03-23-2018, 11:19 PM
Hoseki didn't even acknowledge the scared little girl in his field of vision, her shadow casting a relieving coolness over his face. Instead, he slowly rose from his bed of sand, setting up and staring at the ocean while particles of stone pour off his clothes and hood. He looks around blankly, staring at the ocean with a zombie-like view.
The girl behind him was already cowering behind her friend, frightened still by the sudden motion of the nearly dead man. She was almost already in tears, regretting not leaving with the other child.
After a solid minute of pure fear that only an eight-year-old could comprehend, Jenna dared to look back up at the figure that was still slightly covered in sand. She noted he hasn’t moved an inch as if he were a shadow. Only the wind moving his clothes the slightest bit gave away that he was not a stone statue. She inched around in a wide circle to look at his face, the waves of the beach threatening to lick at her heels.
He continued to stare with a blank expression, and past the little girl.
“H-Hey mister..?” She asked, lifting her chin from the head of her bunny. “A-Are you okay?”
He didn’t even acknowledge her.
“Mister?” She tried again, she sounded more confident than before. The little girl lifted her head completely and even took a step closer. Eventually, confusion turned to concern. The next moment she was in his lap, hugging her rabbit to her hip and grabbing him by the edge of his hoodie. “Mister!? Can you hear me!?” She shook him a little, with as much as strength as you’d think a child her age would have.
When the shaking stopped, his dull teal colored eyes came down to her bright and shining eyes. He focused on them for a long while but said nothing.
“Can you hear me?” She repeated.
He nodded.
“Are you hurt?”
His head shook, the braid’s bead swinging even after his head stopped.
Jenna went to say something else but then had no idea what to ask… She brought her hand from his hood to her chin and looked away, not even bothered by her intrusion of his personal space. She thought long and hard about what else to ask, so much that she forgot what she was doing. She tried hard to remember what, but eventually gave up. When the next thought came to her mind, she immediately asked.
“Wanna be my friend?” She asked with a huge smile on her face.
There was a long awkward pause, one that would cause teenagers discomfort. That is before Hoseki nodded politely.
She let out a loud happy noise before throwing her little arms around him. “Were going to be the bestest friends!” Jenna celebrated!!
The girl behind him was already cowering behind her friend, frightened still by the sudden motion of the nearly dead man. She was almost already in tears, regretting not leaving with the other child.
After a solid minute of pure fear that only an eight-year-old could comprehend, Jenna dared to look back up at the figure that was still slightly covered in sand. She noted he hasn’t moved an inch as if he were a shadow. Only the wind moving his clothes the slightest bit gave away that he was not a stone statue. She inched around in a wide circle to look at his face, the waves of the beach threatening to lick at her heels.
He continued to stare with a blank expression, and past the little girl.
“H-Hey mister..?” She asked, lifting her chin from the head of her bunny. “A-Are you okay?”
He didn’t even acknowledge her.
“Mister?” She tried again, she sounded more confident than before. The little girl lifted her head completely and even took a step closer. Eventually, confusion turned to concern. The next moment she was in his lap, hugging her rabbit to her hip and grabbing him by the edge of his hoodie. “Mister!? Can you hear me!?” She shook him a little, with as much as strength as you’d think a child her age would have.
When the shaking stopped, his dull teal colored eyes came down to her bright and shining eyes. He focused on them for a long while but said nothing.
“Can you hear me?” She repeated.
He nodded.
“Are you hurt?”
His head shook, the braid’s bead swinging even after his head stopped.
Jenna went to say something else but then had no idea what to ask… She brought her hand from his hood to her chin and looked away, not even bothered by her intrusion of his personal space. She thought long and hard about what else to ask, so much that she forgot what she was doing. She tried hard to remember what, but eventually gave up. When the next thought came to her mind, she immediately asked.
“Wanna be my friend?” She asked with a huge smile on her face.
There was a long awkward pause, one that would cause teenagers discomfort. That is before Hoseki nodded politely.
She let out a loud happy noise before throwing her little arms around him. “Were going to be the bestest friends!” Jenna celebrated!!