Shady

Ky returned the nod, then instantly felt awkward at their display of affection and blushed and began closing the door. Hopefully she’d set his mind at enough ease to be ...

“Um…” she glanced around again. “No… I just wanted to… check…” she stepped back awkwardly and gestured for Sara to go in, looking back at Gaius. “I wasn’t sure if ...

Ky pushed the door open and glanced at him, then grimaced, then glanced around the rest of the room.

Ky sped up, blushing, and knocked on the office door.

“Uh… no, it’s okay. We… can figure it out. I’ll just poke my head in to check if he wants me. He definitely wants you.” This was painfully awkward.

“I… am not sure. I just wanted to check in real quick with him about one thing. I… think he… will want me to.”

(Haha yeah that’s what’s screwing me up xD rip) “Yes.” She nodded, gesturing vaguely as they approached. How was she going to handle this? She wasn’t sure.

Ky nodded and kept walking. How bad of a state was Gaius going to be in? Would he tell her? She almost hoped he did. Perhaps it’d be good to ...

Ky glanced over at her. “…sorry.” She looked back down the hall. No need to drag Sara into her pity party. She was going to have a hard enough job ...

Ky furrowed her brow and shoved her hands in her pockets. “It’ll take more than that.”

“Kids tend to be pretty resilient,” Ky agreed with a nod. “Thankfully.”

“That’s… unfortunate,” she said with another grimace. “Glad it wasn’t worse.”

Ky cringed. “Was he okay?”

Ky glanced at her, surprised she was taking her seriously. She flushed a little and shrugged. “I… don’t know. I’m not a Seer. I just… have a bad feeling in ...

No you don’t. Ky nodded. “…I have a feeling something is going to happen soon, though. For the worst or for the better.” Definitely for the worst.