"Uhh, no I'm fine." He answered, he was wholly unprepared for the amount of floundering a bath would entail. Especially in someone else's bathroom. He took a breath and stepped into the room, sitting on the corner of the bed.
Hana shook her head, “No... my mother isn’t exactly.. really interested in my whereabouts or my wellbeing. But I only called to see if she and my grandfather were okay... but” her voice started to become unsteady, and she took a deep breath to calm herself, “My grandfather fell ill from the virus.. and he was unable to recover.” she finished, keeping her gaze on her hands. She felt like if she looked Kipp in the eyes it would only start up her tears again. Just something about seeing someone’s expression change to news like that would only make her feelings heighten.
Juli hopped down from the tree her landing making a soft thud. They left. She pursed her lips looking after them as they disappeared into sunny forest. Not like I want them around anyway. She thought, turning her back on the two and wandering back toward the house. I should have stayed in Missouri. She took a deep breath of cold air sighing it out in a big puff of steam, and pulled her phone out of her pocket. It still wasn't charged, and she'd need headphones too, but it was nice knowing she could potentially listen to her music. Her battery had died what seemed like years ago. Though it had only been a few months. Her music had been the only thing that had kept her sane those first few days.
Kipp sat in the awkward silence debating what else he could possibly do to make her feel better. He could hug her, except they were both sitting, and they weren't exactly close to each other. Also he apparently smelled bad, and he had no clue if she'd want him touching her.
Hana didn’t flinch as she felt the weight of Kipps wing around her, she sighed, closing her eyes. “If you could somehow make this entire virus disappear, I would be really grateful. But that’s impossible for one person to do... so at the moment, I’m not sure. I’m just thankful you’re here to talk with me.” she replied, reopening her eyes with a small smile appearing. “My mother would never comfort me like this. She’d just give me a look and tell me to get over it as if it was that easy.”
Aria turned her gaze to the sky. It was blue but it felt so much closer here, like she could reach out and touch it. She breathed in the fresh air, it was crisp and cold but still better and cleaner than the air in cities. She smiled before examining the garden Kevin had, it was nice. She didn’t want to go back inside, she liked it out there but she didn’t know where she was going and the likelihood she would get lost was very high.
