'Cause sometimes we don't really notice just how good it can get
so maybe we should start all over
so maybe we should start all over
This kind of reconnection is all the harder when they see each other so plainly, when no secret is really secret and no reaction can be properly concealed. It means that bravery is a necessity and openness a requirement as she watches him watching her, refusing to look away to calm the fluttering in her chest lest she miss a moment of the life coming back into his eyes. She can't say she doesn't feel the same - whether it's familiarity, love that never died, or simply being near someone who understands, the weight of two years of grief feels lighter than it ever has at this little patio table.
"Of course I will," she vows, as if it isn't significant considering how newly they've struck their agreement to continue seeing one another. "Though I hate to think how long it could go on given how oblivious he is. It's almost painful to refrain from meddling." She sighs dramatically, tapping her fingers in playful restlessness against his knuckles where their fingers are intertwined.
Maybe it's how well all of this has gone - rocky start aside - but when she feels his side of the bond open up she lets herself do the same. Sunlight and air meeting snowfall and sunrise. An easy flow of emotions no matter how quietly murmured or how delicately shared. It's a collage of shapeless feelings, yes, but there is a distinct feeling of hope and contentment. The burgeoning of something most would call happiness were it not for the burdens they carry. "Oh Jata you have no idea. The springs are amazing. We had them in the Basin and I never dreamed I'd see them in Halo someday. The Climb was too far to travel for how frequently I want to be in them, and now I don't need to travel at all." If she could live in them without negative health impacts - or getting dragged out by Deimos or Tal - she simply would. But, given Sunjata is still irrevocably banned from Halo, she changes the topic with a small smile. "But the ones in the Climb are still fantastic. Have you been?"
"Of course I will," she vows, as if it isn't significant considering how newly they've struck their agreement to continue seeing one another. "Though I hate to think how long it could go on given how oblivious he is. It's almost painful to refrain from meddling." She sighs dramatically, tapping her fingers in playful restlessness against his knuckles where their fingers are intertwined.
Maybe it's how well all of this has gone - rocky start aside - but when she feels his side of the bond open up she lets herself do the same. Sunlight and air meeting snowfall and sunrise. An easy flow of emotions no matter how quietly murmured or how delicately shared. It's a collage of shapeless feelings, yes, but there is a distinct feeling of hope and contentment. The burgeoning of something most would call happiness were it not for the burdens they carry. "Oh Jata you have no idea. The springs are amazing. We had them in the Basin and I never dreamed I'd see them in Halo someday. The Climb was too far to travel for how frequently I want to be in them, and now I don't need to travel at all." If she could live in them without negative health impacts - or getting dragged out by Deimos or Tal - she simply would. But, given Sunjata is still irrevocably banned from Halo, she changes the topic with a small smile. "But the ones in the Climb are still fantastic. Have you been?"
start all over again
Hotaru
