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Post by Maric du Verais on Apr 23, 2009 23:11:19 GMT -5
Her question of the girl I had mentioned sent a anger shiver over me and I rose from my position to sit up. I pushed myself up to a standing position and stood there looking over the view. "She's nothing, not anymore." I said a little harshly. "I was in love with her and she doesn't want me." I sighed softly.
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Post by Naia Shahrizai on Apr 23, 2009 23:14:37 GMT -5
I felt a pang of sympathy for him, this was obviously a fresh wound. I rose as well, dusting off my dress and standing somewhat behind him. What to say that wouldn't hurt his pride? I could tell he wouldn't be thankful for my sympathy, nor for platitudes on love, a subject I knew next to nothing about. I settled for simply touching his arm softly and saying, "Would you like to talk about it?" I had a talent for listening, when I was minded to.
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Post by Maric du Verais on Apr 23, 2009 23:27:40 GMT -5
I felt her hand on my arm and turned my head to look at her, before turning slowly to look at her. For a moment I wasn't sure what to say before moving to sit down again, my hand reaching to hers and pulled her down to sit next to me. "Theres nothing much to tell. She was my foster sister since I was ten and over the years I fell in love with her." I shrugged. "But I'm too much like her 'brother' so she's not interested in me." I sighed. "'The reason I went to Mandrake was because I had an unfortunate incedent at her natale here in the City." I looked at her and smile, not able to do anything but chuckle now at the thought of me in the garden with her. "We were being intimate and I..." I cleared my throat and chuckled a little. "I spilled myself by accident."
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Post by Naia Shahrizai on Apr 23, 2009 23:42:35 GMT -5
I clapped a hand over my mouth at his admission, then lowered it. "Oh no, you didn't!" I groaned, imagining how embarrassing that must have been for him. I made a face and shook my head, "I suppose that was awkward. As for the rest of it," I sighed, wondering what it would have been like to grow up with someone, I was a little jealous of it. "It must be hard for you to have those feelings, but it doesn't sound as if she doesn't care for you at all." I was trying to be comforting, but I didn't know the girl in question, so who knew how she felt? "I don't know, maybe now that you are in a place with more women, she won't seem so special anymore?"
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Post by Maric du Verais on Apr 23, 2009 23:51:27 GMT -5
I smiled softly and shrugged. "May hap, I did enjoy the beautiful woman that I met at Mandrake." I said as I looked at her. "But she's paid to enjoy my company right." I observed with a chuckle.
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Post by Naia Shahrizai on Apr 24, 2009 0:06:36 GMT -5
I laughed outright at that observation. "I never thought about that, but I suppose you're right. Still," I said, smiling widely, "if she didn't like you at least a little, there's nothing forcing her to take the assignation, right?" I returned to shredding grass, I was amassing quite the pile. "Who can say with adepts? I wonder if they are who they appear to be, or if they simply become what we expect?" I didn't know any personally, so this was all speculation on my part. Perhaps I should spend some time at the Night Court, rather than back alleys and Night's Doorstep. Although, it wasn't as if I were made of coin, even if most of what I spent was Sarielle's.
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Post by Maric du Verais on Apr 24, 2009 0:10:11 GMT -5
I nodded as she spoke. "Well, despite having enjoyed her company..." I trailed off and shrugged again. "I'm not really interested in just bedding any woman that crosses my path." I said as I looked at her. "One of the hardest things about Sophine...the girl that fostered with me...I wanted her to be my first."
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Post by Naia Shahrizai on Apr 24, 2009 10:45:53 GMT -5
My first thought was oh, how sweet, followed by the realization that he might not appreciate me saying that out loud. So I simply nodded, saying, "It's hard when you have your heart set on something, only to find that it isn't going to work out the way you planned." I did think it was sweet, that he cared enough to wait for this girl. As for myself, I barely remembered my first, it was a drunken patron at one of the dives I frequented. For the first time, I felt a little ashamed of the way I behaved.
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Post by Maric du Verais on Apr 24, 2009 10:50:31 GMT -5
I looked to her and shrugged, trying to act nonplussed by it. I glanced away and then back to her chuckling. "Now it will be years before I loose my virginity... I may explode with pent up desires." I said with a impish grin and then laughed. She didn't seem to care much that I wa a virgin and it put me at ease. Some of the boys at the estate would tease me when I was fifteen, so it became a habit to lie because it would save me the grief.
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Post by Naia Shahrizai on Apr 24, 2009 15:39:02 GMT -5
I laughed at that, tossing my hair back as I did. "Well, now you don't have to wait, I'm sure it won't be that many years before you meet a girl who's worthy!" I actually admired him for wanting to wait, to make it something special rather something to be rid of as soon as possible. "I'm sure there are ways to, um, relieve the tension." I added, waggling my eyebrows suggestively and grinning widely.
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Post by Maric du Verais on Apr 24, 2009 18:19:34 GMT -5
I laughed softly and grinned at her. "Are you offering?!" I asked, reaching out to push her shoulder playfully.
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Post by Naia Shahrizai on Apr 24, 2009 19:05:00 GMT -5
I thought about that for moment, was I? But I honestly didn't think I was the one for him, what with my past and the way I lived my life. Indeed, this was one of the longest conversations I'd ever had with a man before being in his bed, and it was actually kind of nice. "Oh, believe me, you can do better." I said, laughing softly, though it pained me that it was true.
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Post by Maric du Verais on Apr 24, 2009 21:30:40 GMT -5
Though the conversation had turned to me, it had not escaped my notice that Naia was relaxed around me. When she spoke I kept a smile though lessened it from the bright one that touched my eyes. "I don't believe that." I said softly, honesty completely in my eyes as I pulled my legs up and wrapped my arms around them. I kept my eyes on Naia's though, smiling softly still so that she knew I was serious.
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Post by Naia Shahrizai on Apr 25, 2009 11:57:42 GMT -5
I felt myself blush at his words, which was quite unusual for me. Anytime I felt a flush it was usually out of anger, not embarrassment. "That's only because you haven't known me long enough." I said, laughing it off, but I felt an ache in my stomach because I knew it was true. No one that really knew me wanted to be around me - Sarielle was proof of that. The only exception might be Balta, but it was too soon for me to count on that. "Trust me, you really could do better."
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Post by Maric du Verais on Apr 25, 2009 13:09:07 GMT -5
I watched her, smiling a little wider as she blushed and listening to what she said. Once she finished I shook my head a little and then narrowed an eye playfully as I looked at her. "Not true." I said softly, smiling wide enough to show my teeth. "And I have a test that will prove it." I chuckled and edged closer to her. I turned my upper body to face her, my one arm slipping out to rest around her waist as I leaned forward. I pressed my lips to her, fully, but simply, just lips to lips in a fairly chaste kiss. I stayed for a moment, enjoying her pump lips and the smell of being close to her before pulling back slowly. My arm unraveled from her waist and I turned to a larger grin on my face, flushed with enjoyment as I looked toward the scene before us. It was starting to urge toward the late afternoon and almost the evening, I could tell by the dimming light. "Just as I thought." I said with a chuckle, leaning forward as my arms wrapped around both my knees and I pressed my body forward against them. I glanced to Naia slightly over my shoulder, smile still bright on my face.
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Post by Naia Shahrizai on Apr 25, 2009 13:18:02 GMT -5
I was surprised when he leaned forward and slid an arm around my waist, then kissed me softly. I wasn't sure how to react; after all, he'd just told me that he wasn't interested in bedding just anyone and was that even what he wanted. When he pulled away, still smiling, pronouncing that I had somehow passed his "test", I was bemused, unsure what to do or so. He was so different than most of the men I'd been around.
"How could you tell anything from that?" I asked, smiling softly. "I'm not always such a nice person, you know." I felt like I should at least give him fair warning.
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Post by Maric du Verais on Apr 25, 2009 13:26:45 GMT -5
I chuckled as I watched her a little, her response giving me a little bit of a thril. I leaned back, straightening out my legs before leaning onto both elbows as I looked up at her. "May be that's what I like about you." I offered with low chuckle as I looked up at her, smiling. It was true, since going to Mandrake I had learned alot about what I enjoyed in a woman. It certainly had changed my perspective on the subject. I watched her intently, my eyes focusing on hers but they drifted to other parts of her face, her nose, her eyes... Gods, those eyes. I had never seen anything so blue before. Azriel had them, the blue eyes, but they seemed so much more...neutral. Her eyes, and her hair... it was a striking match and I could understand why those of us not lucky enough to be born of Shahrizai blood would be lured in by their features.
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Post by Naia Shahrizai on Apr 25, 2009 13:42:31 GMT -5
I smiled at his response, at least it was an honest. "Well, as long as you're prepared." I grinned. "No one ever believes it when someone says something like that, though." I offered, wondering if he was the same. It was true, people often did believe such things by words alone, though it was only a matter of time before my deeds told me out.
"But I shall do my best to be nice, even if I am not always good at it." I laughed softly, and realized that I meant it. He seemed like he had already had enough ill-luck with women, and I was loathe to add to it.
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Post by Maric du Verais on Apr 25, 2009 13:51:10 GMT -5
"Consider me fair warned." I replied, still grinning. "You're very beautiful you know." I added as I looked at her.
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Post by Naia Shahrizai on Apr 25, 2009 13:58:43 GMT -5
Well, this was more familiar territory, so I grinned widely and nodded. "So I've been told." I knew it wasn't the polite thing to say, but then again, when had I ever said or done the right thing? "You aren't so bad yourself." I said, appraising him in an obvious manner.
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Post by Maric du Verais on Apr 25, 2009 14:04:27 GMT -5
I chuckled at her response. "I meant...not just on the outside. I think you're beautiful on the inside to. I don't think you give yourself enough credit." I turned my gaze forward, my face calm but serious as I appraised the sky. "Its going to be beautiful out tonight." I said, stearing the conversation away to something else. "I think I'm going to stay up late and watch the stars." I turned to look at her. "Do you ever do that?"
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Post by Naia Shahrizai on Apr 25, 2009 14:31:40 GMT -5
I felt myself blush again, this time with shame. He wouldn't think that if he really knew me, the things I'd done, but I didn't want to enlighten him. It felt nice to have someone think that about me, and I wished that I could see myself that way.
I was relieved when he changed the topic, and I could agree that it twas going to be a beauiful night. "No, I can't say that I have." I answered softly. I had certainly stayed up late, sometimes all night or for several days, but during those times I was drinking or some such with my old friends. I had hardly been aware of the stars. "Do you do it often?" I asked, wondering at such a pastime. Were the stars interesting enough to stay up just to watch them?
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Post by Maric du Verais on Apr 25, 2009 14:36:50 GMT -5
"Oh yes," I replied as I looked at her with a grin. "As often as I can. I used to do it all the time in Kusheth. Theres a place, on the roof of the manor that I love to go to, just look up at them, wonder about life." I shrugged. "I probably sound like a silly country boy." I said with a chuckle.
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Post by Naia Shahrizai on Apr 25, 2009 14:46:24 GMT -5
I shook my head. "Not at all. It's just something I never thought of doing. Perhaps I shall do it tonight as well." I decided that it couldn't hurt, and was certainly better than drinking alone, which was what I usually did at night. I smiled at him companionably. "Do you think that there might be someone up there, watching us watch the stars?"
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Post by Maric du Verais on Apr 25, 2009 14:48:02 GMT -5
I chuckled as I looked to her. "Like what a monster?" I asked and laughed as I rolled over enough to reach out and tickle her waist.
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Post by Naia Shahrizai on Apr 25, 2009 15:09:11 GMT -5
I giggled at his words and as he tickled me. "I don't know, anything..." I said between giggles. "Who knows what lurks in the heavens?" I swatted his hand, still laughing.
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Post by Maric du Verais on Apr 25, 2009 16:15:25 GMT -5
I chuckled and pulled my hand away with a smile. "You mean like Elua himself?" I suggested curiously. "Or his companions."
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Post by Naia Shahrizai on Apr 25, 2009 20:42:25 GMT -5
"Perhaps, or the One God of the Yeshuites..." I looked up at the sky, letting my hair fall back over my shoulder. "Or little green men that live among the stars." I said, laughing. "We'll never know!"
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Post by Maric du Verais on Apr 25, 2009 20:50:02 GMT -5
I laughed. "Little green men?!" I laughed again. "You are a very interesting girl, did you know that." I said in awe of her mind and shook my head. "You're so creative."
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Post by Naia Shahrizai on Apr 26, 2009 16:13:42 GMT -5
I laughed softly. Creative, me? Well, mayhap ... I had never given it much thought; any time I spent thinking was usually dwelling on those who had wronged me. "Well, thank you." I said, smiling widely. "One does one's best."
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