Hotaru
She doesn't believe him, but for a moment she lets the sentiment envelop her anyway. It's softer and kinder than anything she has heard in a long while. While she can't say with certainty that he'll run the other way the more he gets to know her, she is jaded enough to assume the end result after a consistent pattern of abandonment. But just as she cannot stop living, she equally cannot stop trying, even when it might be better to. He's not the only one having a bit of a crisis over the required vulnerability of being on a date. Their first one admittedly but given their predispositions to flirtation and lack of entanglements it cannot be understated.
Humming as if contemplating a great philosophical question, she gently deposits the lily in the small centerpiece and begins eyeing the vast selection he had packed. "I will be magnanimous and allow you a true question." Expression playful, she takes one of the finger sandwiches in hand and bites into it, pleased by the sharp tang of cranberry mustard she finds there. Holding out the other half in front of his lips in an intimate gesture of feeding him, she licks the remnants off her lips and wonders where he sourced all this food.
Humming as if contemplating a great philosophical question, she gently deposits the lily in the small centerpiece and begins eyeing the vast selection he had packed. "I will be magnanimous and allow you a true question." Expression playful, she takes one of the finger sandwiches in hand and bites into it, pleased by the sharp tang of cranberry mustard she finds there. Holding out the other half in front of his lips in an intimate gesture of feeding him, she licks the remnants off her lips and wonders where he sourced all this food.
Now you can quit, you can cave in
but just know you're not beyond saving
but just know you're not beyond saving
