April 21, 2025, 11:35 AM
at last she lets a smile.
it is a small one. it is unpracticed. it sits awkwardly on a face that is too used to being solemn.
it is vulnerable, wiped of paint or pretense.
"yes. come here, yotsuba," and she opens her arms to him.
he has been the only one close, the only one whose warmth has mingled with her own. when they pause on journeying, it is they alone. set apart.
her own perception of kitsune tells kaede that she should not allow clover so close to her heart, that she should think of him only as intelligent pet.
but he is not a pet. he has become a companion, because they both exist inside parentheses, footnotes to another's life.
it is only clover who sees the single tear.
it is a small one. it is unpracticed. it sits awkwardly on a face that is too used to being solemn.
it is vulnerable, wiped of paint or pretense.
"yes. come here, yotsuba," and she opens her arms to him.
he has been the only one close, the only one whose warmth has mingled with her own. when they pause on journeying, it is they alone. set apart.
her own perception of kitsune tells kaede that she should not allow clover so close to her heart, that she should think of him only as intelligent pet.
but he is not a pet. he has become a companion, because they both exist inside parentheses, footnotes to another's life.
it is only clover who sees the single tear.
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RE: 紫 - by Kaede - April 21, 2025, 11:35 AM