Sohalia
Koa's thumb rubbing over hers was oddly soothing, and when he drew away, she felt the chill of its absence acutely. Shifting her attention back to Pip, she now offered scratches under the chin with one hand while tickling the cat dragon's belly with the other. It was easier to focus on other things, for while she wasn't exactly avoidant of the topic of her family, it also wasn't something that generally came up with a near-perfect stranger.
Like the topic of the Dragoons. She listened with interest as Koa spoke, her grey eyes piercing in their intensity. That he was always going to be a Dragoon was a matter of debate; she wondered, briefly, if he'd ever wanted a different life - but her musings were cut short as he flexed an arm. "I can see that," she said without thinking, and a blush immediately darkened her cheeks. She was unused to such easy flirtation, her friends generally being older than her and therefore uninterested, or her age and shy. She couldn't imagine Jude, for instance, being quite as cocky as Koa.
"A-anyway," she said hurriedly, her sudden shyness painful in its awkwardness, "Family business or not, I still think it's admirable."
Like the topic of the Dragoons. She listened with interest as Koa spoke, her grey eyes piercing in their intensity. That he was always going to be a Dragoon was a matter of debate; she wondered, briefly, if he'd ever wanted a different life - but her musings were cut short as he flexed an arm. "I can see that," she said without thinking, and a blush immediately darkened her cheeks. She was unused to such easy flirtation, her friends generally being older than her and therefore uninterested, or her age and shy. She couldn't imagine Jude, for instance, being quite as cocky as Koa.
"A-anyway," she said hurriedly, her sudden shyness painful in its awkwardness, "Family business or not, I still think it's admirable."
these aching memories still dance around me
