{"id":2546,"date":"2014-10-14T10:44:26","date_gmt":"2014-10-14T10:44:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/whiteknighthakuba\/index.php\/2014\/10\/14\/waiting-pleasantries-3\/"},"modified":"2014-10-14T10:44:26","modified_gmt":"2014-10-14T10:44:26","slug":"waiting-pleasantries-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/whiteknighthakuba\/index.php\/2014\/10\/14\/waiting-pleasantries-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Waiting Pleasantries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http:\/\/patientxpetals.tumblr.com\/post\/99679950741\/waiting-pleasantries\">patientxpetals<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/31.media.tumblr.com\/856f42ab67511b5f62158382e962f3cd\/tumblr_inline_nd92dwG6qM1si2kqx.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p><small><big>\u00a0 \u00a0<strong>T<\/strong><\/big>he auburnette felt a pang of unease, her shoulders shifting slightly when she realized that he was staring at her far more closely than most strangers did. She habitually pushed a lock of her hair from her face, but used the motion to hide the color that came to her cheeks as well.<\/small><\/p>\n<p><small>\u00a0 \u00a0\u201d<strong><big>I<\/big><\/strong>\u2014It\u2019s all right, ask whatever ya want.\u201d She couldn\u2019t begin to imagine what he wanted to ask her and why it called for a warning, but she was an open book. There was very little she was willing to share, especially if it were as simple as admitting what her favorite flower.<\/small><\/p>\n<p><small><big>\u00a0 \u00a0<strong>M<\/strong><\/big>adison remained silent for a second, then burst into a fit of giggles into both of her hands.<\/small><\/p>\n<p><small>\u00a0 \u00a0\u201d<strong><big>O<\/big><\/strong>h, gosh. That ain\u2019t forward at all! I\u2019m fond of peonies, and they are fun t\u2019 work with. \u2018Fact, I got a bush or two back home that I\u2019m takin\u2019 care of.\u201d She sighed softly.<\/small><\/p>\n<p><small>\u00a0 \u00a0\u201d<strong><big>T<\/big><\/strong>hey\u2019re just so cute an\u2019 soft, and they got th\u2019 best smell. Well, most of \u2018em do. There are some that smell like fish, but I ain\u2019t ever smelled those before. The ones in my garden smell like roses an\u2019 citrus. Oh, did ya know the roots are used fer medicine? I\u2014\u2014<br \/><big>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<strong>O<\/strong><\/big>h, <em>shoot<\/em>. M\u2019sorry, m\u2019 ramblin\u2019\u2026\u201d<\/small><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/31.media.tumblr.com\/bd043feed21876ed7346452b4525c619\/tumblr_inline_ndfkhkG8ia1rms2iz.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Now <em>that<\/em>\u00a0was charming. The detective chuckled, lifting a hand to cover his mouth as he did so, amused at her reaction. &ldquo;Oh, please, no, it&rsquo;s wonderful. There&rsquo;s nothing more enchanting than listening to a passionate person speak of what they love most.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Hakuba offered what he hoped was a warm and reassuring smile, no longer giving off the analytical feeling, which he&rsquo;d only intended to be humorous, anyway. Absently tugging at the collar of his milfold coat, he broke his gaze to give her a moment of reprieve and glanced up at the bus stop sign, instead.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They&rsquo;re beautiful, though. Peonies. I&rsquo;ve always been fond of how they look like living watercolor. Delicate petals in various strokes and washes of paint. Very fine choice. Are they difficult to care for?&rdquo;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>patientxpetals: \u00a0 \u00a0The auburnette felt a pang of unease, her shoulders shifting slightly when she realized that he was staring at her far more closely than most strangers did. She habitually pushed a lock of her hair from her face, but used the motion to hide the color that came to her cheeks as well. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[76,1955,201,75,77,1555],"class_list":["post-2546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-ic","tag-oh-gosh-shes-so-precious","tag-patientxpetals","tag-rp","tag-thread","tag-waiting-pleasantries"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/whiteknighthakuba\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2546","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/whiteknighthakuba\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/whiteknighthakuba\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/whiteknighthakuba\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/whiteknighthakuba\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2546"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/whiteknighthakuba\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2546\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/whiteknighthakuba\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/whiteknighthakuba\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/whiteknighthakuba\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}