Moonspear cause i was born with a smile, and a heart of stone

how stupid arcturus had been to think only of him and his own selfish needs - he hadn't thought it through. it hadn't occurred to him that just because he was ready to reunite with his brother and bury all the hurt, that his brother would feel the same..

that crucial fact, that pivotal piece of information -- it came to arcturus too late. revui's body language changed into something terse and defensive, feral almost as it lashed out to rebuke his brother's affection.

arcturus had no time to dodge; he was hit in full and cast aside.

bewildered and too caught up in the moment to process the whys of what just happened, arcturus fumbled and stood up, his hair on end and his eyes glazed with hurt. "revui--" he mumbled, his voice pained and confused. he felt he had no energy in which to devise a physical retaliation, and instead he hunched over in a similar defensive posture, his accusing gaze measuring his brother.