21.May.22, 08:40 AM
M’quel was… surprised… by the trickle of disappointment that trailed down her spine when A’tay tactfully changed the subject instead of taking what she said and running with it. There had been a small part of her that had expected him to tilt her chin to him. To kiss her. And she found herself confused by her disappointment. This was A’tay and their relationship had always been platonic and while that could also be said for the likes of T’ryn, he had taken her up when she’d made the offer. She pouted to herself softly for a moment, wondering absently what it was about her that A’tay didn’t like. Did he not find her attractive?
Pushing such a sour thought away from her with a sharp shove, M’quel smirked, though it didn’t quite reach her eyes, and lifted her eyebrows at A’tay’s declaration that she would be the Best Healer Ever. She was trying to think of a fun comeback when he poked her in the side, and a surprised shriek of laughter escaped M’quel’s lips. She wriggled away, but didn’t go far before he was grabbing her hand and pulling her down onto the soft grass.
Toppling onto the grass beside A’tay, M’quel kept a hold of his hand between them; they’d always been physically affectionate friends, and M’quel wasn’t going to let that change just because A’tay didn’t want to kiss her. A thought that almost had her pouting again – though her conquests were small, no one had been uninterested in her before, and M’quel was having issues with that particular fact – but A’tay’s demand for more information of her time in the infirmary, and an delighted smile split her face as she cuddled up against his side, ignoring all social expectations of personal space.
Settled and comfortable, M’quel chattered about the last week in the infirmary, grumbling about a couple of idiots who still thought she was incapable because she was a girl and a greenrider, like that somehow made her incapable of being intelligent or something. But then chatted happily about the toddler who had been fighting a rough case of pneumonia for what felt like forever but was finally pulling through and should be able to go home to his worried mother soon. She finished that story with a wide smile, flopping dramatically against A’tay and puffing out a long sigh. “I can’t wait to have kids,” she said, paused, and then laughed. “Well, I can wait – it’s not in the plan just yet! – but like, I really look forward to it, you know?”
Pushing such a sour thought away from her with a sharp shove, M’quel smirked, though it didn’t quite reach her eyes, and lifted her eyebrows at A’tay’s declaration that she would be the Best Healer Ever. She was trying to think of a fun comeback when he poked her in the side, and a surprised shriek of laughter escaped M’quel’s lips. She wriggled away, but didn’t go far before he was grabbing her hand and pulling her down onto the soft grass.
Toppling onto the grass beside A’tay, M’quel kept a hold of his hand between them; they’d always been physically affectionate friends, and M’quel wasn’t going to let that change just because A’tay didn’t want to kiss her. A thought that almost had her pouting again – though her conquests were small, no one had been uninterested in her before, and M’quel was having issues with that particular fact – but A’tay’s demand for more information of her time in the infirmary, and an delighted smile split her face as she cuddled up against his side, ignoring all social expectations of personal space.
Settled and comfortable, M’quel chattered about the last week in the infirmary, grumbling about a couple of idiots who still thought she was incapable because she was a girl and a greenrider, like that somehow made her incapable of being intelligent or something. But then chatted happily about the toddler who had been fighting a rough case of pneumonia for what felt like forever but was finally pulling through and should be able to go home to his worried mother soon. She finished that story with a wide smile, flopping dramatically against A’tay and puffing out a long sigh. “I can’t wait to have kids,” she said, paused, and then laughed. “Well, I can wait – it’s not in the plan just yet! – but like, I really look forward to it, you know?”