CHULANE
'Four!' I heard someone elsewhere in the bar shout, and promptly voiced "Five!" with a wide smile. As Kia pressed closer to me, I gave a squeeze to her shoulder, hoping to her assure her that her nearness was always wanted, always welcome. I try to push my thoughts her way, my emotions, but it would seem the attuned bond within me is not yet refined enough to work while I hold only my human form. My smile never wavers however, and I laugh along with her chiming giggle.
"Small rural towns can get lonely," I say with an easy shrug, taking a sip of the cider, feeling the shot from before warm my cheeks with a flush. "Sometimes an easy way to remind yourself you're not alone is to collectively shout numbers at each other across a room, drink in hand." I shrug, but I was happy, pleased that so many had come out to join in the togetherness, even if it was to just drunkenly shout numbers at each other.
It was easy to lose track of the rest of the room, to focus only on the pale blue depths of Kia's eyes, to just be here, with her, here and now.
"Small rural towns can get lonely," I say with an easy shrug, taking a sip of the cider, feeling the shot from before warm my cheeks with a flush. "Sometimes an easy way to remind yourself you're not alone is to collectively shout numbers at each other across a room, drink in hand." I shrug, but I was happy, pleased that so many had come out to join in the togetherness, even if it was to just drunkenly shout numbers at each other.
It was easy to lose track of the rest of the room, to focus only on the pale blue depths of Kia's eyes, to just be here, with her, here and now.
Freedom is secured not by the fulfilling of one's desires
but by the removal of desire
but by the removal of desire
