i just can't help myself~

[amongstheclouds]

Name(s): Cloud Strife & Alyss Heart (closed)
Location: Alyss's office.
Week: Week 51.
Time: Early afternoon.
Rating: Oh uhhh G-PG?

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[misplacedqueen]

Alyss had heard a little bit about the love potion deal in snippets of conversation, but as such, since she was not only a brand new staff member of the school, she was brand new to the wonders that were Hogwarts, she wasn't exactly sure what kind of mishap this was. Though the new professor did find it quite odd about the staff and students suddenly spouting off confessions and sending each other trinkets.

The flowers, she figured, had been such a trinket. However, the woman was tact enough to not comment on that when she had wrote up the journal to find out her admirer, something left over from her upbringing. Though she had definitely relaxed since that time...

Lost in her thoughts, fingers twisting the tooth that lay around her neck absently, Alyss was pulled out of her reverie at the sounds of knocking on her office door. She smiled and called out, "It's open. Please come on in."

[amongstheclouds]

With Alyss's voice telling him to come in, Cloud quietly pushed the door open and went on inside, silent for a moment as he tried to figure out what it was exactly he wanted to say. But okay, well, the flowers, he could start with the flowers.

"I know you said you liked the ones I already gave you, but I though you might like blue too." Also the fact that he felt strangely compelled to shower her beautiful gifts, but he didn't think that was something he was really proper to say to a lady. Was it? Well if you were trying to be romantic, but he had no idea --

When the blond had moved close enough to Alyss, he held the bouquet out for her to take. He seemed to struggle for words a moment before finally saying, "I'm Cloud, by the way. I don't... know if you remembered what I look like."

A pause.

"Not that I think you're forgetful, we just... haven't seen much of each other before."

Yeah, smooth. Good job Cloud.

[misplacedqueen]

It was for the best that Cloud did not tell Alyss that he felt an urge to shower her in gifts. It was not something she was particularly fond of, at least not at her age. Had she been a little girl again, an impetuous and easily bored sheltered child, perhaps it would have pleased her. As the matter were, she was a young woman who didn't feel the need to be impressed by trinkets

[amongstheclouds]

The blond was quiet for a little bit then, though the almost curious way in which his faintly glowing eyes were following her motions and also taking note of how her office looked was enough to show he was paying attention. And he seemed to be a little interested by how her vase appearing spell thing had worked, but he didn't verbally mention it.

"Sometimes Hogwarts needs more colour." It was fairly easy to pick up on his sincerity -- certainly a face softer than his students usually saw.

"I... um, hope you're settling in alright." Did he say that before? Oh no, probably. "...you'll get used to it, though. In the... way that the idea of weird things that come from nowhere start making sense, anyway." Probably the best way to put it.