“Prosecutor, I’ve always found that to be more of a challenge than defense and I didn’t think I suited for it either.” He shrugged before taking a sip of his drink.
Leon looked down at Snowdrop, “…I have no idea as to why she would like me but I…
“Oh yeah! She likes to be petted. Don’t be shy, Leon, she’s not going to bite…”, she said as she smiled.
She looked down and thought of all the troubles she went through as a little girl in her time. Since the last time she was in court, she still remembers everything like it was fresh in her memory.
“… Very bad people, I guess. The ones who ruined… everything.”, Aly sighed as she looked down in her mug, her smile faded to a frown.
“Okay, good.” He leaned over, petting her and messing around with her ears for a bit before sitting up straight again.
He was told that he was the perceptive type and it wasn’t hard to notice that her mood changed. He wasn’t sure if he should have pried but he asked anyway, “…something wrong?”“Mm? Oh… um, nothing. Nothing’s wrong, really. It’s just that, um… It’s a pretty long story. I-I don’t think that you wanna hear it.”, she answered to him as she sipped her drink.
Thunder crashed as she jumped a little, spilling some of her tea on the floor.
“Crap, I spilled some while that thunder came!”, she chuckled, her heart skipped a beat. Aly stood up and went to the counter, got the rag and went back to the table to clean the floor.
“Sorry about that, Leon! I’ll go clean up the floor.”“Well, you seemed off and I thought I’d help out somehow if you wanted. You don’t have do, I just figured I’d ask.” He said, tapping his fingers against the mug.
When the thunder roared, he looked over to the window, unfazed. He had a strange fascination with storms in general, it wasn’t uncommon for him to do this.After seeing her cup fall over a bit, he got down to pick it up while she went to clean the mess, “It’s fine, don’t worry about it.”
“Well, I can be a little clumsy sometimes.”, she laughed a bit, cleaned the floor with the rag and got the mug from Leon.
“Thanks… At least, you know, you didn’t get scared by the thunder outside. It’s a good thing, Leon. I wished I had that kind of bravery.”
Aly stood up and went to the counter, placing the rag back where it came from. She looked at him and smiled, going back to him.
“So, Leon, got into any relationships lately?”“It happens to the best of us.” He smiled at her before shrugging, “Not so much bravery as learning to get used to it. I still get startled by storms, especially the bad ones.”
At the last question, Leon went quiet before saying, “Just got out of one a few months ago.” It was a topic he was usually fine talking about but now, he was iffy about it.“You do?”, she was surprised.
“You seem like the kind of dude who got bravery up in his sleeve… though that can work when you’re in court, of course…”
When Leon told her about what happened, she got a bit worried.
“Sorry, that felt kinda awkward. I didn’t mean to ask that.”“Yeah, you’d be surprised.” He nodded before saying, “It’s all toleration and knowing when to keep a straight face.”
Which was a terrible habit to pick up, considering how he was handling with it.
“It’s fine. Besides, it’s been a while so I guess I’m over it.” Leon answered, “You don’t need to apologize.”
The mage nodded as she formed her lips into a thin line.
“Oh I see. It’s kinda unusual for me to, you know, when we just… met today.”
She let out a nervous laugh, tucking her hair behind her ear as she got Snowdrop and placed her on her lap.
“Though it is nice to talk to someone for once, don’t you think so?”
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