She wasn't expecting him to laugh.
It didn't sound as cruel as it had in her memory, or perhaps imagination, since she didn't actually think he'd laughed. Had he? No, she didn't think so. Chuckled, perhaps.
"What?" she said, still distressed but now confused as well, squatting at a cupboard. She looked up at his wiggling fingers, and was astounded to see them entirely intact. Had she seen wrong? No, that was stupid. "Oh." She began to flush. Right. Immortal. Obviously he'd have some. Stupid heal-y power or whatever. And she was digging through his fucking cupboards like a moron. He was supposed to be her antagonist or something. But she'd always been very poor at seeing people in serious pain, unless she'd been the one to put them there, in which case she knew exactly what they'd done to deserve it.
She could--and had--break a man's arm for pawing at a classmate on the bus, but let her see a random person with a broken finger and she'd be a frantic wreck until she could get them medical attention. It was very stupid, one of many social faux pas she repeated regularly even though, after seven years in human society, she should have fucking known better.
She stood, straightening out her skirt and trying to look less like a fucking moron. It was probably a lost cause. She eyed the scones, wondering if it would be considered rude to refuse, or more rude to pick the "currants" out. She was lucky she knew Fancy Asshole for raisins, or she'd be in a world of hurt if she actually ate one. She didn't really want him to know she couldn't have raisins, anyway. He'd know why. It would be embarrassing.
"Thank you, but I'm sure they're still very hot," she decided as a reasonable compromise. "If I burn, I won't heal in a few seconds." Nervous chuckle, somewhat forced. It felt weird, but he was being less aggressive and it was hard to be angry on the end of so much concern for someone's well-being.
The question, however, made her flush darker. More just because of the way he said it. It felt like an accusation of weakness. He wasn't wrong. She'd never thought about it in those terms, but it had sort of broken her heart. A few other things, too, like her self-image and a few details about the way she saw the world and where she fit in it. Her pride had taken a serious blow. She couldn't admit that out loud, however. She tried, and it wouldn't come out.
"My mother gave it to me when I was five," she said instead, quietly, staring vaguely towards the scones to avoid making anything resembling eye contact.
It didn't sound as cruel as it had in her memory, or perhaps imagination, since she didn't actually think he'd laughed. Had he? No, she didn't think so. Chuckled, perhaps.
"What?" she said, still distressed but now confused as well, squatting at a cupboard. She looked up at his wiggling fingers, and was astounded to see them entirely intact. Had she seen wrong? No, that was stupid. "Oh." She began to flush. Right. Immortal. Obviously he'd have some. Stupid heal-y power or whatever. And she was digging through his fucking cupboards like a moron. He was supposed to be her antagonist or something. But she'd always been very poor at seeing people in serious pain, unless she'd been the one to put them there, in which case she knew exactly what they'd done to deserve it.
She could--and had--break a man's arm for pawing at a classmate on the bus, but let her see a random person with a broken finger and she'd be a frantic wreck until she could get them medical attention. It was very stupid, one of many social faux pas she repeated regularly even though, after seven years in human society, she should have fucking known better.
She stood, straightening out her skirt and trying to look less like a fucking moron. It was probably a lost cause. She eyed the scones, wondering if it would be considered rude to refuse, or more rude to pick the "currants" out. She was lucky she knew Fancy Asshole for raisins, or she'd be in a world of hurt if she actually ate one. She didn't really want him to know she couldn't have raisins, anyway. He'd know why. It would be embarrassing.
"Thank you, but I'm sure they're still very hot," she decided as a reasonable compromise. "If I burn, I won't heal in a few seconds." Nervous chuckle, somewhat forced. It felt weird, but he was being less aggressive and it was hard to be angry on the end of so much concern for someone's well-being.
The question, however, made her flush darker. More just because of the way he said it. It felt like an accusation of weakness. He wasn't wrong. She'd never thought about it in those terms, but it had sort of broken her heart. A few other things, too, like her self-image and a few details about the way she saw the world and where she fit in it. Her pride had taken a serious blow. She couldn't admit that out loud, however. She tried, and it wouldn't come out.
"My mother gave it to me when I was five," she said instead, quietly, staring vaguely towards the scones to avoid making anything resembling eye contact.
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