this is why we can't have nice things, honey
Feeling Asta’s body stiffen beneath her fingers, Flora slows her touch instinctively, her teasing edge retreating as something softer takes its place. She leans forward without ceremony, slipping her arms around him from behind. Her reach barely gets halfway, her cheek pressed to the plane of his back, warm skin against old scars. She doesn’t try to fill the silence too quickly, doesn’t try to make it less heavy because where the void was concerned, some things just sucked.
"No," she says finally, her voice low and steady, the word pressing against his skin like a confession. "I absolutely did not want to be cured."
Her fingers tighten gently where they rest. "When Hadama tried, I was ready to fight him. I was ready to kill him. Or teleport out. It was only because of some demigod voodoo that he was able to prick me before I could get away." She lets out a soft exhale—half bitter laugh, half memory catching in her throat.
She’s quiet for a second, then continues, voice muffled slightly against his back. "It took two demigods and Deimos to cure Sunjata. And yeah, Thal’s not the Flood, but she’s not weak, either. She’s fast and smart which won’t make it easy, especially if she sees you coming with a flower." Her arms loosen slightly, her cheek turning so she can meet Danta’s gaze too.
"No," she says finally, her voice low and steady, the word pressing against his skin like a confession. "I absolutely did not want to be cured."
Her fingers tighten gently where they rest. "When Hadama tried, I was ready to fight him. I was ready to kill him. Or teleport out. It was only because of some demigod voodoo that he was able to prick me before I could get away." She lets out a soft exhale—half bitter laugh, half memory catching in her throat.
She’s quiet for a second, then continues, voice muffled slightly against his back. "It took two demigods and Deimos to cure Sunjata. And yeah, Thal’s not the Flood, but she’s not weak, either. She’s fast and smart which won’t make it easy, especially if she sees you coming with a flower." Her arms loosen slightly, her cheek turning so she can meet Danta’s gaze too.
