07-18-2017, 09:23 PM
Well. That was at least a little bit more information. Maybe she’d ask Khari next time they went out exploring, because Roma was looking a little flustered. “Okay. Thanks, Roma, that’s very helpful information. Does it have to be a boy and a girl to make a baby?” Oooh, or maybe she could spring it on her dad. It was pretty fun to fluster him, and it took a whole lot of work and a big dose of cleverness usually. Of course, she’d have to be careful about how she asked, but Dad, as fabulous as he was, wasn’t usually as sneaky and perceptive as Roma was.
Even about something as little as a one word lie. Kali should’ve known better than to try even, but she’d promised. “Okay,” she said softly, snuggling close again under Roma’s wing. “I’m glad you’re not mad. I think that would make my heart hurt, if you were mad at me.” Roma asked if it was a secret, and Kali nodded. “Uh-huh--” She paused and tilted her head, thinking about the way Roma had asked. They. That seemed important somehow.
“They asked, and I didn’t understand why it had to be secret, but I guess it makes sense why now if I’m not supposed to until I’m older. They said they shouldn’t have--just one they, it’s not like I was kissing a lot of people, and it was only a little kissing--and that they’d try not to do it again, and I shouldn’t have said, but you’re sneaky.”
And sneaky was normally so delightful, but Kali was awfully conflicted about this particular kind of sneaky in this particular moment. Especially when she asked about the one, one thing Kali wouldn’t give away. There was a stubborn glint to her dark brown eyes when she said, “No. No guessing who, okay? I won’t tell, I already told way too much. That part’s for sure still breaking my word, even if you guess it. Please don’t, Roma. And please don’t try to sneak it out of me either.”
Even about something as little as a one word lie. Kali should’ve known better than to try even, but she’d promised. “Okay,” she said softly, snuggling close again under Roma’s wing. “I’m glad you’re not mad. I think that would make my heart hurt, if you were mad at me.” Roma asked if it was a secret, and Kali nodded. “Uh-huh--” She paused and tilted her head, thinking about the way Roma had asked. They. That seemed important somehow.
“They asked, and I didn’t understand why it had to be secret, but I guess it makes sense why now if I’m not supposed to until I’m older. They said they shouldn’t have--just one they, it’s not like I was kissing a lot of people, and it was only a little kissing--and that they’d try not to do it again, and I shouldn’t have said, but you’re sneaky.”
And sneaky was normally so delightful, but Kali was awfully conflicted about this particular kind of sneaky in this particular moment. Especially when she asked about the one, one thing Kali wouldn’t give away. There was a stubborn glint to her dark brown eyes when she said, “No. No guessing who, okay? I won’t tell, I already told way too much. That part’s for sure still breaking my word, even if you guess it. Please don’t, Roma. And please don’t try to sneak it out of me either.”
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