05.Mar.18, 03:07 PM
T’ryn stood still with his eyes unflattering large as he decided he was being rejected. He wasn’t good enough to ask Casa to go somewhere intentionally with him. They had crossed paths at the Gather and then again at Benden Weyr, and both times she likely just put up with him and was too polite to send him away. But now, that he wanted to go somewhere with her? Well, that was fair game and she was about to toss him out the door on his ass. You are a mess tonight. What is wrong with you? Not that it matters any to me, but the girl is still talking and you should listen to all of her words.
T’ryn had vaguely caught something about the ‘I’d love to’ the same time his dragon was oddly berating him and he tried for a smile while he sorted out all of the voices and emotions. It quickly died though, when Casa mentioned N’mor and how she thought he’d want to go with his best friend. While he floundered to say something more than half words of protest to that and mentally worried about how she knew he had a crush on his friend, Casa was suddenly back to saying she wanted to go.
Asking someone out was far too exhausting! R’nd always made interacting with women look so easy!
“Well, N’mor and I hung out there today with some other riders,” he chose his words carefully, not wanting to make it sound like a date – because it wasn’t! – nor to make it sound like she was his second choice – because she wasn’t! “But that was as friends. Besides, I wanted to show you around and you came to mind right away when the dinner invite came.”
He tilted his head and eyed her suspiciously for a moment, wondering if she did suspect his confusion over who he really liked, if she was teasing him about liking her, and if she seriously wanted to go with him. After a moment, he decided the way she looked up at him and how she had been wringing her hands were genuine and she did want to come.
And then he started laughing.
“We’re quite the pair, aren’t we?” He could barely get the offer out without stumbling and feeling like he was going to throw up from nerves and Casa wanted to go and then tried to give him an out just in case he didn’t mean it. But now that they had spent several awkward minutes together again, T’ryn remembered why he did like her and felt at ease around her and realised he could talk freely with her.
“Let’s try this again,” he was grinning now, nerves completely gone, “Casa, if you’re free tomorrow, would you like to go skating with me and have dinner with my Holder side of the family?”
T’ryn had vaguely caught something about the ‘I’d love to’ the same time his dragon was oddly berating him and he tried for a smile while he sorted out all of the voices and emotions. It quickly died though, when Casa mentioned N’mor and how she thought he’d want to go with his best friend. While he floundered to say something more than half words of protest to that and mentally worried about how she knew he had a crush on his friend, Casa was suddenly back to saying she wanted to go.
Asking someone out was far too exhausting! R’nd always made interacting with women look so easy!
“Well, N’mor and I hung out there today with some other riders,” he chose his words carefully, not wanting to make it sound like a date – because it wasn’t! – nor to make it sound like she was his second choice – because she wasn’t! “But that was as friends. Besides, I wanted to show you around and you came to mind right away when the dinner invite came.”
He tilted his head and eyed her suspiciously for a moment, wondering if she did suspect his confusion over who he really liked, if she was teasing him about liking her, and if she seriously wanted to go with him. After a moment, he decided the way she looked up at him and how she had been wringing her hands were genuine and she did want to come.
And then he started laughing.
“We’re quite the pair, aren’t we?” He could barely get the offer out without stumbling and feeling like he was going to throw up from nerves and Casa wanted to go and then tried to give him an out just in case he didn’t mean it. But now that they had spent several awkward minutes together again, T’ryn remembered why he did like her and felt at ease around her and realised he could talk freely with her.
“Let’s try this again,” he was grinning now, nerves completely gone, “Casa, if you’re free tomorrow, would you like to go skating with me and have dinner with my Holder side of the family?”