“ i smoked – very briefly after graduating high school but i never got any satisfaction from it. ” he was more of a drinker , being a lightweight had it’s PERKS with that. it was easy to forget one or two things after a handful of shots , but THAT was a different story for another time. “ . . i suppose that is true. ” seems for a moment the fact they weren’t human slipped his mind !
———❝ I FIND IT TO BE A MATTER OF TASTE. i started when i was young, and tobacco was a lot worse in those days. ❞ he rubbed his temple with the edge of his thumb, eyes on the vampire with a sort of empathetic smile. theses were days long ago for him, and the thought of quitting now seemed hardly in his ability.
❝ my brother gave me my first cigarette. maybe i’m just imitating. ❞
As the school day ended, the dark haired girl stood outside of the classroom and waited for everyone to exit. When she was certain everyone was gone, she strolled inside the empty room, her face devoid of anything that could betray how she really felt.
“Hello, Mr. Kaufman… Did you hear about the latest kill?
———A GAZE THAT UNEARTHS IT BY THE ROOTS. elliot had heard about the latest in the series of local deaths — grisly, horrid, meant to CHURN the stomach — how could he not? still,he knew better than to show off his own feelings, especially to one of his fellow stand users. green eyes met hers in a sort of surrender to his own reservations.
❝ no, i don’t believe i have? i try not to pay attention to the worst of it all. ❞
willowy fingers cold as ICE twitch at the sudden contact , it is gentle && so he doesn’t IMMEDIATELY pull away – rather , his eyes FLICK toward the other. he looks at them && then down at hands now touching. it is a little ODD but he doesn’t mind it , keeping his hand in the same spot with his smallest finger moving just slightly to brush ‘gainst the side of their hand in return.