kshartiste
?!! you scared me! why are you in my room at this hour?
warakias
paradisaeas
hmm... baba left early today. isn't he so mean? i think you and i should have extra fun today to teach him a lesson.
paradisaeas
oh? where shall we go shopping then? he can't complain about his mora if he's not there. ah, i think nilou has a show there.. would you like to go?
paradisaeas
what shall we do then? [ he lifts her to his hip, smiling. ] you pick so he knows he missed out.
warakias
* cb! i shld rlly be more active on her
kshartiste
oh! um... hi, farah. i – i'm fine! just, um, tired.
kshartiste
it's really stupid. [ she bites her lip, leaning into the embrace. ] i turned in my assignment at .. at school, today.. and my professor really liked it, but some of my classmates saw it and um... they.. said the daughter of the light of kshahrewar should be able to do better. but i – i don't know what i did wrong..
warakias
@kshartiste, it's okay, aya. i'm your big sister. i should be looking out for you. (..) cmere.. ( she sits beside her younger sister, pulling her close to her chest within her embrace. ) .. you can always talk to me.
kshartiste
[ she hesitates, staring at the ground, before moving into her sister's room and hopping on the bed, knees tucked to her chest. ] ... thank you. i'm sorry.
paradisaeas
hmm... how about you choose how i do my hair today? you can do aaaaanything you want!
warakias
@paradisaeas, um.. baba really likes when you have your hair braided, so a really pretty braid!!
paradisaeas
... you're back.
paradisaeas
[ he pulls her into a hug, frowning, guilt tugging in his chest. oh, he's crying again. ] i ... i'm sorry. it felt as though i failed you. i – i didn't want to do so even more. and you brought it up and seemed so eager to leave that it .. it felt like i wasn't doing enough and i didn't want to make it worse. of course you were allowed to speak, farah, i never meant to make you feel otherwise. i was angry, mostly at myself, because it felt like i couldn't do anything to stop you from being potentially signed off to a marriage without our say to simply become a wife and childbearer, more angry at the court for forcing such misery on you by threatening baba's work once aya was born. [ he presses a shaky kiss to her forehead. ] every moment without you here was unbearable for us all. please know that. i have missed you so terribly, as has your baba and sister. haitham – your father has made it very clear to the court that he won't have suitors throwing themselves at our door left right and centre and they seem to be abiding. please, farah. come home.
warakias
if you did not want me to leave, why did you make me? i.. did not want to go. ( she looks up, finally, sniffling as her hand lays over her father's. ) you were.. angry with me. angrier than i have.. ever seen you, and it felt as though i was not /allowed/ to speak. you and baba have fought for me, i acknowledge that, but when aya was born, it.. fizzled out. i was to be seen and not heard and i could not take it.
paradisaeas
you seem more taken with this one than the others.
paradisaeas
i only mean you have gotten to talking quite extensively rather than surface level chatter. whatever are you discussing?
warakias
* cb and drop!!!
paradisaeas
turn around, farah – let papa do your hair. you look so lovely...
warakias
@paradisaeas, nuh uh! baba says mama is the prettiest in the /whole/ world. you're so pretty! ( she turns, blonde hair falling from her father's hands, her own holding his cheeks. ) baba doesn't lie, which means you really are the prettiest!
paradisaeas
[ he pauses as he moves to gather hair for the braid, expression softening as he kisses the top of her head. ] you're already prettier than me! and you'll only get prettier.
warakias
/ CB AND DROP!
