Sunshine Moments

*Lillianna* · (This post was last modified: 06-21-2016, 06:45 PM by Lillianna.)

Her tail started moving behind her, eyes sparkling with delight as he responded lightly. "Yep!" she agreed cheerfully. It was annoying that she'd become so... well, weak, in her sickness; compared to how she used to be, she was infinitely fragile. That wouldn't last long, no, she was determined it wouldn't. Her cheerfulness only grew as she saw a true smile on his face. Hah, back when she first met him that never happened. Now, it happened a lot more often. Even so, she still got that rush of satisfaction and triumph when she caused a genuine smile. It made her get a goofy grin, and there was just a sort of pleasant happiness filling her entire body. She couldn't explain it, but she was just going to roll with it.

Until, of course, it started to fade when Lark spoke again. I'm fine, I guess. What an odd way of saying that. Her head tilted to the side a bit, a gentle inquiry within the depths of her eyes. Was something wrong? What affected Lark? And then he elaborated.. and she grimaced, ears folding back on her head. Starling vanished, huh? She wasn't surprised. Anger, sorrow, and other emotions she couldn't name welled up inside of her. Lark said it so casually, but she didn't believe for a moment that he felt so nonchalant about the issue. Before she could speak, though, he spoke again. She winced again, sighing heavily. Slowly,she reached down and out to briefly touch Lark on the shoulder with her nose, almost a comforting gesture.

"Starling's been gone for a long time now," she said grimly, ears rising back to her head. Starling disappearing... was nothing new. Of course, one time she actually bit him. She still felt a bit bad about that. It made things even worse and the idiot healer just... ugh. Grimacing again, she shifted to Lark's last statement. "Sounds like it is. Why come back, if all you'll do is leave again? It's just hurting you, and likely your siblings and your dad, too." Why? It didn't make sense to her. If you didn't want to stay... then don't. Leave. But don't come back, because that's just so painful. Why hurt the ones you love, unless... unless she didn't love them. That was a possibility, but Lillianna would have liked to presume that mothers loved their children. It may be that they leave - like hers had, for some reason she was still unaware of - but they still cared. At least, that's what Pippa and Starla told her. She would choose to believe that, instead of the alternative.

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