04-24-2020, 01:23 AM
Liv was gone but a blink of the eye. 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 team 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. Liv seemed to mean it.
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; nose scrunched up, eyes full of mirth.
Liv and Nika talked well into the evening, easing through the fog of a first date. When finally they parted ways, a polite hug and shared smiles ended the night. Of course there would be more to come.
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 team 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. Liv seemed to mean it.
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; nose scrunched up, eyes full of mirth.
Liv and Nika talked well into the evening, easing through the fog of a first date. When finally they parted ways, a polite hug and shared smiles ended the night. Of course there would be more to come.