winter wonderland

He cherishes the silence this time, almost becoming accustomed to the long pauses in which his nervousness most likely shows, but his smile stays glued to his expression as usual.

Ruinam wasn't usually the type to lose his smile, through thick and thin he always tried to resort to kindness and friendship, even in times of war and hardship, he believed carrying a glum expression wouldn't fix anything anyway, so smiling could at least help someone.

"Of course" he nods, his expression still filled with a certain liveliness he had not felt before.
He also hoped that his decision to be so free with information wouldn't come back to bite him in the back, though with Heartfire, he felt that their friendship could last and that he most likely wouldn't regret what he had done.

"Yes, please" he answers quite shortly, excited, yet quite wary to hear Heartfire's stories.