Across the Vanishing Sky
Raphael put his hand out for Sasuga's once they were on the road, and he didn't let go the whole time they were on the road, it was nearly an hour before they made it to Rupert's house and Raphael reminded her numerous times on the way to behave, that it might not go well, and to check any expectations she might have before they arrived. The driveway appeared to be long and winding, like any of them leading to Shishi's house or the temple in the forest, but this one was fenced off and gated. Raphael rolled his window down as he drove up to a call box, and he pressed a number and waited for a response After a short moment a voice came through. "Leave the car and proceed." The gates opened enough for them to walk through themselves, but not to drive through. Raphael sighed a bit to himself, rolled up the window, and unbuckled. He leaned back over to Sasuga. "Kiss for luck." he said softly and stole gently lingering one from her before he slid from the driver's seat and moved to open her door offering his hand to help her out.
“Only a few so far.” She smiled but it didn’t meet her eyes. “We only really need two for now. One for a little girl and another for our baby boy.” She recalled, sighing softly to the only assurance she really had that he was still out there and alive. “We can worry about the rest later.”
Raphael turned his head as much as he could to look at her, and his smile fell a little. "Sorry." He said softly "is this too hard to talk about?" He asked her gently, and reached slowly to cup her face.










