( while Amber appreciates how playful and kind his remark is, she feels a sudden tightness in her throat as if she has forgotten how to speak. the natural flow would be for her to exchange his lighthearted comment for one of her own, but she falls silent once his arms circle around her smaller frame. what she said to Diluc is the truth: that for years, all she has wanted was a hug. just to be seen - to be felt, heard, to have her pain soothed in some way rather than her running off directly into action in order to save the Outriders from the brink of collapse.
without a sound, she returns the gesture by circling her arms tightly around his body, nestling her face against his chest. for a moment, she wonders if he spent just as many nights as she did pining for his father, as she did for her grandfather - held awake in the dead of night with nothing but a pillow to cry into.
her lower lashes swell with tears, and the sniff she makes exposes that she's started to cry. when she blinks, tears roll down her cheeks, and if she isn't careful, she'll end up staining his coat. Amber brings up a hand to dry her eyes, her soft voice travelling out of her in a tremble as she speaks. )
Sorry-( she apologises briefly, before wiping her eyes again. Amber feels a strong feeling of conflict overwhelm her - guilt over crying like a fool in front of Diluc, along with undeniable cathartic feeling of how good it is to let these emotions rise. )
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without a sound, she returns the gesture by circling her arms tightly around his body, nestling her face against his chest. for a moment, she wonders if he spent just as many nights as she did pining for his father, as she did for her grandfather - held awake in the dead of night with nothing but a pillow to cry into.
her lower lashes swell with tears, and the sniff she makes exposes that she's started to cry. when she blinks, tears roll down her cheeks, and if she isn't careful, she'll end up staining his coat. Amber brings up a hand to dry her eyes, her soft voice travelling out of her in a tremble as she speaks. )
Sorry- ( she apologises briefly, before wiping her eyes again. Amber feels a strong feeling of conflict overwhelm her - guilt over crying like a fool in front of Diluc, along with undeniable cathartic feeling of how good it is to let these emotions rise. )