11-18-2009, 09:39 PM
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No sooner had the door to his room been shut when Savina reached out and clung to him again. Ehno returned her embrace, just as reluctant as his sibling to keep any sort of distance between them for very long. Her shaky words stung at him, causing guilt to well up within his chest. Yet another reminder of how foolishly he had behaved. What was worse, no matter how many times he replayed everything over in his head, he could find no alternative way to handle things. "Sono spiacente," he whispered, too choked up with emotion to manage anything else for a moment. "Sono così spiacente che l'ho causata così molto crepacuore." He had never intended to bring such a trying situation to come crashing down around them, but he could do nothing to change the past, and dwelling too heavily on it would not do either of them any good. Of course, having such an outlook on the situation did nothing to ease their pain and distress, either.
"È stato così lungo," he commented, a hint of that guilt in his voice. Well over two months had passed before he returned. He had hardly noticed the time pass him by most days, too wrapped up in raising the four lively little bundles to even realize it. Then there were some nights where he would lie awake and it would suddenly hit him that he was so far from home. It scared him, how uncertain he had been whether everything back home would be alright when he returned. Thoughts of his family here had been the worst when he was away; he longed to see them, to make things right, yet at the same time he was afraid to face them after leaving as he had. He would be lying if he said that uncertainty of his had nothing to do with how long he remained in Phoenix Valley. But he was glad that he finally made the trip back home and that everything seemed like it would work out, however emotional the pair of siblings may be. Already Ehno felt relieved, like a weight had been lifted off him and he could breathe again.
No sooner had the door to his room been shut when Savina reached out and clung to him again. Ehno returned her embrace, just as reluctant as his sibling to keep any sort of distance between them for very long. Her shaky words stung at him, causing guilt to well up within his chest. Yet another reminder of how foolishly he had behaved. What was worse, no matter how many times he replayed everything over in his head, he could find no alternative way to handle things. "Sono spiacente," he whispered, too choked up with emotion to manage anything else for a moment. "Sono così spiacente che l'ho causata così molto crepacuore." He had never intended to bring such a trying situation to come crashing down around them, but he could do nothing to change the past, and dwelling too heavily on it would not do either of them any good. Of course, having such an outlook on the situation did nothing to ease their pain and distress, either.
"È stato così lungo," he commented, a hint of that guilt in his voice. Well over two months had passed before he returned. He had hardly noticed the time pass him by most days, too wrapped up in raising the four lively little bundles to even realize it. Then there were some nights where he would lie awake and it would suddenly hit him that he was so far from home. It scared him, how uncertain he had been whether everything back home would be alright when he returned. Thoughts of his family here had been the worst when he was away; he longed to see them, to make things right, yet at the same time he was afraid to face them after leaving as he had. He would be lying if he said that uncertainty of his had nothing to do with how long he remained in Phoenix Valley. But he was glad that he finally made the trip back home and that everything seemed like it would work out, however emotional the pair of siblings may be. Already Ehno felt relieved, like a weight had been lifted off him and he could breathe again.