Ruka watched. Primarily because that’s what she usually did best—watch others. Unlike her sister, she didn’t possess the gift of empathy; not that she wanted it, given how difficult it was to learn how to block the lashing of people’s feelings. Thoughts, by comparison, were much easier to shield. Watching was something she’d had to learn long ago—carefully. Noting body language, facial expressions, the way a person closed their arms over themselves to seem smaller or widened them to rest hands on the back of their neck to seem larger. Though the latter could be a sign of relaxation; it just depended on the individual.
But this waif of a girl was anything but confident at the moment, even as she shyly stepped closer. She seemed to close in on herself, especially given how prone her eyes were to look away or down. And her appearance wasn’t helping matters either. The hoodie was large enough that she could appear to be wearing a shirt and shorts under it all, but it made her seem naked as Ruka knew her to be. It also didn’t help that she was half dirty and half covered in glitter, looking as though she’d either been partying hard all night, had been hazed at a said party, had been—Draco forbid—raped, or a combination of all three.
Like with so many others, so many times before, the urge to aid plucked in her breastbone as if it had been made to do nothing else. And as with all things, she accept her path, and smiled gently at the young woman.
“You’re not too far,” she offered just as gently, voice soft and yet loud enough to heard. It wasn’t entirely male or female, not too deep or too alto; calm—always calm. Warm. Her smile was warm too; some called it carefully practiced, but it came naturally to her—just barely there, as she had a sense of knowing that no one else did. Aristocratic features were not too sharp, but pretty all the same. Indistinguishable in terms of gender, or a preference for one or the other, if any.
Ruka released the handle on her car door and decided to lean back, her bum resting on the edge. One leg crossed over the other and she let her hands rest on the door as well, to either side. A position of comfort; hopefully it wouldn’t scare her off. But the look of relaxation would also convey that the timid creature could scamper off if she felt she had to and it wouldn’t necessarily be all that easy for Ruka to chase. She wouldn’t of course, but the girl couldn’t know that.
She tried to figure out what to say next, because that plucking in her chest made her want to help. And it was always difficult to tell how best to help, how someone wanted to be helped, until she talked to them for a bit.
She tried anyway. “Are you lost?”
But this waif of a girl was anything but confident at the moment, even as she shyly stepped closer. She seemed to close in on herself, especially given how prone her eyes were to look away or down. And her appearance wasn’t helping matters either. The hoodie was large enough that she could appear to be wearing a shirt and shorts under it all, but it made her seem naked as Ruka knew her to be. It also didn’t help that she was half dirty and half covered in glitter, looking as though she’d either been partying hard all night, had been hazed at a said party, had been—Draco forbid—raped, or a combination of all three.
Like with so many others, so many times before, the urge to aid plucked in her breastbone as if it had been made to do nothing else. And as with all things, she accept her path, and smiled gently at the young woman.
“You’re not too far,” she offered just as gently, voice soft and yet loud enough to heard. It wasn’t entirely male or female, not too deep or too alto; calm—always calm. Warm. Her smile was warm too; some called it carefully practiced, but it came naturally to her—just barely there, as she had a sense of knowing that no one else did. Aristocratic features were not too sharp, but pretty all the same. Indistinguishable in terms of gender, or a preference for one or the other, if any.
Ruka released the handle on her car door and decided to lean back, her bum resting on the edge. One leg crossed over the other and she let her hands rest on the door as well, to either side. A position of comfort; hopefully it wouldn’t scare her off. But the look of relaxation would also convey that the timid creature could scamper off if she felt she had to and it wouldn’t necessarily be all that easy for Ruka to chase. She wouldn’t of course, but the girl couldn’t know that.
She tried to figure out what to say next, because that plucking in her chest made her want to help. And it was always difficult to tell how best to help, how someone wanted to be helped, until she talked to them for a bit.
She tried anyway. “Are you lost?”
Sometimes I feel like a girl~... sometimes I don't~
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