Oh, empty my heart
It really should not have been a surprise at this point, but Seren still felt heat rise to her face at Sah's declaration. She let other people into her own heart so easily, and yet it always stunned her to find that others might do the same. He cared for her... That was the implication, right? Lowering her gaze, she bit her lip to hold back the smile, but could do nothing about the quiet happiness that shimmered across her face.
At his confusion, she grew a bit more serious, and looked up, searching for his gaze.
"You stayed," she explained, the single statement so riddled with meaning - she wondered if he knew how much. "No one would have blamed you if you wanted nothing to do with me or Umbra, after what he did last time. But you came back, and you faced him again, even though you didn't have to. And you are still here. Sah, that's... you didn't leave us alone." Turning emotional on a dime, Seren blinked rapidly and breathed deeply, suddenly needing a moment to steady herself. It stunned her to realize how afraid she had been, that this would end their friendship. It could have. Maybe it even should have... yet there he was. Swearing oaths and sharing breath like they had never been anything but close.
A girl would be excused for being swept of her feet for far less.
In the face of such generosity, accepting his requests required no thinking at all. Seren nodded immediately, accepting without hesitation that she owed him big time. The second clause... made her glance off at Umbra, a troubled frown suggesting that this stumped her somewhat.
"I don't know how to do that," she admitted, though it galled her somewhat. "He is his own person... I don't want to take away his free will." She could not, and not only because threats were empty and pointless. "But I promise I will try, Sah. I'll do whatever I have to. This won't ever happen again, I swear it." There was something desperate over the girl's vows, that begged him to believe her.
At his confusion, she grew a bit more serious, and looked up, searching for his gaze.
"You stayed," she explained, the single statement so riddled with meaning - she wondered if he knew how much. "No one would have blamed you if you wanted nothing to do with me or Umbra, after what he did last time. But you came back, and you faced him again, even though you didn't have to. And you are still here. Sah, that's... you didn't leave us alone." Turning emotional on a dime, Seren blinked rapidly and breathed deeply, suddenly needing a moment to steady herself. It stunned her to realize how afraid she had been, that this would end their friendship. It could have. Maybe it even should have... yet there he was. Swearing oaths and sharing breath like they had never been anything but close.
A girl would be excused for being swept of her feet for far less.
In the face of such generosity, accepting his requests required no thinking at all. Seren nodded immediately, accepting without hesitation that she owed him big time. The second clause... made her glance off at Umbra, a troubled frown suggesting that this stumped her somewhat.
"I don't know how to do that," she admitted, though it galled her somewhat. "He is his own person... I don't want to take away his free will." She could not, and not only because threats were empty and pointless. "But I promise I will try, Sah. I'll do whatever I have to. This won't ever happen again, I swear it." There was something desperate over the girl's vows, that begged him to believe her.
I've got to make room for this feeling
SEREN
