pure silk

Cindy mulled over Gwen’s words for a moment, taking a breath to compose her thoughts. “I’m glad you’re okay. If something had happened, I don’t think I could have forgiven myself.”

Cindy froze, a blank expression on her face as she processed what Gwen had just said. “I’m sorry, I don’t understand -- how do you know about my parents? What hole?” 

"You Asgardians can’t accept compliments either, huh?” 

Cindy’s face dropped. She stared blankly at Gwen, her mind running at a thousand miles an hour. “How do you know about them?” She asked, little emotion in her voice. “What hole?”

"You’re really weird.” Cindy couldn’t help but laugh. “I mean that in a good way.”

“C’mon man, you know you don’t have to explain anything to me.” Cindy offered him a half-smile, resting her chin on her knuckles. “Do you wanna play a video game or something? Get your mind off of things? Fairly sure Mario Cart is somewhere around here.”

“I can see  that,” Cindy laughed. “You’re the life of the party, I bet.”

“Babe, I am calm.” Cindy resisted rolling her eyes. “You’re the one the apparent issues.”

Cindy shot Riri a cheeky smile. “What can I say? I can’t help myself.” She paused, watching Riri for a second. “You sure you wanna do this solo? It’s not bad to accept help.”

“I’ll be taking that as a compliment,” Cindy grinned, flicking her hair behind her shoulder. “You speak Korean?”