aididitmyway | IC INBOX | Midwestern Mayhem

[ he blinks at the blanket, and then at her as she curls up against him? ]

So the blanket as a barrier...

Okay!

[ who is he to argue. though, it still feels strange to him. ]

It's not making it all weird, is it? Like, it's not turning you back on? It's working for me, but—

No... I think I need a minute anyway. It just feels strange.

Mm...

Okay. Just let me know if it feels too weird, okay?

I will!!

[ he wants to cuddle her too, after all, even if it's just lying next to each other with a blanket between them.

he's still pretty ginger about touch. ]

[she is too, and she's trying to stay relatively still too. either way, she's still getting something, but she's still mad it's not the way she wants it.

and then she's quiet for a moment, now that her brain has finally calmed enough to mull some things over.]

Kalim?

Yes, my moon and stars?

[ he says easily. ]

I'm sorry. For earlier, at the game.

Eh...?

Why are you apologizing...?

Because I supported Kreide, even though you definitely didn't want that.

Oh...

[ that's right... that part... ]

[ a soft exhale ]

It's okay. It was a really stressful situation, and we didn't know it was gonna end the way it did.

I know.

I wasn't expecting him to do so much, but... I was worried someone might die if we couldn't solve it. Not that it ever really mattered much for us, we were awful at it.

You weren't wrong, though.

But we really weren't good at that game at all...

... I wouldn't have ever suggested it if I had thought there was a way around it.

But I'm still sorry, Kalim.

It’s okay!

It all worked out in the end, thankfully.

But I don’t think Kreide should do any sacrifices in the future.

I just… think maybe there’s a deeper reason for it than the games. And I don’t think it’s good to encourage it.