Practice

Dyani giggled at his joke about angels. She considered asking him exactly what he was, if he was an angel, but she stayed silent for now. Anything to be this comfortable for longer. Forgetting that she was even in her true form, she smiled unabashed and looked back at Soren. Then the fact that she was undisguised hit her, and a crease of concern appeared in between her emerald eyes.

"So... so you don't think I look like a monster?" Dyani asked, automatically reaching up to touch an antler and looking at Soren. She couldn't believe that he liked this form, the one she truly was. Sure, her disguise. It was designed to be charming and endearing for her own protection. But her real form, the one that she hunted her prey in and that was a reflection of her own soul in its private nature? This she was having a problem believing. Surely not Dyani the Wendigo, the monster with no friends or connections of any kind. Soren was so handsome and kind, surely he couldn't be attracted to a Wendigo.

There were no words, there couldn't be words to describe how she was feeling. She had never known words that could accurately describe this. If she had, it was too many years ago to remember. Dyani's eyes were closed as if in prayer, her face burning with embarrassment and joy. Somehow, through a miracle that was given to her via the grace of some divinity, she had found something like family. Something like home. There was a void filling in the small Wendigo that had been hurting for so long she had forgotten about it entirely. Now the pain returned as it was made whole again. The feeling like one had been a puzzle piece for their entire life, and was suddenly and perfectly fit into a large puzzle that they didn't even know existed.

The face of the Wendigo broke into a large smile and she realized she was dangerously close to crying. How odd. She hadn't cried in... since her brothers. "Yes" she replied, leaning her head in his hands and smiling more openly than she had in eternity.

"I've never felt this way about anyone, ever. I'm lucky you feel the same connection that I do to you..." Dyani replied, feeling rather like she didn't even want to move from her position in Soren's arms. Her arms were entwined around his neck, her eyes still riveted to his face like she was concerned that if she looked away he would be gone.

If her face was a burning glowing ember before, the feeling that Soren's kiss left on her cheek was making it crimson. However, her smile just brightened and she shook her head lightly as if to say she didn't mind in the slightest. "I do. I will find you during lunch" she replied, nodding and thinking. Maybe she would spend more time in school than she had planned.

~Finished~

Dyani and Soren then went to Soren's House to introduce Dyani to his mother...