a tantrum in my room

Iki had expected a smile from her sister. A smile and a kind word just as she had offered to Ike, but instead she was met with tears and malice. Ikigai was truly confused and reflexively got to her paws, taking a step back, her mercuric eyes wide. Ike questioned her with gritted teeth, asking why she was so perfect. Perfect? The pale princess was far from perfect. She was anxious and unsure. She was too quiet and would never be a warrior like her siblings. She wasn't adventurous and was often afraid of things that she had no control over. Sometimes it reduced her to tears or vomiting. No... Ikigai was no perfect. "I'm... I'm not," she tried to convince her sibling.

It... hurt. Her heart clenched in her chest and Ikigai raised one paw to rest it over her breast. Her heart hammered and her rate of breathing increased. Ike had never been like this to her before. She was so utterly confused and had no idea where all of this animosity came from. "Ike, I don't understand." She took a step towards her sister, reaching out with one paw as though to touch her, to try to embrace her, but she thought better of it. The sheer anger and pain on her speckled siblings face it just shocked Ikigai to the core. Tears began to form in her own eyes and she dropped her paw to the sand once more. "What can I do? What can I do to make you okay, Ike?" Her gaze was pleading. She just wanted to help her sister more than anything.

"X"