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Arathorn gave her a minute after she had finished to see if she wished to add anything on to that, but all he saw was lip being bitten caused by a so-far successful attempt at restraint.

His salad was about a quarter of the way through, but he pushed it to the side for now. His hands clasped back together and were laid down on the table, making somewhat of a triangular shape with his arms, the edge of the table being the base of the triangle. They were close enough that she could easily put her hands on his, but far enough away from her that they didn't invade any personal space. He looked into her eyes, and with an unfeeling voice, he softly spoke to her. "I haven't known you for very long. It's hardly been more than two hours," he paused a second to look at his watch before continuing, "But, within these past two hours, I have felt more peace than I can ever remember, and I have made more of a friend in you than I have with anyone." This, again, was said with a tone in his voice as if he were talking about something that was just a concrete fact, unable to ever be changed. "Because of that, I offer to you my ears, ones that are ready to listen to you. You can talk to me, and you can trust me, should you ever need to. I'll be here for you." Then Arathorn seemed to have a face of thought for a moment, with which he said, "I do believe I've heard a song like that.." A quick tune popped into his head. He couldn't quite place it. It was from a television show. Funny, he actually thought he recalled that it had to do something with friends, such as the subject matter at hand. "Well anyway, understand that you can talk to me with complete security." When he said this to her, he made sure that his voice didn't sound pushy. There was no hidden message of "Tell me. Now." behind it. He meant what he said and said what he meant. However, his eyes were not as silent. He looked at her in such a way that said to her that he understood she was hiding something, but at the same time they showed that he was okay with her doing that. Of course, having not really interacted with other people much in the past, he didn't realize that he was probably moving a bit too fast, and getting a bit too personal. It wasn't really something a normal person would say after knowing someone for only an hour.

However, he honest to goodness just wanted her to know he was there.

[Violet Lockheart]

EVEN WITH THESE CHAINS

you can't stop me

Violet kept quiet and for the most part put herself at a distance again. She didn't mean for it to say anything about Arathorn or very much herself either she was just not a very open person about her past, it was almost as though she created a clear divide between the two so much so that she really didn't want to go back. The new Violet was bright, open, carefree, and fun. She never wanted to go back into the dark confines she'd crawled out of. Regardless she'd give him a frank smile from ear to ear taking his words to heart, she had a friend, a very important one that she could trust.

"Thank you," Her eyes would light up with recognition. "That means the world to me, it I do have anything to tell you'll be the first to know." She'd squint her eyes and in turn her nose would crinkle up before returning to the norm. That much so she wasn't lying she rarely considered herself to have a great deal of friends who would share a blatant and honest truth with.

"What time is it? I promised I'd be home not too long from now..." She'd speak up breaking the momentary heavy silence, she didn't like things too serious.

@arathornteros

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Arathorn sat back back up and looked towards the sinking sun, the dull sunlight momentarily changing the color of his skin. Arathorn had just missed the very tip of the sun slip down below the horizon. "Judging by what season it is and where we are, no earlier than 7:15," he answered, still admiring the beauty of the sunset, and thinking.

He already said it out loud earlier, but it was odd to listen to himself and think about what he said. In the past hour, he had felt more emotion than ever. He had gotten a sense of peace that he hadn't had before. He had smiled.

"Someone who makes you happy..."

Arathorn looked back at Violet. "We need to fight sometime." he said plainly, as if it had been the topic for the entire conversation as he pulled his salad back over and resumed eating elegantly. 

[Violet Lockheart]

EVEN WITH THESE CHAINS

you can't stop me

Violet would nod in recognition to the timeline. She really needed to be home lest her parent's begin to worry. Like that was ever an issue. She'd ignore the subtle prod and begin stepping upright and began packing her things together and slide aside the trash that she'd accumulated to be polite. As she made to move away she'd invert and turn towards Arathorn with a bright smile, he wanted to fight? How strange these students must be to be driven to fight, although she wasn't entirely flawless in that aspect she'd been on edge recently perhaps this was the feeling given off when she needed to get a little bit of a tussle out of the way.

"You got it tough guy, here." She'd tear off a piece of her napkin and began writing her number down before passing it off to him. "Call me if you have any plans. But for now I gotta jet, see you later?" She'd flaunt a quick grin back before taking off outside at a brisk pace trying to catch the nearest bus.

@arathornteros

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Arathorn stood up with her out of what he think he remembered was kindness. At the sight of her giving him her number Arathorn was actually slightly amused at the sight. There were so many guys tripping and falling over each other to get numbers from women, especially her, who he figured would be considered attractive, and he had just gotten it without even trying. Without really being interested... well maybe... No matter, that was beside the point. He had managed to get a sparring partner. Good.

He looked up at her as he was asked the question. With a small nod, he replied "Of course," using that empty voice one last time. "Have a good night, Violet."

Watching her as she walked out the door, the words "Thank you." came to mind, as if he was expecting her to hear him without him actually speaking.

After she walked out the door, he cleaned up the remnants of the salad, grabbed his back pack, and walked out the door. Looking up at the now purple sky, he took a second to think of this new school. In one day, he had met a mysterious and seemingly strong school captain, fought in a riot, come across a vampire-like teacher who was also rather cryptic, and met a girl who had made him smile for the first time in a long time.

Yeah, this school wasn't like the others. He would definitely continue attending. //Exit thread