I'll drown eventually so don't save me
"Huh. Never saw one of those before." Unlike him, Maea couldn't keep herself from looking. At his hands, fighting to grab and hold the little rascal creature. At any glimpse she managed to catch, honestly, and when she caught herself counting the scars on his face she could have kicked herself for a bloody fool.
And then he apologized. Blinking, Maea rose to get feet as Sunjata did, a hand automatically going to her hair to rake it from her face - hindered by her horns now. As stuck as she, who kept running in place while the world moved on without her.
"Sorry for what? You've done nothing wrong." For once. Though she bit that back; most of her issues bottomed in herself anyway. That they kept running into one another at the worst times was hardly his fault.
Meeting his gaze, Maea held it with her own brand of stubbornness, almost relishing the way it scalded her insides. "You look well," she admitted. "Are you..? well..?" She wanted to know. Didn't want to know. Wasn't sure which answer would bring her most peace.
Maybe it didn't matter, as long as she remained this raw.
And then he apologized. Blinking, Maea rose to get feet as Sunjata did, a hand automatically going to her hair to rake it from her face - hindered by her horns now. As stuck as she, who kept running in place while the world moved on without her.
"Sorry for what? You've done nothing wrong." For once. Though she bit that back; most of her issues bottomed in herself anyway. That they kept running into one another at the worst times was hardly his fault.
Meeting his gaze, Maea held it with her own brand of stubbornness, almost relishing the way it scalded her insides. "You look well," she admitted. "Are you..? well..?" She wanted to know. Didn't want to know. Wasn't sure which answer would bring her most peace.
Maybe it didn't matter, as long as she remained this raw.
Maea
