leyla wondered whether kieran had wanted to keep that moment to themselves. which is why talia hadn’t received the information yet. it had been a surprise, and intimate. perhaps it should have stayed between them? talking about it made her lips tingle once more. “well, don’t be hard on him. i initiated it,” she told her sister, a small smirk twisting her lips to show she was jesting with her.
the youngest demir listened to her sister. “well no, of course not. it’s incredibly exposing and we both know emotional vulnerability isn’t our thing,” she replied. “but we don’t always have choice over these things. our bodys and our brains react before we prompt them, or have chance to think about how it may affect us,” she added, softly. “how does roger feel about it?” leyla murmured to her sister. as talia spoke about her anger, leyla stroked her arm, showing her that she had support and love in the room. she knew how her sister could thunder. leyla shaked her head as if to tell talia that her thanks wasn’t necessary, a soft smile with it. the demir sisters were always there for each other. she pressed a light kiss to talia’s head. “look, you know i’ll always be in your corner. i’m angry for you. so whatever you need to do or say, tell me, or let me know and i’ll be there if you need me to be,”
SHE HAD THOUGHT THAT LISTENING TO LEYLA TALK ABOUT HER BEST FRIEND WOULD BE AWKWARD, and yes, it still is. but maybe seeing her sister seem like she has feeling for kieran makes her not feel so nauseated, like she could be happy with him. “i’m not going to make any promises,” she says nonchalantly. it’s her job to make kieran sweat, so maybe she’ll have a little bit of fun with this.
talia let out a shaky laugh, and there are so many emotions she’s feeling right now, she doesn’t know what to do with herself. “when did you get so philosophical?” talia asks, nudging her sister gently. leyla is right, and she just wished that maybe she would have better control over all this, saving herself from the mess it causes. “he isn’t too happy with it, and i think there’s other stuff going on between him and beck.” and talia wants to be nosy enough to find out from someone, but she knows roger would tell her if it is something she should know.”but he still wants to... be with me, so it’s just a lot of pressure taken off of us.” which she should be happy about, but it just wasn’t handled the correct way in her eyes. talia leans into her sister, the ghost of a smile on her features. “i know you are,” talia says softly, squeezing her sister’s hand. “and i love you for it. i know i’ll be okay, but it just feels awful right now.”