It was odd arriving at his destination. He wasn't sure what he expected upon arrival but he was proud that he had made it all this way with little trouble. He'd met new people and met up with some old friends.
He was starting to connect with Freya. Little by little.
He still wanted more but...
Kettil patted the side of the of his Alpaca's slender neck as he slid off the saddle and took a second to look around bits and parts of the surrounding areas that he could get to. Slowly the memory trickled in.
...Freya brought one hand in, just long enough to smack Kettil over the head. "OI! WAVES GOODBYE TEH YEHR FAMILY YEH NAUGHTY BOIL!" She didn't know he was trying to keep himself composed, but he did know this was his last chance to see them until they returned, and that meant something.
Then she started blowing kisses at them all.
It was around the time when she hit him and yelled at him to wave his farewells to his family that he began to cry.
A lot.
Freya looked back again with annoyance on her expression, but then she double taked and saw what Kettil was doing, and her heart completely broke. She slid down after one last wave, closed the window, and collected the boil, holding him like a babe in her arms.
"No, no baby no, Hooter!" She knew his mother had warned her, but she hadn't actually expected.. "Baby, is okays, we're goings teh comes and sees them lots of times. Aww, my sweet baby.." Her heart flooded with emotion for the boil, pulling him closer and settling his head on her chest. Her hands brushed down his hair, and comforted him as best as she could. But she didn't sing, because.. she knew that would just make things so much worse.
For a first couple of minutes he was ashamed enough of himself to pull away or try to until he eventually gave in and just melted against her and let her fuss at him as he cried. Right now he had no words to explain his feelings.
Just that he was sad to leave his family behind yet again. Kettil just buried his face into her shoulder and cried.
It was like remembering why he loved someone in the first place after having forgotten. His face flushed with color and he smiled a little at the thoughts and simply let it flow through him. This memory was a good one, though he felt ashamed to have cried in front of anyone at all, he didn't like to cry. He had often resolved not to, right? Men don't cry but he surely cried in front of her.
Freya was more than happy to hold the boil for as long as he needed, even if it was the entire trip - if anything, comforting Kettil helped her to not feel sad for leaving, herself. She poured everything into making him feel better, keeping him close and warm, and never ceasing to stroke his hair and arms and back.
She was glad that Kettil wasn't going to try and be macho about his feelings, with her. She wanted him to be honest. She wanted him to feel comfortable enough to cry in front of her. He'd promised; no corners.
She kissed the top of his head, settled into her seat, and contentedly prepared to never let him go again.
Kettil's crying only settled a little later as she held him but that was only because he had pretty much cried himself to the point that he essentially fell asleep nestled against her. Certainly they were on a train and many would be able to see him being coddled and cooed over by his ghoulfriend but Kettil didn't honestly care.
His goal was so his family didn't see him weep upon leaving and that goal was accomplished, even if barely.
For the rest of the trip he essentially clung onto Freya and slept in her arms.
Kettil laughed a little bit to himself, she played it off as if she were cruel and cold-hearted, but now he knew much better. This little moment that he remembered that was between them. Freya was closest to him just then, held him and didn't look ashamed because he was weeping like an overgrown child.
Surely...This is why he loved her. She was not ashamed of him no matter where they were or what they were doing. Kettil suddenly felt a drive to see her again, to meet with her. Quietly he hurried to his Alpaca, hopefully he'd find her soon.
OOC: TRAVELING
gaia_crownMount Stats:
Current mount being used: Alpaca Mount's Current Temper: 10 Terrain movement: 1d8 Uneven terrain movement: 1d6 Food required: 3 Points
