forum And the Skies Turned Gold (Reboot) // OxO // Closed

Started February 10, 2020 by @ElderGod-Icefire

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"I know, but-"
It's totally my fault…
"I can at least try to help you out," Tohru offered, "I mean, that's the least I can do."

He nodded a little. "Alright…but it's not…you don't need to take responsibility for…for everything."

Tohru was a little taken aback by the suggestion.
"I'm n-not," he said, almost defensively, "But are you okay? Seriously? You're still quite pale."

He shrugged. "I-I'm…I'll be okay." he replied softly, closing his eyes.

"If you're sure," Tohru said, "That said, if you would rather leave, I'd understand."
He let out a soft sigh, kind of relieved, but also kind of sad. He couldn't even imagine what Davin was feeling.

"I'm…I would…I would be alright with…staying…if you want to…" he said slowly.

"I'm asking you," Tohru insisted, "And if it bothers you to stay here, I don't want to be here either. That kind of shit bothers me too, you know. And well… we do run the risk of seeing it again, so… it's your call. I don't want to reopen any kind of wounds."

(gtg now sorry)

Davin nodded a little bit. "It's…we can stay, I just…need to be careful. I don't want to see that again."

(bye!)
"I'll lead the way," Tohru offered, "If you do feel like we need to leave at any point, though, just tell me, okay?"
He sighed and leaned up against the counter.
"The last thing I want is for you to have to feel like this."

Davin nodded a little bit. "I will…thank you." he replied quietly, looking over at Tohru and offering up a faint, slightly wobbly little smile.

“Just let me know when you’re ready,” Tohru said gently.
He tried to smile back, but worry was already etched into his face.

Davin nodded, taking a few more minutes to steady himself. "Okay– I'm…I'm alright now."

“You sure?” Tohru asked, walking towards the door.
He tilted his head in the direction of the door.

Davin nodded a little, taking a deep breath. "Yeah. I'm fine now."

“Alright,” Tohru said, not quite convinced.
He led the way back out and carefully scanned the hall ahead for any more disturbing paintings. He hoped it would be the only one, but he had his doubts.

Davin followed Tohru quietly, taking a deep breath and trying not to break down after what he saw.

Tohru looked up at the hall ahead and frowned when he realized what was there.
“Davin, you should probably look down,” he said softly, “I’m sorry… I’ll let you know when it’s okay.”

Davin frowned a little bit, but complied, looking down at his feet and trusting Tohru, trusting that the other male would help.

It really seemed to just be one hall of paintings, dotted with a mixture of the horrific paintings and some even worse sculptures. Tohru swallowed really hard and kept going until they were on into the next room, which was mostly landscape paintings.

Davin waited for Tohru to let him know that it was alright. That he could look up and not see something celebrating the destruction of his people.

"Okay, we're fine," Tohru said softly, "I'm… I'm sorry."
He flashed a glance at Davin, still not at all convinced everything was okay.

Davin looked up, and nodded a little bit. "It's alright. It's not your fault, I…" he shrugged. "Thank you for helping me, though."

“Of course. Like I said, it’s the least I could do,” Tohru said with a shrug.
He was already starting to feel really tired, like his whole body was dragging, yet he tried not to let it show.

Davni took a deep breath. "Yeah. You wanna keep looking around, or should we head home?" he asked.

"I'm thinking it might be better if we go home," Tohru admitted, "Unless there's anything you're interested in seeing or doing before we do that."