<div align="center"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;"><strong><span class="bbc_u">On the Rocks</span></strong></span></div><br/><div class="floatleft">(https://i.imgur.com/siPDgO7.jpg)</div><strong>NAME:</strong>Albion<br/><strong>DAY:</strong>April 15th, 2021, 7:30 AM~<br/><strong>LOCATION:</strong>Albion's Flat<br/><strong>TAGGING:</strong>Nerissa<br/><strong>EXTRA:</strong>Discussion time.<br/><strong>WEARING:</strong>As pictured, partially loose, minus tie<br/><br/><hr/><br/>"Dig up memories? Hah, I can't even remember the first drink I had last night, Neri. It's just, something about that line really stuck out to me. It's not like something you'd tell me so casually, more..." It was an indescribable feeling. She didn't want him to 'look' at her... "Your feelings, your soul... You... Kind of bared them to me last night, I bet. Naturally, my drunk ass can't remember, but... Maybe one day I'll be able to look at you with perfect clarity." He nodded softly. There were so many experiences he missed out on... Only by moving past his traumas could be start to rebuild himself, and become a proper pillar for Nerissa to lean against.<br/><br/>"H-hey, don't push it, I'm... Trying to change myself little by little l, I thought a little humor would help lessen the gravity of the situation." He sighed quietly, ruffling her hair gently. "I don't know how long it'll take me, but I do want to be able to enjoy experiences I've missed out on for years... All because I was just dead to my own emotions and wants..." He nodded softly, before smiling. "Yes, let's not turn me on right now, I'm still in a hangover and not ready to change myself that fast yet..." Especially now that he didn't have kids on the way.<br/><br/>"Good grief woman, no, I'm not planning to streak. Maybe at like a beach or even a private hot spring... I've never actually been to a legitimate open-air hotspring before... But I hear the first time feels magical." He mused, leaning his head over to ponder. Maybe as a surprise one day, he would book just the two of them... A little break from having to deal with SOPHE business.<br/><br/>However, she turned the question-asking on him, which reminded him... Of days past. "I talked about that too? ... I really am a blabbermouth when I'm drunk." He frowned. "It's... No doubt, about two years back, when you came to me in heat. I didn't know what to do about it, and I thought... Something cold. I had water with me and I just... Splashed it on you like it would help. A stupid moment of me panicking, and you just left without a word... Then later that night I found out your place got attacked. I freaked out, until I heard you were safe, but... It still stunned me that I very nearly got you killed that day." He closed his eyes. It was only through sheer luck and... The war demon's presence, that Nerissa probably escaped unscathed.<br/><br/>"Ever since then, I told myself I would try to care better fornyou, come what may. It hasn't been easy though... As for the waiting thing, I... I guess it's because you've been around me all this time, since we met years back. Not a day's gone by we didn't meet and talk, and I've even been there to help pick you up after your relationships didn't work out. I always felt like... 'If I weren't so afraid, maybe I could give her the stability she needs'... At least, it always weighed on my mind." He lifted his head, pressing his forehead to hers.<br/><br/>"Just my nonsensical mumbling, I suppose, don't mind me..."