What does this mean?

Boyfriend. Was that what Artorias was for her now? They hadn't really talked about what they were and she hadn't really thought to ask. She just knew that they liked each other and they made each other happy and she wanted to be with him all the time so she guessed boyfriend would fit that pretty well. She grinned shyly when Asla declared that her having a boyfriend was cute, her ears flicking back with a chuckle. As they moved into the feelings she had been experiencing she listened like a studious pupil as her sister began to explain hormones and how they got stronger as they got older and could take control when she felt really good.

She had a look on her face that was like she was silently saying oh! with the realization, though when Asla added that hormones would lead to having sex her turquoise eyes went wide with surprise and embarrassment before another grin pulled across her lips and a deep heat flushed across her face. Right. Somehow even though she knew that sex was a thing from knowing how there was baby animals and puppies and things like that, somehow that never actually clicked in her mind. It's like she had completely separated that as a thing that happened in the world from herself. She glanced at Asla's heavily pregnant belly when she insisted that she didn't want this for a long time still. Briar nodded in agreement. One day, of course... but definitely not right now.

Briar looked back up to Asla's purple gaze with surprise when her sister encouraged her to kiss Artorias all she wanted and even do some 'heavy petting' - whatever that meant - as long as they didn't have sex. "Got it," she agreed with a chuckle, still a little embarrassed about talking about all this stuff, but it was way easier to talk to Asla instead of their father. Even just thinking about trying to have this kind of conversation with their dad was mortifying, especially now that she knew what it all meant. She supposed this was something she should have been able to talk to their mother about, but... that wasn't really an option now. She very quickly nudged that thought away as Asla patted her paw and asked about Artorias, bringing another blush to her cheeks as she grinned happily.

"He's really, really sweet," she started, beaming from ear to ear as she talked about her Blue Boy. She gave the silver, topaz studded bracelet around her wrist a shake as she added, "He gave me this bracelet for my birthday and he was just really supportive and comforting after the thing that happened with me and dad. But he's also really strong too and an amazing fighter! He's the heir for The Hallows and he's working really hard training and learning how to lead and stuff like that too." Her chest swelled as she spoke, clearly very proud of the boy that she had picked as her boyfriend... assuming that's what they were. She liked the sound of that anyway. He didn't need any fancy titles or anything like that for her to like him, but she didn't mind bragging about him a little bit either.

Briar Fatalis