so I could kill them. Angelus and Darla and Dru taught me everything they knew from the start, and I was determined to improve on their teachings, so that I could make a name for myself apart from theirs," he said, returning the Zippo to his pocket. "I know it, and I've even gloried in it at times. "I've been a right vicious bastard almost from the moment I was turned," he stated, still staring at the horizon, not looking in her direction at all. Biting her lip somewhat nervously, Buffy nodded for him to continue. I need to speak my piece, this one time, and then I'll never mention it again," he said. ![]() "Spike –" Buffy began, before he waved her to silence. And about you, too," he added, as he stared out towards the horizon. Probably even more than you think he does. "He and I have never been the best of friends, and I don't think we ever will be, but he does care about you and the Nibblet. "It's not like you and Xander have ever been the best of friends or anything and that you really care about whether he's happy or anything." "I'll grant you that's true," Spike acknowledged, as he pulled a pack of cigarettes out of his pocket and proceeded to light one up. "Even supposing that what you said was true, why are you so interested in how I feel about him? Why does it matter to you?" she asked. Don't try to deny it," he added, as Buffy opened her mouth to argue. You're falling for Droopy head over heels, if you haven't already. "And we both know that isn't what I meant. "If my heart could beat, it'd be going all pitty-pat from hearing such an exuberant declaration, Slayer," the bleached blond said drolly as he glanced over at her, noting the smile that graced her face at his reply. I'm even beginning to tolerate you," she added with the beginnings of a grin dancing across her face. "I love him and Dawn and Willow and Giles and Tara. ![]() Have you told him that you love him?" "He already knows I love him," Buffy replied evasively, not looking at him. "I don't know what I would do without him around." "That's not what I mean," the former Big Bad of Sunnydale told her, "and you know that. He's saved my life any number of times, for which I am *extremely* grateful, I might add," she grinned. "He's my very best guy friend in the world, and he's always been there for me whenever I needed him. ![]() "Have you told him how you feel about him ?" "Xander already knows how I feel about him," the blonde answered uneasily as she turned back to lock her gaze on the distant horizon, hoping Spike wouldn't notice her blush at his question. "The Wanker," the vampire replied, as he stepped out to take up a position next to his former adversary and lean against the railing, too. Chapter 4 Summers Residence 8:00 pm "So, Slayer, have you told him yet?" "Told who what, Spike?" Buffy turned and looked over her shoulder as she leaned against the railing of the back porch, where she had been gazing quietly up at the last fading remnants of the sunset, reflected against the scattered cirrus clouds floating above the horizon.
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