@Blesses Blight

When she turned down the drink, it made Salvador reflect again on the way he looked and felt when he wasn’t sober. He’d felt better in this place than he’d felt in a long time, it was a rejuvenating experience and he quickly realized he shouldn’t let any of the the experience sour his time here. He didn’t like to drink alone these days, though for a long time, his alcoholism had consumed his past. 

He put down the bottle he was drinking from, screwed the cap back on. And took out the rest of the bottles and set them all in a line. Staring at them. Wondering what to do with them. He would think of something in time. 

He turned his attention back to her. Something about her presence was deeply comforting. Maybe it was just that he didn’t want to be alone. Maybe it was something unique about her he had yet to discover. He wasn’t sure yet. But he found himself staring at her pretty face often and tried to distract himself, clumsy and embarrassed whenever caught mid stare. 

When she called the flower beautiful he just shrugged it off though. “Ah it’s nothing. Just felt a brief sense of inspiration.” He said, looking her in the eyes. He wanted to say that she was even more so, but he held his tongue. 

The question of her origins seemed to fluster her more than a bit. And he felt genuinely bad for the look of concern on her face.

When she mentioned the constellations, he looked up. Having never even given it a second thought. “Huh, you’re right.” But it didn’t worry him a bit and he tried to show confidence. 

“Well, since these may very well be newly discovered stars, what say we give them our own names?” He asked in a coy sense. Before turning his head skyward again and pointing. “See those ones? They look almost like a cat, don’t they? We could call it the Felid constellation, or well…I’ve never been good at picking out names.” He admitted. 

He noticed another that reminded him of the owl mask and then looked away, feeling the stars were playing tricks on his mind. 

“Me? I’m not sure why I’m here. It wasn’t somewhere I intended to go. But I’m glad I got to experience it.” He said, and then felt a bit sad, reminded of his loss. He said simply, lying to no one more than himself. “She’s resting. For a while.” It broke his heart to even try to acknowledge Ruka might not return. So he would just sit and hope and cherish the moments he got to have once again.