[ Yuuri doesn't say anything when she steps into his arms and puts her own around him -- she can't, not right away. Her throat's tight and she doesn't trust herself to be able to talk without tears. Because-- she's never forgotten or never failed to realize how lucky she is to have this patchwork little family with her. But here in the garden with her hands still stinging, all she can think of is how grateful she is, how thankful she is every single waking moment that they're together in this painful messy history.
Her eyes sting and burn but she squeezes them shut, ignores the knot in her throat. And when she speaks around it, her voice is shaky but fierce. ]
Good. Because you-- you don't have a choice. You're stuck with us.
[ He won't be able to see it, with her face pressed into his shoulder like it is, but it's there in her voice. She's smiling, as impossible as it seems. ]
Exactly, darling. Every last one of us are together in this mess, and I'm happy to be stuck with a family like you.
[A hand was brushed lightly through Yuuri's hair, Ardyn's hold on her as secure as if he had every intention to protect her from every threat in every universe.]
hey i hate you just fyi
Her eyes sting and burn but she squeezes them shut, ignores the knot in her throat. And when she speaks around it, her voice is shaky but fierce. ]
Good. Because you-- you don't have a choice. You're stuck with us.
[ He won't be able to see it, with her face pressed into his shoulder like it is, but it's there in her voice. She's smiling, as impossible as it seems. ]
For better or for worse, right?
luv u 2
[A hand was brushed lightly through Yuuri's hair, Ardyn's hold on her as secure as if he had every intention to protect her from every threat in every universe.]
I've not been happier in my lifetime.