<i>Asura.</i><br/><br/>Out of all the names for all the men in the entire Universe, and this was his. It was burned into her mind immediate; it was something that she wouldn't ever forget.<br/><br/><i>Asura.</i><br/><br/>It was oddly fitting. It reminded her of the word 'azure', an adequate description of his bright cerulean depths. She could get lost in them, if she wasn't careful. Charlotte wondered if that was the intent - if perhaps he had been designed by the higher powers at hand to be a form of her own kryptonite. Shaking herself to awareness slightly, she continued their dancing game. He wanted her home. She wanted her answers. If either of them had any chance to getting anywhere with one another, someone had to give.<br/><br/><i>It sure as hell wasn't going to be her, though.</i><br/><br/><b>"Go home? You want me to go home?!"</b>Disbelief thickened her voice to a sarcastically sultry sound, and she laughed a little.<b>"Put my head down, right? Go to work like nothing's different? Join my 'friends' at parties and mingle with the other singles in the world to try to develop meaningful relationships with others? Is that what you want me to do? Not think about it?"</b>Charlotte bit her lip hard to stop the instant quivering that those statements activated, but those feelings, emotions, thoughts, and sensations that had forced her to short circuit so many times before rushed up at her like a tidal wave.<br/><br/><b>"You don't get to tell me to do anything!"</b>This time, Charlotte practically shouted at him, and her voice echoed off the buildings in the darkened alley. In the next instant, her mace was back in her hands and Asura was walking away from her. She tucked the canister into a safe spot before she followed him to the sidewalk, watching him as he continued down a few paces. She wasn't finished with him yet. Charlotte always got the last word.<br/><br/><b>"That's it? You're just going to walk away from me like a coward?"</b>Once more, her lip trembled, but not out of fear. Blood pumped through her veins and her face felt too hot to be normal.<b>"Do you turn your back on everyone? Is that what it is?"</b>Charlotte pulled her hair out of her face after the wind blew it forward around her again. She clenched her teeth too, letting her teased lip free for just a minute while she gathered her thoughts.<b>"You followed me. I didn't follow you. Why? Why would you follow me, save me from an assailant, and then pat me on my head with well wishes and a quick 'go home, it's not safe'? What is your agenda?"</b><br/><br/>Tag:<a class="username" data-user-id="376" data-username="@EchoOfADream" data-xf-init="member-tooltip" href="https://blackdahliaroleplaying.com/members/376/">@EchoOfADream</a>