[ Strolling boldly into the boy's rooms is a habit of hers still leftover from their Academy days. Or rather, strolling into Claude's is an old habit; the only reason she quietly pushed the boundaries with Sylvain had been upon arrival in Abraxas and had only been because he shared a room with Claude. And yet, despite knowing this, the ground beneath her feet feels uneven and she has no idea where to go from here.
As the door is nudged closed, her already stick straight posture, stiffens a fraction more. Her feelings are a tangled knot covered in a layer of shock that's quickly thawing. Once it does, even she isn't sure what emotion will emerge. What she does know for certain is that she's certainly not ready for this. ]
I was looking for a book of mine.
[ There's only a fraction of a second before she lets out a light airy laugh that he'd easily be able to pick out as a telltale sign that she's putting it on. Slowly she begins to sidestep, transferring the mask behind her back as if forgetting that it's in her hands in the first place. She gives him a wide berth as she attempts to make a move for the door. ]
I searched through all of the bookcases and couldn't find it. But if I had known you were here, I would have come and asked.
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Date: 2023-07-14 06:40 am (UTC)As the door is nudged closed, her already stick straight posture, stiffens a fraction more. Her feelings are a tangled knot covered in a layer of shock that's quickly thawing. Once it does, even she isn't sure what emotion will emerge. What she does know for certain is that she's certainly not ready for this. ]
I was looking for a book of mine.
[ There's only a fraction of a second before she lets out a light airy laugh that he'd easily be able to pick out as a telltale sign that she's putting it on. Slowly she begins to sidestep, transferring the mask behind her back as if forgetting that it's in her hands in the first place. She gives him a wide berth as she attempts to make a move for the door. ]
I searched through all of the bookcases and couldn't find it. But if I had known you were here, I would have come and asked.