// Start a tiny riot //
One arm folds under his head like a makeshift pillow, the other limp against his side, and he blinks out at the other bench where she slowly settles too. He can't keep the frail smile from forming, because out of anyone, she's the only one who'd meet him where he's at like this. No lecture, no eye roll, no tug to get him back upright, just a chin on a hand and seaglass eyes.
She asks, but he doesn't exactly have an answer. Nothing, everything, all the things. So he just listens as she talks, the assorted explanations actually helping sift through some of his own murk. It's all a reminder of how complicated everything's become, that it's not the simple days when they were growing up where all these lines hadn't been laid down yet just to get tangled between them.
"Everything is weird," he agrees gently, exhaling heavily against the bench. "It's not gonna be less weird because you stay away though." He doesn't think he's ever thought of her like a storm cloud, but then he's neither Koa or Soh, but it's sounding an awful lot like she's assuming things too. "Have you even tried?" he asks quietly, tilting more onto his back, his head tipped towards his shoulder, so he can reach an arm across to her in quiet ask for her hand in return. "Being around them?" If it's too hard for her, that's one thing, but so far all she's said is it's too hard on them. He wonders what's happened that's made her so sure that her best friend wouldn't want her so close. As for Koa...well he made a choice that he'll have to stick with, knowing Flora would be part of the decision.
"I've never lived anywhere else before. Not even in the city." He finally says after a pause. He didn't think he'd be sentimental over a home, but he's feeling very much like a little boy on a long sleepover that's starting to turn sour. His voice grows quieter still. "Nowhere is home now."
She asks, but he doesn't exactly have an answer. Nothing, everything, all the things. So he just listens as she talks, the assorted explanations actually helping sift through some of his own murk. It's all a reminder of how complicated everything's become, that it's not the simple days when they were growing up where all these lines hadn't been laid down yet just to get tangled between them.
"Everything is weird," he agrees gently, exhaling heavily against the bench. "It's not gonna be less weird because you stay away though." He doesn't think he's ever thought of her like a storm cloud, but then he's neither Koa or Soh, but it's sounding an awful lot like she's assuming things too. "Have you even tried?" he asks quietly, tilting more onto his back, his head tipped towards his shoulder, so he can reach an arm across to her in quiet ask for her hand in return. "Being around them?" If it's too hard for her, that's one thing, but so far all she's said is it's too hard on them. He wonders what's happened that's made her so sure that her best friend wouldn't want her so close. As for Koa...well he made a choice that he'll have to stick with, knowing Flora would be part of the decision.
"I've never lived anywhere else before. Not even in the city." He finally says after a pause. He didn't think he'd be sentimental over a home, but he's feeling very much like a little boy on a long sleepover that's starting to turn sour. His voice grows quieter still. "Nowhere is home now."
Kaisel
// Stop being so goddamn quiet //
Wearing a watery blue, faded and stretched-out sparkling hair tie on his left wrist
