Sciel shifts so both arms are wrapped fully around Maelle, closing her eyes as she rests her cheek on the top of the girl’s head once more. It’s miserable, feeling every shaky breath rattling her skinny little frame, but Sciel’s glad she can let it out.
“Any time,” she murmurs. “I’ll be here. And we can stay here as long as you need, d’accord?”
"I don't want Gustave to see me like this," she says. Either sad about Verso, or crying in general, or maybe both. "He's been upset enough, and I... I don't want to add to it."
“Then if your tears aren’t dry before then, or we tell him that you’re sleeping over and I can take you home in the morning,” she promises, voice soothing.
Maybe he’d worry, but she has needs too. He can survive a night.
Maelle doesn't like to be away from Gustave longer than she must. It feels wrong to avoid him because of Verso, and so Maelle gives a little shake of her head.
"I wish I could," she says with a joyless laugh. It's so hard to just cry when given the space, to feel it all, because every time she has it's felt like death. She hates it.
"I just... I just wish things weren't so complicated."
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“Any time,” she murmurs. “I’ll be here. And we can stay here as long as you need, d’accord?”
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"I don't want Gustave to see me like this," she says. Either sad about Verso, or crying in general, or maybe both. "He's been upset enough, and I... I don't want to add to it."
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Maybe he’d worry, but she has needs too. He can survive a night.
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"I don't want to upset him."
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“Then let’s get it out,” she says. “You have all the feelings you need, mon biquet. It’s safe.”
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"I just... I just wish things weren't so complicated."
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She exhales into Maelle’s scalp.
“What will we do, hmm? We’re in for some rough times.”