The smile was back, the one she had perfected over a lifetime of interactions. It was not intentional. It came when something was said that tickled her just enough to find it amusing and slanted all at once. In Jean she found too many things amusing and slanted; more than she normally found in others. There was a contrary to his character--a natural irony of statements and actions. He tried to be something even as he failed at it; he knew he failed at it and went on trying anyway. She would think it was faux attempt were he not so adorably and genuinely accidental.
He did not mean to lie, but he did so anyway.
He did not mean to be vain, but it showed regardless.
He never wanted to be visibly frustrated with the changing world around him, and yet he was.
By comparison some might call her too soft, too kind, too honest, and too easy to acclimate. She couldn't help but think of the comparison as they talked about their lives; it was inevitable that it exist in her mind, if even only for a moment. Ruka couldn't remember the last time she lied, even on accident, and, there were not many moments she was visibly frustrated with anything aside from the problems of others--the way one person hurt another.
Too soft, indeed.
Too compassionate; though, she wasn't entirely sure she would label him as selfish. However, even if she did, her content of character would not allow her to speak of it negatively. She would see it as just another part of the man he was, constantly trying to be something even as he failed at it.
"Only pretty?" she asked, because his question was the one that sparked her internal thought process. "I must admit, that's not an entirely narcissistic statement. 'Pretty' is wholly personal opinion." One she was keenly aware of. But, his statement also implied that he imagined her to be one of that category, not that she soaked it in. "Perhaps it would be better to ask what you imagine to be pretty?" Too many questions. Maybe. "I must respectfully disagree; given the right circumstances, accidental humor is quite enjoyable. For instance, I find your unexpected and visible frustrations with smart phone technology to be entirely funny, and, adorable." At this, she moved the hand from his collarbone and tapped his nose playfully.
As he ran his hand along her skin, half enticing her with a trail that raised her skin just enough to make gooseflesh, her smile widened and her eyes narrowed--long lashes dropped just so; at the smae time her eyes shifted to a cooler shade of blue. She sighed through her nose and let the curtain of her lashes dropped fully so she could lean into his hand. That smile went soft then, barely there as she relaxed into him.
"What do you imagine I've found?" To hear her say it as softly as she did, one might mistake it for something else entirely... something more emotional. In a way it was, but part of her just wanted to hear what he did see. It wasn't unusual for a man who was accustomed to figuring others out, or, at least accustomed to trying.
He did not mean to lie, but he did so anyway.
He did not mean to be vain, but it showed regardless.
He never wanted to be visibly frustrated with the changing world around him, and yet he was.
By comparison some might call her too soft, too kind, too honest, and too easy to acclimate. She couldn't help but think of the comparison as they talked about their lives; it was inevitable that it exist in her mind, if even only for a moment. Ruka couldn't remember the last time she lied, even on accident, and, there were not many moments she was visibly frustrated with anything aside from the problems of others--the way one person hurt another.
Too soft, indeed.
Too compassionate; though, she wasn't entirely sure she would label him as selfish. However, even if she did, her content of character would not allow her to speak of it negatively. She would see it as just another part of the man he was, constantly trying to be something even as he failed at it.
"Only pretty?" she asked, because his question was the one that sparked her internal thought process. "I must admit, that's not an entirely narcissistic statement. 'Pretty' is wholly personal opinion." One she was keenly aware of. But, his statement also implied that he imagined her to be one of that category, not that she soaked it in. "Perhaps it would be better to ask what you imagine to be pretty?" Too many questions. Maybe. "I must respectfully disagree; given the right circumstances, accidental humor is quite enjoyable. For instance, I find your unexpected and visible frustrations with smart phone technology to be entirely funny, and, adorable." At this, she moved the hand from his collarbone and tapped his nose playfully.
As he ran his hand along her skin, half enticing her with a trail that raised her skin just enough to make gooseflesh, her smile widened and her eyes narrowed--long lashes dropped just so; at the smae time her eyes shifted to a cooler shade of blue. She sighed through her nose and let the curtain of her lashes dropped fully so she could lean into his hand. That smile went soft then, barely there as she relaxed into him.
"What do you imagine I've found?" To hear her say it as softly as she did, one might mistake it for something else entirely... something more emotional. In a way it was, but part of her just wanted to hear what he did see. It wasn't unusual for a man who was accustomed to figuring others out, or, at least accustomed to trying.
Sometimes I feel like a girl~... sometimes I don't~
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