you put me on & said i was your favourite
"In some ways?" Flora echoes, brows lifting with the kind of dramatic flair that comes so naturally to her—like she’s about to lean in with both elbows and demand details over bottomless mimosas.
But she doesn’t have to press. Soh starts talking, and Flora listens. And listens.
By the end of it, her lips are slightly parted, one hand lifting to rake through the curls that have started to frizz around her crown, seawater drying into salt and chaos. "Wait. You didn’t even—" she gestures vaguely, trying not to look too shocked that the pair hadn't actually had sex, though it peeks through anyway. "Huh." That...wasn't the Koa she knew, but then, as they'd all come to see, the way the dragoon wanted the Luminary was not at all what it had been with the Doubletake.
There’s no judgment in it, just surprise. Honest, full-bodied surprise. "That’s more than you’ve done for, like, years," she points out with a huff of laughter, though the sound softens almost immediately. "So... I mean, that’s something, right?"
She means it. It is more, it’s just not what she expected to hear. If anything, she expected the former queen to be effervescent and bubbly with joy after finally getting Koa all to herself. But then Soh says exactly, and Flora’s amusement fades. Her gaze sharpens, lips pulling into a subtle frown as her arms fold across her chest. "What do you mean, you don't regret it exactly?" she asks, voice still light, but gentled with concern now.
But she doesn’t have to press. Soh starts talking, and Flora listens. And listens.
By the end of it, her lips are slightly parted, one hand lifting to rake through the curls that have started to frizz around her crown, seawater drying into salt and chaos. "Wait. You didn’t even—" she gestures vaguely, trying not to look too shocked that the pair hadn't actually had sex, though it peeks through anyway. "Huh." That...wasn't the Koa she knew, but then, as they'd all come to see, the way the dragoon wanted the Luminary was not at all what it had been with the Doubletake.
There’s no judgment in it, just surprise. Honest, full-bodied surprise. "That’s more than you’ve done for, like, years," she points out with a huff of laughter, though the sound softens almost immediately. "So... I mean, that’s something, right?"
She means it. It is more, it’s just not what she expected to hear. If anything, she expected the former queen to be effervescent and bubbly with joy after finally getting Koa all to herself. But then Soh says exactly, and Flora’s amusement fades. Her gaze sharpens, lips pulling into a subtle frown as her arms fold across her chest. "What do you mean, you don't regret it exactly?" she asks, voice still light, but gentled with concern now.
