Sascha just sat there, completely unembarrassed for once and comforted Arick during this harsh time. He had himself been there after all and not very long ago at all to. Sascha was one of those people that may be a bit hard to find. He really cared that all types of people should live well and feel good with their lives, he became happy when other people were happy and really sad if people were sad. He was the type of unselfish that seamed to be made up in the purest fairy tails but also as already stated very naive. Always thought the best of people which could make for some tricky situations to occur. It was weird.. he had always been this way and he even deserted the war to not harm other people. What did that really say about Sascha one could wonder?
And now he had ended up in a new and dangerous world that might not have only good hearted people running around right? Tricky situation for a teddybear like Sascha to exist in no doubt.
As Arick gave him that weak but more happy smile Sascha felt a wave of relief washing over him. He had helped some which was really the only thing that was important for him as stated. And what else was that he really meant it too; He would never stop trying to help figure it all out cause if it was important for his new friend it was also very important to Sascha as well. He smiled happily and hugged Arick back when that thankful hug came to him and it didn't really feel like they just now had met. It felt like they had known eachother for a good while already which didn't happen all to often.
He let go of Arick with a big smile on his face and looked at him. He looked much more cheery now and he was glad he could start pulling him up from the river of despair again. It was not a very fun river to swim in after all and it demanded a floating device to not make someone drown in that despair. Then something happened; Arick started to lean closer which made Sascha's heart skip a beat from this sudden situation. And as quickly as he stopped the action the redness had started to take over Sascha's face again. He listened to Arick's stuttering voice as it felt like the hot day already became 100 degrees hotter just from what almost happened there. Sascha swallowed a bit nervously as Arick hid his face in his hands again while Sascha's mind sought some type of sentence. He hated how easily embarrassed he always seamed to get over things like these, he shouldn't be by now. He was a grown up after all but still he felt overly flustered over these things.
He composed himself though and a smile lined his face again while he put a hand on Arick's shoulder to show him it was okay. "Don't worry about it, seriously it's okay." His smile became more secure cause hey! Grow up Sascha! He let go of Arick's shoulder and grabbed the parcel of food to open it and held it towards Arick again happily. "You should really eat something so you don't pass out from all of this overwhelming world. oh and i almost forgot.." He grabbed a hold of the water pouch from his belt and handed it over as well. It was insanely warm after all and he had no idea how long ago it was since Arick actually drank something. Better safe than sorry right?
Though Sascha's mind had of course started to wander after what ALMOST just happened. Sure; it was maybe a little to early of a thought to almost kiss a stranger but it hadn't been all that awful still. At least not for Sascha, well, more then that he had almost turned into an embarrassed spirit and evaporating into nothingness that is. Point was that he really never had a man almost kissing him before considering where he had come from. Not very smart to try and kiss other men when you could very likely get killed for it right? So the whole thing had been kind of exciting in a way even though nothing more really had happened. Just the feel of ALMOST getting kissed, even from a stranger, was undoubtedly exciting. As embarrassing as that might be in a way.
He was a bit hesitant with a question he wanted to ask Arick but thought that you only live once right? So after a slight, melodic humming he gathered his strength to actually ask the question. "So.. ehum.. Have you ever tried to kiss another man before? How much have that evolved in the future? On earth i mean."
SASCHA
"The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall."
