It had been years since she had apologized for loving who she did. Once in her life she had been loved, and then chose another over him. The confrontation had left her with the scar that ran down her leg, it was then that she decided to never apologize. They could judge, categorize her as whatever they wanted, and still her heart something that would love indefinably.
He’d look into it. It was all she could ask for. It was what she had come for; all she wanted was someone on her side. Naniko wasn’t, at least it didn’t feel like it. She wanted to be right, not because she was righteous, but because she felt it so deeply in her heart.
Yes, we do. Her answer was less intense, though the words held the same truth. If she was one thing, it was honest. Any other day she would have been happy to boast about her four pups, if they were still hers of course, but she wouldn’t stain them by bringing them into this conversation. What right did she have anyways?
She took a deep breath, We love them. Was that his question? It wasn’t right to underestimate their ability as mothers, even if it wasn’t most the most conventional relationship. Anu didn’t need to ask him if he had his own, she already knew he didn’t. It was plain as day, he had never had what she just ruined. He would see it in her eyes, he would understand why she hated the Church male. He would feel her pain.
But he didn’t feel anything, did he?
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