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"Okay then," Angela said, the glow returning faintly. She really...did not want to get too attached. She knew he was her professor and he just viewed her as a student. But she couldn't help but feel a little pleased that he was wanting to come with her. Even if it was just a sense of duty.

Ugh. This was not good. She could not foster any sort of warm, fuzzy feelings for one of her teachers. Not only was it completely hopeless and he would never return those feelings but it was just impossible. Age differences and he was a vampire and she was half fae and tha was just a weird combination right there.

But he was so serious and stoic. But he had those moments where he would sort of gently tease her and...gah. She was doing it again. She needed to just stop indulging these thoughts. Definitely. She started out of the infirmary quickly, trying to conceal her embarrassment.

"But I'll have you know I'm not remotely in the habit of doing stupid things. I am a bit of a night owl as well so I keep odd hours sometimes as well but I'll try not to stay too late."


((You are such a girl, Angela. emotion_donotwant ))

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((I'll just post outside and skip posting that they walked down the hall because...we know they did))

Sethrian went to retrieve the bandages, and things to clean up Renivere's hands, grateful they'd gotten to the safety of the infirmary before being spotted. "My hands, my face, my ears..." Sethrian sighed a bit. "I don't think there is any part of me that does well in the cold. Though it wasn't like this when I was a child. There was a time when I enjoyed winter--but no longer."

He pulled a stool toward Reniver with his foot, sitting opposite her as she spread out the supplies and began to unwind his vest from her hands. "There are things about it I miss. But these days I simply stay indoors and avoid spending much time outside." Though that was as much to do with the fact that he had no friends back home, and no one to enjoy winter with anymore, as it had to do with the fact that cold weather affected his body negatively.

"You...do not need to repay me," he said, quickly beginning to clean up her hands to cover his embarrassment. "I've helped you because you needed help. There was no other reason. It is...natural to help those who need help so you needn't return the help." He looked up at her and smiled slightly. "I suppose the next time I need help, you are welcome to do so, though."

"Stay still," Sethrian said as he finished cleaning her hands. He began to bandage them up carefully. "Before my bbody became intolerant to the cold, I suppose I enjoyed the things all children love about winter. Playing in the snow, staging snow battles, warm drinks inside. But after a while, my body couldn't handle it any longer. There was little point to playing or finding enjoyment in it as I had no more friends to enjoy it with anyway," Sethrian said.

Now, he did have friends again. But he supposed it was too much to ask that he be able to enjoy winter again as well. After all, the cold could still easily kill him if he wasn't careful.

Sethrian finished with her hands and put away the supplies. Okay. They were alone. It was most definitely now or never. He could do this. "Renivere, actually...I...thought..." He coughed, and cleared his throat nervously. "Rather than...friends, I thought...that you and I. The ball coming up. If you're willing..."

Ugh. He was amazing how quickly he dissolved into a stammering mess. He took a breath, trying to steady his nerves. "Perhaps you would be willing to accompany me to the ball?"

"It's alright, I---you will?" Sethrian asked, blinking. She...she said yes? "Oh." As petals started falling over the both of them, Sethrian smiled--really smiled--for the first time since he'd come to the school. For the first time in a long while before that as well. "That's...great."

He ran a hand through his hair, both nervous, and extremely pleased. "I'm glad."

Whew. okay. That went better than he imagined. He hadn't even been slapped. Standing, he offered Renivere his hand, still smiling. "We sould leave before the doctor returns," he told her. "I know you didn't want to see him."

Though, with the flowers everywhere, he was bound to know they were there. At the moment, however, Seth really didn't care.


((There's a lot of rhyming in that last line. @_@ ))

"I do keep telling you that you don't have to thank me," Sethrian said, lips still curved into a slight smile. He led Renivere to the door, feeling elated. It was good to know she didn't hate him after all. Sticking his head out, he looked both ways. The doctor was no where in sight. "This way!" he said quietly, heading out into the hall.

The thing that terrified him now was the fact that he'd never take a girl to a ball (or anywhere, really) and had absolutely no idea what would be expected of him--well, beyond the obvious. But now that he'd stopped being terrified of asking her, he was starting to feel a little terrified of accidentally messing it up.

He paused and looked back at her reaching to pluck a flower out of her hair nervously. "But if we're expressing gratitude then...thank you as well."

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((I'm so bad at posting the "exit" thingie))