HOTARU
Harper can be a loser all he likes, and Flora can rant all she likes, but Ru values the laugh on her daughter's face more. Enough to let the topic die and instead hold Flora close, snorting an inelegant laugh that is equally safe to let shine in the presence of family. "If I had to deem a man gross simply based on having seen you naked, I would have to blindfold myself while I walked through Torchline lest I lose my lunch." Though it's clear Hotaru merely finds that amusing, she wonders if the comment will entice Flora to expand on why she truly objects so much given her mother hasn't taken the bait.
Laughing fully at her dramatics now, Ru drags her back in with slick, muddy hands that leave prints and smears as she wrangles Flora back to her side. "You shut up!" she cries in turn, like a gossiping schoolgirl. "I had to balance out the indecency with something modest, it is simply the way of the world." Though she merely rolls her eyes at the mention of Talyson again, tittering and refusing to comment - mostly because what comes next is far more delicate. Tempered, she settles back against the wall alongside Flora and merely hums quietly in her throat. "He visited me the next morning too. It's all quite tangled, but it ended...very well." Not like that, which Flora will be able to tell from Hotaru's softened expression, but still a sensitive topic. "Though I don't know if that is something I should be pursuing, Frey above." Rolling her eyes exaggeratedly to hide the sincerity a smidge, she grins sideways at her daughter.
Laughing fully at her dramatics now, Ru drags her back in with slick, muddy hands that leave prints and smears as she wrangles Flora back to her side. "You shut up!" she cries in turn, like a gossiping schoolgirl. "I had to balance out the indecency with something modest, it is simply the way of the world." Though she merely rolls her eyes at the mention of Talyson again, tittering and refusing to comment - mostly because what comes next is far more delicate. Tempered, she settles back against the wall alongside Flora and merely hums quietly in her throat. "He visited me the next morning too. It's all quite tangled, but it ended...very well." Not like that, which Flora will be able to tell from Hotaru's softened expression, but still a sensitive topic. "Though I don't know if that is something I should be pursuing, Frey above." Rolling her eyes exaggeratedly to hide the sincerity a smidge, she grins sideways at her daughter.
Oh, drunken gods of slaughter
You know I've always been your favorite daughter
You know I've always been your favorite daughter
