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[redrepels]

Character(s): Red | Wolf
Content: Dinner and explanations
Setting: Wolf's place at the Iriela Apartments
Time: Evening | Dinner Time
Warnings: TBA


Red found herself making her way nervously toward the Iriela apartments. Scratching through a door, or rather attempting to do so — what kind of person was she making friends with, here? Then again, of all people, Red had absolutely no right to judge anyone or anything; no one could have done anything as terrible as she did to poor, innocent Peter. She was climbing the stairs to the second floor and once she reached it, glanced for his door. It wasn’t hard to pick it out of the others, it indeed being covered in scratch marks.

Swallowing a lump, hands moving to her hood, she pushed it off of her head and made for the door a bit slowly, if not cautiously.

“He’s such a sweet man,” she told herself as she moved forward. “There’s absolutely no reason to worry about going into his home, it’s probably just as nice and charming as he is.”

It really wasn’t all that difficult to pep talk herself into heading to his apartment. In a few short strides, Red was at the door, looking it over, slowly feeling at ease for some reason. There was a small sense of familiarity at the markings, although at the time she didn’t really recognize why. Lifting her hand and curling her fingers into a fist, she rapped at the door a few times gently.

Closing her eyes briefly, she took a breath. “Everything will be explained, he said so.”

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Lifting herself from her chair with his urging, Red stood and flustered, found herself pulled in against him even closer. Wondering how she’d gotten herself into such a heavy flirting session, Red shyly set her hand to his shoulder as he pulled her in. Her blush only worsened with his words and even more so as his nose nearly grazed against her own. She’d lowered her gaze out of nerves and timidity, but found her breath hitching as he lifted her chin to lock her gaze with his.

“Y, You’re fond of…” ‘me?’ Oh dear, her shyness was certainly taking over. “I, it seems that we do, yes.”

[scentacrosstime]

Wolf let Red’s hand touch his shoulder, and he couldn’t help but give a little smirk. He let himself reach over to hold Red as they were so close together now, as he tilted his head to try and keep his eyes on her. So close she could probably feel his heart beating. Wolf pushed a bit of Red’s hair away from her cheek, as he grazed his knuckles softly to brush her cheek. He leaned in closer, he wanted to kiss those lips, the growl in his stomach just urging him to give in to the touch and taste of her.

No, no you can’t, you can’t do this. Not yet! Wolf cleared his throat, he stepped back as he went to go cut the pie. Trying to hide his own crimson blush. His voice cracked a bit as peered toward her, “So uh-MM-Ice cream with that or no?”

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For a time, her sight left her — rather, it blurred as she held her breath, the beat of his heart thumping in a rhythm through herself or so it seemed that way. Red lost herself in the moment, watching as he tilted his head and chest rising from holding her breath, she wondered if this was it, one of those moments that she had heard about in stories and fairytales. One that bore a likeness to the times she had felt all aflutter before. She was lifting her chin toward his, anticipating that their lips would graze for a kiss when he pulled back and left her to go to the kitchen.

She blinked her eyes. What just happened here?

Following him with her gaze, Red stood in the same spot he’d left her at, watching as he took interest in the food rather than herself. Had she done something wrong? Perhaps she wasn’t bold enough? She frowned in her confusion and doing her best to shake it off, gave a soft nod to his question.

“Um, I… could go for that, yes, thank you.”

[scentacrosstime]

Wolf’s felt his heartbeat so loud, it seemed to echo all around him. What was that? That feeling, that feeling he had with Virginia oh so long ago, it came back. Just like that? It couldn’t be… Wolf held his breath as he looked to the side, his eyes focused on the messy pan. They seemed glazed, unfocused, too many thoughts came in and out of his head. Like, what if Wolf was wrong about love. Or what his feelings were telling him now. Was it simply a connection he never thought he could feel again? This could just be a mistake. Perhaps he was simply getting too excited.

Either way Wolf, wanted nothing more than to make sure he wasn’t going to loose someone close again. It happened way too many times for him to count. Wolf glanced back at Red, as he snapped back to reality, giving her a sheepish smile, “Ah-Sorry, I lost myself there…”

Wolf started to get out the bowls for both of them and the ice cream from the freezer. He gave a gentle smile for her as best as he could, “I hope you like vanilla then.”

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Her head tilted as she watched him. He was losing himself to his thoughts, wasn’t he? Nervously, she continued to wring her hands together while he fell into silence, doing the same herself. After that, she didn’t really have much to say — she was busy gathering her own thoughts as well, to be honest. She lowered her head and gazing to the floor, wondered just what had taken place. The last time that her heart had leapt from her chest to her throat was when she was with Peter; he was the only boy that had ever made her feel that way before, that is, until now.

This, though, it happened so quickly… how could it be? Was this was Snow White had told her about, ‘love at first sight’ —? Nonsense.

Startling at his voice, she lifted her head and flushing just gave him a nod, having completely missed what he said. It wasn’t until she realized he was pulling the frozen treat from the freezer that she put together what he had asked. She shook her head softly, lips tugging into a rather reserved smile.

“Oh that, that’s fine, really.”

[scentacrosstime]

Putting the ice cream in two bowls. Wolf glanced from the table to the sofa in the living room. He gave a small smile as he handed Red a bowl of ice cream. “How about we go ahead and sit on the couch for while. We can be more comfortable over there,” Wolf suggested to Red, as he started to lead the way to the living room.

Looking back at Red, “Perhaps I can show you the music player Genie gave me.” As glanced over to the phonograph that still had a Queen disc in it.

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Quietly taking her bowl, Red gave a nod and followed the man to the living room, settling down onto the couch as he’d offered her. She set her bowl onto her lap and watched as he spoke about the music player, looking toward the phonograph she smiled. Red had heard about those, at least. Granny had never owned one, but she had heard tell of them being used at parties and such.

“Oh, that would be lovely. I’ve never used one of those before, but I hear they’re very fun.”

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Giving a smile, Wolf came over to put the phonograph on, placing the Queen disc on there. The first song that came on was the ‘I Want To Break Free’ song, Wolf gave a sigh as he sat next to Red, bobbing his head to the music, “Genie calls it rock and roll, I think it’s rather nice to listen to! Has a wonderful beat don’t you think?”

At this point Wolf was tapping his foot along to the beat. He had a goofy grin on as he was enjoying the music. This was one of his favorite tracks on this album.

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Honestly, the music shocked her. It was far from anything she had ever heard before and despite how catchy it was to Wolf, it was confusing to Red. She even briefly lifted her hand to cover an ear; not because the music was loud by any means, as it wasn’t, but because it was so foreign a tone to her that she hardly knew what to make of it. Raising her brows, Red gave him a look of loss. He wanted her opinion on the sound and she wasn’t sure what to give him.

“It, ah, it’s…” staggering to find a word to use, she gave a nervous laugh. “It’s fascinating.”

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“Awwooo?” Wolf tilted his head curiously, as he looked at Red. He gave a sorta small smile, “It’s alright, you don’t have to be polite about things like this. I know stuff like this can be rather… Out there.” He gave a roll of eyes at that. Like way out there, like Virginia’s world out there.

Wolf’s tail began to wag though, “However, if you’d like, I can teach you how to dance to this sort of music. Maybe you might like it if you try?”

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Sheepishly, she smiled. Oh, he’d caught her — the politeness had been feigned to hide that she didn’t know what on earth was going on with the crazy music. It wasn’t as though it was offensive to her ears, but it was foreign and so she didn’t rightly know what to make of it.

For some reason, though, as his tail began to wag she felt her cheeks flush bright red. Dance?

“I, I’m not certain that would be able…” —but to dance with Wolf? She would try it. “—it’s worth a try, though. Right?”

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Wolf stood up and make a little bow toward Red. Then held out his hand to Red with a little smile, “Then we shall have this dance my dear fair maiden! And I~ Shall be your leading man~!”

He gave her a wink as his hand stayed extended, “And teach you all my best moves.”

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Her leading man …

The comment brought color to her cheeks and shyly, she looked off in the distance but lifted her hand to take his and with it, stood up onto her feet. How was one supposed to even dance to something like this song? It was a good thing that Wolf planned to lead their little dance because Red was already lost.

“W, well then. You’ll have to instruct me how to move but, on your mark, whenever you’re ready.”

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Wolf gave a little smile to Red as he brought her to feet. Leading her out to where there was more room for them to dance on the floor, pushing the coffee table a little bit out so they wouldn’t bump into it. Wolf brought her close to him, “First, let yourself relax, feel the music. We’ll begin by feeling the beat.”

Tapping his foot to the beat, “You hear it? It’s going in a rhythm, 1-2-3, 1-2-3, 1-2-3, 1-2-3~ You got it? Do you feel it?”

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“Feel the music, right.” She gave a bit of a stiff nod at him as she spoke, pressed in against him with his tug. How was she supposed to feel the music when all she could feel was him? Coughing gently to try and regain some composure, Red lowered her gaze to try and listen to the music. It should be easy, right?

“I… I feel it…”

Well, she felt something. That was good enough, right?

[scentacrosstime]

“Relax…” Wolf spoke softly, as he let his hand glide gently down her back. Tilting his gaze to look at her, “Eyes on me… You can do this, follow my lead.”

It was pure poetry. The way the music played was almost romantic as Wolf began to move his foot back and forth. Letting her glide with him, as he gave her an encouraging smile, hoping that she’ll let herself get lost in the moment. As he tried to guide her in step he spoke, “1, 2, 3… 1, 2, 3…”

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How could she relax with him touching her like that? And looking at her like that? All it did was make her flush more and more, to the point that she was certain she’d never need her red cloak ever again because her skin being red would be enough of a repellent.

“Eyes on…” she couldn’t even finish the sentence, though her gaze did remain fixed on him. Squeezing her hands at him, she felt her feet move — whether it was correct or not she suddenly didn’t care, so long as she didn’t step on his toes, they would be alright! Truth be told, she was barely thinking about moving her feet, she was losing herself to the pretty melody of the song and to his charms, his warmth and that smile…

[scentacrosstime]

It wasn’t for long that he too became lost. Wolf was soon gazing into her eyes as the music continued. He held his breathe slightly as they danced. He gave a grin, sincerely having such a fun time with her. Soon forgetting which step was correct. All that seemed to matter was that they were dancing together and the sheer beauty that he let himself see was only her. Holding out arms, not even noticing the dance was soon just them moving their feet in slow spin. Wolf didn’t want the music to stop. He gave out a little laugh in joy as he looked away slightly with a shy blush as he got closer in the dance with her.

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For some time she simply allowed herself to be lost in his eyes — they were beautiful and made her melt just a little more and more the longer she stared at him. Frankly, she barely noticed her footing and whether it made sense with the music’s beat, Red was barely registering that they were doing little more than stepping in circles over and over again. She shifted her arms to snake around his shoulders, stepping in a little closer to press against him while they danced.

His little laugh broke her of her ‘trance’, so to speak.

“What…” she smiled charmingly to him, lowering her gaze slightly to laugh herself. “Are you laughing at my dancing, good sir?”

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“Awwwwooo? What oh no-no-no, you are mistaken fair maiden,” Wolf grinned as he tilted his head toward her, putting both hands around her waist as she put her hands around his shoulders. Although he was still dancing with her, he was beginning to slow down a bit, “I was simply laughing in a bit of glee. After all I’m having a lot of fun right now.”

Wolf got closer, his eyes on her as he spoke a little softer, “I simply can’t help myself.”

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“I take that to mean I’m not as terrible as I thought I was at this whole … dancing thing,” she chuckled, but felt herself blush all the more as his hands slid along her waist. Quietly, she moved her arms a bit closer around him in response and like him, began to slow down although she was hardly aware of it happening.

Shyly, her eyes met his and her breath hitching from his gaze alone; she felt her chest tighten with her nervousness. “C, Can’t you?”

What couldn’t he help, she wondered?

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Giving a little smirk, “One can surprised at what they can accomplish, I’m astonished at the things I can do sometimes, but I’ve learned to accept it as I go along~” He slowed down a bit for her, letting themselves wind down for a bit. He sincerely looked at her, not wanting to offend her whatever reason, “Do… You want me to?”

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There was sincerity in his eyes that Red hadn’t been witness to for so long. Shyly, she shook her head softly and smiling, returned his stare.

“I want you to do whatever you want to do, Wolf…” The words left her lips before she could properly think them through and having heard herself say them; she realized that it was true. He could do whatever he would like and she would be fine with it. Flushed, she stepped in a little closer to him. “Anything at all.”

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With that Wolf gave out a full grin as his tail wagged in delight, tilting her backwards in the dance before twirling her around. Then back in close to him, noses touching. He gave out a slight growl in delight, “Well there’s all sorts of things one could do~ It is whether or not you think I should control myself… But perhaps I am just teasing~” He said nuzzling their noses together.

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A gasp left her lips as she was dipped and twirled, giggling shortly following it — but the red on her cheeks worsened when he pulled in her closely once more and flustered, she held her breath. Part of her wanted to just close the little gap between their lips in a kiss, the bigger part of her was far too nervous to do so. Instead, she listened to his words and returning the cutesy nuzzle, gave a light chuckle.

“Are you just toying with me, Mister Wolf …?”