Another Leafchange, another lantern to light for the souls of his parents.
Tal had climbed into the attic of Seawright's Sundries to retrieve his lantern from last year and had sat there for a little while before climbing down again, lantern and dragon in tow, to head outside. He knew he should have been spending the time with his sisters, the four siblings sharing memories as they fixed up their lanterns or made new ones, but Tal had never been great about being so touchy feely and he preferred to keep his memories and his heart locked tightly inside.
After all, when he took his heart out and wore it on his sleeve, he almost always regretted it.
It was Hotaru's house he sought refuge in - as he so often did - and he barely paused to knock as he called out to his best friend, not realizing she wasn't home. "Hey, Ru. I brought spice cookies." A bribe of his sister's baking to sweeten his arrival as he pulled the door open and Boreal shouldered her way past him. The big dragon headed straight to her usual spot on the hearth, curling up on the warm stones as she watched what happened next with laughing draconic eyes.
Tal pulled the door shut after a moment of juggling the bag holding the cookies and the lantern, then turned around to flash a relieved smile at the lady of the house...
Except the blonde head he'd spied out of the corner of his eye on his way in wasn't Hotaru after all.
Oops?
Flora
Tal had climbed into the attic of Seawright's Sundries to retrieve his lantern from last year and had sat there for a little while before climbing down again, lantern and dragon in tow, to head outside. He knew he should have been spending the time with his sisters, the four siblings sharing memories as they fixed up their lanterns or made new ones, but Tal had never been great about being so touchy feely and he preferred to keep his memories and his heart locked tightly inside.
After all, when he took his heart out and wore it on his sleeve, he almost always regretted it.
It was Hotaru's house he sought refuge in - as he so often did - and he barely paused to knock as he called out to his best friend, not realizing she wasn't home. "Hey, Ru. I brought spice cookies." A bribe of his sister's baking to sweeten his arrival as he pulled the door open and Boreal shouldered her way past him. The big dragon headed straight to her usual spot on the hearth, curling up on the warm stones as she watched what happened next with laughing draconic eyes.
Tal pulled the door shut after a moment of juggling the bag holding the cookies and the lantern, then turned around to flash a relieved smile at the lady of the house...
Except the blonde head he'd spied out of the corner of his eye on his way in wasn't Hotaru after all.
Oops?
Flora
