Beating Heart

Her words had the anticipated effect, dazed and confused. His eyes looked everywhere but at her and she smirked at him, tail waving almost in a silent taunt. Solaris attempted to play it cool but Azalea didn't need to be an expert in these things to know that he was anything but fine.

"Nah! I'm not easily offended. I try not to let negative emotions into my life, you know?" His words came off a little forced, at least she thought so. Was he still a bit on edge after she offhandedly called him cute? It wasn't even like she really meant anything by it. She had enough guy problems without starting anymore! "Oh, of course not. You're a pretty cool gal, Azalea. But I'll try to make due with whatever else I find in Alacritis. I'm awesome enough that I can counteract lame, I think!" She smiled like a puppy, ear to ear and practically buzzing with happiness.

"Yeah, I am cool, huh," She told herself. When he spoke of himself though she frowned, "You're an idiot, Solaris, you do no counteract poorly. We've had a perfectly healthy conversation and interactions." If she had been standing next to him she would have bumped shoulders like good friends were. She assumed him a friend at this point, she had no reason not to.

"Yeah? Well, maybe I'll stop by sometime if I happen to be in the neighborhood. How you described it earlier, it sounded really nice." She nodded to him. She would be more than happy to see him in Valhalla though part of her mind told her that would be a poor idea. Sarak might get the wrong idea if she went hanging around with some strange wolf.