“What can I say? If I had any organizational skills or ability to pontificate, I’d’ve made a great demonologist,” Iann said and although he sounded breezy about it there was still a tenseness under his words. And Sofia knew it, better than most. She after all had experienced first-hand how Iann and demons tended to tango. Iann would never forget that traumatic experience; but in a way, it brought him and Sofia closer together, didn’t it? Not that he was going to be ‘thankful’ to a fucking demon, though, and certainly not Uvallas who’d nearly destroyed his life ten years prior.
No; the unbreakable bond that him and Sofia forged after that awful experience in Sofia’s beloved forest was done between the two of them. They worked for it, and that was why they deserved it.
“And don’t you talk - I know you have all sorts of plant-related seduction techniques,” he teased Sofia, just for the fun of it. Actually it would be interesting to see how Sofia got her flirt-on. Iann imagined it would be a blend of subtle but intense. And maybe just a little playful, depending on the person. Sofia had an eclectic sense of humor - part of why they got along so well.
“Guess we both have a thing for vampires, huh?” Iann chuckled, referring to Juliet as well. Who had disliked him (which of course only had made Iann more intrigued by her).
Sofia’s stamp of approval; the idea made Iann rather excited. “You’ll love him,” he rushed to say. “Just don’t make him fall in love with you, okay Prof? Because I already am and I don’t want to have to fight him for that status.” How long had it been? Iann’s mind rolled and he let out a long ‘ahhhhhhh’ when he gave it some thought. “Not…that…long? You know how whirlwinds work?” Iann said with a rather self-conscious laugh, a rarity for someone as brazen as Iann generally was. Not concerning love, though. But then, whirlwind love seemed right for the Gemini man.
“Ms Realtor is great, but I can’t remember her name. I still have her card somewhere,” Iann said. As for Mal Ojo, he’d discussed it with Tuah and his mind was now settled on a decision. “I’m going to sell it - so the realtor should be happy. With all the modifications I made on the building - awesome mods, I might add - I should be getting a pretty good price for it.” Iann took in a breath, and then let it out slowly. “The end of an era, for me. But I think it’s for the best. I think it would help her…to rest, hm? It was always her place as much as mine,” Iann said, of course referring to his late wife with a soft fondness.
“You’re being ridiculous now..” Sofia’s voice dipped as Iann discounted himself. “Well, at least about your ability to pontificate,” her tone warmed as she continued to tease him. “The rest has been undoubtedly proven.”
When he turned the heat back on her, the potion mistress couldn’t deny her oneness with nature giving her the opportunity for an advantage if she so desired. “Hmm you’re right, though you obviously aren’t in need.” There was a breath of amusement and then agreement. The thought hadn’t had time to cross her mind but now that her friend pointed out this little commonality she had to laugh.
“Okay but I really do—“ she admitted without thinking about it too hard. Sofia’s best sexual experiences had been with vampires, an observation that the brunette wouldn’t be able to write off as coincidence. “For a second I thought me and this hot doctor were going to have a thing a few weeks ago. My god — you should have seen the way she looked at me. I thought it was going somewhere. But nope.” Sofia was still mixing up time and order of events. This was something that had been going on for the last month or so in the vaguest of ways.
“Have you let him bite you..drink from you?” Sofia asked before remembering that Tuah could not get drunk off of Iann’s blood in the same way that she had enjoyed Juliet feeling the effects after drinking the blood of someone born with magic in their veins. Still, she wanted to know. And she probably wouldn’t brag about the extra-headiness of her favorite thing.
“I don’t doubt it,” the woman replied for the sentiment. She didn’t think she would love him right off the bat but there was no reason to believe she wouldn’t warm to Iann’s new boo eventually. For now. Sofia’s propensity guardedness didn’t always need a warning sign. Though, if it had one it would be the kind with the colored sections which detailed many different varieties of cautioning at once. Some for her own sake, and some for Iann’s. “Oh, I’ll try.” What she meant was she would try not to. The words were so dry in delivery her intent was quite clear. “I couldn’t love anyone the way I love you.” She made the words sound blase because for most people saying such a thing was simple and relatively weightless. Sometimes Sofia liked to pretend she could live like that. In fact, Sofia’s great affection and care, her passion for and with Iann was an undisputable truth. Iann was the proof of something Sofia had never considered previously possible -- much like Iann’s and budding commitment and seriousness about another man. Even if it were all made up in her mind, she could be in love with him for the realization alone.
“Whirlwinds? Yup. I’m very familiar. But to whirlwind you?? — He’s gotta be a force.” Sofia smiled, liking the version of Tuah Iann was building for her more and more.
“Text me her info whenever you find it.” Sofia swallowed a small lump in her throat at the news of the verdict. “This is big,” she said with reverence, just needing to acknowledge that out loud. She was proud of Iann in a way that filled her up again - though not with that same bounce as before. Sofia had told Iann Mal Ojo would never be the same without his late wife and attempted to advise him in this direction but never took her opinion as anything more than just that. Even now, Sofia felt nothing near the realm of vindication. “I think so too..” the witched nodded to herself. “I think of her often.” Her sentence ran on, mind filling with memories of the blonde in question and an overwhelming sense of how much she missed her.
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