#sqx is soooo out of her depth here lol

[deiscension]

﹄ ◇ ; @theircurse / BALDUR'S GATE 3 STARTERS

❝ i rather like interfering. it’s kind of my thing. ❞

      ⌜◈⌟    ▌ ──  "𝐈'𝐦 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐝 𝐈 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠," she laughs breathlessly, heart still pounding from a surge of adrenaline, "but don't let me get you into too much trouble!"

      𝐒𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐲 𝐬𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐲 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐝, close enough to water's edge for the waves to flirt with the idea of wetting her shoes but never drawing close enough to actually do so. She lets loose a heaving sigh. What an eventful evening it's been! And to think, she nearly spent it all cooped up in her room where the most exciting thing to do was watch a C Drama rerun. The tiniest twinge of guilt twists through her chest. That was where she was supposed to be. She'd promised her aunt and uncle she would mind both herself and the house while they were gone on their trip. More importantly, she'd also promised her brother to stay out of trouble. A few hours out on the town weren't going to hurt anyone. Especially if nobody was the wiser about it. But of course a friend of her aunt's just had to be in the exact same cafe she'd wandered into. She would have been back by sunset, really! Her aunt's friend hadn't believed a single word of it. She would be thanking her lucky stars for the rest of the night that they had popped up at that exact moment. The older woman hardly knew how to handle one problem child, never mind two. After some fussing about children with no manners and teenagers who think they run the world, Shi Qingxuan had accidentally knocked her drink over. Mostly accidentally. Unbecoming behavior for a 15 year old, sure, but entirely necessary. Then she had motioned for them to follow and taken off down the street. Muscle memory led her from the street, to a crooked set of stone stairs, down a seldom-used path, and onto the vast shoreline.

      𝐒𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐬𝐲 𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐞'𝐬 𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞, Shi Qingxuan tips her head back and breathes in as deeply as she can. This should have been her first and only destination for the night. With her lungs full of sea breeze, she looks over her shoulder at them. Adorable. They remind her a little bit of the dolls she used to admire in craft shop windows. And their eyes! Are those contacts? Would it be rude to ask? They're also a bit... thin, aren't they?

      "𝙈𝙢𝙝𝙢𝙢--" she clears her throat in a poor attempt at hiding how openly she'd been staring. "Are you out by yourself too?" Something tells her they are, but she has to be sure. There's something a little wrong with all this-- she just can't quite put her finger on what. "Also! Please don't make a habit of running around with total randos, 'kay?"