Shady

Ky tugged on Gertie’s reins, stopping her. Her stomach flopped. “Why would you say something like that?”

(Honestly wish I would have just started with this solution. I was trying to repair it properly and lost like almost three hours. Fuck this entire day) “…oh,” she said ...

“…what’s wrong?” Ky looked at him in concern. This was his idea. Why did he seem so hesitant now?

Ky watched him, wondering why he suddenly seemed so off. She mounted and started for the gate.

“Yep.” Ky nodded, taking Gertie’s reins and stepping around her side.

(Thanks! Me too ;-; ) “Of course.” Ky forced a small, polite smile. She didn’t believe him. Well. Didn’t believe that that was all there was to it, anyway. There ...

(Right? Asinine. I’m just mad at myself. My life turned into a shitshow yesterday and hasn’t stopped since) Ky squinted at him, noticing. There was clearly something being left unsaid. ...

(Yeah I’m fine, just angry. I’m morally opposed to toll roads at baseline because like why the fuck should I pay extra for something my taxes already paid for? So ...

(Turns out you should pull over when digging for change for a toll road… just utterly destroyed my mirror because I hit a roadwork sign) Ky understood. The bond between ...

Ky glanced around, feeling like she should be doing something too, but being completely at a loss as to what. She looked at Tomhas for direction.

“Ready.” Ky nodded, smiling a little as she looked at them. “You?”

“Yeah.” She nodded, wrapping her arm around him as well. “No point in beating it up just to practice.”

Ky hesitated, randomly remembering a book she’d read with Aleth about love languages. He’d had her read it to become better at manipulation, of course. But. Well. It said some ...

“That… but…” how could did he not see how bad it was to spend money on her. “… are you sure ? Non-expensive things can be sentimental, too…”

(Thanks!! Some were a bit of a stretch xD but I’m counting them) “Yeah… but… that also sounds really expensive,” she argued. “And if it’s custom to me, then no ...