Shadewood Caught like a fly In a web of your lies

don’t mind me just stirring the pot

after he ran he did not go back to his family. he couldn’t look at them, he couldn’t look at anyone right now. the baby’s cries were stuck in his mind. it made his skin heat up, his movement clumsy, his stomach churn. issun was sick. takara, the baby, everything. it was all sick. a mistake. a mistake. a mistake.

he had stayed at the edge of the keep all night, just staring at the sky, trying to forget. but he couldn’t stay forever, he had a family to care for. that’s what he kept telling himself. it’d be more accurate to say he had a name to keep clean.

when the sun peaked over the horizon the warrior was already on his way back to the den. he tried to steady his breaths.

don’t lie to me takara.

everything stops. his footsteps, his breath, the beating of his heart. no it couldn’t be. she didn’t tell her. she didn’t know. she couldn’t know.

right as minori finished issun appeared from were he was hidden. there was a dumbfounded look on his face, one to hide the pure terror. “takara?” he walked in between the women, with his backed turned to minori and facing the new mom. “what are you doing here? ” he glances at the pup, but only for a moment. the sight of it stings and he’s forced to look away. instead he stares into her eyes. there’s a plea hidden in them.