Shady

She snorted and rolled her eyes, but nodded. “I’ll believe it when I see it… but yes, that’ll work fine.” If they followed through.

She nodded. “Alright.” Thank gods. That couldn’t come soon enough.

Ky shifted her weight. Everything within her wanted to believe this was true. That she was really going home. “…three days from now?”

She squinted, trying to decide if he was telling the truth. “Why?”

She looked at him suspiciously. “When?”

“I’m not leaving again.” She wiped at her nose roughly. “But he was gonna carry me. I’d be well past town by now. And perfectly safe.”

Ky lifted her chin. If he wanted a pissing contest, she’d give him one. “I’m not scared of you or your counts. I had a troll on my side. Somehow ...

“Of course you would have. But you wouldn’t have caught me.”

(Noice) She glared at him venomously. “I would have been fine if he hadn’t kidnapped me and brought me back. You didn’t even know I’d left.”

(Haha yes Which is it tonight?) “I didn’t need help,” she sniffed. There was no point in lying. “I had it under control.”

She wiped at her nose again and glanced away.

She glared at him. “Do you think it’s likely I’ve changed my mind and now desperately want you to invade my privacy in the most intimate way imaginable?” What a ...

Ky sniffed, wiping at her nose. “What was it, then?”

“Mm.” She was both. But not suicidal. Ish.

Ky hesitated an awkwardly long time, fidgeting. “I wasn’t trying to kill myself if that’s what you’re asking.”