HOTARU
After seeing Remi, Hotaru knew she could not keep this secret any longer. Visit to Frey be damned, surely he would understand and not bar her from anything so long as she explained what she intended to do. But she needs him. She needs her best friend, and she hasn’t seen him in too long already, trying to hide her growing belly. But with Remi gone and the spa cold and barren once again she needs his support, his grounding nature, and so while she knows he has no station here any longer in an official capacity she is found wandering the hallways of the Barracks. It is still a training ground, and her best bet at finding him. Whether it’s pregnancy or genera stress that keeps her mind in the clouds, it’s enough to reduce her spatial awareness to the point that when she turns the corner she collided with another body. Gasping, she immediately wraps her arms protectively around her belly, sparks flying up her arms in a defensiveness that only someone born with lightning in their veins could achieve. It is as natural to her as breathing. Realizing she may have shocked or hurt whoever just bumped into her, she releases an arm to push her hair back, and tries to reorient herself. “I’m so sorry, did I hurt you?”
I am a breathtaking mosaic
of all the battles I've won
of all the battles I've won
