Boreal tilted her head into the attention, eyes half-closing in pleasure as Soh's fingers found the itchy spots and soothed them with a touch. For his part, Tal hesitated a moment and then rested his cheek on his friend's hair as she pillowed her head on his shoulder, letting her know without words that she was welcome and safe for as long as she wanted to lean on him.
"Well-- oh," Tal began, trying to formulate an answer to her question, but as the tears began to flow he swallowed back the uncertainty, feeling a twist of alarm in his stomach. He was real bad when it came to dealing with waterworks, but the last thing he could do in that moment was push his friend away. Instead he twisted to wrap his other arm around Soh in an awkward hug, patting her back with a gentle hand. "Hey... hey, it's okay. It's gonna be... I mean, we'll figure somethin' out, yeah? No use 'what if'in' 'til y'actually hear from 'im. An' you get t'decide, too, after y'hear 'im out, if y'want t'keep 'im in your life," he assured her, voice gruff with concern and affection for his heartbroken friend.
"Well-- oh," Tal began, trying to formulate an answer to her question, but as the tears began to flow he swallowed back the uncertainty, feeling a twist of alarm in his stomach. He was real bad when it came to dealing with waterworks, but the last thing he could do in that moment was push his friend away. Instead he twisted to wrap his other arm around Soh in an awkward hug, patting her back with a gentle hand. "Hey... hey, it's okay. It's gonna be... I mean, we'll figure somethin' out, yeah? No use 'what if'in' 'til y'actually hear from 'im. An' you get t'decide, too, after y'hear 'im out, if y'want t'keep 'im in your life," he assured her, voice gruff with concern and affection for his heartbroken friend.
