[it wasn't about anyone owing anyone anything. it was just about being people with emotions. existing in this world together. at least, that was how anna wanted to look at it, but she knew there was definitely going to be some time later when she thought she owed kainé more for doing less.]
[the immediate thing she notices once kainé gets up is the emptiness of it. how much it felt like her body belonged against her, their weights pressing down on the mattress together. how cold it was without her. she looks up, her eye tracking kainé slowly, and it's the weight of that "ah" that gives anna her opening. she phrases it like an offer, not an answer.]
You can come back here when you're done if you want. [she carefully pulls herself to a half-upright position while she talks.] Long way back to your room.
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[the immediate thing she notices once kainé gets up is the emptiness of it. how much it felt like her body belonged against her, their weights pressing down on the mattress together. how cold it was without her. she looks up, her eye tracking kainé slowly, and it's the weight of that "ah" that gives anna her opening. she phrases it like an offer, not an answer.]
You can come back here when you're done if you want. [she carefully pulls herself to a half-upright position while she talks.] Long way back to your room.