[ He turns to leave and she digs her heels in, even if her stomach feels sour and her lips press together.
The boy was bothering her brother. Bothering. For weeks. Interrupting his reading and taking his attention away in the middle of class and joining them when they were having breaks. She can't even bother Renae when he's reading at home, whenever he retreats away from their large and slightly overwhelming extended family to the room that was once their mother's from a time so long ago. What right did this perfect stranger have to do something she couldn't?
There's a gentle nudge at her back and she makes a face, but the hands behind are small and insistent and familiar and she finally gives in because she will do everything her brother asks even if she doesn't like it. ]
Alright already. [ She hisses and marches off after where the Dragon had gone, and if she glances back once at her brother's stupidly imploring face, she only does it to puff her cheeks out at him. ]
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The boy was bothering her brother. Bothering. For weeks. Interrupting his reading and taking his attention away in the middle of class and joining them when they were having breaks. She can't even bother Renae when he's reading at home, whenever he retreats away from their large and slightly overwhelming extended family to the room that was once their mother's from a time so long ago. What right did this perfect stranger have to do something she couldn't?
There's a gentle nudge at her back and she makes a face, but the hands behind are small and insistent and familiar and she finally gives in because she will do everything her brother asks even if she doesn't like it. ]
Alright already. [ She hisses and marches off after where the Dragon had gone, and if she glances back once at her brother's stupidly imploring face, she only does it to puff her cheeks out at him. ]