Alphonse involuntarily flinched as Disa accepted the handshake. His weariness intensified as the grip between the two had taken much longer than he had expected, much to his discomfort. She did however, look almost as tense as he was- maybe this facade was really... genuine? No, no... don't allow what happened last time to happen again. Don't be a fool this time, Alphonse.
Quickly turning his attention back to her, he'd noticed a subtle smile had crept its way onto her delicated features. Al wasn't sure whether he should have been suspicious or entranced. In the end it was the latter, but what man would have been able to resist such a thing?
"Well you see," he decided a little background story wouldn't hurt, or at least he hoped it wouldn't. "-I was pretty much sheltered throughtout my whole life and I never really got to-" Al bit his lip as he realized he might have gone a bit too far back, but that didn't matter anymore as he watched her eyes switch to a lithe, darkly-clad figure. Her posture boasted a well-enough upbringing and confidence, managing to catch the eyes of anybodt within the hall at least twice. And then there were those, her eyes. They glittered, even despite the distance between the two, slightly convincing him that she was of a celestial descent. An angel, maybe?
Alphonse nodded in agreement to Disa's question regarding the angel/vixen, who thankfully seemed to have forgotten or not paid any attention to his history. Better safe than sorry, right?
His spine tingled as the music began to finally play, signalling the beginning of the dance and the pairing up of the new students. Palms sweaty and his head held up high, one gesture contrasted the other as he figured it was time to begin their own slow-dance and throw away the tension and the awkwardness that stuck like glue.
Hold her hand, lead her to the front and don't let your gaurd down...
He nimbly stuck out his hand once again for her to take, flashing a grin as he realized her cheeks still held the crimson colour from the earlier incident.
She really must be harmless, huh?
His shoulders relaxed as the uneasiness began to melt away, slightly confident that nothing much would go wrong that night. However he couldn't help but feel just a little bit anxious.
Before he knew it, the windows had been blasted from god-knows-where, shards of all sizes that had been directed towards the attendees moved at a frightening pace that threatened to slice through them. Al's reflexes simultaneously acted up, using his jacket and body to cover his newfound partner from their impending doom.
With his eyes tightly shut, he realized that even two minutes later he was still breathing with no signs of piercing pain anywhere around his body. He gasped as he looked around to see the shards of glass on the floor and the students still alive as well, who looked as shocked as he did. He looked at Disa worriedly, immediately revolting inwardly as he realized he was starting to actually care about her. Ah, screw it.
"Hey, you alright? Didn't get nicked or something?" God...with the way you're going at it now, you're surely going to end up dead or missing.