Another fork stuck in the road

It was impossible to keep a soft, adoring smile from pulling across her lips as she felt Siren physically relax once she was tucked into her embrace. Dalila longed desperately for the time before all of this, back before she was forced to question everything in her reality and before this pure happiness was tainted. She just wanted to rewind time back to when she was blissfully ignorant to the truth of everything. But she couldn't. She couldn't put everything back to how it once was and now it felt like she was grasping at any shred of what was left and she was just going to have to find happiness in moments like this with Siren clinging to her and feeling her princess' tears in her fur. Hearing her tearful apologizes tugged at her heart and made her hold Siren tighter and kiss across the top of her head, gently leaving little trails of affections around her ears as if she was trying to make up for all the days she didn't give Siren any of this attention.

Forgiving Siren felt out of reach, but at the same time she also didn't feel like it was entirely Siren's fault - at least not in the regard of Chimera holding more of her heart. That hurt she put on herself since all the signs were already there she had just been too blinded by love to see it. The only real transgression she had to repent for in Dalila's eyes was her leaving the island and allowing these pups she carried to continue, but Dalila couldn't hold that over her forever. This was her new reality and just like every other time there was a dramatic shift in her life she would eventually adapt to it. "I know," she said softly, nuzzling the top of Siren's head while one of her paws combed through the soft fur on the back of her neck. She knew Siren was sorry - she never doubted the truth of that.

She gently cupped Siren's cheek with her paw and lifted her head till she could see those pretty two toned eyes again, smiling softly as she carefully brushed away her tears. No matter all the pain she had felt and no matter the fact that Siren had been at the center of it it still made her chest ache to see tears in those eyes she loved so much. "No more crying, okay? I just want you to be happy... Whatever it takes, I just want you to be happy." She didn't know it was possible to be so hopelessly in love that she'd want to give up her own happiness so easily just to see Siren smile. She leaned down to place a soft, tender kiss on her lips, sealing the silent promise that whatever came she would be at Siren's side no matter how difficult it became.

"Dalila"