Two A.M. and no one's around [Coby]

Coby stuck his head out of the door to his room, and checked both ends of the hall. Empty. Exactly how he'd planned. He would have a good ten minutes to get out and sneak to the new pool room. It had been so long since Coby had actually been able to swim. No one watching, no interruptions, just him and the water.

After adjusting his sweatpants, Coby quietly crept out of his room. He'd been planning this escape since the idea for the new pool had come around. He'd listened in on conversations about it plenty of times, and knew very well that the security system wouldn't be up right away. After all, they had to actually get someone out to the remote location of the asylum.

Coby walked quietly, creeping around corners, using his mood projection to be able to tell if anyone was around. With some strange luck, he never encountered anyone. When he reached the door to the pool, he hesitated a moment, excitement bubbling in his chest. He'd actually pulled it off. Coby had usually tried to play by the rules as far as sneaking off, and for the first time he'd actually managed to screw the system somewhere.

The door swung open with a quiet creak, followed by Coby's padded footsteps. He looked down, seeing a small white robe laying on the ground. Coby looked around, seeing no one. The water, however, moved and rippled, disturbed by movement. He approached the edge of the pool, closing his eyes and searching. After a moment, he felt it. There was another frequency of moods in the air. A smile found his lips, and he stepped back, stripping to his boxers before diving in. When he came up for air, he looked to where she was. "Hello Serenia." He said, grinning at her.

Coby grinned, snaking his arms around Serenia's waist as they floated. He sweetly kissed her forehead, his mood projecting calm, happy and kind. He slowly kicked his feet in the water, keeping them up. "I'm here probably for the same reason you are, love. I heard the new pool was up and unguarded, so I snuck out for a well needed swim."

Coby gave her a big grin, genuinely happy to see her. It had been almost a week since he'd seen her, after being locked away for some time. In fact, it was nice to see anyone besides the occasional nurse or guard. "I've missed you, Serenia. How has it been without me?" He smirked, projecting more of the happy and attached vibe. He wanted her addicted to him. After all, what else did he have in this god forsaken place?

A smile broke across Coby's face, and he wrinkled his nose, getting in closer to Serenia. "What, you don't like the soft hand of the doctors? I'm sure they take a real liking to you." He winked, showing he was joking. Coby looked into her eyes, his smile fading. He tried to keep his mood up, but as he thought to his past week, a slow coldness crept into his mind.

"I was, uh, locked up." Coby tried to crack a joking smile, but nothing happened. He continued. "I was getting really tired of Doc Ferris and his weird, manipulative attitude. There's something wrong with him." The coldness in his mood spread. "So, I started to miss my medicine. Spit it out when the nurses weren't looking, put it under my tongue. Just enough so I could fuck with Ferris' head for a change. He caught on way too quick, and had me locked up."

After a moment, Coby looked up at Serenia, the mood casting back to happy and sweet. He chuckled a little, trying to just brush it off. "But hey, I'm out now. And I'm with you." He grinned, kissing Serenia on the cheek.

Coby's blood ran cold as she said it. Floor Three. It was spoken like a forbidden rumor in the asylum. That, or not spoken of at all. Coby struggled to keep the mood cast up, trying to keep her calm and okay for the moment. "Serenia, that's a rumor, maybe it's not true..." He prayed it wasn't, but he knew that rumors like that don't start from fiction. He took a deep breath and pulled her back so he could look at her.

Coby looked deep in her eyes, casting that safe and happy feeling to her small shaking body. "You'll be okay. I promise you. They may take you to Floor Three, but you'll never lose your fight. You can't. Just think of me, okay? Remember this feeling, don't let them steal it from you." He was serious, his eyes boring into hers, trying to makes his words stick. He didn't want to see that spark in her eyes fade. He wouldn't be able to take that.

He softened then, pulling her back against him, giving her a soft kiss. Coby wrapped his arms around her, hoping to keep her safe if only for a moment. It seemed he couldn't shake the feeling of needing her close. Especially after a week locked up with Ferris the fucker. He wanted her all the time, he wanted to take her as his own, to show the asshole doctors who tried to touch her who the hell they were dealing with. But that was the thing with the asylum, you have nothing of your own.