His view of the name etched into the back of the button was obscured by small fingers covering his hand, the black polish on the short fingernails worn and chipped. After they'd arrived in the room Road had taken a place on the floor in the corner, a lollipop that she couldn't even taste held to her lips while she watched him tossing the button in the air, sometimes catching it, sometimes missing.
It reminded her of another time and another place where she and Tyki had been sitting down this way, her eyes blank as she watched him wracked with pain and unable to do anything.
She didn't want to remember that.
It had only been hearing him read his name out loud that had her approaching him now, her palm gently closing his fingers over the button. It was done and over with, what they'd set out to do, but she hadn't expected the toll it would take on him. He wasn't the one who should have been hurt, only her, that other her that dared call herself family after raising her hand against them
( ... )
The plan was good intentioned, wasn't it? To get back for the shed tears they had to spill. He doesn't regret it. Never will. There were somethings in this world too important to leave to chance. Somethings that needed a personal touch of attention and care to make them right.
The action got more of a reaction than the words, and he does tilt his gaze to look at her. His eyes still hold that dark hue as he tightens his fist around the silver object. He stares at her for a few moments unblinking before wrapping his other hand around her waist and tucking her closer to him.
Not quite what other people would call good intentioned, but for them it certainly had been. She didn't regret what they'd done either, only that in a way it had backfired on Tyki.
But if there was something the Noah were used to it was taking for granted how strong the others were. He'd be all right, because he had to be. Road wouldn't allow anything else.
She was silently serious when he pulled her in close, tucking her head against his shoulder while still keeping a view of his eyes, running her fingers over his forehead. There wasn't any need to actually say anything, only to stay here with him and wait, no matter how long it took.
He breaks eye contact with her when finger brush across the crosses on his forehead. He tugs lightly at his clenched fist underneath her hand. He needed something mundane and rhythmic to blur his thoughts. To haze them over and dull their edge. But the arm around her waist tightened a fraction as he broke the silence.
Did it work? "Shall we consider this chapter of the story closed?"
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It reminded her of another time and another place where she and Tyki had been sitting down this way, her eyes blank as she watched him wracked with pain and unable to do anything.
She didn't want to remember that.
It had only been hearing him read his name out loud that had her approaching him now, her palm gently closing his fingers over the button. It was done and over with, what they'd set out to do, but she hadn't expected the toll it would take on him. He wasn't the one who should have been hurt, only her, that other her that dared call herself family after raising her hand against them ( ... )
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The action got more of a reaction than the words, and he does tilt his gaze to look at her. His eyes still hold that dark hue as he tightens his fist around the silver object. He stares at her for a few moments unblinking before wrapping his other hand around her waist and tucking her closer to him.
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But if there was something the Noah were used to it was taking for granted how strong the others were. He'd be all right, because he had to be. Road wouldn't allow anything else.
She was silently serious when he pulled her in close, tucking her head against his shoulder while still keeping a view of his eyes, running her fingers over his forehead. There wasn't any need to actually say anything, only to stay here with him and wait, no matter how long it took.
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Did it work? "Shall we consider this chapter of the story closed?"
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