forum Rykah and Will(because I can't think of a better title)

Started January 04, 2019 by @Hawkeye

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"Not really…" said Rykah softly.. glad for the distraction

Grateful that Rykah has answered him, and that they wouldn’t just be sitting in silence forever.
“A few years ago, my brother was feeling…. really bad. He kind of lost all of his self-protection instinct, and got hurt pretty bad. When he was in the hospital, he flinched when we touched his hands, but for some reason he relaxed when we touched his wrists. So instead of holding his hand to let him know we were there, and that he was ok, we would hold onto his wrist instead. A couple years later, I got hurt. And they kept finding my pulse, afraid I was going to disappear, or something. So it became a thing, if we wanted to be with someone, or were afraid, you found their pulse.”

"Ok" said rykah slowly. I guess hes seen some bad stuff too….

(Idk, what the mango DID I do?)
“Funny thing, I’ve never told anybody that before.”

Rykah looked at him for a moment… then why….

“It kind of went unspoken between my siblings and I, and no one else knew.”

Rykah just watched him, Oh mango… he thought this can't be happening…

“Sorry, I’m talking too much.” Will said, face reddening slightly.

Rykah felt a little sad when Will stopped talking. and inched a little closer when he stopped.

“This one time, my birth father got so mad at me for talking too much….. it was pretty bad at the time….” Will said. “I’m actually not sure why I told you that.”

Just keep talking… thought Rykah as he pushed closer.

“You know what the final straw for him was?” Will asked, not even waiting for an answer before saying, “My sister coming out. I’d never seen him so angry. Jack got out worse than she did, my birth father never much liked Jack.”

Rykah wanted to hug this kid, but he just scooted closer pushing his wing under Will's body.

Will hid his face for a moment, suddenly missing his family.

Rykah wasn't sure what to do, but he finished sliding his wing under Will and carefully hugged him with it.

Will moved a bit so that his face was buried in Rykah’s shoulder, taking a deep breath.

Rykah twisted to hug Will, I don't know why but I like this he thought his face going red again.

“I miss my family.” Will whispered, almost silently.

Rykah felt another pang of guilt. And it's my fault…

“And I’m glad I’m here with you.” He whispered again. “I just miss the rest of my family.”

Rykah just hugged Will tighter, trying to sort out feelings of guilt and happiness…

(Works for me)
Will attempted to swallow the lump that was slowly building in his throat, and when he failed, attempted to make his tears quiet as possible.

Rykah curled his other wing around his friend to comfort him, pulling Will up against his chest as his wings curled around the both of them. How is he so warm??? thought Rykah, or is that just me…