THE VALKYRIE
You bring clarity when I can't see past
All the places where I made my mistakes
All the places where I made my mistakes
She's grateful that he doesn't pull away or immediately heighten his defenses to shut her out, even if she can see them crawling their way higher. It gives her the chance to make things right, to say her piece.
Admittedly, despite how worldly she normally is, her cheeks flush slightly beneath the pink the sun has already put there when he so blatantly mentions his reasoning for considering sterilization. "And now that I am?" Sensing the hope in her own tone, she clears her throat slightly, firmly leashing that runaway thought as she slightly shakes her head. "I don't want my own desires to sway yours. That's all." Be it marriage, kids, moving - Ru does not want to see him be sacrificial for the rest of their lives, and she fears her own excitement would make it hard to see clearly, to determine whether he was (or rather, would be) sincere in his own agreement.
There is a quiet, if profound relief to know he is not immortal. A loss she doesn't have to prepare herself for. "Even if that changes," she murmurs, firm in her stance. No matter how she might pray that he never becomes immortal at all, Caido has yet to be kind to them. Sunjata's fear alone makes her dread the idea that the choice might be taken from him.
His sincerity is too much for her to bear by the end, and she leans up against him to kiss him softly, lingering there as her thumb smoothes over the northern point of his tattoo. Retreating only to smile and tilt her forehead back against his. "I think it's a good idea. Rather, I think it would be good for you." Hotaru's personal moral compass may not be well aligned with the idea of peacekeeping, but this wasn't about her. "Something to help split your time from the House of Midnight. Another cause to care about." Another chance to instill a bit more life into his veins.
Admittedly, despite how worldly she normally is, her cheeks flush slightly beneath the pink the sun has already put there when he so blatantly mentions his reasoning for considering sterilization. "And now that I am?" Sensing the hope in her own tone, she clears her throat slightly, firmly leashing that runaway thought as she slightly shakes her head. "I don't want my own desires to sway yours. That's all." Be it marriage, kids, moving - Ru does not want to see him be sacrificial for the rest of their lives, and she fears her own excitement would make it hard to see clearly, to determine whether he was (or rather, would be) sincere in his own agreement.
There is a quiet, if profound relief to know he is not immortal. A loss she doesn't have to prepare herself for. "Even if that changes," she murmurs, firm in her stance. No matter how she might pray that he never becomes immortal at all, Caido has yet to be kind to them. Sunjata's fear alone makes her dread the idea that the choice might be taken from him.
His sincerity is too much for her to bear by the end, and she leans up against him to kiss him softly, lingering there as her thumb smoothes over the northern point of his tattoo. Retreating only to smile and tilt her forehead back against his. "I think it's a good idea. Rather, I think it would be good for you." Hotaru's personal moral compass may not be well aligned with the idea of peacekeeping, but this wasn't about her. "Something to help split your time from the House of Midnight. Another cause to care about." Another chance to instill a bit more life into his veins.
Your love has turned me into something better
Elevate me with your love forever
Elevate me with your love forever
