A comforting hug - from Yukino to Lucy 💖
Disappointment was a heavy cloak upon her, pressing on her shoulders and tangling her limbs. It wrapped around her heart and seemed to pull it downwards, stealing the hope from her chest and dragging her focus from the book she and Yukino had just searched through.
“I thought…I really thought there would be-“ her throat tightened up and she had to clear it, sighing and raising a hand to rub her face, “- something in here about key forging...”
After weeks of searching for the book and finally locating it, and long hours translating, the only thing that had kept her energised was the hope that the knowledge she had been hunting for was contained within the ancient pages. To now have that hope extinguished left her drained as nothing else could.
She closed her eyes against the burning that started within them, the tears that wanted to appear. Maybe she would never find what she was looking for. Maybe it was lost forever, and she would never be able to recreate Aquarius’ key…
A soft embrace came around her and had her opening her eyes, though she didn’t need to see the familiar snowy locks to know who was hugging her. She slowly wrapped her arms around Yukino, heart cracking at the sympathy and comfort offered. Closing her eyes once more, Lucy allowed herself to hide against the other woman’s shoulder, taking a few deep breaths in the attempt to pull herself together.
What was she getting so upset for anyway? She had Yukino with her and they would find more leads and learn even more about celestial magic along the way, right?
“Thank you, Yukino…” she said softly, though she wasn’t quite ready to let go of her yet, “I really appreciate your help, I’m sorry this one didn’t work out…”