The Black Rose

Ballroom dancing

Nioni fixed her hair, her purple ballroom dress made her feel as if she stood out, though she didn't care much. She loved an entrance. She then enters the ballroom, people turned to stare, as she knew they would. She adjusted her lilac colored wolf mask as she dipped her head too a man wearing a black cat mask.

She was weaving between bodies that smell of perfume, wine, colon.. Dancing with random women and men, the scents and sounds filling her senses.. A sudden familiar flowery sent fills her senses, she suddenly feeling compelled to follow it.

As the scent grows strong around her a fine pale women in a deep purple bat mask and nicely fitting black tux takes her by the hand. The women bows then spins her by the hand, pulling her in. It all feels so familiar as the flowery smell overwhelms her. Nioni looks at the women, seeing black roses tangled into her dark hair.

The womens eyes glowed an icey blue, and her smile sent a warm shiver down Nioni's spin. "hello pup, I see you still love to dance." whispers the masked women as she leans her face down close to Nioni's ear. Nioni finally recognized the women, her voice brings memories rushing into her mind causing her face growing warm as she let the women spin her again.

"I see you are still as big as a flirt as ever, Alyia" Nioni stated as Alyia wrapped an arm around her pulling her closer as they danced around the room. They danced for hours, reminiscing on how they had done this every weekend, dancing hand and hand, close together.

As the night came to a close, and the moon almost at its highest point, Alyia took one of the roses from her hair, her hair with nothing to hold that part up, fell over her mask partly as she handed the rose to Nioni.

"take this pup, a memory of tonight, the nights past, and of course, the future nights to come." she says with a cocky smirk. "thank you..Alyia." Nioni says hesitantly, she has become suspicious of all affection after her last lover.

Nioni put the flower behind her ear, black roses has always been her favorite. How had she herself forgotten that? "I'll always be here pup." Alyia said softly, seeing the distance in Nioni's eyes. "yes, I know Alyia, thank you for the dance, but I must get going, the family is probably waiting for me!" Nioni says, trying to cover up her distance with a happy tone.

"oh, well, have a good night pup" Alyia says, kissing Nioni's hand, Nioni headed to the exit in silence, not trusting her words to not invite Alyia to come.