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Work was over and done with for the day and rather than sit at home doing nothing, Richard had gone out for a run as he still was itching to move. He had started out just running along the sidewalks but had very quickly grown too annoyed with the other pedestrians and traffic so had ended up making a beeline to the nearest park. As soon as he was back in nature he rolled his shoulders to release some of the tension that has built up then set back up in a jog. He hadn’t been at it long before he spotted another person in the park who was appreciating nature as well, just in a different way. The tall man eyed her for a moment but it didn’t look like the young woman would do anything more then take pictures and not say try and catch the butterfly.
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Holi was done with her picture taking, deciding to view the butterfly for a little bit longer.
And to ignore what she thought were eyes looking at her.
Most of the time she's able to just keep to herself and carry on, but today just felt different. She decided to stand up and see whose gaze she was feeling. “Hello?” Oh so it was….Another person! Well, it seemed like another chance to make a friend~ “Do you need to get by? I'm sorry if I was in your way, butterflies can be a bit distracting!” This guy didn't look like he was around her age, maybe he was….Younger? Nah, maybe he was an old man that looked younger! That last thought made her snort a little, young looking old people are a thing, which meant that there was clearly a fountain of youth somewhere. But if they look younger, would that change their body? Or would it be a situation where they look young then fall and can't get up?
She was holding back a series of laughs at that one.
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Richard, having came to a stop on his jog when he had stopped to eye the young woman, gave a slight shrug of his shoulders. “No, you aren’t in the way. Just was watching what you are doing.” He said after a moment. He didn’t go into why he was watching, though he would if she asked, and of course he couldn’t know what she was thinking. If he had been able to, he would have sighed at his ‘curse of baby face’ whenever he was clean shaven and probably would have gone ahead and decided to grow out some scruff again.
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Oh!
Now why would he do that?
Holi blinked and raised an eyebrow. How weird, but alright~ “Whys that?” She tilted her head in question, “Did you want to see the pictures Ive taken? I'm going to use them as a reference to make wings later on~” Was this a complete stranger? Yes, but Holi being Holi, is never the one to shy away from making a new friend. “Oh! My name is Holi, what's yours?”
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He gave a small chuckle and shook his head at her response. “To be completely honest, I was watching to make sure you weren’t going to overly disturb the butterfly.” What he wouldn’t admit outloud to her was he was 110% more likely to power up and drain an a*****e that didn’t respect nature. There was a reason that campers who started forest fires went missing and he was not ashamed of that one bit. But of course that was neither here nor now seeing how pictures of a butterfly wasn’t the same type of thing. “I’m Richard, Rick if you tend to use nicknames.”
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Oh alright that made sense~
Holi couldn't comprehend disturbing a butterfly to the point of where it would be harmed, that was just mean….”Rick? Like Ricky bobby?” She chuckled and tried to hold in the rest of her laughing, she was sure it would be considered rude. “Well it is nice to meet you Rick~” She just had to ask, otherwise the wait was going to kill her, “How old are you?” She wanted to see if her theory was correct, and if it was, she was probably going to laugh.
Baby faced oldman….That is just hilarious.
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“More like, ‘anything other than d**k’, Rick instead of after someone but sure.” Richard gave a bit of a lopsided grin. More amused with her laughter than anything. “Nice to meet you as well.” He did blink a bit in surprise when she asked him how old he was and that little inkling of ‘damn baby face’ prickled at the back of his mind. “Thirty-three, why?” Well, almost thirty-four but that was next month.
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Oh so he wasn't all THAT old….
But still a snort did manage to leave her before she could stop it. “N-Nothing….Just wondering” She snickered again and tried to correct herself. “Are you around here often? I've never seen you before…” Granted, he probably was here a lot and Holi just didn't pay attention as usual. She never pegged herself as the most self aware person on the planet. She did feel like she was breaking her neck slightly having to look up. “You're like a tree or something….Erm…A very big tree I guess…” Probably a tree with a thick trunk? Is that how she would describe it?
Probably. Something was telling her not to voice that out loud though.
Bellamy always told her that sometimes when she says things it comes out wrong….
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Yep, damn baby face. Richard took in a deep breath then let it out in a not quite sigh. Definitely going to grow back some scruff. “From time to time. I like to keep active, can’t sit still too long.” He didn’t recall ever seeing her either but that didn’t necessarily mean anything since he tended to attempt to ignore a lot of the other people when on a jog/run. “And yourself? Do you often come to the park?” Another slow blink of surprise at the comment on his height but a moment later he let out a laugh. “I’ll take that as a compliment then.” There were worse things to be compared to when it came to his height anyway.
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“I do! I'm usually finding myself here after work. I do take pictures for certain Cosplay and Costume outfits.” She pulled up some pictures of her latest outfits. Harley Quinn is a staple for her on her Youtube channel so it was the one that had the most variety. If he wasn't offended at the tree complement then she could say what was on her mind then, “Well,” She pursed her lips and walked a bit closer, “You're like a very thick tree then! Like….Uh a tree with a very thick trunk? I'm not sure how to put it.” If Holi was a bit more aware, she would have figured that she found Rick's physique attractive. But because things like that mostly go over her head, this left her struggling to figure out words.
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His eyes looked to the pictures as he gave a nod. “Makes sense. Well those certainly look well done, though I can’t say I’ve ever looked into cosplay myself.” There were some things he probably would be willing to cosplay but it was never anything that really called out to him to try and it wasn’t like he had anyone to push him to do so. The only person he knew that might have well, he hadn’t heard from him in years.
Another laugh escaped at the continued comparison. “I’ll take that as you think I look pretty sturdy on my feet then.” An amused look was shot at her face. The idea that she might have been complimenting his attractiveness didn’t escape him but since that didn’t have to be anything more than aesthetics he didn’t say anything.
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Sturdy? Yeah that was it!
Holi practically beamed at the compliments to her cosplay outfits. “You should look into it! Cosplay is amazing! I can make you outfits if you want? I think you would be an awesome JoJo character!” She rubbed her chin, giving him a critical look over, “Maybe one of the Jotaros would be great to start!” But which one? Oh! Jotaro Kujo! It would be perfect! She pulled up a picture of said character on her phone, “I could do this cosplay for you~ Your body type is perfect for it.” She leaned back with a smile, “What do you think?”
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“Maybe I will, though there isn’t much reason for me to actually take it up.” He said honestly with a small shrug of his shoulders. “I’ve heard of that anime but the only thing I know about it is that it can be confusing I believe?” He looked at the new picture she showed him and gave a hum. “Well it does seem like it would fit body wise anyway.” Wasn’t something he would typically wear as a civilian but he believed that was one of the points of cosplay anyway.
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“Here~” Holi looked around before shrugging, taking out a pen and quickly grabbing Richard’s hand, writing down her number. “Sorry, I didn't have any paper on me~ But call me, I would like to make a Jojo outfit for you!” She just wanted to make all the outfits ever really, and the more subjects she had to work on, the better her skills would be. For now, she would need to head back home so she can start her stream. “I have to go now, but it was nice meeting you Rick!~” She hoped he would call so she could make awesome outfits for him to try on.
Natsuko-neko
