That extra little kiss punctuates the reunion nicely as he sinks subtly towards her warmth to talk with her. Benjiro has always lacked confidence in initiating physical contact with his loved ones when so averse to the touch of a stranger. Yet Sadie has slowly drawn him out of his shell when it comes to touch shared with her, and he savors each moment they are closer. He trusts her completely.
He huffs softly at the gossip, “That would make sense.” His exclusion lasts four more days, and it cannot end soon enough.
Her thumb rubbing at his hand is soothing as Benjiro listens to her address his worry. There is no sense of surprise regarding Professor Petty, the man always having commanded a certain level of respect that now is likely heightened thanks to his Echo. The use of the word ‘fine’ is suspect in itself, but her twin remaining with her limits the serverity of potential difficulties that Sadie may have faced thanks to the whole mess. So, it’s sufficient. He sighs with obvious relief, closing his eyes briefly, “Good... I’ll have to tell James thank you later.”
Asked about his parents, he opens his eyes to look at her. A shadow of anxiety passes through his expression, mortified by the memory, “It uh...could have been worse. I talked with them as soon as my aunts got me settled on the couch Thursday once we got in from the school. They were furious, but they started calming down after about an hour.” A long hour of yelling and fussing mostly from his mother with Benjiro apologizing repeatedly. “Finally said I can stay so long as I don’t cause any more trouble and my grades stay up. Mostly because Aunt Agatha got impatient and took the tablet to make them talk to her... After that, they hung up and that was it.” His parents haven’t called since.
“My sister has been emailing me, and my great aunts have been really supportive. They said they were disappointed I hurt Blaize so badly, but when his parents showed up Saturday, Aunt Rosemary got upset and Aunt Agatha forced them to apologize.” It was really spectacular.
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He huffs softly at the gossip, “That would make sense.” His exclusion lasts four more days, and it cannot end soon enough.
Her thumb rubbing at his hand is soothing as Benjiro listens to her address his worry. There is no sense of surprise regarding Professor Petty, the man always having commanded a certain level of respect that now is likely heightened thanks to his Echo. The use of the word ‘fine’ is suspect in itself, but her twin remaining with her limits the serverity of potential difficulties that Sadie may have faced thanks to the whole mess. So, it’s sufficient. He sighs with obvious relief, closing his eyes briefly, “Good... I’ll have to tell James thank you later.”
Asked about his parents, he opens his eyes to look at her. A shadow of anxiety passes through his expression, mortified by the memory, “It uh...could have been worse. I talked with them as soon as my aunts got me settled on the couch Thursday once we got in from the school. They were furious, but they started calming down after about an hour.” A long hour of yelling and fussing mostly from his mother with Benjiro apologizing repeatedly. “Finally said I can stay so long as I don’t cause any more trouble and my grades stay up. Mostly because Aunt Agatha got impatient and took the tablet to make them talk to her... After that, they hung up and that was it.” His parents haven’t called since.
“My sister has been emailing me, and my great aunts have been really supportive. They said they were disappointed I hurt Blaize so badly, but when his parents showed up Saturday, Aunt Rosemary got upset and Aunt Agatha forced them to apologize.” It was really spectacular.