#/ and i'm slow but i still ahdsbhdbha !!!!

[lachalaine]

alone he'd never find her, but his friend was kind enough to offer him guidance. with his help, aurel meekly approached the woman, and offered her a small something -- a neatly wrapped chocolate. his arms moved slowly, shakily almost, with the uncertainty of a blind man, and his lips quivered with anxiety and embarrassment before he gathered the courage to speak. ❝ this... t-this is for before. for your help. i, um... thank you. ❞

This was – the last place she’d have expected to see him, of all people.Honestly —  

How had he ever found her?

“Aurel – ?“ She’d began, a heavy note of surprise already lacing hertone as she spoke, having drifted away from the rest of her colleagues that’dtaken to slipping outside the venue for but a moment of fresh air. Granted she’dtold him of where she’d worked that night in passing, but this – it was hardly histype of scene now, wasn’t it? Or so she’d assumed, even from the short conversationshared between them only but a few nights back.

Had he really come all this way just to hand her this?

“How did you even manage – ?” Jackie whispers as she trails off in concern,even whilst her gaze finally shifted to search behind him in question. From there, mahoganyhues easily fell upon a man that’d stood patiently just a few paces away fromthem both, as he’d seemed to be waiting for the one that’d so hesitantlyapproached her. It’d appeared as though they were together, if the look in the otherseyes was indicative of such.

It was enough to make her smile in relief; a soft titter oflaughter spilling from velvet lips as she’d gratefully accepted the wrapped confectionin hand with a grin. “Actually, never mind, I’m just glad you didn’t get lostagain. Thank you for this, I appreciate it – but you really didn’t have tocome all the way out here just because.”

Though it doesn’t change her appreciation of the gesture in theslightest, and considering that he couldn’t see her smile, she’d hoped perhaps thatthe warmth in her tone would have been enough to communicate to him as much asthe physical gesture did. For she could see his uncertainty – the tremble thatran along his limbs as he stood before her in clear doubt – enough to know thatjust coming out here was a pretty big deal to him.

He really was a sweet guy now, wasn’t he?

And it’s this thought that fuels her movement as female reachesforward to place her hand ever so gently along the back of his own, lithedigits grazing softly against skin, hoping that the brief touch would be enough to help calm the mans evident anxieties. Ah, but she could only hope. “You have a heck of a knack for good timing though, I’ll have you know. Beenlooking for something to satisfy my sweet tooth the whole night.”

More like the whole week, to be quite frank - but he didn’t need to know that.

// @shackledbeasts