"But Zayra, why do you need Apollo anyway? Dating is ridiculous," Jaxyn complained.
Zayra was walking around with a raincloud, watering her flowers. "Okay, Jaxyn, have you even dated anyone ever?"
Jaxyn hesitated then crossed his arms. "No. I don't need anyone."
Zayra gave him a look. "Then how would you know it's ridiculous then?"
"Because...love makes you weak?" Jaxyn shrugged.
Zayra smiled and rolled her eyes. "There's different kinds of love. For you and Skyler, I love you because you're my brothers. You're family. For Apollo, though... I love him in a romantic way. Before that, I just... I really liked him and I wanted to be around him. He makes me smile, we get along well, and I just really really liked him. He was a good friend. After a while, instead of just being friends, we began dating because we like being around each other. There's just... This feeling where you want to talk to someone and be with someone so often and you really enjoy their company and you want to become closer... You know?" Zayra explained.
Jaxyn was quiet, silently connecting the dots.
"Jaxyn?" Zayra asked, causing the raincloud to disappear and turning to look at her brother.
Jaxyn started to say something then was quiet. "...I have to go."
He disappeared. Zayra was confused, but just shrugged and kept watering her plants.
