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"I'm not going to lie… I was glad to get that off my chest," Cyrus laughed halfheartedly, "Of course, only Eira knew… But yeah, feel free to rant or cry to me if you feel the need. Did you want to go back inside, or do you need a little longer?"
"I-I can go back inside," Luna said glancing back at the building, "C-cyrus, you can talk to me anytime okay? I-I'm may not sound the best, but I-I'm fine."
"I know…" Cyrus sighed, "Thanks for hearing me out. If you want to start hanging out more, or if you want to talk, just let me know. I'm never too busy to help take care of my friends. And one more thing? If it's not too much to ask, will you help keep me in check a little? Just… if you notice me start to slip up, with the careless drinking, not taking care of myself, or anything else concerning, talk to me or tell someone else to do it. I try, but I can't always better myself alone…"
"Por supuesto!" Luna responded smiling. Not only was she happy to help, but her native tongue was finally returning to her, "I-I would be more than happy to help, but don't y-you think Eira or Sparrow would be a better choice? You s-seem to be around them more often th-than with me."
"Yeah, um… Sparrow doesn't know," Cyrus whispered, "And I don't think there's truly a 'better choice.' You're just as good a friend as either of them, and I trust you."
"O-oh," Luna whispered, "W-well gracias for the t-trust. I-I'll help as I can."
"No need to thank me. You've earned that trust, you know? After all these years, we'd be fools to not consider you reliable," Cyrus said, "Screw the whole 'every man for himself' mentality Panther tried to instill into us. We're a family. A family falling apart at the seams, but still a family."
"Y-yeah, familia. W-we're all familia," Luna said in an echoey voice, "I-I wonder what's everyone role is?"
"Uriah is easy. He's grandma," Cyrus began, looking for a laugh.
Luna giggled at the statement, "O-of course. W-who else could he be?"
Cyrus had now started walking towards the door. "Hard to say for anyone else… We're very much like siblings, most of us. Then again, we were raised together."
Luna trailed after him, her hood being pulled up higher on her head, "Y-yeah it can be, but I definitely th-think you get the role of f-father. I-It's just too uncanny."
Cyrus just laughed. "Me? Dad? Your boy can barely even dress himself."
"W-well your more responsible than Alex or U-Uriah," Luna laughed.
"I guess… Uriah's too old for this shit. Alex is still young… I guess I'm the only in-between," Cyrus sighed dramatically.
"Y-you really are," Luna said with a nod of her head, "P-poor Cyrus."
"Feels good to smile again. Things have been rough…" Cyrus admitted, "I'm glad we can talk like this; having a serious and meaningful conversation, then talking about Uriah being grandma and having a good laugh. It's comforting."
"I-it really is," Luna agreed with a contented exhale of air, "H-humor is best after seriousness."
"It's getting late. Do you want to grab dinner? After that, I think I'll go check on Alex again," Cyrus suggested.
"Th-that sounds good," Luna was smiling a little still thinking of the last conversation, "I-I'll come with to check on Alex too."
(Aghhhh I really want to use Cyrus for a story, but idk what….)
Cyrus started towards the mess hall again, grabbed some chicken and rice and a glass of water, and sat down at one of the tables, waiting for Luna. He was a lot hungrier than he thought.
Luna grabbed whatever food they had available at the moment. She didn't really care, food was food at this point.She walked over to where Cyrus was and sat down across from him with the food.
(If you want to, do iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit!)
(I'm really working on the dragons story… I feel like a few characters already take up what would be his role… I have another story kind of sitting in the back, and I feel like he could be the love interest of one of the protagonists, but he'd also end up being a really minor character because he fits an odd role, plus he and the protagonist would probably just worry each other way too much and end up being kind of bad for each other. It's so sad… I actually took him (at least his name) from another thing I was gonna write, but I didn't like it, so I scrapped it.)
Cyrus started eating and looked across the table to Luna. "It's funny how after all these years, we're finally getting closer. I've always wondered about you, but you sometimes kept your distance, and I didn't want to annoy you."
(Ooof, that is such a hard thing to deal with. Normally if I have a character like that, I can find some small little minor role for them to fill. Or make an entirely new story just so I can use them.)
"L-los," Luna's voice was a little shaky. She took a deep breath, "L-losing Z-zoe made m-me realize I-I shouldn't have j-just been close w-with her. A-and yeah, b-back then I-I would p-probably have g-gotten annoyed."
(I feel like he'd fit better in a modern/future setting without magic of any sort. I've always wanted to write something like that, but I always find myself drifting back to medieval fantasy. Then there's one that's more in a setting similar to Fullmetal Alchemist, but they're all more in the past…)
Cyrus nodded in understanding. "I feel like I annoy everyone still, to be honest. Sometimes I act like a worried mother. It has to get on someone's nerves."