i'd wipe the dirt off your name with the shirt off my back
Flora huffed a soft laugh, warmed by the earnestness in Sohalia’s voice more than the booze buzzing through her veins. "Perfect and gorgeous and perfect," she echoed, clinking her second glass against Soh’s. "Can’t argue with logic like that."
She knocked the shot back, the burn sharper this time, as if her body was finally catching on to what her heart had been trying to ignore. Forgetting wasn’t that easy—not when the memories didn’t just sting, but lingered. She blinked fast, swallowed hard, and gave her head a theatrical shake like that might rattle the ache loose.
"Okay," she said, setting her glass down with more force than necessary. "No more moping. If I cry into these drinks, I’ll ruin the ratio." She nudged herself closer, tucking herself up against Sohalia’s side with a familiarity that ran bone-deep. Her fingers drummed lightly against the bar before she turned to the Luminary.
"Okay, new plan. You're coming back with me to Torchine after this and we're going to have the best dresses commissioned by my favourite tailor. We'll get all perfectly tanned and then have a spa day right before my big party at the Hanged Man. I'm sure Koa will show up and by then he'll realize what an idiot he's been and you will look like an angel ready to forgive him." And, if that failed, no doubt Ace would show up and a bit of dirty dancing was sure to get the dragoon's attention.
She knocked the shot back, the burn sharper this time, as if her body was finally catching on to what her heart had been trying to ignore. Forgetting wasn’t that easy—not when the memories didn’t just sting, but lingered. She blinked fast, swallowed hard, and gave her head a theatrical shake like that might rattle the ache loose.
"Okay," she said, setting her glass down with more force than necessary. "No more moping. If I cry into these drinks, I’ll ruin the ratio." She nudged herself closer, tucking herself up against Sohalia’s side with a familiarity that ran bone-deep. Her fingers drummed lightly against the bar before she turned to the Luminary.
"Okay, new plan. You're coming back with me to Torchine after this and we're going to have the best dresses commissioned by my favourite tailor. We'll get all perfectly tanned and then have a spa day right before my big party at the Hanged Man. I'm sure Koa will show up and by then he'll realize what an idiot he's been and you will look like an angel ready to forgive him." And, if that failed, no doubt Ace would show up and a bit of dirty dancing was sure to get the dragoon's attention.
