Snippet #2692327

Hikarii was used to being hit on. She’d experienced the smarmiest of them all, and in all honesty, this man didn’t even reach the top ten. It was still bad enough to make her cringe extremely hard. It was difficult to hide. And she’d been enjoying watching the sticky descent of Sarai.

The nauseous feeling he’d instilled at the start only grew stronger by his proximity. But he made her feel sick before she’d noticed that.

She listened to his words through ears that had already decided to tint everything with disgust after the first line from his mouth. Her expression remained mostly the same. A picture of politeness.

She did, however, examine the coin briefly. Something in the back of her mind started to shift uneasily.

It always felt like defeat when she accepted her gratefulness of a man who had defended her against such incidents. But she leant into Oded, anyway. Her smile became more apologetic.

Then; that uneasy thought that was lurking stood to attention. That coin was Aschen, and she wouldn’t put it past being buried in Oded’s skull.

The situation was bound to spiral.

She laughed shortly, more shrill than she’d intended.

“Please excuse my partner, he’s had a little too much to drink” was all that she said.