[A small giggle and Mio smiles. There's a brief moment of hesitation--consideration--before she leans in and kisses his cheek quickly. It's an entirely chaste gesture, affectionate like one would for a sibling, as that's the only kind of affection Mio really knows how to express.
But then she's hurrying to the door, turning only to leave a parting command to Elle, Yang and, yes, the ghosts as well. Flora is tucked securely under her arm] Make sure he goes to sleep! And doesn't move or anything until I get here tomorrow morning, okay? If he does, you're all going to be in big trouble!
[But there's a little smile she can't hide, and then she's out the door, feeling a little better now that the weight of keeping her sister's death a secret had been partly lifted. She was going to get help. She had a friend--her first actual friend that wasn't her sister or her mother, and he hadn't forced her away in the awake of her horrific tale.
Mio had found something she could optimistically say was hope]
Yes. The hunt begins.... And because this thread is just too much to handle 8(
But then she's hurrying to the door, turning only to leave a parting command to Elle, Yang and, yes, the ghosts as well. Flora is tucked securely under her arm] Make sure he goes to sleep! And doesn't move or anything until I get here tomorrow morning, okay? If he does, you're all going to be in big trouble!
[But there's a little smile she can't hide, and then she's out the door, feeling a little better now that the weight of keeping her sister's death a secret had been partly lifted. She was going to get help. She had a friend--her first actual friend that wasn't her sister or her mother, and he hadn't forced her away in the awake of her horrific tale.
Mio had found something she could optimistically say was hope]