high_seas | Supply Stop at Serenes

You won't will you~? We shall see about that. [She does a quieter evil laugh when he 'thinks out loud', also pretending not to hear his thoughts.] I am afraid that you are my prisoner..... Forever.

[Beorcs have not influenced her that way yet.]

I suppose I have no choice...

[closes eyes]

[dramatically goes limp]

[goodbye cruel world]

What is this?! It seems like my prisoner has died on me! But.... How can this be?! Who should I play my games on now?

[So woeful of this turn of events! She couldn't help but to giggle a little as she stares at him.

She does however pause briefly and blushes quite a bit. It still wasn't right, the woman making the first move but....

A hand is raised to tuck some hair behind her ear as she shifts closer. Okay, she can do this! Really she can! It won't be too awkward afterwords.... Right?

A small breath to steel herself before moving in to give Naesala a very light and gentle kiss on the lips.]

[oh]

[that feels nice]

[His eyes blink open after the initial contact, surprised. At her. And himself.]

[that s u r e was a thing that happened]

[ah shit]

[in the very resigned tone of "we can't"] Leanne...

(She pulls back, blushing even more, looking away at the tone.)

.... Yes, Naesala?

[He lifts one hand and runs it through his hair. From the situation instead of narcissism, for once.

The hand then slides down his face, and his answer is muffled.]

Leanne...you know we can't do this...

(She glances back at him when he speaks, face still bright pink from her deed.... But she tilts her head at him.)

Can't do what?

[eyes still covered, voice still muffled] That, what you just did. Between us.

[that kissing thing, that romance thing, that thing you sprung on a guy who was just trying to play dead]

[She made a mistake, didn't she? Perhaps there was a way to back peddle out of this situation. But.... Should she really give up?]

Why not? [Drooping her wings a little, moving to hide her face against him. Back peddle.... She must find a way to back peddle. Lets just keep asking questions until the solution opens itself up.]

It's not...appropriate.

[He sighs, and pauses to see if he can try to explain without specifics. This is one thing he...really did not want to have to do.]

You woke up here, Leanne. You've no idea of the kinds of things that have happened at home - everything's changed. It's not right.

[She pauses a moment, letting his words sink in a little before moving to look at him in the face.]

I know a lot of what has happened. Serenes has been telling me all that has been going on while I slept. Here or at home, it makes no difference where I have woken up. At home, I think that the same would have happened and whatever has happened at home is what the Goddess has ordained.

[Back to blushing again as she ponders on what to say next, moving off of him in order to sit down properly.]

But I do not believe that such a thing is wrong.

[Naesala sits up, too. It's hard to argue your case when someone's on top of you.]

The forest doesn't know everything. [said under his breath; then it takes a minute or two for him to keep going] It's not that simple. Just because you think it's Goddess ordained doesn't mean anything in the long run.

It's one thing if we're still friends. [because goddess knows Reyson probably isn't, anymore] You deserve to be with someone who doesn't have the entire laguz race out to get him. You're better than that.

[Not her fault that he are comfy to lay on.]

It knows enough.

[She goes to listen to his excuses and shakes her head.] But you don't have the entire laguz race after you. I am here so there is one less after you. [But she goes to puff up her cheeks at him.] And who gets to say who or what I deserve? I believe that I am the only one that can decide that.

I have enough of them as enemies, and rightfully so. If Reyson and Tibarn were here they'd be arguing the exact same point.

And you're right. I can't dictate your life. But I can decide who I deserve, and it's not someone as pure as you. It never will be. [ruuubs his eyes she is making this so hard for him] Damn it, Leanne, if the forest spoke to you, why are you pushing for this?

But they are not here and it wouldn't matter even if they are here.

[She goes to look away at his words with a sigh. Don't let him see your face for now. It will make everything much easier for now.]

So one as me will never be a passing thought in such a way? [Her wings droop at the last question and she lets out another sigh.] Because..... You are the one I love and have always been in love with....

That's not....not what I meant. [He has a sigh of his own to match. Naesala's trying to put her off of the idea, not hurt her. She has to know.] Of course you're so much more to me than that.

[Closes his eyes. He always knew she had something for him, too, but it's so much more painful when said aloud. Just... One last ploy. Laying things out in the open.] Did it tell you how I used and betrayed your brother? Ruined an alliance years in the making? I'm willing to bet it doesn't know I delivered the hawks a death sentence on their entire country!

I put Kilvas first with every move I make. Even after all of that, you still feel this way? You still trust me?

[At this point, he just sounds...desperately confused? Certainly not angry, at least not toward Leanne. Because despite all his usual asshole posturing, he doesn't get it.]

[She couldn't help but to look back towards him, a little surprise. She lifts one hand to rub at one eye before fully facing him again as he finally bares his soul to her.]

.....

[How to properly process all of this information. First things first, she reaches over to try and cup his face in her hands in order to to better study him.]

No, it hasn't told me these things. But.... The way you spoke of them when you first arrived, all of them made it out okay.

[A slow deep breath as she removes her hands and closes her eyes. He really wouldn't throw all that away though in the first place.... Would he? A long slow sigh as she finally goes to reopen her eyes after a long pause.]

I will not lie and say that it doesn't affect me. It does hurt, hurt a lot to hear those things from you but.... No, my feelings hasn't changed even hearing it and...

[A small smile towards him.] What a dumb question is that.... I still trust you just as my feelings are to you. Nothing has changed from before.

[She's...so.....forgiving.

He shouldn't be surprised. Even back home, Leanne was just as sweet and forgiving as always. But she had time to prepare for his actions, to hear both sides of the story, to see him as a traitorous man. To sneak in unwanted soul readings and sense how conflicted he is on his shortcomings.

But he never did find out how she reacted to his betrayal of the hawks, before he left. Now he's blurted it out here like an idiot.

He still has to put Kilvas first. It's inevitable. He's still king and the pact mark remains on his wrist. And Leanne's here and she's young and too naive and she can only get so much of an impression of events from the forest and--

And he really, really loves her. Just like he always has. Nearly all the fight drains out of him when he looks up at her guilty and defeated, and says,]

I don't want you ending up hurt, Leanne.

[Why does he block her? Even now, she really wants to see his soul, even for one minute she wants to see. There is pain... So much pain in him and it hurts a lot to know that there is some unknown pain within him.

A small hand reaches up on his face to brush his hair out of the way. She does love him with her whole soul and being, so much it's hard to imagine for her to love another. She did love Ace, Marco, Thatch, Toshio, Selphie and even Luffy but.... That type is different from the one that is before her now.

When he finally speaks in response to her, she couldn't help but to let out a soft giggle.]

With you around, I won't be hurt no matter what. What can beorcs or this world do to me moreso than what has been done before. Even if I do get hurt, the pain will only last for a mere second in lieu of our lifespan.

[Even with his heart blocked off, it's easy to tell how Naesala's feeling by the look on his face. It's no use trying to hide that from her as well. He can barely look her in the eye as it is.]

I meant because of me. I don't want you hurt because I did something else stupid and you paid the price. [He looks down at his lap, toying with the brush underneath his feet.] I can protect you from beorc but I can't say the same for myself. I don't want you to regret that.

[As her hand lowers from brushing against his hair, though, he takes it in his own. Because as much as he doesn't want this....he does. He does want it. And he holds her hand to try and let her know how he feels, even as he makes these half-hearted attempts to convince her what an awful person he is.]

[She watches him with her green eyes, smiling a little before leaning her head towards his to give him a gentle nudge.]

I guess that you will have to be careful and not do anything stupid then. [She just goes to tease lightly, a wing moving to cup him within it, cooing a little at him, making her coos as warm and gentle as possible.] I won't regret it, I don't think that I can ever regret it.

[She blinks as he takes her hand and yes.... She feels all of that in him towards her and she couldn't help but to smile at it.]

[He subconciously leans into her wing ever so slightly. His own are still held tightly to himself, completely still, some sort of instinct that tells him not to draw attention to himself.

Listening to her coo, he thinks. On one hand, he's still sensitive to what Reyson and Tibarn would think. Reyson being someone he still cares about and Tibarn being someone who could rip his wings off. On the other, there's no telling what the chance of them showing up here is, and besides, if Leanne is just as insistent with them as she's being now...

He wants to argue further. To tell her that yes, the chance you'll regret this is very high. But he finally takes one glance up at her, looks into her face, and knows he'll be rehashing everything he's already said and she'll still insist otherwise. So he can either put his foot down and get angry and break her heart......or give in to what he really wants, just like when they were kids. He squeezes her hand.

This got out of control so quickly.]

Sometimes, you're too stubborn for your own good, you know that?

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oh no Leanne not that face

the face shall be used

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