[ He opens his mouth to say something, but before he can get it out, she's already walking away. Watching her retreating form, he bites his lip and lets her go.
Should have said something - something other than "oh." How dumb could he be? Yeah, Valdez, you get a girl to say she likes you, and you go and stomp right all over that with just one word and upset her. Way to go. Real smooth. Natalie's probably mad at him, and the thought sends a pang of guilt through his stomach. See if they talk to each other now. Leo's so caught up in his thoughts that he doesn't even notice that he's steaming until someone points it out, and then it's time to bail. Can't be setting the dance on fire; somehow that didn't seem like the right way to show his respects to Apollo. If he knew where Nat went, he'd go after her, but he doesn't, so he just wanders... away, idly wondering if he might find her anyway, and wishing he had his tool belt or at least some nuts and bolts to play with.
Insane is the only word for what just happened, dance and all, but now that it's all sunk in... Natalie likes him, and that sends a jolt of... excitement through him. It's been really hard to deny it in the past week or however long it's been, though Leo's tried with constant reminders that they are friends and not more, burying those feelings from Aphrodisia (and after) under his admittedly pointless crush on Reyna. It's almost a relief to admit that more might not be so bad.
If only he'd had the sense to say that before she ran off. She'd caught him way off guard back there. ]
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Should have said something - something other than "oh." How dumb could he be? Yeah, Valdez, you get a girl to say she likes you, and you go and stomp right all over that with just one word and upset her. Way to go. Real smooth. Natalie's probably mad at him, and the thought sends a pang of guilt through his stomach. See if they talk to each other now. Leo's so caught up in his thoughts that he doesn't even notice that he's steaming until someone points it out, and then it's time to bail. Can't be setting the dance on fire; somehow that didn't seem like the right way to show his respects to Apollo. If he knew where Nat went, he'd go after her, but he doesn't, so he just wanders... away, idly wondering if he might find her anyway, and wishing he had his tool belt or at least some nuts and bolts to play with.
Insane is the only word for what just happened, dance and all, but now that it's all sunk in... Natalie likes him, and that sends a jolt of... excitement through him. It's been really hard to deny it in the past week or however long it's been, though Leo's tried with constant reminders that they are friends and not more, burying those feelings from Aphrodisia (and after) under his admittedly pointless crush on Reyna. It's almost a relief to admit that more might not be so bad.
If only he'd had the sense to say that before she ran off. She'd caught him way off guard back there. ]