Something Unsuspected

There was something in how he pulled her closer with his paw around her back that made this slightest skip beat in her chest, a gentle warmth and comfort coming from how her body more closely pressed into his. Her paws rested on his chest, looking down t where her pale paws rested over russet and black fur, stroking gently across the lightly brindled fur. She had wanted this closeness and this company, but even she was surprised by how good it felt to be like this with him. She leaned her head forward as the peaceful quiet settled in between them, resting her head in the crook of his neck with a little smile tugging at the corners of his lips. She had just begun to drift off when he spoke again about how much he had missed this. She blinked open her pink and blue gaze and lifted her head enough to glance up and meet the mint green of his.

She didn't respond right away, feeling the tension that there was more that he wanted to say or maybe just more that needed to be said whether or not he wanted to say it. Soon enough he went on, saying how the expectations he had felt had kept him from moving back in with Siren and how he had the company of Valtiel for a moment, but that obviously hadn't ended well. She didn't know much about the girl that had lived with her brother for a while or what had come of her, but she could how things had gone was sitting heavily on his mind. Her ears flicked back with a bit of sympathy, thinking of how she had still been living in the same room as Siren and her mother regardless of the fact that Cerberus, Albion, and Scylla had all already moved out. Perhaps she should have as well, but they had never asked her to and she had never volunteered. She slightly understood the pressure that he spoke of, through she knew Cerberus had gotten the bulk of that responsibility among all of their siblings. "I would have moved in with you if I had known you wanted the company," she promised quietly, her paws moving over his chest absently again.

She paused for a moment, looking up at him thoughtfully before she lipped her muzzle forward, reaching up to press a gentle kiss to his cheek right under the white marking that framed one of his vibrant eyes. When she pulled back again she gave him a sweet smile, saying, "You're never alone, Cerb. I'll always be with you." Growing up without any siblings from her own litter, she had always felt a bit of kinship with Cerberus, but it had always felt like he was closer to Albion and Scylla than herself so she had kept mostly to herself, spending her time mostly with her parents. Now that they were away and she was left in Boreas she was grateful that it was Cerberus that she was getting to stay with. "I do hope we get to be with all of our family again soon, but... I'm happy here with you."

"Rusalka Alondra Klein"