Scarlet smiled, “I cared…for a very long time. Tried not to let it get to me as soon as I started Ever After.” She admitted remembering the low whispers she’d received when she was a loner wearing a hood. Concealing her wolf ears was a burden to begin with. “Yeah I understand. People can change…and believe me, I honestly have regretted being aggressive to you at first.” But knowing from her words, Ophelia and Scarlet have forgiven each other. It was for the best. “Maybe? It’s not always fun to be half a wolf..You get asked if you transform under a full moon. Boring.” She playfully rolls her eyes and fake yawns.
Narrowing her eyes playfully, although she’s not ticked or bothered by the fact that yes, Cardinal and Ophelia have engaged in explicit things. After all, her brother was his own person and she’d only want him to engage in things that’d make him happy. “I don’t know… maybe you take your dry and clean, warm laundry…pour it on the floor and dive right into it cause you like the warmth? Honestly wouldn’t be surprised if you haven’t done that yet.” Pressing her lips together in thought of Ophelia nose diving into a pile of warm clothes.
Although Ophelia was technically right, but the wolf girl had her reasons not to follow her destiny. The thought of being mob chased to her death was enough to give her the idea of rebelling against tradition. And of course, all the Reds and the Wolves were Rebels themselves. “You’re right… I don’t plan on dying anyways.” She smiled calmly as if her destiny of dying in the hands of hunters didn’t faze her. At this point, she’s desensitized.
“No need to take pity. It’s in the past and honestly, Cardinal and I were always going to make sure we’d be happy in the end. Together or not that is.” Scarlet assured her before squeezing her hand gently. “Can’t really imagine the feeling of him graduating….in his perspective that is.” She laughs at the thought of Cardinal not wanting to leave her by herself. “But that’s okay… I have you at least.” Pointing that out. Closing her eyes as she laughs, “How else am I suppose to express that I do approve of you?”
Cushioning her cheek, “Tell me… What made you like my brother?”
The goddes frowned when she saw Scarlet’s expression darken at the memories, “it’s okay...personally I don’t regret things. I think when your alive as long as I am, you start to think everything that happens creates the situations you are in. Maybe if we never had such a bad meeting, we wouldn’t have been so close.” She thought back when she saw Scarlet sleeping so peacefully, and wondered how far they had come and how far they would go together. “I wouldn’t trade the whole thing for the world.” She mused before shaking her head, this wolf girl made her quite the sap. “Sometimes I’m asked to do ‘godly stuff’ which I’m not sure what that implies so I just make them fall in love with a bench or something.” She laughed at the memory before smiling at her friend, it seemed some mortals were too naive.
At the idea of rolling around in the laundry she widened her eyes, “there is such a thing?” She asked before thinking it over, after putting the dirty clothing in the mouth of the clothing machine and then moving it to the wind inside machine, the clothes were very warm and cozy. “I should try that.” She began to daydream at being surronded by all the freshly cleaned clothing, “wouldn’t that make them dirty again though?”
At the prospect of the other dying, she instantly hugged her friend tight. “Don’t even say that. I will protect you, I will protect everyone I love here.” The l-word slipped out before she could stop it, and she covered her mouth shortly after while blushing. “A-Anyway, you have to die eventually from old age right? No need to die early.” She avoided her eyes for a moment.
She listened before smiling, the bond between siblings was really a beautiful thing. They hood siblings were so close, many thought they were going to get married instead! It was sad to think about the following year when Cardinal leaves Ophelia and Scarlet behind. “I’m probably going to be a mess when he leaves..” She confessed before grinning “I’ll have to claw him away from you for our goodbyes.” Cardinal adored his younger sister, for good reason too. “Well, I am your big sister right? Gotta stay by your side.”
At the sudden question, she began coughing wildly before wincing at Scarlet. It was a fair question coming from the sister, but she definitely didn’t see it coming. How should she begin, “when I was drunk at a party...he was my shoulder to cry on literally.” She started her expression softening at the memory. “He kept being there for me, not judging me or being burdened by my personality or lifestyle.” She tried so hard not to overthink why he was so nice to her for so long but to no avail. “He was so kind, so gentle. I made me think I didn’t deserve him, which made me want him more.” She turned to her friend before blushing a little, “he made me think ‘ah, so that’s how I can be loved?’ which was new to me.” She covered her face with the blanket quickly. “SO EMBARSSING!”
