STARTER: @genesisdelrazo LOCATION: Genesis’ home, evening
It had been a while since they had both seen each other. Tiago had barely recognised the girl - or woman rather - when they had bumped into each other last week. The striking colour of her eyes was as distinctive as always and the reason he could place her. Genesis had been the younger sister of an old friend, someone he had always considered affectionately, but now she was older and time had made them distant. Of course, he still cared for her, their families having been too close not to and memories of summers together growing up. However, he had spent a decade away from that and a lot had changed, for both of them.
The ease of their reunion did prove that life friendships could stand the test of time, but the news of her injury that he had discovered accidentally whilst at work, also proved that that distance and her maturity also led to secrecy. Tiago could recall the day when the young girl would have told him anything, simply to have his full attention and now she had chosen to hide something major like this and he wondered if he had done something to make her feel like she couldn’t rely on him.
Now he was sitting beside her, unpacking the Chinese take-out he had brought along, eyes flicking to her trying to work all of this out. Her hands were her livelihood, her soul. How could she sit facing him in that coffee shop that morning, knowing she was suffering like this? Knowing that he could help? It hurt him - probably more his ego - but also because he cared. Not that he had shown it the last few years, ignoring her invites and forgetting to keep in touch. “Gracias, por invitarme (Thank you, for having me over).” She didn’t need to allow him back in her life, but when she had replied to his text, he was grateful. It was kind of her to let him back in, even if it was just to share take out.