He kept his harder gaze on her for a moment, not realizing how hard his heart was pumping in his chest until it was an echo in his ear drums. He understood what he needed to do, what he had to do for all these years; all the hoops, taking orders from those far less than him but swallow it back and stay the second..
Making a call or action on his own account was something he was not used to. The first stage of his role was complete, and now he only had a vague disposition of what to do with the other Fortellors and the black box. When he needed to open it…
Eye closed in that moment, no stranger to the gravity of these types of situations. Still all that he could muster was a dark chuckle, the impulsive reflex he had taught himself over the years as he pressed his forehead into hers.
She was a mirror, the second side of a coin. Still trying to hold onto a notion he had long let go of.. To strike her down now would be poetic, for their crossing blades had been the bell that had started the war. And yet after all this time, he didn’t have that fight in him to summon that dark blade once more.
Family, friends.. connected hearts. For a blinking moment he heard the kid’s party line in his mind, and it turned his thoughts bitter.
Steered them wrong everytime.
“You’re going to be the death of me, Ava,” he whispered in irritation.
A laugh, bright and clear as a bell, rang out at his words. “Oh, Luxu...” A hand touches his arm, toes lifting so she could whisper in his ear. “We will always be destined to destroy each other, inevitably. Whether we stand on the same side, or opposite one another. Even if I hadn’t betrayed you. Whether or not our love has stood the test of time.”
She smiles, a tinge of sadness bleeding into her expression and her voice.
“When this is all over, we will be the death of one another. That much has been written in the stars. However, when we part, it does not have to be as enemies, amica mea. Allow us our fleeting happiness before it fades away once again. I know your heart wishes for it, no matter what you tell me, or yourself.”