LACRIMOSA

With his name… altered in such a manner- Kliff’s features scrunch up, contorting into that of disgust for a brief second. He has half the mind to threaten Julius. Say something cruel and leave it with that.

It’s the gift that throws him off guard. Placed nearby as his fists had already begun to ball. Irritation towards the unwanted nickname simmers down into confusion. His focus shifts from Julius to the box, then back up to the man who had already started to walk off. 

That’s where his irritation spiked once more. 

Nothing? Was he truly just going to leave it at a box and go? It was incredibly unlike Julius and yet- 

Yet Kliff found himself the tiniest bit intrigued. 

“ What’s an obnoxious loser like him going to get from me? ” Query slips past parted lips as attention falls back to the box. Brows knit together all while he tries to wrap his head around this.

It was clear there wasn’t much to gain. He had already told Julius off. So why? 

( Just why? )

Make Kliff choose | Accepting

“ Is this some sort of joke? ” 

Hypothetical or not. It was getting rather old to see Alm here so frequently. Were these people truly willing to test how far he would go for Alm? Sure, he left without much of a word to anyone else. He may have wrote letters and sent only one out of ten letter written more often than not. 

Keeping in touch wasn’t his strong point, but he still cared.  

Make Kliff choose | Accepting

Well. This wouldn’t be too difficult of a choice- he’d not known Celica too well. The few times they had even held a conversation it had been. Civil so to speak. She was pleasant. Truthfully he could sort of see what Alm saw in her. 

However. Something was different about the Celica he had seen around the castle grounds. Perhaps it was the way she held herself around everyone. Her unsettling gaze, so on. There was something incredibly off about her.

Julius was tame in comparison.

Make Kliff choose | Accepting

Ah, this came to bite him, didn’t it? Two people he’d known a long, long time. One less bearable than the other. The answer was clear as day, a hypothetical situation wouldn’t hurt anyone now.

( Perhaps some feelings, but alas. ) 

i’m going to get incredibly busy these next two weeks so my two drafts + four inbox questions are being put off until i can get through this. that said, once i get my new computer within this month or so, i can finally get back into writing. (and probably take sketch commissions of characters / ocs!) 

Make Kliff choose | Accepting 

One lives, one dies- the childhood friend or the acquaintance he’d met only recently. Alm or Julius. He’ll sooner pick the face that brought a swell of warmth from within his chest over the one that brought him irritation more often than not. 

CATAPULTS SELF INTO EMBRACE

“ Alm??? What are y-!?” Thought is cut short with Alm throwing his person at him. Books slip past fingers to catch him in both arms. The embrace that follows makes it easy to put two and two together. 

( Of course Alm would catch wind of him saying that. )