Gone was such a lost, lonely, final word. Vague in one way, but in all the ones that mattered--
Enough.
However old the loss or healed the wound, Deimos offered no further details and Tal, coping with the missing pieces in his own heart, wasn't one to push beyond the initial inquiry. He nodded awkwardly, but grasped for Hotaru's name with an inward sigh of relief.
"Oh, Hotaru," he scoffed, but couldn't stop the grin that lit up at her name. "She reminds me of my sisters, too. It's the bossiness," he added, smug in the knowledge that she wasn't around to hear him right now.
Not that he'd hesitate to say it to her face, even with retaliation guaranteed. "Hey, is she back yet? Haven't seen her since Leafchange and I was gettin' kinda wor-- I mean, uh. Wonderin' if the spa was gonna shut down." Yeah. Definitely that last part, even as he rubbed furiously at the back of his neck, nose wrinkled in dismay at what had almost slipped out.
Enough.
However old the loss or healed the wound, Deimos offered no further details and Tal, coping with the missing pieces in his own heart, wasn't one to push beyond the initial inquiry. He nodded awkwardly, but grasped for Hotaru's name with an inward sigh of relief.
"Oh, Hotaru," he scoffed, but couldn't stop the grin that lit up at her name. "She reminds me of my sisters, too. It's the bossiness," he added, smug in the knowledge that she wasn't around to hear him right now.
Not that he'd hesitate to say it to her face, even with retaliation guaranteed. "Hey, is she back yet? Haven't seen her since Leafchange and I was gettin' kinda wor-- I mean, uh. Wonderin' if the spa was gonna shut down." Yeah. Definitely that last part, even as he rubbed furiously at the back of his neck, nose wrinkled in dismay at what had almost slipped out.
