ᅠ ᅠ ᅠ༺🎔༻❀༺🎔༻ ᅠᅠ𝕯𝗘𝗦𝗜𝗥𝗘𝗦ᅠᅠ༺🎔༻❀༺🎔༻ᅠ ᅠ ᅠ

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[ᅠ ᅠ ᅠ༺🎔༻❀༺🎔༻ ᅠᅠ𝕯𝗘𝗦𝗜𝗥𝗘𝗦ᅠᅠ༺🎔༻❀༺🎔༻ᅠ ᅠ ᅠ @loveslosts]

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⠀⠀⠀ 𝒊 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝙨𝙚𝙚 𝘵𝘩𝘦
⠀⠀⠀ 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝙗𝙖𝙗𝙮.
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[ᅠ ᅠ ᅠ༺🎔༻❀༺🎔༻ ᅠᅠ𝕯𝗘𝗦𝗜𝗥𝗘𝗦ᅠᅠ༺🎔༻❀༺🎔༻ᅠ ᅠ ᅠ @loveslosts]

i’m aphrodite, it’s a pleasure.

[ᅠᅠؘ⸝ᅠᙖ𝒜𝔇ᅠ* ᴰ͟ᴱ͟ᔆ͟ᴵ͟ᴿ͟ᴱ @lustconsvmed]

sure, let's get to know each other. name's haewol.

[ᅠ ᅠ ᅠ༺🎔༻❀༺🎔༻ ᅠᅠ𝕯𝗘𝗦𝗜𝗥𝗘𝗦ᅠᅠ༺🎔༻❀༺🎔༻ᅠ ᅠ ᅠ @loveslosts]

i do, yes.

[ᅠᅠؘ⸝ᅠᙖ𝒜𝔇ᅠ* ᴰ͟ᴱ͟ᔆ͟ᴵ͟ᴿ͟ᴱ @lustconsvmed]

do you?

[ᅠ ᅠ ᅠ༺🎔༻❀༺🎔༻ ᅠᅠ𝕯𝗘𝗦𝗜𝗥𝗘𝗦ᅠᅠ༺🎔༻❀༺🎔༻ᅠ ᅠ ᅠ @loveslosts]

of course… i can hear prayers so… if you ever can’t get ahold of my phone, you can try that!

( a soft giggle at her own words, gaze falling to him cooking )

enough about me… tell me more about yourself, i’m obviously at a huge disadvantage with how well known i am.

[. Eᴜɪ - Jᴀᴇ @sweeterlilac]

That’s so sweet , thanks Aph .

( a light pink colour crept up his cheeks slowly as he shook his head slightly to turn back to the cooking . )

Still , powering through too much is a lot . A break and escape are always useful and healthy

[ᅠ ᅠ ᅠ༺🎔༻❀༺🎔༻ ᅠᅠ𝕯𝗘𝗦𝗜𝗥𝗘𝗦ᅠᅠ༺🎔༻❀༺🎔༻ᅠ ᅠ ᅠ @loveslosts]

... well, you won't be alone next time, i'll be here. every time that you need me.

( there's a reassuring edge to her tone, giving another smile, reaching out to touch his hand gently )

i'm doing better now, honestly...

[. Eᴜɪ - Jᴀᴇ @sweeterlilac]

Frustrated in every way you could think . But I don’t know .. maybe it’s all a psychological thing ?

( he shrugged his shoulders . He saw occasional wolves around him have no problem , but there he was struggling . )

Everyone needs a break sometimes , life can be too much .

[ᅠ ᅠ ᅠ༺🎔༻❀༺🎔༻ ᅠᅠ𝕯𝗘𝗦𝗜𝗥𝗘𝗦ᅠᅠ༺🎔༻❀༺🎔༻ᅠ ᅠ ᅠ @loveslosts]

frustrated? in what way? do you know what stops you?

( a small frown, head tilting as she watched him for a moment, wondering if there was a way she could help )

my life? i suppose… i just needed to… feel something different. be different.

[. Eᴜɪ - Jᴀᴇ @sweeterlilac]

Wolves can get wild under the moon . But something stops me from shifting … I just get frustrated under the moon .

( he scrunched his nose slightly as he thought about it , relaxing before choosing to ignore it )

Is there something you’re running from ?

[ᅠ ᅠ ᅠ༺🎔༻❀༺🎔༻ ᅠᅠ𝕯𝗘𝗦𝗜𝗥𝗘𝗦ᅠᅠ༺🎔༻❀༺🎔༻ᅠ ᅠ ᅠ @loveslosts]

i have met many over my years, yes… i’ve seen a few during full moons as well.

( there’s a smile and now a small shrug )

i suppose it is a distraction…

[. Eᴜɪ - Jᴀᴇ @sweeterlilac]

Have you met many wolves ? I’m yet to meet them all . But full moons are … weird .

( he laughed lightly . It was sweet of the other offering . He’d probably need to take the offer though , he had a bad habit of forgetting )

Like a distraction ?

[ᅠ ᅠ ᅠ༺🎔༻❀༺🎔༻ ᅠᅠ𝕯𝗘𝗦𝗜𝗥𝗘𝗦ᅠᅠ༺🎔༻❀༺🎔༻ᅠ ᅠ ᅠ @loveslosts]

( there's a nod of her head, giving a bright smile )

well... you might be my favorite wolf i've met yet... should i help remind you of the full moons? i can.

oh definitely, i love cooking, it makes me slow down... makes me spend time on something.

[. Eᴜɪ - Jᴀᴇ @sweeterlilac]

I’m a wolf too , though sometimes I forget until the moon hits .

( he lightly scratched the back of his head , a shy smile on his lips )

That’d be lovely , if you could I’d be happy .

[ᅠ ᅠ ᅠ༺🎔༻❀༺🎔༻ ᅠᅠ𝕯𝗘𝗦𝗜𝗥𝗘𝗦ᅠᅠ༺🎔༻❀༺🎔༻ᅠ ᅠ ᅠ @loveslosts]

( there's a light blush across her features, a small smile as she fidgets )

so what exactly... are you? i can tell there's something different but...

maybe i can teach you some recipes that i've learned?

[. Eᴜɪ - Jᴀᴇ @sweeterlilac]

Then I’ll use Aph . Especially to make you feel special .

( he spoke with a small nod . everyone deserved to feel special , and he wanted to help her feel it . )

I’ve seen people turn into wolves . Gods aren’t out of the question .

Really ? That’s so cool . I needed to learn .

[ᅠ ᅠ ᅠ༺🎔༻❀༺🎔༻ ᅠᅠ𝕯𝗘𝗦𝗜𝗥𝗘𝗦ᅠᅠ༺🎔༻❀༺🎔༻ᅠ ᅠ ᅠ @loveslosts]

not many call me aph, it’d feel… special…

( a quiet hum and a shrug of shoulders before a bright smile )

perhaps… but you also didn’t entirely doubt me before i showed you either…

i could also just make food appear but i’m learning to take time to enjoy the little things.

[. Eᴜɪ - Jᴀᴇ @sweeterlilac]

Which do you prefer though ?

( he turned to her , tilting his head slightly . It didn’t matter what he wanted , it was what made her most comfortable )

Considering what I’ve just seen you do , I have no right to doubt anything .

[ᅠ ᅠ ᅠ༺🎔༻❀༺🎔༻ ᅠᅠ𝕯𝗘𝗦𝗜𝗥𝗘𝗦ᅠᅠ༺🎔༻❀༺🎔༻ᅠ ᅠ ᅠ @loveslosts]

aphrodite is fine… or aph, if you want something shorter.

( finally putting down the knife, gently rubbing palms onto her jeans )

a lot of people don’t assume i’m actually her when i admit that’s my name, i’ve found.

[. Eᴜɪ - Jᴀᴇ @sweeterlilac]

And what should I call you ?

( he looked over to her with a smile , his hands bunching up vegetables into smaller bowls )

[ᅠ ᅠ ᅠ༺🎔༻❀༺🎔༻ ᅠᅠ𝕯𝗘𝗦𝗜𝗥𝗘𝗦ᅠᅠ༺🎔༻❀༺🎔༻ᅠ ᅠ ᅠ @loveslosts]

( there’s a soft laugh and a smile )

you were hurt, surprised and then flustered… you’re okay. it’s a pleasure to meet you, eui-jae.

[. Eᴜɪ - Jᴀᴇ @sweeterlilac]

Oh god I haven’t even said my name .

( the realisation dawned on him , and his palm met his forehead with a quick tap )

I’m Eui-Jae .

[ᅠ ᅠ ᅠ༺🎔༻❀༺🎔༻ ᅠᅠ𝕯𝗘𝗦𝗜𝗥𝗘𝗦ᅠᅠ༺🎔༻❀༺🎔༻ᅠ ᅠ ᅠ @loveslosts]

( it was obvious that she was happy, giving a grin to him as she moved to pick up the knife to begin chopping )

so, what’s your name? tell me about you…

[. Eᴜɪ - Jᴀᴇ @sweeterlilac]

I try my best .

( he then chuckled lightly , his smile widening . He was getting flustered . )

Since I can’t cut the peppers , would you be able to ?

[ᅠ ᅠ ᅠ༺🎔༻❀༺🎔༻ ᅠᅠ𝕯𝗘𝗦𝗜𝗥𝗘𝗦ᅠᅠ༺🎔༻❀༺🎔༻ᅠ ᅠ ᅠ @loveslosts]

you are... sweet as sugar, that is...

( moving to wash her hands... not that she needed to... it just always put people at ease around her )

okay, tell me what to do and i'll try my best.

[. Eᴜɪ - Jᴀᴇ @sweeterlilac]

( he smiles at the others laugh , glad it actually worked )

Then I’m as sweet as sugar .

Yeah sure , be my guest . I’m still learning too after all .

[ᅠ ᅠ ᅠ༺🎔༻❀༺🎔༻ ᅠᅠ𝕯𝗘𝗦𝗜𝗥𝗘𝗦ᅠᅠ༺🎔༻❀༺🎔༻ᅠ ᅠ ᅠ @loveslosts]

( there's a soft laugh and a small smile )

perhaps... but i'll stay believing you're just sweet...

can i help you with dinner? i know how to cook ... kind of...

[. Eᴜɪ - Jᴀᴇ @sweeterlilac]

I’d like to think that too . But I also think other people are just weird and rude .

( he joked lightly , a small attempt to cheer the other up )

Oh , just a stir fry . I was cutting peppers but the onion lingered and started stinging my eyes . I couldn’t see through the tears

[ᅠ ᅠ ᅠ༺🎔༻❀༺🎔༻ ᅠᅠ𝕯𝗘𝗦𝗜𝗥𝗘𝗦ᅠᅠ༺🎔༻❀༺🎔༻ᅠ ᅠ ᅠ @loveslosts]

head tilting to the side, " and ... i'm guessing you're not able to communicate those feelings like other people? "

it wasn't judgmental, just an observation of the situation, there's a small nod and a bright smile, " it's okay... i don't mind... "

[* ORI !! . . . ⸜(｡˃ ᵕ ˂ )⸝♡ . . . 🔪🩸 !! @ORILIKESYOU]

Cheeks cupped, that's when he properly looks at her .

Pair of eyes are staring with curiousity .

"O-Ori just . . . just wants you -- You're really beautiful . . . He threw the knife at your photo because he cannot stop thinking about you . . . !"

[ᅠ ᅠ ᅠ༺🎔༻❀༺🎔༻ ᅠᅠ𝕯𝗘𝗦𝗜𝗥𝗘𝗦ᅠᅠ༺🎔༻❀༺🎔༻ᅠ ᅠ ᅠ @loveslosts]

" because i'm curious... am i not allowed to be? "

moving to stand up now, her touch was gentle as hands freed themselves and moved to cup his cheeks now, " i'm not upset at you, ori... if i was, you'd... well... we wouldn't be talking... "

[* ORI !! . . . ⸜(｡˃ ᵕ ˂ )⸝♡ . . . 🔪🩸 !! @ORILIKESYOU]

"Why are you asking so many questions . . ."

He asks, also out of curiousity . Is it a bad thing he followed her ? She's unharmed . See ? It cannot be bad .

[ᅠ ᅠ ᅠ༺🎔༻❀༺🎔༻ ᅠᅠ𝕯𝗘𝗦𝗜𝗥𝗘𝗦ᅠᅠ༺🎔༻❀༺🎔༻ᅠ ᅠ ᅠ @loveslosts]

there's a tilt of her head, " how long had you been following me? "

it was simple curiosity, she'd been stalked plenty of times over her life and it wasn't scary to her. . . even if she was on the mortal realm. a quiet hum now, " i suppose i'm flattered, honestly... "

[* ORI !! . . . ⸜(｡˃ ᵕ ˂ )⸝♡ . . . 🔪🩸 !! @ORILIKESYOU]

He can tell she's not scared -- so he takes her hand right away . Surprisingly, his grip is gentle .

". . . M-Mmhmm . . ."

He won't tell how he did that .

[ᅠ ᅠ ᅠ༺🎔༻❀༺🎔༻ ᅠᅠ𝕯𝗘𝗦𝗜𝗥𝗘𝗦ᅠᅠ༺🎔༻❀༺🎔༻ᅠ ᅠ ᅠ @loveslosts]

" you think i'm beautiful, ori? "

a smile at him, offering out a hand to him, " come here, i don't bite... it's okay... " she obviously wasn't scared ... or nervous, " however, i can tell when most people are ... at least... following me... "

[* ORI !! . . . ⸜(｡˃ ᵕ ˂ )⸝♡ . . . 🔪🩸 !! @ORILIKESYOU]

"Ori just -- Ori didn't want to disturb you because you're so beautiful . . ."

Small glance, only to look away just as fast -- Now rubbing his cheeks with both hands .

Calm down -- just calm down .

[ᅠ ᅠ ᅠ༺🎔༻❀༺🎔༻ ᅠᅠ𝕯𝗘𝗦𝗜𝗥𝗘𝗦ᅠᅠ༺🎔༻❀༺🎔༻ᅠ ᅠ ᅠ @loveslosts]

there's a nod of her head, " i used to have statues carved after my image... you think i'd mind if you took pictures of me? "

there's a shrug of her shoulders, " just impressive i couldn't see you... or notice you... "

[* ORI !! . . . ⸜(｡˃ ᵕ ˂ )⸝♡ . . . 🔪🩸 !! @ORILIKESYOU]

It was Ori .

Ori took the picture -- Lips twitching, he doesn't raise his head to look at her .

"W-What if Ori took the picture . . . is it a crime ?"

[ᅠ ᅠ ᅠ༺🎔༻❀༺🎔༻ ᅠᅠ𝕯𝗘𝗦𝗜𝗥𝗘𝗦ᅠᅠ༺🎔༻❀༺🎔༻ᅠ ᅠ ᅠ @loveslosts]

a giggle from her, leaning forward again, " so you do know me... good, i thought you were going to stab me... that'd be such a pain. i love this shirt... "

a smile at him now, " so did you really not take that picture? . . . i didn't even realize i was being followed... "

[* ORI !! . . . ⸜(｡˃ ᵕ ˂ )⸝♡ . . . 🔪🩸 !! @ORILIKESYOU]

All of the sudden, he lowers his head so his cap covers his eyes . How embarrassing -- Has he really met / the / Aphrodite ?

His cheeks are burning and he puts his knife in his pocket, index fingers poking together by now .

"H-Hi . . . !"