(We did it again xD @GrandWild finally hit the double digits!)
Ky had really hoped that Gaius would force Sera to come to her senses and give Ky a proper punishment. But he didn't. Instead, he just avoided her. Which was arguably worse.
On the one hand, she didn't relish the idea of an interaction with him. Ever again.
On the other, it made her feel absolutely terrible that she was making him so uncomfortable in his own house.
And yet she didn't know what to do about it. If she just hid in her room, then she'd upset Sara. And Sara was probably already annoyed with her for what Ky had done to her husband -- no point in fueling that.
And then finally he came to a meal.
And it was so much worse.
Tadaaki made sure he got to each meal early to ensure that he had Aashi at the very farthest end of the table from Gaius as possible, even when he wasn't there. He and Ky were slowly starting to believe that this wasn't a trap. That it wasn't the calm before a storm. But neither of them was willing to risk it. And the last thing they needed was for Aashi to agitate Gaius when the situation was already so precarious.
Then they had Tasia, then Tadaaki to her right, so Ky sat to his right. Further down the table from where she usually sat. But hopefully not noticeably so. She just... didn't know what to do. Had he breathed during that meal? She sure hadn't. Not a single breath. It was too tense. Too awkward.
The next day's dinner was exactly the same.
There was just...
Regret.
There was regret. And nothing at all she could do about that.
And, well, she knew Sera said to just let it play out. And she knew that she couldn't rush this. But she felt like she owed Gaius at least a single genuine apology before she let the situation go to rest.
She just had to figure out how to get him alone. And... to find the guts to do so. Because she most certainly did not want to. The thought was absolutely terrifying and uncomfortable and awkward. But so was this game of them pretending everything was fine when it clearly wasn't. Lack of communication never made things better.
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