[Rosekitten]

Standing there a moment neither of them seemed to move. Just as well probably. Well there at least this would get Luna off his back. She acted like he could do something to fix all of this. Yeah right. Mizuki made it very clear that he wasn't the one that was able to fix any of this. The events did take his pride down a few notches that was for sure. Though it went past that and seemed to destroy it altogether.

Though he was about to turn and leave when Mizuki finally spoke up. He half expected the other to start yelling again or something. Heck he almost expected a attempt or rather a repeat of what happened as he thought about it. It wouldn't be a attempt because he would be unable to stop it once more. Though when the other didn't yell was when he glanced over at him, Mizuki looked like he was in pretty rough shape. They both were really but most of the marks or wounds Mizuki had given were easily covered up.

Not that it mattered really. He hardly cared. No the one thing he had thought he was good at and it turned out he was joking himself this whole time. Though he never took into account that the fight was not a expected one, let alone drinking could make someone able to do things they wouldn't or couldn't normally. Nah thinking over all of that would be too logical. He was too stuck on the fact that what happened did happen and he could do nothing. What if that had been someone trying to kill Mizuki or hell the kids even he would have still been unable to do anything. Thats why he seemed to have a defeated look to him. Though most might not see it, Mizuki certainly did, as well as a few others though they never said a word figuring things would sort themselves out.

But it was true, even through it all he still held the same tone more or less in how he talked. Maybe it was the small things holding him together at the moment. He was still trying to train even if Ryza seemed to end them early saying that he was getting worse. He knew he was but why bother to right it when he had trained for all of these years just to fail.

None the less he waited to see what Mizuki had to say and seeing as the other didn't start off yelling he tried to think that something might come of this. Though he doubted it. Though as he stood there listening to the other picking up on the tone and the hints of sadness both in the voice and from the link they still shared. He wasn't sure what to think. He couldn't just say oh it was no big deal shit happens. If only it was that easy to shrug off.

No over the days he was 'missing' he had given himself time to think and honestly he wanted to be furious at the male crying there on the floor shaking and seemingly just as broken about all of this as he was. But he couldn't bring himself to be that mad. Yes he was upset and yes Mizuki had destroyed that once prideful male, let alone trust was no where to be found between the two. Even with all of that he still loved Mizuki. He hated he had no idea why he did so still.

He came back before he did. After seventeen years of being alone each night and spending the last four days alone he came back because he didn't want to be anymore. Even though the last few days he had still been alone because Mizuki had locked himself up in here. None the less it pained him to see the other like this. Mizuki could probably tell this from the confusion of emotions in the link. A mix of sadness and pain but at the same time the other seemed happy to be here... all of that covered the fear he had in the back of his mind rather well.

As Mizuki sat there after he was done ans said take the kids he seemed to shut down. This was when Thalion went to take a step towards the other but stopped short of it as the door opened again. Most knocked so odds were they both knew who had just walked in.

The two so called kids Mizuki spoke of. Belquiri looked between the two that she knew as her parents and seemed worried. Her brother moved to go see if he could do something about Papa knowing he had to have cuts and stuff that needed to be treated. They had already planned this out as Belquiri seemed to watch Thalion. After a moment he bowed his head enough to excuse himself before speaking. "I have things I need to do."

Though she stopped him as she grabbed his arm and forced a smile as he looked to her questioning. "When your hands better we're going to go back to training right?" Thalion started to say something but stopped as he shook his head. "We'll get someone else to train you, it'll be -" Though he was cut off as Belquiri let go of his arm. She seemed a bit hurt that the little time she got to spend with him and he just turned it down, though he never thought of it in that way.

"Why?" She finally said losing her normally collected self. She had watched this avoidance go on for a few days and what Papa had done as to locking himself away. "You promised.. when I was a child you promised that you'd teach me how to fight. You were always worried I was going to get hurt and back then I made you promise that you'd be around to protect all of us.. Nytria, me, Papa and you said you would!" She spoke her voice picking up a little as Thalion looked away from her knowing very well what he had promised.

"Now you're going back on it? Thats not the man I grew up around, he would never go back on his word for any reason." Belquiri seemed more upset then anything though she wanted things to go back to how they were. "Why can't we just be a family again... after all of these years and now things are like this?"

After a little longer Thalion finally had to stop her as he placed a hand on her shoulder as she seemed to take the hint to be silent for a moment. "I'm not going back on my word, but I can't keep it either and there is little I can do about that." Though with that he moved his hand from her shoulder and walked out of the room as she stood there. Her ears dropped as she shook her head before walking towards a window and looking out it.

"But you two are ... you're suppose to be like them.." She said referring to the two young dragons who were in one of the open areas together. With this she turned to her brother who was busy tending to Mizuki's wounds that were visible. "Whatever happened we're still a family.. even you have to know that both of you know that!" Ok so maybe she was a little over emotional at the moment but she had a point. "No matter what happens we have to forgive each other.." She wasn't sure what happened but she had heard enough stories and tales of what happened the night Thalion vanished. All she knew it was between her two parents and she loved them both too much to watch them just push each other away or just to walk away.

Thalion was glad that the odds of either of the three left in the room following him were slim to none. It hurt more then he cared to admit to say that aloud. He couldn't or he cant. Maybe someday he could but right now he couldn't, all of these years he couldn't. It probably had been a fluke he won fights or had stayed alive this long.

None the less in his walk he found himself back at their room. He had avoided the room as well from when he returned two days ago. Though that was fine as Neimi had wanted to keep a eye on some of the worse off wounds. His hand being the main one, she swore he had the damnest luck and that nothing seemed like it would be permanently damaged in the long run.

Pausing a little he finally moved and opened the door before shutting it behind him. Though from the looks of it the place had not been touched from that day. The only good thing was that any blood had been cleaned by now and the rug replaced where it should be so he didn't have to be reminded with any nail marks he was sure was there.

Even if the room had been as it was that night he wasn't sure he would have cared as he walked across the room and finally rested near one of the windows. It was the larger window in the center of the room, though being away from the ground and being night time there was no chances of anyone even noticing someone was in the window.

Never the less he sat thereon the large ledge and shook his head a little as he had one leg propped up close to him and the other along side of where he was sitting. Running his right hand through his hair almost hastily he let it rest at the back of his neck leaving it there as a tear finally managed to escape. Where had he gone wrong this whole time? All of this work for nothing, what the hell was the point of him being here when he was holding Mizuki back. With them being linked he was the weak one of the two.

Maybe he should just go hide somewhere so he didn't have to think he was putting Mizuki's life in danger He hated being at odds with the other but he couldn't just pretend like this never happened either. It happened and he had failed. Even when he fought Mizuki said he wan't fighting. He almost cringed at the thought but Mizuki was probably better off with Needren. Heck now he wouldn't even blame Mizuki if he had run off with the other male.