Quick update: I realized I hadn't posted to this in over a month… yikes… so I'll just fix that real quick. Prompt is mine though I have no doubt there are similar things out there. I just wanted a quick 200 word drabble about "little things". And for once, I wanted to attempt Ren's POV, because all the introverts I know spend their time thinking things over a lot I thought this would fit him better.
Chapter 14: Little Things
To most people, Nora cannot be tolerated for longer than 10 minutes. Her perky demeanor and boundless energy tends to annoy most people, and then they don't wait long enough to see anything other than that.
But when she's been your best friend for over a decade, it's incredibly difficult to not pay attention to the little things.
There are so many of those things that nobody but I has noticed, in the same vein of the way that she can differentiate between my (admittedly enigmatic) expressions with a simple glance.
For example, her handwriting. Even if she's in a rush, she will still take the time to dot every single 'i' or 'j' with a heart or star, and when signing her name, the 'o' also gets a gratuitous heart in the middle.
Or how when she's comfortable enough with a person, they effectively become a pillow/source of heat.
Or the times she tells random stories that somehow last an hour. I've noticed that she'll go on even if she thinks that nobody cares. I've noticed that when I point out the most insignificant detail later on, her eyes get a little brighter.
I notice a lot of things.