At first the words she says are endearing, something which speaks of encouragement, but at the end she feels like the very tone has changed. Like each whispered word has become intimate in a room with only the two of them, and Mina wonders how on earth this woman can command such a presence within less than thirty minutes.
The words ‘every inch of her’ leave her feeling a bit slack-jawed, throat dry and both uncomfortable and struck at how familiar the sensual tone is. But even so, in many lives there was never a need to pull Mina to the vampire. Many times..she had come willingly, with a pure heart. Their past bonds coax at one another, Valerie’s are strong and demanding, Mirena’s gentle and almost chastising.
Let it run it’s course. You were always so impatient, the ageless soul would have whispered, having gone through this endless cycle for countless lives. As for Mina..she felt herself growing a headache, the weight of herself suddenly too much to bear.
Fortunately, to her benefit, her shyness gets the best of her, or rather, her demure disposition, hiding layer upon layer of steel. Dipping her head, lighter curls tracing the curve of her neck, the blonde can only chuckle faintly.
"You — are very kind, again, to say so. If not honest..bluntly so. It’s quite a contrast between you and I. I don’t..always say what I think, more of a listener, I suppose. ” Yet those electric blue eyes lift to hers, revealing some of that fierce will she’d always carried.
"But I’m no pushover, of course. And your work..it’s quite a calling. Helping others, I mean. "
It’s almost on the curb of her tongue. She’s almost about to confess to this complete stranger how there are holes inside of her, a scrapped up soul that feels like hers, but so much older.
But she is no damsel, and she has taken care of herself, and the words once again, are tucked under her throat, locked in a heart that is tired of remembering things that have come out of fairy-tales and not reality.
"Sometimes..I feel as if my work is — well, a way to complete myself, as well as other’s problems."
The prospect of having someone to talk to outside of work was..once more, quite refreshing. It didn’t take much for her lips to turn in that upward tilt that made the soul seem brighter, the room a bit darker.
”..I’d like that. I think lately, I could use a friend. What about you?”
She watches how Mina tenses after the suggestive words leave her mouth, but Valerie does nothing more than to smile at the way her body shifts, and her eyes show some confusion, like she has heard them before. This always happens, there's a point in their conversations, a certain thing she mentions where Mina starts to feel the connection, maybe not explicitly but definitely starts to drawn into her touch and the melodic things she says. This time, however, is way faster than other times in their past lives, it has to do with Valerie' charm? Possibly, but she has been waiting for this moment for years.
She has been waiting to see the one who was her beloved Queen at the principles of time, the one that still makes her blush and feel like there's blood running through her veins whenever their gaze encounter. Every time they find each other, it feels like just the first time, like nothing changed, it's simply magical the way their souls seem to beat at the same time after all these years. Valerie smiles to herself, of course she couldn't wait anymore, when those eyes were looking directly at her, her chest was filled with a sudden warm.
Mina was the only person who made her feel alive.
( Even after death. )
Her hand making a dangerous movement, she takes the blonde locks between her fingers, twirling them as her blue eyes take the job of examine Mirena, with her rosy cheeks and smile trying to hide the fact that she's not completely embarrassed by the vampire actions and thoughts, she can hear the rushed heart beat and smell the fear but at the same time, the curiosity.
❛ Oh, nonsense! I think your job must be more than interesting, I would love to hear more about it if you'd let me, we could exchange banal anecdotes on a coffee shop like many other people do, I think I am in need of a friend too, I've been lonely for many years already. ❜
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