"Sorry for being so close -- Hello here."
Shocked by his sudden appearance in front of her, she backed up against the wall of her house once more as another audible 'thunk' echoed in the relatively quiet forest, along with a giggle in the distance. She grunted, but not as loudly as before. His face was contorted in a worried expression, glancing up at her annoying antlers and then at her once more.
"Do you need help?" Ori didn't know what to say to this gorgeous creature other than stare at his emerald eyes and be flustered in her current situation. Eventually, she nodded slightly, careful to not hit her antlers against the wall again. His worried frown turned upwards, a small laugh escaping his lips. "You seem to be clumsy -- it's so cute."
Blood rushed to her face faster than a cheetah could catch his prey. Never was she ever this close to another dobutsu, and it made her heart pound either in excitement or heart wrenching terror and nervousness. Either way, she couldn't hold his gaze as she felt his hands trying to free her from the predicament she had put herself into.
Stupid curiousity, she thought, cursing away in her mind at herself.
After he had helped her out, he inquired about her state of being in which she curtly replied with a nod. Her mouth was glued shut for some reason, and every time she tried to open it, she couldn't think of any words to spout out. Should she simply say thank you and be on her merry way? Or should she ask about his presence in the forest? After all, it
was her first time seeing the . . .
Wait, what even is he?
His wings were like none other she had seen, and she had seen many dobutsu with wings in the past. Nevertheless, she kept it in the back of her mind to ask later (either him or someone else in the forest). Ori noticed someone at the tree where the winged stranger was located before - a girl who looked a little disappointed and hurt wading all alone by the lakeside - so she thought of something polite to say fast, assuming that it was someone close to the stranger who wanted to talk to him. "Th-Thank you for helping me, sir. How can I repay you?"
She thought about asking for his name, but she didn't know how to ask. Should she say her name first in order to bring about a natural flow to the conversation? Or should she ask him straight up since he did approach her first? Questions circled her head as she bit her bottom lip without thinking. Eventually, she awkwardly whispered "Y-Your name . . . ?" a few seconds after her previous statement.
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