MAEA
Her arm avoided the squishing, found a perfect hollow just beneath his shoulderblade to rest in. His objections are met with a mischievous grin, and she leaned in to peck his nose, like he used to do with her. "I don't know, is it really?"
She could tease him forever, it would never stop being funny. But the talk of lanterns and bad memories did not really take well to just any kind of laughter, so she swallowed it down for now, saved it for later and let him mull over her suggestion. Maea was a bit taken aback when he offered it to her as well... but then she nodded, with a realization that made her throat tighten. Then she nodded, that she too wanted to join.
"I never made a lantern for my family," she siad, voice quiet as she looked up at him. "By the time the festival came around, I... wasn't there. I really do need to, this time. I know Ludo found Noah already, but I know nothing of the others. His wife, their children... He had three of them, did I ever tell you? Two sons, and a daughter. Ansi would have turned fifteen this Leafchange. Hieram would be twelve, and Leon... gods, I don't even know. Six, I think?"
She swallowed hard. They had been wonderful kids. Bright, cheerful, full of mischief but so kind. Bringing home injured birds and butterfly cocoons that were left to hatch in her room, whenever she couldn't go outside to see Flowerbirth properly.
"I'm turning twenty-three, this year. And it'll be... two years, since I saw them." Though of course, it still only felt like one, to her. Long enough. Too long.
She could tease him forever, it would never stop being funny. But the talk of lanterns and bad memories did not really take well to just any kind of laughter, so she swallowed it down for now, saved it for later and let him mull over her suggestion. Maea was a bit taken aback when he offered it to her as well... but then she nodded, with a realization that made her throat tighten. Then she nodded, that she too wanted to join.
"I never made a lantern for my family," she siad, voice quiet as she looked up at him. "By the time the festival came around, I... wasn't there. I really do need to, this time. I know Ludo found Noah already, but I know nothing of the others. His wife, their children... He had three of them, did I ever tell you? Two sons, and a daughter. Ansi would have turned fifteen this Leafchange. Hieram would be twelve, and Leon... gods, I don't even know. Six, I think?"
She swallowed hard. They had been wonderful kids. Bright, cheerful, full of mischief but so kind. Bringing home injured birds and butterfly cocoons that were left to hatch in her room, whenever she couldn't go outside to see Flowerbirth properly.
"I'm turning twenty-three, this year. And it'll be... two years, since I saw them." Though of course, it still only felt like one, to her. Long enough. Too long.
Nothing lasts forever, I thought you should know
BASE INSPIRED BY ODD <3
