Thread: He's Not Quite What She Seems (Kveria & Xerxes)

Thats fine. We can walk out to the courtyard together, and then split from there, he pointed out, turning to head for the door and holding it open to allow Sammie out first in a very chivalrous, gentlemanly fashion. It just seemed like the right thing to do for a woman that he had already gained so much respect for in the span of one class. Being normally reclusive, this was something kind of new for Leander new and neither unwelcome nor unpleasant. He thought that Sammie was cute, could guess that she probably didnt have many friends or much contact with other people she seemed shy and awkward, but those kinds of people always had some kind of beautiful depth that was completely unexpected to closed-minded people. Not that Leader had much of a wandering mind. He was rather indifferent to most things until it came down to writing, horses, and homosexuality. That was when he became a moody, snappy, and opinionated individual that no one really wanted to deal withafter all, he could be good at arguing if he felt like it was something worth arguing about. Like the one time when he competed against one of his friends sisters in grade school. They didnt speak at the show even though he tried to get his friends attention and say hello, ask him to cheer for him in the show ring instead of his sister. What ended up happening was the whole, riding is for girls argument the next Monday when they were at school and Leander was shunned for partaking in a girls sport. Leander ended up with a three-day suspension that time for the brawl that ensued while he tried to defend himself later his riding made him the butt of several gay jokes, round about the time of Brokeback Mountain, and he went off one more time, because there was absolutely no Goddamned way he was gay. Maybe that was when he truly began to push people away with a lack of trust and a surplus of anger hed gotten over most of those things, but he still found it hard to truly feel like he was getting close to people now. That was why it felt odd that he was interested in what depths Sammie might have he hadnt been interested in someone, truly, for years. He was happy that he shared a class with her and would be able to see her as much as he wanted hopefully hed leave a good impression and she would want to get to know him just as much as he wanted to get to know her. He didnt really consider himself a deep person, though, and he liked to be the asker rather than the answerer that was just the kind of person he was. So he was slightly concerned that Sammie might not find him to be the kind of person who was worth her time. Not that he was going to let that shake him though. So. Leander started awkwardly and aimlessly as they made their way out of the classroom together. He kept his pace a little slower than average but kept an eye on his watch at this pace, and according to the tour, he had more than enough time to walk Sammie out to the courtyard and then head back into the English Department for his next class. Hopefully Sammie would have enough time to make it to her class because being late on the first day was probably the worst thing that could happen, and he knew that all too well. What kinds of things are you into? Like books, movies, music, sports maybe. It was a typical first meeting question, but it was relevant nonetheless would give them something to talk about, and would find some of the basest things they had in common so Leander could gauge the chance on connectivity between the two of them. If nothing else, he wanted Sammie as a friend, he would just like some common ground for them to begin on they could build up from there. For the first time in a little while he was confident about a social endeavour.