its the way you move

Venom could be at ease when she had Hattori at her side, though she wished he too could find his relaxation she knew he was constantly at work making sure he kept her safe. He didn’t use the word love, but he proved himself in his actions everyday. Devotion, adoration, and reverence were all hers. Perhaps the intimate part of their relationship suffered with the position in the Empire they held, but that in itself was the reason for their presence here on the island. They could nearly feel at home, without home getting in the way of being here.

Hattori didn’t often speak unless spoken to, he was a man of very few words. A quality she admired in her husband, but because of the privacy they shared here Venom wasn’t surprised when he spoke his mind. Something that had obviously been weighing on him for quite some time. He spoke about his name, and the reluctance he had of passing it along to their children, or herself. Venom never considered sloughing her father’s name for her husband’s but if he asked her directly and specifically she might have considered the transition for him. That wasn’t what he asked her though, he wanted her thoughts and feelings on what had been on his mind.

Personally, she cherished her father’s name not because of the divine implications but because it represented her father in her mind. There was no one living or dead or godly she revered more highly than her sire. Who was taken from her far too soon. Her desire for Hattori had been somewhat based off of her own experiences, she wanted her own children’s father to play his pivotal role in their lives. Where hers had not been able to. Overlooking his relationship with Kuroki he was everything she needed or wanted for their own puppies.

"I can’t dictate how you feel, but I do believe that you have reformed the name anew in your own image. Your father’s hold on it was temporary and now it belongs to you. It is what you make of it now." Venom offered softly as she leaned against him, nuzzling his jaw lightly as she spoke to him in hushed tones.

"Speech"