Who: Drizzt (
dawn_hunter) and Helena (
anormal_life)
When: This afternoon
Where: Drizzt's room
What: Helena decides Drizzt needs help understanding women
Rating: PG
Drizzt had overcome many challenges in his life - demons, dragons, armies, gods, his family - but none were quite as difficult as the one he faced now: the inquisitive and good-natured meddling of a seventeen-year-old human girl. When he had made his offer to Helena to visit him, he had not expected her to act on the invitation immediately. Still, when she had presented herself at his door, Drizzt had welcomed her in with genuine warmth.
He spent an hour answering her questions about what he was and where he had come from with honesty. He did not shy away from the truth, nor did he try to paint Menzoberranzan in a favorable light. Helena listened to it all with interest, always asking more questions, and surprisingly, the dark elf had begun to enjoy their conversation.
Now, however, Drizzt found himself at a loss. Pressed against the back of the chair in an unconscious instinct to flee, he could only stare at Helena in wide-eyed shock. He had just finished explaining the nature of Guenhwyvar when he had been caught completely off-guard by Helena’s innocently asked question: “Have you kissed her yet?”
It did not take him very long to figure out that she was not referring to the panther.
“Ah...”