Hear those bells ring deep in the soul
Chiming away for a moment
Chiming away for a moment
"Okay, but I want to be wanted for dinner every night. Not just when the other option isn't there." He shrugs, angry and helpless and bad at explaining. How is he supposed to make Kaisel understand? Yes, Koa fights for everything and everyone, but when it comes to relationships? How is he supposed to fight for something he's never even been in? When the door is shut every time he raises his hand to knock, at what point should he maybe accept that he's the door-to-door salesman of romance, and nobody wants to buy his wares?
He wishes he could match the easy enthusiasm as Kai throws his arms out, seeming ready to embrace the world. Maybe if things weren't so goddamn complicated, he'd be able to muster up the elation that this news so deserves. Instead he manages a slightly hardened smile, as though already anticipating his cousin's reaction. "It's Sohalia," he says, ready to counter any upcoming argument, because he knows Kai remembers the last time, and even if Koa hadn't shared all the details (like how she'd sort of proposed a throuple with Jude who now lives in Koa's house), he can predict the red flags Kai might raise.
"We met up in the Greatwood, and we've been talking a lot and... and it's been really nice, y'know? She's a good person, and... and she said she's in love with me." Koa's cheeks warm; he glances away, the wonder in his open expression shadowed by the slightest frown. It had been what he wanted to hear for ages, so why hadn't it swept him off his feet the way he'd thought it would? And then there's also the part where....
"She's also Flora's best friend."
He wishes he could match the easy enthusiasm as Kai throws his arms out, seeming ready to embrace the world. Maybe if things weren't so goddamn complicated, he'd be able to muster up the elation that this news so deserves. Instead he manages a slightly hardened smile, as though already anticipating his cousin's reaction. "It's Sohalia," he says, ready to counter any upcoming argument, because he knows Kai remembers the last time, and even if Koa hadn't shared all the details (like how she'd sort of proposed a throuple with Jude who now lives in Koa's house), he can predict the red flags Kai might raise.
"We met up in the Greatwood, and we've been talking a lot and... and it's been really nice, y'know? She's a good person, and... and she said she's in love with me." Koa's cheeks warm; he glances away, the wonder in his open expression shadowed by the slightest frown. It had been what he wanted to hear for ages, so why hadn't it swept him off his feet the way he'd thought it would? And then there's also the part where....
"She's also Flora's best friend."
Koa Carpenter
Feel your breath course frankly below
And see life as a worthy opponent
And see life as a worthy opponent
