"You know... maybe I shouldn't be leaving this dangerous world, Wylan. The only world where I can die? Maybe I shouldn't follow Liath again, maybe I should... Maybe I should stay with you." She fidgets a little, looking down at her feet before she runs up to him and kisses him, pulling away slowly as she suddenly realizes what she did. "Ah... Ah Wylan I'm so.. sorry... M-Maybe I should go..."
Is she messing with him? Sarcasm isn’t beyond what Ivy is capable of so part of him is getting the impression that she’s trying to twist a knife, or flip the argument back onto him. It’s not that it would be ineffective. Wylan knows he’s being greedy, he knows that when he blew up on Ivy like that when she told him about her … situation it was selfish. In his defense he was definitely panicking. He liked Ivy. He had learned a lot from her and looked forward to those times they spent together. He wasn’t- he didn’t want to lose that. But how do you convey that feeling? There were still times he regret guilting her, hence the current situation and assumption of karma.
“Ivy, I’m–”
But he doesn’t get to say anything past that, no apologies from his part after her lips quickly silence that thought. Air sucks in through his nose in surprise, eyes wide as they look at the brunette. He’s so surprised he doesn’t even properly return the gesture. Or hold her or. Anything. Wylan just stands there dumbfounded, and looks double the part when she pulls away and starts apologizing to him. ??? That serves to confuse him even further. His brows furrow and face twists in (amused) confusion. After a shake of his head he grabs her arm, pulling her back in case she tries to leave.
“Hey! No no, don’t go, I just. That was a little bit sudden, you know?” He sputters out a laugh, his free arm running through his hair before he puts it against her cheek. “Here I thought you were gonna make fun of me. Maybe you still are. Goof.” He presses his lips to hers, a quicker thing, more to show that he reciprocated the emotion. Also because her lips were soft, but hell is that besides the point here. “You need to do what’ll make you happiest. I don’t… I mean there’s a lot I want here, but I don’t you to stay with me because I want you to stay. Stay with me because you want to stay with me.”









