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Post by Estelle Hisakawa on Aug 13, 2024 12:42:04 GMT -7
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Nothing's changed.[break][break]
Or, no. It would have been disingenuous to say absolutely nothing had changed. Many storefronts had since closed, or changed, since the last time she wandered in the central plaza. Clubs that used to litter the streets had turned into cafes, some old coffee shops becoming outlets, an old bookstore shifting their eyes towards digital reading.. many things had changed, but the soil still felt the same. There had been a time where she would have been excited, where she had the time to be free from the gates of the school to explore like she used to. Nowadays, however, the sparkle and wonder had faded into a settled nostalgia - it rested over her, gently, like the veil of a first snow.[break][break]
Nostalgia aside, she found herself back at the entrance of an old cafe. It was impressive, really, the way it had been able to stay open throughout the years. When she thought about it, maybe it wasn't all too surprising, considering the demographic. When she burrowed into the confines of her memory, she recalled that they had always been fond. She remembered the cake she would have, occasionally. She remembered the macarons, the tea, and the company she kept. A shame she couldn't reminisce any longer, for fear of standing around aimlessly.[break][break]
So she walked into the cafe, fingers tented against her stomach to take a small look around. It seemed, to her, that it wasn't a busy time of day. There were few patrons, and only a handful of workers walking around. Frankly, it brought back more memories, and she started to wonder if walking in had been a mistake.[break][break]
The mistake had been making eye contact with a waitress.[break][break]
She was peppy and chipper, young. She looked like a part-time worker, but the way she stumbled over her words screamed new hire. Estelle was patient and only wore a small smile on her lips as she was escorted to a seat. Though it hadn't been a restaurant, the lack of patrons perhaps pushed some hospitality. Maybe she just hadn't been there for too long. Thankfully, the lack of patrons meant the food came out quickly, and the pastries were.. familiar.[break][break]
Distinctly familiar.[break][break]
The woman paused, then raised her hand to call the young lady over. "Excuse me?" she asked with a soft voice, vacant smile to her lips. "May you call the chef out? I'd like to give my compliments."
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Post by Walther Menon on Aug 13, 2024 16:01:27 GMT -7
“Here kid, take this…” “You still calling me kid?” “Are you a dumbass? Of course I am, you’ll always be kid to me. Now stop yapping and hold out your hand” He held out his palm confused a bit no really know what the old lady before him wanted to give him, but the sound of jingling was hear and Walther couldn’t help but raise an eyebrow at the sudden item dropped in his hand. “A key?” “We’ll I’m glad you know you shapes but yes its key, but not just a simple key, but your key…the main key to this place…” “Wait are you saying-” “Yup!” “Are you really going to-” “Yup!” “You can’t seriously-” “YUP!” “Stop with the yup! What am I going to do with a café?! I don’t know how to run this thing! I don’t even want it and-” “You wanted a new start…didn’t you?” Walther could only grow silent at her words. Though they always bickered and fought, she was always someone Walther cared for a lot. He didn’t know if wanted a café, he didn’t even believe he could run one, but Walther knew what she was offering him and he knew how much this café meant to her. For her to give him ownership… “You been through so much, haven’t you Walt…” A soft hand was placed on top of his head and that hand gently stroked the top of his head, like a grandmother soothing her grandchild. All in all Walther could only look downwards, his eyes glazed and growing damp.
“Life hasn’t been fair to you, I know…but I know there is no better person to leave my legacy to and I am so proud of the man that you’ve become. If you want to start anew then let me at the very least gift you this” Those word were enough for him to hug the woman before. He couldn’t help but sob, trembling as he held her tightly, but the woman merely continued to stroke his head as if to soothe him. “You always were a pain in the ass old lady…” “Likewise, now don’t screw this up otherwise I’mma sic that sister of your on you” And so Walther could not help but smile. He would not let her down, he would not waste the chance she gave him…he wont…
The Stardust Café, A quaint little café settled in Wisteria. It wasn’t something one could consider anything super special, it wasn’t some big branded establishment and it wasn’t a massive moneymaker, but it was home to Walter, a place that bore fond memories to him. Though he never though of ever being the one to hold its keys, running this café brought him some sort of fulfillment in a way, as if he was continuing some sort of legacy.
The café wasn’t bustling today so it was an average day in which Walther stood in the back assisting in getting the pastries made. While yes he was the owner, that didn’t mean he slacked off and he tended to find himself getting in the midst in the work (albeit in the back away from people). While casually whisking a batter that was in the large bowl in his hands took notice of doors to the kitchen opening with the sudden voice of one of his employees.
“Boss! We got a customer that wants to speak with you!”
Hearing those words Walther immediately flinched and continued to whisk. “greaaaaaaat what happened? Anyway you can smooth it out?” Walther could only say with a groan really not in the mood to deal with an irate customer.
“no no boss! It’s a good thing! They want to give you a complement!”
Despite the cheerful and happy tone of his waitress, Walther could only just look at the young girl with a rather deadpan stare, his hands instinctively still whisking. “…any way you can smooth it out?” Walther said. “I…what?” The girl was confused by Walther’s words but his attention returned back to his work. “I mean you can just tell them I suddenly got sick or that I ran off to an emergency” Walther said
“Boss…”
“Maybe say I sliced my hand and I had to run off and-”
“Boss!” Immediately Walther stopped and looked over at his waitress deflated as he saw her rather stern look towards him as she held her hips and Walther knew there was no way of getting out of this. In all technicality he could, but he knew his waitress didn’t want to lie and he didn’t want her to nor did he want to put her in the uncomfortable position of telling this customer that the owner just didn’t want to come out. "Alright fine fine!" Walther said with a sigh. Despite being a gym teacher Walther, wasn’t all to enthusiastic to deal with social interactions and if he could avoid it then he damn well would, but at the same time he wouldn’t neglect his duty. And so, after washing his hand and removing his apron, Walther placed on his gloves and jacket and was off. “Now lets see, table number 6…that is…ah shit…” Walther began to murmur to himself silently as he froze a moment upon seeing the customer from afar. He always found it hard to speak to girls and even harder when it came to pretty girls. The woman sitting there was definitely a really good looking one for sure and that just made things more harder. Taking a deep sigh Walther could only prep himself as he walked over.
“Hey, so uh, I heard you wanted to speak to me?” Walther said as he couldn’t help but shut his eye and scratch the back of his head. “I’m er the chef and owner of his place, I hope everything was to your liking?” Walther said.
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Post by Estelle Hisakawa on Aug 13, 2024 16:27:24 GMT -7
[nospaces] [attr="class","estelle-box"] [attr="class","estelle-large"] [attr="class","estelle-smallbox"] [attr="class","estelle-notes"] THANK YOU FOR THIS MEAL
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She looked out the window, and realized the view hadn't changed. [break][break]
There's a smile on her lips as she snacked on the cake slice, matcha still being her favourite after how many years later. It thankfully isn't rare to find around here, but to a degree, she wondered if the owner ever learned how to make them. They were on sale, so she assumed so - and she assumed correctly. She thanked the stars for that. [break][break]
While waiting, the golden-eyed woman idles about in her seat with her phone pulled out. She quickly snapped a picture, despite its quarter-eaten state and sent the picture after a few taps. A ding followed, and her lips curled into a smile to suppress amusement. The group chat was filled with disappointed emotes, whines, long, drawn out "noooOOOOOO" and "shaAAAAARE"s from family members, siblings and the like. She, in all her amusement, sent a smiley face to them, then tucked her phone away into her pocket. Indeed, she could feel the vibration going off with each digital whine, but as the elder sister, she had the right to be a little cheeky, no? [break][break]
Her attention is pulled away from her phone as a familiar man approached the table, burnt amber eyes meeting a familiar, bright blue hue upon turning her head. [break][break]
For the first time, in a little while, a pit in her stomach tugged both heart and lungs down. What stopped them from sinking was the brief, light-hearted giddiness that followed when she realized: she was right. [break][break]
It's only a brief meeting, but she noticed things. She noticed many things - namely how he rubbed the back of his head, the way he held himself, the way he was so reluctant to be social. She has to stifle her own laughter at how little things had changed, save for his physical appearance, and maybe his voice. Unless she gaslit herself, it sounded a smidge deeper, didn't it? [break][break]
"It was." she said, a soft smile to her lips with her fingers tented before her, just above the cake. "Might I ask what grade of matcha you used? I can never quite get the measurement right.." Estelle chuckles at her own incompetence, with the tilt of her head to convey the clumsiness.
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Post by Walther Menon on Aug 13, 2024 22:27:41 GMT -7
Why was he like this? He though he had gotten better at all this and yet here he was looking away almost meekly at the pretty woman before him. It wasn’t even easy to draw Walther’s meekness like this and overall he had primarily been able to speak with majority of his customers properly after dealing with other customers and his job as a teacher, but why was that meekness returning? He wasn’t the same person as all those years ago...
At the very least the woman gave a rather simple complement, making thing a tad bit easier as he wasn’t the best with complements as they just made him all the more flustered. Realizing how stupid he was being he turned to face the woman calmly, opening his rather dull eye as he glanced down at the woman and for but a single moment his eye widened a bit.
Those eyes, those golden eyes, he saw those before, he knew those eyes all to well. Deep down he knew just from sight alone just who this was, but his mind blotted it out, deeming it as impossible as means to perhaps defend himself in a way. In the end perhaps he just wasn’t ready to fully revisit the past.
Immediately Walther looked to the side again and shut his eyes calmly in response before running his hand through his silver hair. “Geez, I could have just passed on the message thorough my waitress” Walther said softly mostly more to himself as he let out a sigh as he suddenly lifted one finger. “The type of matcha depends on your tastes and will determine how bitter it is. Ceremonial and culinary are both good options though it doesn’t matter if you don’t take into consideration of the other ingredients as well. If you neglect those as well then the outcome will just turn to shit basically” Walther said casually. “For this cake I opted for ceremonial. It may have been more expensive but at the same time I found myself with a good deal on it and it doesn’t require much. As for the rest? Well I can’t be giving away all my techniques” Walther said.
With those final words, though it was quite small there was a smile on his face. He at the very least was able to focus on talking about baking but even so he kept his eyes closed calmly.
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Post by Estelle Hisakawa on Aug 13, 2024 23:33:17 GMT -7
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He averted his gaze. [break][break]
The years in the camera, on the screen and with the people help her read people - Estelle is not the same girl a decade ago. In a way, it was sad. In a way, it was a shame; the naive little lady who would have let the bashfulness fly over her head found it amusing instead. It's a shame she wasn't able to enjoy it after she returned to Japan shortly after graduation, but seeing the tiniest bit of anxiety now made up for it. Some of it. Still, she would have laughed at both him and herself for how cruel she's been; she was never like this before. [break][break]
Granted, she didn't look like this. [break][break]
Estelle shifted her posture, leaned forwards with her elbows on the table and chin rested against crossed fingers. Her smile is soft, as was her gaze, watching the man shift his eyes away from hers. Though she looked drastically different, it was one thing she never changed for herself - and something rare as it is. If he were as observant as he used to be, she had no doubt that he'd recognize them. The way he turns his head away answers her question, and prompted a soft chuckle from peach lips. [break][break]
So attentively, she listened. Even if she already knew the answer, it was just good to see that he was doing well. He looked like he was healthy, looked like he was doing well with the cafe and baking. The scar over half of his face and the lack of use in one eye concerned her, however, enough for her to actively fixate on it for brief moments in time. There came a point where his words meshed together, and listening became little more than an afterthought. The smile that came to his lips, and the relaxed demeanour seemed to have returned. Good, the anxiety seemed to let up. [break][break]
"Is that so? Thank you." she hummed, head tilted to help her get a better look at the chef who, by all means, towered over her seat. The better part of her wanted to let him go, now, after seeing how he was doing. The better part of her didn't want to hold him to this table to chat, and didn't want to keep him while he was still on the job. Surely, it'd be immature of her. She's above that. [break][break]
She wasn't. [break][break]
"Say," the woman smiles, eyes joined with their own, mischievous gleam. "did I say something to offend you?" she cocks her head, brows lowered into a faux concern.[break][break]
It should be okay to poke at him a little bit, right?
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Post by Walther Menon on Aug 14, 2024 11:55:57 GMT -7
Perhaps he had gotten a bit too into it, not realizing how nostalgic this all kind of seemed. She reminded him of her so much that he couldn’t help but feel some sort of comfort of old times, but those times were long gone and he was just deluding himself. When the woman spoke out asking if she offended him Walther’s eyes immediately widened a bit and looked straight back at her once more. He realized how rude he must have been as he barely even gave her a glance to her and although he wasn’t a fan of social interactions due to how shitty he was with them, it still didn’t give him an excuse to be an ass.
In response to her words he couldn’t help but look into those eyes. Those golden eyes, they were just like hers, there was no doubt about it. A bead of sweat ran down the side of his face, his hand began to tremble slightly for but a moment but he quickly clenched his fist to stop it. It couldn’t be her, his mind foolishly just decided to come to that conclusion and lie to himself.
Those eyes were the same but overall, she was so different. Of course, he knew her hair was naturally black, but this woman’s hair was brown and her overall demeanor was quite different. He knew well and good that nobody remained completely the same especially over 10 year, but the stark difference was enough for his mind to use to strengthen the lie. Even so he looked to the side and couldn’t help but use a finger to scratch the side of his cheek.
“n-no, you didn’t do anything wrong, if anything I should apologize, that was rude of me…” Walther said narrowing his eye slightly. “Its…just, you remind me of someone I cared about a lot…” Walther said and let out a tsk as he suddenly shut his eyes and held his face, palming his face and it was almost as if he was squeezing it. “Tsk stupid…” Walther murmured quietly to himself as he mental reprimanded himself for bring up personal things with a stranger who most likely just wanted to enjoy a desert. “I’m sorry, I must be interrupting your meal, thank you for your compliment…I’ll leave you be…” Walther said as he turned around ready to leave. It was times like this he wished he still wore his hood.
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Post by Estelle Hisakawa on Aug 14, 2024 12:10:53 GMT -7
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He immediately corrected himself. [break][break]
It reminded her of the past; it reminded her a lot. Though back then, she always found the bashfulness cute, she'll have to admit that nowadays, it'd be a little concerning. He was never one who was good with people, never one to be flirtatious, but maybe it was both upbringing and environment that made her so attentive to interactions. He was still so broody and moody, and he still struggled to articulate himself sometimes. Well as he may have been, she quirks a brow at his struggle. [break][break]
"Don't worry about it." she chuckles, her legs crossed under the table as she leaned over with a brighter smile, and a brighter glow in her gaze. "If anything, I quite enjoy the company." namely his company, although it was a little selfish of her to be withholding her identity. Rather, she can only imagine the kind of reaction he would have - but if he struggled with speaking with her as she was now, there's the devilish part of her that wanted to see the discovery. [break][break]
Her mischievous smile grew, however, as she hummed of amusement. She wasn't so bold as to grab onto his apron to stop his turn, but she had audacity enough to chirp up, and lightly knocked on the table with a finger. "I remind you of someone?" she asked, curious gaze followed his person "Tell me about them. I'm quite curious, now."
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Post by Walther Menon on Aug 14, 2024 12:41:40 GMT -7
He wanted to get out of there, he already felt like he sort of embarrassed himself out there and he really didn’t want to hang around this woman for much longer. She was bringing up all sorts of repressed feeling and after all the work he had done for himself he didn’t need this. He needed to move on from the past before it began to overwhelm him again.
Hearing her chuckles and seeing her amused smile, to him it was as if she was taking joy in watching him squirm and that pissed him off a bit. Letting out a tsk as he placed his hands in his jacket and took a step forward, but he stopped the moment he heard the little tap from behind and the follow up question. He should have just ignored it, casually walked away as if he didn’t hear the question, but he stopped and he looked over his shoulder at her.
“really now? well aren’t you a nosy one…”
Walther said calmly as he turned and faced her with his cold blue eye. “I’d like to say its none of your business but I am the one who brought it up so its my dumbass mistake” Walther said as he crossed his arms. “She was my girlfriend, a tiny little nosy thing, but someone with a big heart. Though I guess the only similarities you two have are those eyes of yours and maybe your height. That good enough for you?” Walther said. He felt embarrassed in a way talking about her like this, but this woman seemed like she was going to be trouble for him and he needed to do what he could to get away from there.
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Post by Estelle Hisakawa on Aug 18, 2024 1:28:20 GMT -7
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If she hadn't known better, she'd think he was actively trying to avoid her. [break][break]
If she wanted to be a little gremlin, then she would have brought it up immediately. The way he actively tried to avoid teasing was the same, the way he actively tried to avoid women was the same, the way he struggled to find the words to be polite and mince his words was still the same. Estelle, for the life of her, doesn't quite understand why she didn't think this was fun to tease at, or poke at. It was certainly due to her time working with the media and other, flippant figures, or maybe it was her confidence? Either way, she didn't find herself stuttering or struggling around men anymore - not that her issue was a hinderance to begin with.[break][break]
Her fingers twined with one another as she rested her hands against the top of the table, just before her plate of a half-eaten cake. "Perhaps a little nosy," the teacher hummed shortly after his explanation. Her smile reached her eyes, bright in burnt amber as they were, though she had to wonder: was Walther still as dense as he used to be? Surely he had to recognize her by now, if not by the look in her eyes then by the chime of her voice. She didn't think her voice changed all too much, after all, but maybe that's because she's heard it every day since graduation.. [break][break]
"It sounds like you were fond of her." Estelle motioned to the seat across from her, with the same smile on her lips. He head pointed towards it with a gesture to sit. "Pardon me if I'm troubling you, though. It's just.. you remind me of someone I was fond of before I moved away." she chuckled. [break][break]
"Maybe a bit easier to tease. Or.. Maybe about the same..?"
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Post by Walther Menon on Aug 18, 2024 11:40:07 GMT -7
An eye with calm blue stared upon those radiant amber, a defining trait of the woman he knew all those years ago. No matter how much he lied to himself, he knew that those eyes belonged to only one person and there was only so much one to do tell themselves that this was just mere coincidence. He tried his best to stop looking at her, to avoid interacting with her all together, but it was as if this woman was trying her best to keep him from escaping and he was doing a poor job in escape.
Those eyes, that voice, her features and even that smile. From the moment he first set eyes upon her, he knew that Estelle Hisakawa was before him once again after all these years and no amount of lies could change this fact.
"It sounds like you were fond of her."
It was those words that caused Walther’s eye to momentarily widen for a moment before he glanced down to the ground and once again into her eyes. “yeah…she meant a lot to me…” Walther said firmly, his eye more calm and for just a moment losing that rather flustered look.
Glancing down at the seat that was now offered to him, Walther just shut his eye and let out a sigh as he begrudgingly took a seat, but his eyes couldn’t help but soften a bit hearing her words of him. He sat there looking to the side as usual, but the words…they spiraled in his mind
You look well
You look beautiful
I’m happy to see you again…
Those words stormed through his mess of a mind, true desires that he only wished he could say, but he couldn’t, he just couldn’t bring himself to say them no matter how much he believed then. “You’ve change…Estelle…have you come to mock me?” Walther said softly.
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Post by Estelle Hisakawa on Aug 25, 2024 15:07:41 GMT -7
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Sweet of him. [break][break]
It drove home how he hasn't changed after so many years - and she stilled remembered how proud he was when she complimented his pastries. Another thing that hasn't changed was the way his words could cut, or how harsh they could be when he tried to hide his actual thoughts, or actual feelings. Frankly, as endearing as Estelle thought it was, she couldn't help but ponder over how it.. might have caused him a bit of trouble over the years. She thought that, maybe, he'd get a little bit better at expressing himself as they grew up, though it didn't look like it. [break][break]
She could tell. She'd met a lot of people like that and grew up with more. [break][break]
Though she had to tell herself, now, that it was what it was - she didn't come here hoping to meet him, nor did she come to reignite any past spark they had. Estelle was above that. She was more concerned about taking a seat to get caught up, even if Walther himself seemed extremely reluctant to do so. It was the worse part of her that wanted to poke fun at him, the worst part of her that wanted to keep bugging him - it was something that she begrudgingly picked up, though it was inevitable. [break][break]
Amber eyes raise into a squint, which matched her bright, stage-like smile. "You sound like you aren't happy to see me," she started, head tilted with strands of muted hazel fallen over her shoulder "but I'm glad you remember me, at least."[break][break]
Genuinely, she was, and she was even more glad to see that he was doing well. Fortunately for him, Estelle never asked about the new scar over his face - she was considerate enough to ignore it for now. For now. "Would you say the change is a good thing?~"
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Post by Walther Menon on Aug 25, 2024 16:48:04 GMT -7
She had changed so much, the Estelle before him was almost like a different person and yet still the same to him. Her signature blue hair, her more meek and bashful demeanor, all gone and instead replaced with what seemed a more mischievous personality. Perhaps she changed for the better, but what of him? There was a time that he too had grown, a more cheerful and perhaps even social version of the loner that he was in high school. Perhaps there was even a time where he wanted to go visit the girl before him, but a single moment changed all that and now he was a mess of a man trying to pick up the sharp pieces that he called his life.
Wather was trying his best to at the very least try to be more social, but that was a lot harder done than said. One would think that being the owner of a shop with customers and an actual teacher of high school students would break that, but he still struggled in that regard and though business wise he had those social skills, personal wise he did not. He normally wasn’t that bad, but with Estelle before him he was just screwing up with each word.
Of course the question of if he was happy to see her came up and in response Walther just let out a tsk. He wanted to say “of course I’m happy” but he struggled to say it. “Of course I would still remember you…I could never forget you…” Walther said still looking away as he narrow his eyes a bit in response.
Arms crossed and shutting his eye, Walther leaned back against the back of his chair and this time he let out a sigh trying to clear his mind before opening the single one once more as his rather icy blue eye looked at her. “You always did have a spunk in you that was always hidden down until pushed to let it out…I’m glad to see you bringing it out…” Walther said as he looked into her amber eyes. “Estelle…are you happy?” Walther said softly. It was something he truly wanted to confirm and not just through words. Those eyes he used to gaze upon so fondly…maybe they would truly say.
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Post by Estelle Hisakawa on Sept 5, 2024 18:48:06 GMT -7
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"I'm flattered~" she hummed and chimed on a whim, unaware of just how naturally it came out. She was so used to being humble in front of the cameras and so used to praise or compliments to her face that humility was second nature; even after she was freed from the shackles of stardom, old, drilled habits never died. Though Estelle was removed from the cameras, the cameras were never removed from her. She noticed the blunder, but did nothing to remedy it, nothing that denoted attention. You don't blow a small slip up out of proportion. [break][break]
Was it a good thing that he remembered her as someone bashful and meek? Was it a good thing that he remembered her as someone who had the same spunk and wittiness about her throughout highschool? Was it a good thing for him to remember her, altogether? Estelle, for all that she was, couldn't tell if it was or wasn't a positive thing. Were it not for the mask she'd learn to carefully curate and craft for the cameras and microphones, maybe her anxiety would have been noticeable. It's times like those where she remembers that, even though grown, some things just didn't change. [break][break]
The worst parts of her didn't change. [break][break]
"are you happy" was broad, too broad of a question. At the moment? She was quite happy. She could have good conversation, she was having some good pastries and sweets, and she was able to catch up with an old friend. Financially? Lovely, she wasn't lacking anything and could enjoy little luxuries without an afterthought. All around? Yes, she was happy - and someone would argue that she should be more than that. Even after her days in the spotlight, she still pursued her passions in music, still sang, still performed; she didn't stagnant. Yes, Estelle should be happy. [break][break]
So why did she hum to mask the hesitation, and smile a wry "I'm alive."? It was no lie, but she'd never admit the mental toll idolization will weigh and tug at her mind. Even after years, the thought exhausted her. Though the smile and shine still reaches bright, burning amber eyes, age has snuffed the naive spark she used to have; reality smothered and left it flickering. [break][break]
"Even if I weren't," she started, fork gently poked at the sponge of her dessert. It ultimately didn't matter, she thought and bit back; that was a bit too pessimistic, even for her. [break][break]
"I just need to do something that'd make me happy, no?" she finished, framed as a question to no one but herself.
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Post by Walther Menon on Sept 6, 2024 15:18:14 GMT -7
Walther’s words were vague, he knew that and it was on purpose he asked it as so. The way one describes being happy varied from person to person and being happy could mean something entirely different to others. People were always bogged down with other feelings that merely saying one was happy never truly could completely paint the picture of a person. Even so, Walther wanted to see what she had to say and what her reaction would be.
In a way perhaps it would have been easier if he could completely tell that this girl had everything she desired, that she was content with the way her life was going. When the two of them went their separate ways that fateful day, Walther used to struggle with the thought of running after her. He wanted to be there for her, he wanted to protect her, and he wanted to care for her, but he knew full well of social perception and someone like him being around her would only ruin her reputation. He didn’t want the reputation of a good for nothing ruining her future. Maybe there was a bit of selfishness in it, but he wanted to know he made the right choice, and most of all he wanted to know that Estelle had everything she wanted.
Soon she smiled a wry smile and she responded her answer, in response Walther couldn’t help but narrow his eye, almost as if he noticed something visible. Those bright amber eyes still held its radiance, but at the same time it beheld a weariness deep within and almost held some sort of emptiness in a way…it was similar to his very own.
In response, Walther merely lowered his head and suddenly a small smile formed on his face. “heh…just do something that makes you happy…yeah…I suppose so” Walther said as he suddenly looked up at her once more. “You’ve gone through a lot haven’t you…it…weighs you down doesn’t it?” Walther said as he suddenly smiled. It was a soft smile, a smile he hadn’t smiled like in so long. Soft and gently, something that used to be common back in those days when the two of them were together.
“But even so you’ve always been a strong one and I know that hasn’t changed. Whatever you’ve gone through, whatever struggles you are going through, whether knowingly or unknowingly, I’m sure you’ll be able to get through them. You deserve to be truly happy and content Estelle” Walther said softly
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