i'll try to compromise

// i'm not so good with tenses //

Nodding at the question of six? that leaves Niki alongside the fact that the fae and others that live within the Greatwood taught their children early on. “My mother used to sneak me out to teach me slightly before our swim test.” He murmurs – a secret he kept close to his chest, though it wasn’t like it mattered much anymore. She was gone and has been for a long time. “The Swim Test was a fucked up ritual draped in "tradition" that we’d do. I got my leg caught during it, but I made it eventually.” Nose wrinkling again, Sunjata huffs out a little soft laugh at the memory (and the trauma it had caused after).

Instead, he lets the subject of Nate drop alongside Niki’s own understanding. The solemnity of the conversation returning despite how much Sunjata was trying to avoid it. It seemed to follow him, drape around him like a worn coat, where whatever story he had could – and often was - laced with melancholy.

“Oh I do. Trust me.” He shoots Niki a lopsided grin, his accented voice practically purring with the compliment. Something he realizes he needs to continue to strive for, if he won’t spend any time on his own in the future. The least he could do was ensure everyone else was happy if he couldn’t manage it himself.

the Heartless

// i'm tensin' up thinkin' about what i'm supposed to call you now //