01-28-2026, 05:15 AM
Nika didn’t withdraw her hand. The contact felt good, familiar. She watched in silence as Liv fought with herself. She willed the other woman to give her another chance even if she didn’t have a good reason why. Then, Liv dropped her guard and Nika felt as though she could breathe again.
"I did miss you.”
Her heart soared only to crash just as hard mere moments later. They might never agree on whether Liv had the right to feel hurt but Nika knew she was in the wrong for disappearing. She knew because of how she felt about Liv. It wasn’t time to tell her though, that would be crazy.
“I am sorry,” she said earnestly. “I told you at the monastery I’d never hurt you and then I was careless with your feelings.” Nika’s nearly black eyes bled sorrow before falling to the table. “I do not want you to be scared ever again.” Liv should not see how much it pained Nika to know someone had mistreated her. Nika’s lips compressed briefly before she continued. Her gaze rose again, calm. “I…feel as though there is something between us.” Her expression said she was certain. “I know there is.” Her other hand joined Liv’s. “I’m biased but I'd like for us to continue onward…if it’s too soon though, I understand.” Nika smiled a little then, a mischievous glint in her eyes. “I’ll cry, sure, but I’ll understand.”
"I did miss you.”
Her heart soared only to crash just as hard mere moments later. They might never agree on whether Liv had the right to feel hurt but Nika knew she was in the wrong for disappearing. She knew because of how she felt about Liv. It wasn’t time to tell her though, that would be crazy.
“I am sorry,” she said earnestly. “I told you at the monastery I’d never hurt you and then I was careless with your feelings.” Nika’s nearly black eyes bled sorrow before falling to the table. “I do not want you to be scared ever again.” Liv should not see how much it pained Nika to know someone had mistreated her. Nika’s lips compressed briefly before she continued. Her gaze rose again, calm. “I…feel as though there is something between us.” Her expression said she was certain. “I know there is.” Her other hand joined Liv’s. “I’m biased but I'd like for us to continue onward…if it’s too soon though, I understand.” Nika smiled a little then, a mischievous glint in her eyes. “I’ll cry, sure, but I’ll understand.”