A warm meal and a quiet night

KIADA we are all just fighting to survive a world, where 'i miss you' doesn't mean I'm coming back. Perhaps he would stay through all of her trials and pain, perhaps it wouldn’t be that big of a deal in the end because she had changed so much. There were so many what ifs she couldn’t answer just yet because she didn’t know... How would he feel about her once he knew she’d helped a god butcher her people all in the name of wanting to grow more powerful, strong? To become something when all she had was a shattered family and a twin that had been kidnapped? He lifts her knuckles to his lips, pressing a soft kiss to them that has her blushing a small amount more, a finger extending to stroke along his cheek in a tender and loving touch as well, before he releases her hand. And she finds she craves the warmth he brings to her cold, the almost gentle innocence that’s bright and vibrant against her jaded thoughts. But there was time for that — time like after the bar when he’d held her and they’d shared their night together in such a comfortable way that she couldn’t quite imagine anything less when she looked into eyes so much like her own. “I was too.” She confides. She might bear the strict sharp stone faced exterior of Deimos, but much like him she brooded and raged and tore away at herself inside. But she meets his gaze regardless, full of shadows and light, a cross between the memory of that night and the lightness she finds here with him, of not caring. Gods, was she falling for him? “They’ve been through worse.” Kiada says softly. She has been through worse. “The worst part about it I think is that it was such a surprise. We spend all of Deepfrost preparing for LongNight. People know what to expect. But this? This was out of the blue and really shook everything up.” She sighs, pausing to continue to eat before his next question is uttered and she’s lifting her gaze to his again. A child sacrifice. “I think so.” She frowns lightly. “Why else would the Academy be safe if not for Zariah’s words?” It’s the only thing she could think of, if the gods here were anything like the ones of her previous world. and 'I love you' doesn't mean I'll stay...