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be polite. his father always taught him to be a gentleman and polite above everything else. so now that he’s seen this woman with a popcorn stuck by the ends of her hair, henri doesn’t know how to approach her in a way that doesn’t sound rude or out of place. he tries to make up different scenarios on his head – hello, is the popcorn on your hair a fashion choice? – but nothing seems quite right. while he’s trying to figure it out however, he misses a lesson in politeness: do not stare at people. 

“ oh, ” he exhales and then laughs, awkwardly at that. he definitely, definitely doesn’t mean it like that. “ sorry um– i didn’t mean– uh, you just got popcorn on your hair. i didn’t know how to tell you. ”

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there’s a big smile on his face when henri turns towards the very familiar voice. ella is the first person he wanted to see at the festival and she seems to have found him first. well, he was trying to win a prize for her before however he’s pretty sure that the game is rigged. it’s all a money machine – and henri is just dumb, stubborn and rich enough to spend a lot of money in this tear down the bottle tower game. he puts down the ball and turns his whole body towards ella, leaning down to kiss her cheek. 

 “ do you have to ask? ” he raises his eyebrows before ushering ella to stand in front of him. “ but yes. c’mere– do you wanna toss it? ”

Can I join you?

Ella was staring at her phone, smiling from ear to ear. She finally made her way to the spring festival, and she looked forward to everything. The food, to the petting zoo, to the attractions. But she didn’t know who to ask to join her. So she hoped to see someone that she knew and could ask to join them.

She opened her mouth seeing a familiar face. “Hey, can I join you?” She asked, well she wouldn’t feel too bad if they said no.

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there’s something to the whole atmosphere of the spring festival that puts henri in a wonderful mood. it feels as if every corner he turns to is filled with smiles and that he enjoys very much. he’s been floating through the crowd, though he usually favors orbiting around wherever ella might be at the moment. he fears being overbearing though so he takes a step back and decides to take a place on the grass where he can observe as the crowd has fun. his head turns at he hears the girl beside him though and he smiles at her. henri isn’t entirely sure that she tried talking to him but he guesses it’s more embarrassing to not respond at all.

“ sorry, i’m not sure if you were talking to me, ” he says, an easy smile on his lips. “ but i also love these– just happy people and good food and fun. ”

Mary loved stuff like this. She was almost feral with the combination of the sugar and excitement that was circulating round her system. She was currently resisting the urge to press her face up against the glass window of the popcorn machine while she waited to order and sipped on the giant slushie that she had. “Hi, could I get salted with no butter please?” she grinned and handed over the money when the giant bag got passed over to her. 

After getting her popcorn, she peeked over her sunglasses and found a space on the grass underneath a tree and took a seat to take some time to enjoy her treats until she felt ready to go on more of the festival rides. “God I love these events” she mumbled to herself and munched on some more popcorn.

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henri scratches his head, face scrunched up in confusion and nearly panic as he realizes that he clearly has no idea where he’s going. not that he’s ever been great at locating himself, but this seems somehow worse and more embarrassing. he’s supposed to meet a few friends and see if they need something by the petting zoo. there’s just a small flaw to this plan of action: he can’t find this petting zoo.  “ uh– ” he sighs and looks around, stretching his neck to check around as if he would suddenly see the path to where he needs to go. “ thanks. why don’t they make a map for this? ” 

“I think it might actually be that way my friend” he was being asked for direction and he had to be honest and say that he wasn’t all too familiar with the layout but he did happen to see some something similar to what was being asked as he walked by it not too long ago. Besides he was just trying to be friendly with the other and it wasn’t like he was forcing them to take their advice or anything like that but either way he was helping the other and that was what mattered to him most.

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rooiboos

rooiboos: 3 facts about my family

• henri is his father’s only child ;• his mother left both him and his father when he was very young & therefore henri never had a strong mother figure in his life ;• he has an uncle but henri and his father haven’t been in touch with him for years .

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bellexlefebvre‌:

“it’s okay I have some boxes in the back just give me a moment.” she said before heading into the back where the shipping area was of the small shop “here you go” she said “so how many of these have you actually read?” she said looking at the books curiously and then back to the man. “It’s just me here, actually I work alone most of the time” 

“oh, thank you very much!” he says, relief washing over him. while he waits for the boxes, henri stacks the books up. he thanks the woman again when she appears and starts moving the books to the boxes. “um, most of them? right now i’m mostly reading textbooks, so i thought i’d donate these,” he explains with a smile. “oh! well then i know i’m asking the right person. i’ll take these inside and then- can you talk me through the process?”

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henri has a coffee order in one hand as he walks down the street towards his father’s company building. his father has been pulling some extra hours and henri thinks it will be good for him to sit down and talk. no doubt about his father will bring up ella and he will be embarrassed but still. it will be nice to talk. he is in his head when something on the corner of his eye catches his attention. or rather - someone. dressed in a full rabbit body suit. well doesn’t that look fun. henri crosses the street so he can approach the person and confirm his suspicions. once a flyer is on his hand - eggstravaganza? - henri chuckles. 

“jack? please tell me that’s you.”

Easter was fast approaching and it was up to Jack to spread the word about Holiday Town’s upcoming Eggstravaganza (name pending).  Donning a full bodied Easter Bunny suit and a messenger bag full of flyers, he set up a boombox outside the store front and turned the volume to max settings.  

Macarena started blaring from the speakers and without missing a beat Jack danced along to the song.  No one could see it through the bunny head, but the man was grinning like a lunatic.  Any time someone came close enough he would shove a flyer in their hands before jumping right back into the dance.

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eilonwy-of-llyr‌:

“Hide you? Whatever for?” Eilonwy asked curiously, though she was already taking his arm and pulling him into a more secluded part of the hallway. She turned him so that his back was to the rest of the hall, setting her own back against the wall and looking up at him. It was maybe a compromising looking position, but it was definitely more private. “Who are you hiding from? Why are you hiding?” Really, he should’ve known that she would ask a million questions about it.

henri tries to shrink himself a little further, make himself a bit shorter so eilonwy is more or less covering his face too. granted, this goes less well than he intended it to go. he takes his index finger to his lips, tapping it a few times. “shhh, not so loud!” he tells her while he looks around. he doesn’t see any of his classmates - thankfully - so right now it seems like they’re in the clear. “i’m hiding from my classmates,” he tells her in a hushed voice, trying to attract as little attention to the both of them as possible. “they want me to describe my internship for the millionth time and i can’t do it anymore. please help me hide.”

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his eyes never lose their light as he looks at ella. everything about the girl is captivating and worthy of his most sincere smiles. it warms his heart that she can be this joyful. it makes him incredibly happy that she seems excited for her day rather than worried and that’s a wonderful look on her. when they started talking - really talking - ella always seemed to have a crease between her eyebrows, as if she’s constantly weighing in her actions. she seems more relaxed now and henri is elated to see such thing. he’s less elated about the talk he’s having with hayden later, but it doesn’t matter. it will make ella happy. 

“i’m so happy about that, ella, i really am,” he tells her, smiling softly. her words don’t do too much to calm his nerves but he can pretend they do. henri takes a deep breath and kiss her temple this time. he seems to be unable to stop kissing her ever since they kissed first. “well if you promise,” henri says, “then i believe in you.”

Birthday girl | Henri

“𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠.” Ella said, her cheeks slightly puffed. But she was aware it was a joke, she liked that about Henri. He had the capability to make her life seem much brighter than it was. She wondered if she could invite Henri to visit her parents graves but that might just be a little too over the top. Though she wanted to introduce him to her parents someday.

She took notice of that nervousness as well and chuckled. “𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐡, 𝐈 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐢𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐇𝐚𝐲𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐮𝐫𝐞.” Her eyes sparkled as she said that. It was like the family she had longed for now finally had made it’s way into her life. Patrick, Paxton, Hayden and Persephone. They all became members of her family, she also got curious to Megan and Henrik. But she couldn’t say they were on the same level of feeling like family just yet.

“𝐈 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐬𝐨?” 𝐀𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐝𝐚𝐝𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐝𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐫. “𝐈 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐞’𝐬 𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤.”

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fawnxforrest‌:

“I do well I’m doing my internship there so I get to be with all the animals I love and it’s great fun.”

“that does sound fun,” he agrees, smiling. “do you think of working full time there?”

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although a month passed since he’s back, following his class schedule is something he’s not used to just yet. moreover, some classes just feel boring after he had some experience in the field. that and the fact that some people are actively hunting him down to have him speak about it make for quite uncomfortable moments some nights. the first few times, henri didn’t mind talking about it. however, after so many nights leading to the same outcome, he is ready to run away from anyone who mentions his internship. that’s what he’s doing now, nearly running down the hallway towards the cafeteria. 

“eilonwy!” he says, relieved to see a familiar face. he turns his back towards the hallway so people can’t see his face. “i need you to hide me.”

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adamthebeastlegrand‌:

It was no lie that things weren’t actually going well for Adam. The man had to be forced to even come to work because he was scared. It wasn’t like his colleagues didn’t understand but they felt like he needed a push so Agatha couldn’t control his life. He found himself cackling at ‘just me’. It wasn’t just Henri, Henri was a nice guy. Adam knew as much, they were friends after all. 

“Ah, that explains why Ella had been staring outside the café window. I hope you at least visited her before me.” He teased. “Nothing stays secret in a café you know.” He was happy to tease his friend, it lightened the load. 

“I’m…coping I guess that’s a word right?” He could feel the glare of his colleagues and sighed. “Okay it’s pretty bad- I haven’t been able to sleep for weeks and they had to force me to shower because I neglected myself.”

henri is thankful for adam trying to lighten the mood. however, he can’t help but feel like his friend is just trying to conceal the way that it affected him. it’s a lot like adam, henri knows, and most of times henri tries not to pry too much when he’s trying hard to protect himself. the situation begs for a different approach though. the whole agatha situation is probably more delicate than henri is equipped to deal with, but he will undoubtedly try. 

“ah, that i did.” he chuckles, the mention of ella making him blush beneath his skin. are people already talking about ella and him? henri hopes so. but then again, that can wait for another day. his expression changes to a grimace at his friend’s next sentence and yeah, pretty bad sounds a lot more like henri had originally predicted. “yeah bud, that sounds a bit worse than coping.” henri says. “do you wanna talk about that? i’m not sure of how everything happened i just- rumors, you know?” he rambles. “though, if you want a distraction, we can do that too.” 

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when coming back, henri wasn’t sure that he would get the job at the laudromat again. thankfully, his boss was kind enough to employ him yet again, though he is far from the ideal employee. so many years he spent without having to do true work that an actual job posed as a true challenge to him. henri tries to avoid shortcuts for the most part as he is aware his charm can get him long ways with the customers, especially the ones that aren’t having the best of days. speaking of, he hears the raised voice of someone coming from the laundry area. it sounds as if they’re having trouble and he quickly scrambles to go and see what’s happening. 

“hello? good evening, ma’am.” he says, still not recognizing whose back he’s talking to. “maybe i can help you?”

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It was laundry night, literally every Tuesday was laundry night and she went to the same place, at the same time, every Tuesday night because she had a schedule and she had to make sure she adhered to that schedule to avoid her being late or out of order, most nights went smoothly except for this particular one that saw her machine playing up; “Are you serious?” she talked to no one in particular. She had a set amount of time, and she didn’t cater for situations such as these so when or if it took longer then expected it was going to put her all out of whack; “I swear I’m gonna hit you if you don’t turn on” she spoke to the washing machine that refused to listen to her despite being inanimate 

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fawnxforrest‌:

“thanks..” she said trying not to think about it anymore “thinking about the animals at the zoo, mainly hummingbirds and hawks, or ravens any birds do, like did you know that hummingbird’s resting heartbeat is 250 times per minute and that helps me count up to 250 but by the time I’m at 35 again I’m relaxed.” 

“that’s-” he starts, shakes his head and smiles. “no, i didn’t know that.” he admits. although he’s in an ecology major, he doesn’t know that much about animal facts. “that’s a very interesting coping mechanism,” henri concedes, sitting back straight as he looks at her. “do you work at the zoo?”

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bellexlefebvre‌:

Belle was stocking what little she had in the back, “Why do people never read enough anymore?” she said before picking up the watering can to go to the outdoor garden and water them, it had been unusually dry, recently and she had to be careful as to not have the flowers wilt. Persephone would be so upset if the flowers she had given her would wilt like that. 

She had nearly dropped the watering can when she was bumped into by someone ‘No worries, love.” 

henri feels bad, truly. if that watering can had fallen over the books, he doesn’t know how much could’ve been salvaged. thankfully, the only thing damaged is his ego as he scrambles to pile the books over his arms again only to drop them just a second later. he sighs and crouches, starting again. 

“i’m really sorry. i should’ve brought a box,” he tells her, sympathetically. “i just got all these books for donation and kept putting them away in my car and i thought i wouldn’t have so many.” he pauses then. “um, do you know how the donation works? do i just go inside and tell them?”

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ellafontaine‌:

Ella didn’t think she would see Henri this soon, she expected him at the party so this was a wonderful surprise. “Good morning, and yes, you truly surprised me.” Ella chuckled, smiling as he pulled her close. Her hand moved to her cheek to pinch it, just to make her certain that in fact, she was not dreaming. She wasn’t. 

She chuckled once more, hugging Henri back. “Well, it’s a lovely surprise nonetheless. Thank you.” She remembered Hayden wanting to meet him and she offered him a wary smile. “You know…”

“You might want to prepare yourself for some teasing. I told my guardian about you, who told Patrick and Paxton. So I can imagine they will tease you a little.” She looked at him a little apologetic. “Hayden also wanted to talk to you for some reason…”

She wondered why.

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“i guess it’s not all lost, then. i’m still keeping things interesting,” he jokes, placing yet another kiss on the blonde’s cheek. although it wasn’t his intention to find her this morning, he can’t help but to be thankful for it. henri is about to tell her not to worry about thanking him and that there are more surprises to come when ella starts her own sentence. he seals his lips instead then, deciding to just listen. 

he is sure he is still smiling. of course he is, he is with ella and it’s her birthday and she’s the most wonderful human being to have ever graced the earth. yet, his smile falls just a fraction at her next words. it doesn’t help his nervousness at all. while henri is confident that this should be fine, it’s sill nerve-wrecking. it’s understandable that he would want to meet henri, seeing how he freed ella from a horrible situation. henri just hopes that he is articulate enough to prove that he has his heart in the right place: on top of ella’s palm. 

“um, should i be worried?” henri asks, genuinely. “over the talk, i mean. i’m pretty sure i can handle any teasing after having my dad on my business.”

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Birthday girl || open for everyone

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the only thing henri can think of is how he should’ve brought a box. recently, henri compiled all the books he didn’t read anymore and decided to donate them to the library. he didn’t think a box was going to be necessary but now, with books piled up high on his arms, henri regrets his decision. his vision is almost completely obscured by the books as he makes his way to the entrance of the library. he prides himself in doing well - that is, until he bumps into someone else and the books start cascading down his arms and onto both of their feet. 

“oh i’m so sorry!” he says, cursing under his breath. “i wasn’t looking where i was going! are you alright?”