( she/her. icon by spacedlexi )
[ she rubs the back of her neck. ]
.. i don't want them in my hair, though.
[ she rubs the back of her neck. ]
.. i don't want them in my hair, though.
hehe.. heh.
[ she feels a bit shy still, but she's happy to have made them laugh, at least. ]
hehe.. heh.
[ she feels a bit shy still, but she's happy to have made them laugh, at least. ]
[ smiling even more because gabi is going along with her joke... ]
[ smiling even more because gabi is going along with her joke... ]
[ she snorts at her own stupid joke. okay. ]
[ she snorts at her own stupid joke. okay. ]
well.. fire away, then. give me your best bug facts.
well.. fire away, then. give me your best bug facts.
..and that's okay. bugs are... okay. i guess. as long as you don't actively tell him to put them in my bed... just leave it at spiders, alright?
..and that's okay. bugs are... okay. i guess. as long as you don't actively tell him to put them in my bed... just leave it at spiders, alright?
okay, okay, i guess i can deal with some spiders if that's what's happening. i think you could probably teach him better than i could, anyway.
[ given the fact that she has a first grade education. ]
okay, okay, i guess i can deal with some spiders if that's what's happening. i think you could probably teach him better than i could, anyway.
[ given the fact that she has a first grade education. ]
i taught aj to do the same if i ever get bit. i don't want to imagine it, but.. yeah.
i taught aj to do the same if i ever get bit. i don't want to imagine it, but.. yeah.
.. maybe it's for the best that you can't. everybody who's ever gotten close to me has either died or left, and i don't know what i'd do if something happened to you, too. i can't let that happen..
[ her voice wavers a —
.. maybe it's for the best that you can't. everybody who's ever gotten close to me has either died or left, and i don't know what i'd do if something happened to you, too. i can't let that happen..
[ her voice wavers a —
[ that gets a chuckle out of her. they're right, though; as tough as she tries to act about it for aj, deep down a large part of her yearns for the world to be normal again for the both of them. maybe in another life, she could've met mokou at an after-school club —
[ that gets a chuckle out of her. they're right, though; as tough as she tries to act about it for aj, deep down a large part of her yearns for the world to be normal again for the both of them. maybe in another life, she could've met mokou at an after-school club —
... i just don't know what to do. i'm not cut out for this..
[ she holds her head, heaving a sigh that holds all the weight that rests on her shoulders. ]
... i just don't know what to do. i'm not cut out for this..
[ she holds her head, heaving a sigh that holds all the weight that rests on her shoulders. ]
he keeps asking me if we'll ever find a place to actually call home... every time, i tell him we'll —
he keeps asking me if we'll ever find a place to actually call home... every time, i tell him we'll —
.. you could say that. nothing's getting any easier, and i think.. aj is starting to notice that.
.. you could say that. nothing's getting any easier, and i think.. aj is starting to notice that.