Never Let It Get That Far

Relm's ears pulled back slightly as the woman insisted she needed to be on bedrest. She wouldn't say anything else about it, but she was already predetermined not to make anything too suspicious. Relm would work through the contractions as they continued, and over time started to fade out to become more bearable but there was still that lingering pain and trauma regardless. It did make her feel weak all over, and a little sick too. But she held out the best she could.

As Ikigai had asked if there was someone to call for her, she didn't react much other than the way she had the whole time. Some shock, just a little panic. "No, I don't have anyone." Her voice was quiet, maybe edging on a bit of embarrassing but she was really struggling to navigate exactly how she felt in this time. She wasn't lying when she told, because she didn't have anyone for this. She was sure Alastor would have been here for her regardless of the nature of their relationship, but because of that she didn't want him to know. She didn't want anyone to know, she would have to settle for just Ikigai.

She took another moment in thought because she was trying to be wise with what Ikigai was telling her. Making herself worse may have brought more attention and she supposed she could go with the idea that she was just sick or injured for the time being. But still, she needed to find a way around Alastor because she knew he could see right through her at least with how vulnerable she was in this exact moment. There seemed to be no other way though, "Alastor needs to find someone to fill my shifts." She was starting to regret secluding herself into the pack because the only other she could think to talk to personally was Kichi, and it would be too much to ask him to cover all of her patrols until she could take them back herself.

"Relm"