04-10-2019, 05:39 PM
Her first kiss. She blinked, and went over to the nearby table, pouring herself a glass of water. As she drank it, Nina saw how her hands trembled. Wine, wine would have been better. Wash out that metallic taste.
“Why’d you do that…” she began to say, then stopped. She recalled what small learning she had about the complex ways people move around each other, indifferent and unaligned. She had followed the path of her life along its own measurements, traveling from city to city, school to school, but it was entirely possible that places new to that path might have gestures that meant different things. There was no absolute degree to kisses.
“Um. That was nice,” she said, believing that was the thing one was supposed to say. She wondered if it hurt him because of his split lip.
She put down her water and came over to him, staring up at his face. “I will,” she said, and hugged him, stretching her arms carefully around the broad case of his chest bandages.
“You smooth talker,” she laughed, gamely, and playfully slapped his hand away. “Light, I’m years older than you. Thanks, and bye. Try not to die next time.”
“Why’d you do that…” she began to say, then stopped. She recalled what small learning she had about the complex ways people move around each other, indifferent and unaligned. She had followed the path of her life along its own measurements, traveling from city to city, school to school, but it was entirely possible that places new to that path might have gestures that meant different things. There was no absolute degree to kisses.
“Um. That was nice,” she said, believing that was the thing one was supposed to say. She wondered if it hurt him because of his split lip.
She put down her water and came over to him, staring up at his face. “I will,” she said, and hugged him, stretching her arms carefully around the broad case of his chest bandages.
“You smooth talker,” she laughed, gamely, and playfully slapped his hand away. “Light, I’m years older than you. Thanks, and bye. Try not to die next time.”
Nina