this is why we can't have nice things, honey
"I don't know, walk off the top of Haulani and not look down?" She smirks against Ronin's chest, if only because of all the Taliesin's and how they constantly try and outdo each other for Most Dramatic of Them All, none of them would ever stoop to suicide. "Times like now I don't even know if I want to date anyone, let alone him, but every time I see him...even if it's just in passing..." She shrugs. "It's like I forget all the things I thought I was 100% set on."
As for her father's penchant about getting mad about dreams Ronin wasn't even in? Grinning as she looks up at him, Flora's aqua gaze shimmers with amusement moreso than tears. 'Shut up. I hope you punched him in the mouth.' Laughing softly in a way which simultaneously makes her feel better and guilty, Flora crumples against Ronin once more if only so as not to have to look at him as she answers his next question.
Later, when you're soaking in a bubble bath recounting all of this to Remi and saying you'll need therapy, just remember you asked for this, Ronin.
"Well, so..." Against the fabric of his shirt, Flora explains all the things as a dad, Ronin doubtless doesn't want to hear. She tells him how Koa was her first, and how he'd snuck out of her window that night and disappeared. Told him how she'd hated him for it, and how they'd, ahem, rekindled things after Enzo had died. Told him how she'd started to develop feelings for him, but then he'd gone after Sohalia, which, you know, was a mess because she was with Jude (and then Ronin, guess what? Koa and Jude were also maybe seeing each other!).
"So just before Soh disappeared, we got together and I said that...I mean, that she could have him. Or at least that I'd take a step back from it all. But now that she's missing, he'll obviously need to go and help because he's a dragoon if nothing else, and then she'll obviously fall in love with him?? For rescuing her? And he'll love that because who wouldn't, so what's even the point." This last bit was said basically in one breath, such that at the end, Flora just keeled over into Ronin's stomach with a huff.
As for her father's penchant about getting mad about dreams Ronin wasn't even in? Grinning as she looks up at him, Flora's aqua gaze shimmers with amusement moreso than tears. 'Shut up. I hope you punched him in the mouth.' Laughing softly in a way which simultaneously makes her feel better and guilty, Flora crumples against Ronin once more if only so as not to have to look at him as she answers his next question.
Later, when you're soaking in a bubble bath recounting all of this to Remi and saying you'll need therapy, just remember you asked for this, Ronin.
"Well, so..." Against the fabric of his shirt, Flora explains all the things as a dad, Ronin doubtless doesn't want to hear. She tells him how Koa was her first, and how he'd snuck out of her window that night and disappeared. Told him how she'd hated him for it, and how they'd, ahem, rekindled things after Enzo had died. Told him how she'd started to develop feelings for him, but then he'd gone after Sohalia, which, you know, was a mess because she was with Jude (and then Ronin, guess what? Koa and Jude were also maybe seeing each other!).
"So just before Soh disappeared, we got together and I said that...I mean, that she could have him. Or at least that I'd take a step back from it all. But now that she's missing, he'll obviously need to go and help because he's a dragoon if nothing else, and then she'll obviously fall in love with him?? For rescuing her? And he'll love that because who wouldn't, so what's even the point." This last bit was said basically in one breath, such that at the end, Flora just keeled over into Ronin's stomach with a huff.
