When his mother pulled him into that warm embrace he couldn’t help but to wrap his arms about her in return, resting his cheek to the top of her head. At her words, he smiled lightly and muttered, “Well. It wasn’t anything like that.” Though had he dwelled in that thought, that lost memory, it could have easily gone down that route.
His ash colored eyes stared out the window, but when she spoke again the shifted. As if he meant to look down at her, but he didn’t move his cheek from where it rested. “No. I’m fine with moving here. That house… It has it’s good memories and bad as all do.” It had ones he still hurt from. “But it’s not a home anymore. It’s just a shell with to much heart break painted all over it’s walls.”
He paused for a moment and took a step back so that he could look down at her. Reaching gently, he took her hands in his and gave her a soft smile. “This will be a nice fresh start. For the both of us. And together, with Potter and Jynx, we can turn this little place into our home.”
He wasn’t sure if he expressed that right, but he hoped he had. A black shadow caught his peripheral, and he jumped as he heard the thump. When his ash eyes looked over he nearly sighed when they caught sight of Jynx sitting on the narrow ledge outside with a mouse in her mouth. She was staring in at them intently which had Arashi smiling lightly. “Look at that. Jynx is already taking care of the mice.”
Qhuinn couldn’t help the stab of worry, as she stood there in her son’t comfortable embrace. She was ready to close that particular chapter of her life and move on, but if Arashi wanted to stay at their old home, she would. Whatever he wanted, whatever was best for him, was what she would do. But she couldn’t hold back the sigh of relief when he assured her that he was fine with moving.
“Yeah..yeah. That’s exactly how I feel too. Even after all this time, I..I can still smell him in our bed sometimes. Or I think that I hear his voice. His ghost is everywhere in that house, even though I know he’s still alive. I can’t take it anymore” Qhuinn finally admitted, giving him a sad but brave smile when Arashi looked down at her.
“We will. We’re a family, and we’re going to make this our new home” Qhuinn guessed that settled it then, she thought happily. They were going to turn this little shack into something to love and be proud of. She jumped when Arashi did, cringing a little at the sight. “Okay..this is why I can’t hunt” She laughed. “Thank you though little lady, it’s appreciated”Â
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