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08-07-2016, 08:18 PM
 There's a moment — thin as spun glass — where Tandavi changes. He hears it in the quiet exhale, the smoke and sorrow of her voice. And Caneo, who does not know her doubt, who forgets everything but not his friends, his friend, whose light touched his heart when he was young still, soft still, and gentle enough to cup hands around it, does not understand that she fears he will forget her. Fears he will run from her — hate her. Because he can't. He may be angry, but hate is a foreign language when it comes to the way they speak, and the moment her expression changes, the moment the air changes between them, muscles he didn't know were clenched all relax. "I missed you too —" is a better apology than the apology. It's what he wanted, maybe, when he was angry with her in the first place. He yearns so terribly to be known, even while he's running away — to be caught and not cornered, to be understood without judgment. Perhaps she wants the same thing. Perhaps she's braver than he is, giving him her fears, waiting for him to turn them all against her, as he curls up and curls up and curls up — A single note of laughter rings in his chest as Caneo brings his face up. It's quick, quick as the snake is at times, though he presses his nose almost gently to hers, the gap between them so small it might not exist, the touch itself so light it might not, either. She is warm; she is every note the sun ever sang rewritten into softness, into kindness. Something in him pushes forward (closer) and he clamps down on it, choking it, until he doesn't feel it anymore. Quickly Caneo withdraws again, his head tilted and something veiled in his eyes. "Where are you going after this, Tandavi?" It's a strange thing, how he uses her name now. It means something but he isn't very clear about what. Just looks at her, head tilted, not quite kind but probably more like himself. "Will I have to find you again?" |
* violence & magic use always permitted *
Do not tag Caneo unless you are starting a new thread you would like me to see! Thank you!
