♛ :: @rosenguard continued from here .
With it being so cold during night fall of the night, it seemed to be all ignored by the bright smiles on her face and talking with the nice gentleman; Aerith had recently came across. He seemed to be awfully nice, especially from the given compliments. So maybe things gotten a bit better aside of it being purely cold out.
Looking around her surroundings, there seemed not to be too many people around the area. If there were anyone else other than him and her own self, well they probably got the message to go inside indoors quickly as possible. Maybe, it was for the best that Aerith does the same exact thing. If not, who knows what could happen to her.
[ ❀ ] “U-um well.. I was going to see if I could find an Inn to stay for the night. But it might not be too wise to walk all the way to one, right? I’ll probably get icicles form right at my nose, if I were to do that.” She said in rather a joking manner, as another giggle escaped from her lips. Though, she did grew curious on why he would ask such a question even though – he might of been only merely curious. “But.. how come you ask? Do you have a place to stay nice and warm in, too?”
Rick nodded, feeling suddenly pretty embarrassed that he’d gone and asked a thing like that. He suddenly didn’t feel the cold at all. ❝Right! Oh, uh...❞ He made this awkward little side-to-side twisting gesture with one hand. ❝I actually just was asking because I wanted to make sure you had someplace to go. What kind of gentleman would leave a lady to the elements without even knowin’ if she had a place to go or not?❞ he actually balked at the notion. Then he went on, trying to be cool (which was proving difficult in spite of the weather): ❝OK, so, well, I know this is comin’ off a little odd but I do have a place right near here, and, you know, I’d feel a lot better if you’d come on over an' warm your pretty little self up than if you stayed out here with icicles formin’ on your nose. Heck, I’ll make you dinner if you want. Whaddaya say?❞
He smiled invitingly at her, but it didn’t come across quite so smooth as he’d intended it, given that he was still feeling a little hung up feeling hyperaware of the situation and his approach. He seriously wasn’t looking to come off as a creep, he just wanted to be a gentleman. As far as Rick was concerned, that meant doing everything he could to make sure a nice lady in need was safe and got whatever assistance she needed.
