NOE
You know there's many different ways that you can kill the one you love
Emotions flashed across Koa’s face too fast for Noe to follow, and she was left to gaze at him, hurt and confused, as he looked back at her guiltily. His ensuing explanation felt off, somehow - she still couldn’t shake that he hadn’t even been here to see how much these things had taken their toll on her, and yet he was so quick to assume that they had. So at first she scoffed, turning her nose up at his explanation and opening her mouth to argue -
And then he brought up Mom.
The fight went out of Noe, knowing how much it cost him; he’d always been closer to their mother, and sometimes she thought he just avoided thinking about her to prevent the pain that it always seemed to bring up. Her voice was gentler than it might have been when she said, ”Yeah, I mean, it’s been a while.” She paused, seeming to think, then forced a grin that she hoped was more nonchalant than she felt. ”Fine, you’ve talked me into it. Family vacation, it is. Yay.” She held up her hands in the air in a display of spirit fingers. ”Just promise you won’t run off once we get there, yeah?”
fin
And then he brought up Mom.
The fight went out of Noe, knowing how much it cost him; he’d always been closer to their mother, and sometimes she thought he just avoided thinking about her to prevent the pain that it always seemed to bring up. Her voice was gentler than it might have been when she said, ”Yeah, I mean, it’s been a while.” She paused, seeming to think, then forced a grin that she hoped was more nonchalant than she felt. ”Fine, you’ve talked me into it. Family vacation, it is. Yay.” She held up her hands in the air in a display of spirit fingers. ”Just promise you won’t run off once we get there, yeah?”
fin
The slowest way is never loving them enough
