Trystan1295
Elder Member
Jaxon Hawthorne
"You wanted to tell Alex she looks cute when she smiles, but you didn't have enough Courage."
Location: CCFA Courtyard
Mood: Slightly Embarrassed
Outfit: See above.
Interactions: Beauty_Foool (Alex)
Jaxon's right eye twitched when he heard Alex sarcastically asking if he thought she was deaf. She wasn't only paying attention back then... she still was, and she saw right through his thinly-veiled excuses.
"I'm fine now," she told him as she rolled her injured shoulder. "But that thing you gave me... was helpful."
Jaxon's heart skipped a beat hearing that. He smiled gently as he heaved a sigh of relief. "I was actually helpful in the end..." he thought to himself. "I'm so glad. However..." Jaxon could still feel the air thickening between himself and Alex. As he watched her turn away and begin to leave, Jaxon could feel a knot tightening within his stomach. "Why does my gut tell me I'm not satisfied?"
As if his master's feelings were resonating with his own, Ash decided to jump in and take matters into his own paws once more. He strutted in Alex's direction, making sure Jaxon could see him. The cat ignored all of Jaxon's silent commands and started nuzzling his fuzzy cheeks against Alex's leg. "I swear, Ash, one of these days I'm going to get wiped off the face of the planet, and it'll be your fault..." groaned Jaxon.
Instead of following suit with Jaxon's bad premonition, Alex looked down and locked eyes with the feline familiar. Ash's gesture seemed to awaken pleasant memories within her of some sort, judging by the way she cracked a smile at him. Just like that, the knot in his stomach came undone, and he felt like he could breathe again. He recalled his words to Ash from a while ago, inside the carriage.
"I'm not sure if I'm overthinking things, but I think you've taught me a very valuable lesson... I have to get stronger if I want to create a world where everyone can genuinely smile."
"That's right," Jaxon thought to himself, closing his eyes and smiling himself. "This is what I live for: seeing people smile." Alex was none the wiser, but her smile did more to Jaxon than just make his day. Jaxon could actually feel the mana running through his veins flow more strongly. It was something he'd never experienced before... he needed to research this phenomenon further. He felt all the pain and soreness draining from his body, but the Jaxon he was right now was different from the Jaxon that had stepped onto the carriage hours prior. "I feel stronger than before... Could my summoning abilities be affected too? I have so many questions..."
"This cat's yours, right?"
Alex's words snapped Jaxon back into reality.
"Yeah, he is," said Jaxon, nodding. "He was the first familiar I managed to successfully summon. He was a baby when I summoned him, so I wouldn't say he's older than 4 human years. Sometimes I wonder where he lived or what kind of life he had before I'd summoned him. I remember pointing out he didn't have a collar or a tag or anything to identify him when I summoned him, so I'm guessing he was a stray. I called him Ash because the night I summoned him, I wasn't sure if he was going to make it, so we spent the night together cuddled up in front of the fireplace... plus, he's grey, so he looks the part."
An awkward moment of silence followed as Jaxon stopped himself, realizing he was rambling again.
"Sorry, force of habit. Also, I know you said you're feeling fine and all, but why don't you sit down with us on that bench over there?" Jaxon asked her, pointing towards the bench he was originally headed to at the far end of the courtyard. "You know, Headmistress's orders, and all that."