[watching him go, glancing between the simmering pot and the pantry like. fuck. what now.
she ends up deciding to let him take a little space, but if he catches her thoughts in the meantime or on his way back, they're more a stressed scribble than anything, with a side of okay, well, not the first time that's happened this weekend.
[ he just has to take a second to like... decompress, because he does have a lot of emotions about things, despite earlier claims. in fact, since coming back thursday, he feels like he's had too many emotions about things, and it's been overwhelming.
jiaoqiu wanders back out eventually, and leans against the counter, folding his arms and tilting his head back.
he kind of just looks like. his age, in a manner of speaking. he looks exhausted.
it's all over now, or at least, it will be tomorrow. still. ]
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[watching him go, glancing between the simmering pot and the pantry like. fuck. what now.
she ends up deciding to let him take a little space, but if he catches her thoughts in the meantime or on his way back, they're more a stressed scribble than anything, with a side of okay, well, not the first time that's happened this weekend.
stirs this stupid pot harder.]
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jiaoqiu wanders back out eventually, and leans against the counter, folding his arms and tilting his head back.
he kind of just looks like. his age, in a manner of speaking. he looks exhausted.
it's all over now, or at least, it will be tomorrow. still. ]
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[she says, stirring. the spice in the air is tangible.]
I need a break! We all need like, three days of uninterrupted not needing to deal with shit!
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I don't know what our following days look like. They'll be back. And then what? The entity is caught... what next?