MELITA
It was too much. She’d ruin it. She’d break it. But she’d cherish it all the same too – swallowing down the tiny bits of apprehension collecting in her throat, because it was like fire, precious and fleeting, powerful and potent, and everything she wished she could be. She’d have to thank Remi when she saw him next, generous and wonderful all the more, and Lily had the twin – her heart bloomed and blossomed, a shuddering sigh quaking through her lungs. “Thank you!” Which felt like she could say it over and over again and not express enough gratitude; turning around so Lily could place it around her neck. No heat presided from its essence, despite the alluring materials and substance, but still a beatific flicker and glow, warm light, indulgent, tranquil, like embers along a hearth.
As Lily squeaked, Melita glanced over her shoulder to see one more had been included in their train of granting and gifting – smirking cheekily and lightly at Sunjata as he proffered to the other redhead.
You're all gonna watch me
Disappear into the sun
Disappear into the sun
