Zavien
He tracked the way Soh sighed, the reluctant manner with which she approached the subject. She chose her words carefully, the way he did when sparing people's feelings or trying to minimize his hurt for the sake of someone else. Their time together made it blatantly clear, and although he didn't like that it had taken a letter for her to tell him about this, it was clear that she hadn't meant it for any malicious reasons, not when she seemed more upset with the recollection than having to tell him - even if he wished she had.
Stepping forward, he braced his hands on her shoulders, grounding her here as he sighed. "I'm sorry. That probably had less to do with you and more to do with our disagreement, especially how it all affects Koa..." Kai was her best friend's fiancé after all, and they'd gotten along fine before she'd started dating him. Zavien didn't think himself important enough to influence relationships like this, but it also seemed naive to assume it didn't have to do with their earlier fight and Kai's apparent unwillingness to admit he'd pushed things too far. Just the thought of Soh going through the same treatment he had...
His hands moved up and down, trying to sooth Soh as he shrugged his shoulders. "Kai has a tendency to say a lot of things he shouldn't," he narrowed his eyes, his lips pursing as he asked, "but what did he say to make you so upset?" She wasn't the kind to leave tension or disagreements unresolved - particularly with someone so close to Flora - making him all the more concerned for what the man might have said that bothered her even now.
Stepping forward, he braced his hands on her shoulders, grounding her here as he sighed. "I'm sorry. That probably had less to do with you and more to do with our disagreement, especially how it all affects Koa..." Kai was her best friend's fiancé after all, and they'd gotten along fine before she'd started dating him. Zavien didn't think himself important enough to influence relationships like this, but it also seemed naive to assume it didn't have to do with their earlier fight and Kai's apparent unwillingness to admit he'd pushed things too far. Just the thought of Soh going through the same treatment he had...
His hands moved up and down, trying to sooth Soh as he shrugged his shoulders. "Kai has a tendency to say a lot of things he shouldn't," he narrowed his eyes, his lips pursing as he asked, "but what did he say to make you so upset?" She wasn't the kind to leave tension or disagreements unresolved - particularly with someone so close to Flora - making him all the more concerned for what the man might have said that bothered her even now.
I love you with everything I am,
everything I've been,
and everything I hope to be.
everything I've been,
and everything I hope to be.
