Leon's breath catches, and then he feels like he can barely breathe. What...even is family? Is it the memory of a mother, faded and barely able to be recalled? Is it a sister who doesn't even know he's her brother, who mocked and derided him and with good reason?
Is it his father, angry and fierce, cruel and rude?
... Or is it this? This warmth, this kindness... Otome, who had never led him wrong, who had always been there for him and caringly. Who had always, always done her best by him.
Who... loved him.
He breathes out shakily, ducking his head, bangs hiding his face.]
I don't...know...how to--have a family. [He admits that, even though he knows it's pathetic. He doesn't know...what else to say at this point.
He doesn't know how to have a family. He doesn't know how to be family to someone else. He knows... he's never had it before. But he can't deny that...he wants it.
If... he can't go home, or if going home means going to his death...then he wants to have this family. It's an ache in his chest that's almost warm.]
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Leon's breath catches, and then he feels like he can barely breathe. What...even is family? Is it the memory of a mother, faded and barely able to be recalled? Is it a sister who doesn't even know he's her brother, who mocked and derided him and with good reason?
Is it his father, angry and fierce, cruel and rude?
... Or is it this? This warmth, this kindness... Otome, who had never led him wrong, who had always been there for him and caringly. Who had always, always done her best by him.
Who... loved him.
He breathes out shakily, ducking his head, bangs hiding his face.]
I don't...know...how to--have a family. [He admits that, even though he knows it's pathetic. He doesn't know...what else to say at this point.
He doesn't know how to have a family. He doesn't know how to be family to someone else. He knows... he's never had it before. But he can't deny that...he wants it.
If... he can't go home, or if going home means going to his death...then he wants to have this family. It's an ache in his chest that's almost warm.]