Rowan flashed him a smile seeing him get the hang of skating. And when he fell she moved away as to not get hit by his blade before covering her mouth with her hands. If she could laugh, she would be and it pained her not to be able to do so. She pushed gently over to him and offered him a hand up.
He groaned softly at the impact before laughing at himself and glancing up at Rowan, happy that the embarrassed blush on his cheeks could pass as him being cold. "That was most definitely Karma," He said, sitting there for a second before taking her hand. It was difficult to get his blades back under his feet, but as soon as he did, he was able to get up fairly easily.
Rowan was still smiling as she helped him to his feet. The blush on his cheeks could easily be from the cold, but she figured there was a little more to it. She nodded a little at his statement before gently guiding him back to skating. She let go for only a moment to sign, "And funny."
"Oh shush," Soren fake grumbled back, a soft grin appearing moments later to show that he wasn't actually mad about her comment. He wobbled again on his blades before getting going once more, focusing more on his skating now. That way he wouldn't fall again.
Rowan half signed a laugh to Soren. She had a big grin on as she kept skating with him, even if he kept falling this was a good time. She kept her pace slow and one eye on him at all times.
"So, how has your week been?" He asked as he finally got a bit of a hold on skating. He still had his hands out to give him a hint of balance, but he seemed more sturdy the longer he was on the ice with Rowan. She seemed stable on her skates and it was quite impressive to see how calm she seemed on the ice.
Rowan paused a moment in her skating so she could look over at him and sign. At that moment she tripped ever so slightly but caught herself on her other foot her hands flailing for a moment. Her cheeks heated up slightly, "It's been good. Forget I did that."
Soren couldn't hold in the small laugh that came with watching her trip, but at the same time, he was instantly there to try to catch her. His arms had flipped out to try to catch her if she hadn't caught herself, and as he stood back upright, his face was noticeably a little more flushed, "Hey, that wasn't as bad as my crash, don't worry about it." He smiled at her, skating slowly becoming easier to do without focusing, "Did you do anything fun? Or just another week?"
(Sorry for taking so long to reply.)
"It was just another week," Rowan signed back at her as she smiled back. Her cheeks had turned redder after figuring out he had tried to catch her once she had tripped. She hesitated a moment before signing once more, "It may not have been as bad, but it's still embarrassing."
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He shrugged and chuckled, "I suppose it would still be embarrassing, but if it makes you feel better, I don't think any different of you than I do right now." Soren continued skating along as he watched her sign, checking every few seconds to see what she said before glancing back at the ice. It was a dangerous game he was playing, but he didn't want to miss a single thing she said.
Rowan noticed the way he kept glancing at her and then the ice. She wished she could talk to make this easier for the both of them, or at least safer for Soren. It was time like these that she hated being mute, "Well, I'm glad."
He smiled at her and promptly forgot about watching where he was going, almost slipping and falling once more in the least dignified way possible. Soren thankfully caught himself this time, but it didn't stop his cheeks from immediately turning flame red. There was only a slim chance Rowan hadn't just seen him almost faceplant into the ice.
Rowan had seen him fall however chose to act like she hadn't. She was trying to save some of his dignity here, even if his cheeks were already red. She reached for his hand to help keep him balanced as she continued to slowly glide on the ice.
Soren gratefully took her hand, refusing to bring up the incident as he smiled at her. "So, what do you want to do after this? Besides getting hot chocolate?" He was having a fun time just spending time with her, even if he was a horrible skater.
Rowan thought a moment before releasing Soren's hand so she could sign to him, "Maybe just hangout? We could always go to my place or yours again if you want." She really just wanted to learn more magic and hang out with Soren without having to worry about being in public.
He nodded, pausing for a minute before roughly signing, "That sounds fun, I'd like that." Soren smiled, skating along a little more steadily as he focused on it. It was still difficult, but the longer he was on the ice, the easier it was getting.
Rowan gave him a beaming smile and a thumbs up to show her approval. She was happy with both his rough signing and his improvement in skating. She didn't want to distract him considering how well he was doing so she didn't sign back.
"Am I getting any better with my signing?" He asked, a tiny smile on his face. He knew it was still going to take a while for him to become completely smooth at signing, but he was sure he was getting better. Anything he could do to work on communicating better with Rowan, he would work on.
Rowan nodded with a bigger smile on his face. She appreciated how he was learning to sign for her even though he didn't really need to. It just made communication from her to him better as her hearing was fine.
A look of relief passed over his face and his smile grew, "I'm glad to hear that. Are you having fun? Or do you want to get out of here and get some hot chocolate?" Skating was fun, but he could slowly feel his fingers loose feeling from the cold.
Rowan hadn't realized how cold her hands were until Soren had brought up the idea of hot chocolate. She quickly nodded in response to both of his question lifting her hand to make the number 2 to indicate as such.
"Hot chocolate it is," He announced happily, pointing to the nearest exit from the rink, "I think they offer some here, but I know a coffee place fairly close by that has some too, that I personally think is the best hot chocolate offered in the city." Soren had been enjoying ice skating, but he knew he was going to enjoy getting the death blades off his feet much more.
Rowan began gliding towards the entrance Soren pointed to. She took a moment to sign over to him as she glided along, "Let's go to the coffee place. But I'll be the judge if its the best hot chocolate."
Soren laughed lightly and followed her along, if a little more wobbly than Rowan's glide across the ice. He had a fun time ice skating with her, and he wanted to spend much more time with her, but he was quite happy to be getting away from the rink for the timebeing.
Once off the ice Rowan used her hands to rub her arms attempting to warm them up. She couldn't keep the grin off of her face as she looked over at Soren. Skating had been fun, but right now she wanted to get warm.
"Well, if I can say anything about skating, it was really fun, and very educational," He joked, cracking her a small smile. Soren held out an arm for Rowan when they got off the ice, pointing to a nearby bench where a little boy was taking off his skates, "We can stop over there and get back into our boots if you want. That way we aren't wobbling around in these." He motioned to his skates and smiled, knowing that there was a red flush against his cheeks and nose from the chilly rink.
Rowan nodded and grabbed his arm before moving her hand to his hold his and making her way towards the bench. Her cheeks were almost completely red and was her nose, but despite that, a permanent smile was on her face. Her feet were also aching just slightly from wearing the skates, but that would be remedied soon enough.
Leading the way to the bench, Soren eagerly sat down, ready to get his skates off. Fumbling with the laces, he frowned, trying to get his fingers to work enough to undo the knots. "Next time, remind me to bring handwarmers," He said, looking over to Rowan with a tiny smile. Finally getting one of his skates off, he started on the other one.
Rowan gave him a playful look and smile with her thumbs up. She sat down on the bench working with her numbed fingers to undo the laces on her skates pausing ever so often to rub her hands together to try and gain some feeling back into them. It wasn't as effective as she wanted them to be, but it seemed to get the job done as she moved onto the other skate quite quickly. She let out a large puff of air in frustration not realizing how numb her fingers really were.