Izuki clears his throat, his eyes traveling to the girl. He looks down, nervous before slowly looking at his wrist and at the girl. He takes a breath and nods to himself, "Excuse me miss?" He calls out after a second, walking towards her.
"I can't get the image of you freaking out over turtles out of my head," Elijah said, wishing he had coffee.
"But turtles are so cute. Did you expect me not to freak out over them?" She asked, passing him her coffee.
Elijah took a sip. "Doesn't drinking from the same cup cause diseases?" He asked, changing the subject.
"I'm not sick if that's what you're worried about." SHe sighed. "Do you want me to buy you a coffee?"
"Aw, you're so nice to me. Don't add anything to it; I like it black. Like my soul." Elijah said, handing back her cup.
She took back her drink. She set it down. "Yeah, yeah, whatever." She got up and ordered him his coffee.
"Thank you," He called out to her, sitting back in his chair. He took out his phone and checked the time. It would take him half an hour to get to the studio, he had around an hour to kill.
She rolled her eyes. SHe came back with his coffee and set it in front of him. She sat down and nibbled on her toast.
"So…. how's the hangover?" He asked, taking a sip.
"Getting better." She sipped from her coffee and nibbled on her food. "Its not fair you don't have one."
"No, what's not fair is that I didn't hook up with the waiter last night." Elijah said. He leaned back in his chair. "I don't understand people who refuse to date anyone who's not their soulmate. I mean, no offense, but you're not going to have any experience in relationships."
She rolled her eyes. "Everyone has different views on it. Not everyone wants to go and have relationships and have sex with others. That's just how people are."
"Well, people are difficult. Anyway, do you know how many paintings you sold?" Elijah asked, taking another sip.
She sighed and rolled her eyes. "You're difficult." She set down her empty cup. "At least half, maybe more."
"So we're splitting the money, right? Like, you get half of it for the actual painting and stuff, and I get the other half for… emotional support." Elijah said, waving his hands in the air like a madman.
She raised an eyebrow. "Why shoild I split the money with You? Did you help make any of my art pieces?"
(Lol, srry guys, It takes a long time to figure out how to fix a country…)
"Umm, hello…" Estel trailed off, unsure about what to do. She smiled awkwardly, feeling her face heat up. "Ah, yeah…" She just stood there, almost as if she was frozen in time. But that was impossible.
"M-may I ask you an awkward question…?" Izuki asks after a minute. "May I see your wrist… the tattoo?" he asks, rolling his sleeve up to show her his tattoo. The small birds of flight.
Estel turned her wrist over showing the tattoo. The same tattoo, of the same birds, in the same place. She stopped smiling after noticing it was weird.
Izuki's eyes widen slightly and he looks at her. He takes a breath. So he finally found his soulmate. He outstretches his hand. "My name is Izuki. What's yours?" He asks kindly. His heart was right about to beat out of his chest but he tried to keep his cool.
"I'm Estel," She said, making sure she was still breathing, her mind still working, her heart still beating. "I kind of gave up a long time ago." She admits a real smile brought back to her face from long ago.
"I did too…" He mutters, returning the smile. "After all this time… heh." He looks towards his boss. They make the silent connection and his boss waves him off. Basically saying 'take the day off.' He looks towards Estel. "You have a very pretty name." he compliment.s
"Thanks, you have a very Kuhle name," She says, "So, what do you do in your spare time?"
He hums, "Normally go on walks, play with my cat, write, read, and at times, when I don't have work, I'll go practice archery." he says, chuckling softly.
"I just make art," Thinking back to her unfinished painting she asks, "You think you could help me finish painting?" Very wishful and hoping questions… She thought.
"Sure. I'm not very good, but I can help somehow." He smiles at her. "Would you like to take a seat?" He asks curiously, looking around the half filled cafe. "I'd love to learn more." He smiles at her.