07-26-2019, 12:05 PM
Nika, unaware, beamed. The idiot’s slow smile spread with an upward curl of her lips like a sunrise. Liv had touched her. That gesture, however small in appearance, was monumental in action for both women.
Nika was not accustomed to being touched. Not like that; not at all. Outwardly her general vibe and public persona repulsed all manner of physical contact. She did not hug, there were no shoulder squeezes or pats on the back. The most her teams had ever gotten was perhaps a high five or a handshake. There were many reasons for the chasmic distance at which she kept people. Secretly though, deep within the boxes upon boxes hidden away in her mind, all Nika wanted...was to be was touched. Desperately. To be touched and loved. So naturally it made no sense to her to allow such an action if the gesture wasn’t genuine. It made perfect sense to her in the confined of her guarded mind. Perfect.
So the Universe had its fun with her and she was completely in the dark about what had just happened. It was an innocent touch. Nika grinned like a perfect idiot. She laughed goofily, eyes full of mirth. “I’ll see you in one hour.” She turned and all but floated out the door with a ring of the old-fashioned bell.
Nika was not accustomed to being touched. Not like that; not at all. Outwardly her general vibe and public persona repulsed all manner of physical contact. She did not hug, there were no shoulder squeezes or pats on the back. The most her teams had ever gotten was perhaps a high five or a handshake. There were many reasons for the chasmic distance at which she kept people. Secretly though, deep within the boxes upon boxes hidden away in her mind, all Nika wanted...was to be was touched. Desperately. To be touched and loved. So naturally it made no sense to her to allow such an action if the gesture wasn’t genuine. It made perfect sense to her in the confined of her guarded mind. Perfect.
So the Universe had its fun with her and she was completely in the dark about what had just happened. It was an innocent touch. Nika grinned like a perfect idiot. She laughed goofily, eyes full of mirth. “I’ll see you in one hour.” She turned and all but floated out the door with a ring of the old-fashioned bell.