the gray sky was vast and real cryptic above me
"Oh, so you just tripped and fell dick-first INTO MY EX?" Okay Olivia Rodrigo.
It's the shock and hurt that have him rocking back, their powers combined shifting them into a roiling anger that threatens to burn this whole place down. As effusive and riotous ad Koa can be, it's all a form of control. Rarely does he truly split to breaking; even now he fights to maintain some composure, hands balled and muscles shaking as he glares his cousin down. His teeth are clenched tight enough that he feels his jaw might splinter. He hasn't moved since the initial explosion; if he lets his body succumb and swing into action, he doesn't know if he'll be able to hold back.
But gods the kid isn't helping himself, and it's taking everything in Koa's arsenal to keep from... well, he doesn't know what. What he does know is that he doesn't want to hear Kai's stupid excuses, how hard it had been, how fucked it was, blah blah blah blah blah. Because it had been hard and fucked for everyone. When he finally speaks again his voice is low and dangerous, vibrating like the air before a storm, when any shift in pressure could make the thunder surge and snap. "So what you're saying is that while I was taking care of Noe - your family - you were sneaking off and getting laid." He'd wondered where the boy had gone; good to see where his loyalties lie, out in the cruel clear open.
And then there's the apology, which carries all the weight of a wilted rose bought at a gas station the day after Valentine's. "Sorry? For what? Fucking Flora, or getting caught?" He's breathing heavily enough that anyone might believe he'd just completed a marathon, but it's all he can do to keep his mind from going completely red.
"You realize that was months ago, right? So since then you've been... what? Seeing her and Caly? Getting your dick wet wherever you could and hoping nobody would find out?" Now disappointment curls out of him like thorns; he makes no attempt to hide it in his expression, still preferring to project his anger than acknowledge his pain. "What was your plan here, Kaisel? Or did you really not give a single shit about how stupid you were being, or who'd get hurt along the way?" Koa'd been the other guy, and Kai had seen how much it hurt him.
But Kai has proven how few fucks he gives for his cousin's happiness, hasn't he? A flash of raw hurt escapes the mask of anger, then Koa's lip is curling in disappointment again. "I thought you were better than this."
It's the shock and hurt that have him rocking back, their powers combined shifting them into a roiling anger that threatens to burn this whole place down. As effusive and riotous ad Koa can be, it's all a form of control. Rarely does he truly split to breaking; even now he fights to maintain some composure, hands balled and muscles shaking as he glares his cousin down. His teeth are clenched tight enough that he feels his jaw might splinter. He hasn't moved since the initial explosion; if he lets his body succumb and swing into action, he doesn't know if he'll be able to hold back.
But gods the kid isn't helping himself, and it's taking everything in Koa's arsenal to keep from... well, he doesn't know what. What he does know is that he doesn't want to hear Kai's stupid excuses, how hard it had been, how fucked it was, blah blah blah blah blah. Because it had been hard and fucked for everyone. When he finally speaks again his voice is low and dangerous, vibrating like the air before a storm, when any shift in pressure could make the thunder surge and snap. "So what you're saying is that while I was taking care of Noe - your family - you were sneaking off and getting laid." He'd wondered where the boy had gone; good to see where his loyalties lie, out in the cruel clear open.
And then there's the apology, which carries all the weight of a wilted rose bought at a gas station the day after Valentine's. "Sorry? For what? Fucking Flora, or getting caught?" He's breathing heavily enough that anyone might believe he'd just completed a marathon, but it's all he can do to keep his mind from going completely red.
"You realize that was months ago, right? So since then you've been... what? Seeing her and Caly? Getting your dick wet wherever you could and hoping nobody would find out?" Now disappointment curls out of him like thorns; he makes no attempt to hide it in his expression, still preferring to project his anger than acknowledge his pain. "What was your plan here, Kaisel? Or did you really not give a single shit about how stupid you were being, or who'd get hurt along the way?" Koa'd been the other guy, and Kai had seen how much it hurt him.
But Kai has proven how few fucks he gives for his cousin's happiness, hasn't he? A flash of raw hurt escapes the mask of anger, then Koa's lip is curling in disappointment again. "I thought you were better than this."
Koa
I wanted you to love me like you used to do
