Ruka had genuinely been expecting the young woman to be a bit more skittish. So she was either warming up to her company or wasn’t all that skittish at all. Or, the most likely, putting on a front of some kind. Down and outs came in all types, but those were the most common. She’d seen enough of it, experienced enough of it herself, to know. Black memories, but not as black as they used to be for sure. No pain in them anymore; just acceptance.
Still, the expression was endearing even if she suspected it wasn’t entirely earnest.
“Weekends are always long for me,” she said, keeping up the rapport. “And I count them as well spent if I don’t find myself separating two drunks and escorting them off my dance floor.” Which was true, but she rarely got involved. Saint, Setrin, and Saydri did a decent enough job keeping the lowlifes out and off people without her help. And by lowlifes she meant people with grabby hands, terrible attitudes, and not enough sense the Gods gave a box a bricks.
She refrained from appearing surprised as the girl asked for shoes and pants, and then hinted at wanting a ride. Some part of her had imagined that they would go back and forth a few more times, building the foundation of trust, before Ruka out and out offered. But this was better; it made it her idea rather than Ruka’s—a stranger out at the crack of dawn on empty city streets in not-the-best-part-of-town.
She tossed her keys in the air once more and smiled after the beat of a moment, a little amused. That smile had more inflection this time because she was. “Car seats can be cleaned,” she said, taking a very risky chance, saying this as if it wasn’t much a bother—because it wasn’t. “If you’d you like, I was thinking of getting breakfast. And I certainly wouldn’t mind the company. As for clothes...” The only clothes she had in her car were the suits she’d picked up. And she didn’t mind sacrificing one; they were just clothes, no matter how early she’d risen to obtain them. But they wouldn’t quite fit her as Ruka’s frame was much taller and shoulders a bit wider.
“I can get those if you’re not opposed.” Because she really was opposed to scaring her off. And just to give her more time to think about it before responding, she stood straighter, but didn’t move forward, and offered a hand. “Ruka, by the way. Ruka Kato.” Another warm smile.
Still, the expression was endearing even if she suspected it wasn’t entirely earnest.
“Weekends are always long for me,” she said, keeping up the rapport. “And I count them as well spent if I don’t find myself separating two drunks and escorting them off my dance floor.” Which was true, but she rarely got involved. Saint, Setrin, and Saydri did a decent enough job keeping the lowlifes out and off people without her help. And by lowlifes she meant people with grabby hands, terrible attitudes, and not enough sense the Gods gave a box a bricks.
She refrained from appearing surprised as the girl asked for shoes and pants, and then hinted at wanting a ride. Some part of her had imagined that they would go back and forth a few more times, building the foundation of trust, before Ruka out and out offered. But this was better; it made it her idea rather than Ruka’s—a stranger out at the crack of dawn on empty city streets in not-the-best-part-of-town.
She tossed her keys in the air once more and smiled after the beat of a moment, a little amused. That smile had more inflection this time because she was. “Car seats can be cleaned,” she said, taking a very risky chance, saying this as if it wasn’t much a bother—because it wasn’t. “If you’d you like, I was thinking of getting breakfast. And I certainly wouldn’t mind the company. As for clothes...” The only clothes she had in her car were the suits she’d picked up. And she didn’t mind sacrificing one; they were just clothes, no matter how early she’d risen to obtain them. But they wouldn’t quite fit her as Ruka’s frame was much taller and shoulders a bit wider.
“I can get those if you’re not opposed.” Because she really was opposed to scaring her off. And just to give her more time to think about it before responding, she stood straighter, but didn’t move forward, and offered a hand. “Ruka, by the way. Ruka Kato.” Another warm smile.
Sometimes I feel like a girl~... sometimes I don't~
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