my held breath fills the room with blood
hurting in ways I can't describe
It is reassurance enough. The girl’s hands are strong and warm against her own frigid fingers, and the touch is one she has been missing for days now. Companionship and support are all it takes to melt her heart right now. “Remi has magic that means he can create bonds of a sort when dreaming with someone. He did it with me so that he could visit me whenever we were both asleep. When he checked on me, he was angry and took me to Vai - she was the safest person he had another connection to.” It’s the best explanation of his magic that she has with the way its logic still eludes her.
With a faint smile as Umbra departs, Hotaru turns all her attention back to Seren, and steps through the mirage and onto the soft, utterly perfect sands of the girl’s island. The coat that is draped over her helps chase away the surface chill, and she reluctantly parts their hands to clutch it close. Pride has no place here, not when she has a baby to consider.
“I’m so proud of you,” she agrees, voice thick with warmth. Seren is so much better than Ru could ever be, just as she’d always hoped of her own children, and she wants to grasp her by the waist and spin her about. “Practice makes perfect as well. Can you take others with you?” An idea buds slowly in the back of her mind, but for now her curiosity is based off of her recent teleportation by Remi’s hands.
Shuffling closer Hotaru offers her hand towards the fire. “May I?” Fingers sparking with perfectly controlled lightning that seeks to catch against the driftwood, careful to remain far from Seren’s hands.
With a faint smile as Umbra departs, Hotaru turns all her attention back to Seren, and steps through the mirage and onto the soft, utterly perfect sands of the girl’s island. The coat that is draped over her helps chase away the surface chill, and she reluctantly parts their hands to clutch it close. Pride has no place here, not when she has a baby to consider.
“I’m so proud of you,” she agrees, voice thick with warmth. Seren is so much better than Ru could ever be, just as she’d always hoped of her own children, and she wants to grasp her by the waist and spin her about. “Practice makes perfect as well. Can you take others with you?” An idea buds slowly in the back of her mind, but for now her curiosity is based off of her recent teleportation by Remi’s hands.
Shuffling closer Hotaru offers her hand towards the fire. “May I?” Fingers sparking with perfectly controlled lightning that seeks to catch against the driftwood, careful to remain far from Seren’s hands.
my heart bends and breaks
so many, many times
HOTARU
