The Roses and The Lilies

𝐶ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑡𝑒𝑟 10－ 𝐷𝑒𝑒𝑝 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠

"Is she coming out?" Ophichius looked up over his morning paper as Mini stormed in.
Aquarius hadn't left her room in two days.
"She's in one of her moods. She's got her heart set on something but she refuses to talk," Mini huffed.
"I can try," Cancer said softly. "I get like that. Not leaving your room, moody and all,"
Mini sent the woman a defeated look. "Please. It's different this time. I'm worried," She bit her lip.
Cancer moved swiftly, standing up and pressing a kiss to Scorpio's forehead before leaving the dining room.
"She's not experimenting with poisons or anything?" Sagittarius asked Mini.
"I don't think so," she frowned.
"Poisons?" Capricorn interjected, tapping his fingers on the table, coffee forgotten in front of him.
Sagittarius looked up to meet his eyes before flushing and looking back down at his plate.
Capricorn failed to hide a smirk.
Pisces dropped her fork.
"Pisce?" Leo looked over at the girl as Capricorn got into discussion with Mini about poisons.
"Sagittarius and Capricorn?" The woman hissed.
Leo raised an eyebrow and dared a look at the two. Sagittarius was still red, slurping up his cereal and Capricorn's eyes flickered over to him every once and a while.
"Oh my god," Leo snorted. "This is funny,"
"Leo!"
"It is! I see it now. The three of them," Leo gestured to upstairs. "Are so smitten for each other it's funny,"
"Three? Including Aqua?" Pisces frowned.
Leo nodded and Pisces sniggered.

"Aqua, I have coffee," Cancer called quietly, knocking on the woman's door.
"With sugar?"
"Of course," Cancer opened the door and entered the office, closing it behind her.
Aquarius looked exhausted.
"Are you okay?" The white haired woman asked as she set down the cup.
Aquarius snatched it off the desk and sipped on it quietly.
They stayed in silence for a few minutes before-
"Do you still talk to your parents?" Aquarius asked.
"My mother, yes. I don't know my father,"
"Oh. Well, is your mother nice?"
"She's lovely. She's been through a lot, which is my fault admittedly," Cancer tugged on her hair lightly.
Aquarius frowned and downed her coffee.
"My mum called me," she said brazenly. "A few days ago. Apparently someone she knew saw me and Cap in the Raven, demanded to know who he was,"
"How long has it been since-,"
"I spoke to her? Around six years or so. Left home at 17,"
"That's so..." Cancer frowned. Aquarius waited.
"Selfish," she decided. "So selfish. Just calling you like that, just because of a date you went on? Its selfish of her. If she had cared for your life before, she would've called you long before now,"
Aquarius shrugged. "My family hates me cause I wasn't aryan or stuck to the whole cereal packet family shit," she rolled her eyes. "I'm a disaster bisexual who dyes her hair and kills people for a living,"
"What did she want to say?" Cancer questioned softly.
Aquarius huffed. "She wanted to know who he was, cause it's Capricorn, he like... only wears suits. It's hot actually,"
Cancer snorted.
Aquarius shrugged. "Anyway. She wanted to know if I'd gotten out of what I was in and if I'd turned my life around- if I wasn't still hanging out with criminals, I could come home. I've got two nephews now, apparently," she added offhandedly.
"Tell me you told her where to put it," Cancer scoffed.
Aquarius laughed, raising her eyebrows. "I did. I hung up on her before she could me. I just..." she groaned. "Didn't want to deal with anyone so I stayed up here,"
"That's fair," cancer hummed. "But everyone's worried, you know. Sagi and Capricorn especially," her eyes glinted.
Aquarius scoffed and blushed.

"Romance is stupid," Libra declared, flopping onto a sofa.
"How so?" Leo asked politely from her perch on the armchair.
"Like, yes I'm aro and stuff right, but I don't get love. I just don't get it. Why do you want to spend your life with someone? People can be unbearable,"
"I'm not going to deny that," Leo hummed, rubbing her hands together absent mindedly. "But love's not just that, Libby. It's more. It's finding that person, your person, who you want to spend your life with because you trust and care for them more than anything in the world. And they feel the same about you, it's about trust and loyalty and just affection for the other. It's not friendship, because you feel a deeper connection- it's romance. You're in love. You want to be with them all the time, you want to make them laugh, make them happy, comfort them when they're sad, protect them from bad things, and obviously, kissing and all that- but love isn't lust. They're different concepts. Love is beautiful, and even if people don't feel the romantic side of it like others, it doesn't mean they can't love. Love is universal, and not romantic,"
"That was a lovely heartwarming speech," Libra snorted. "You really are in deep, aren't you?"
"Deep about what?"
"Your crush, boss. On-,"
"Okay Libra," Leo intervened. "Shut up,"

A/N: hiii everyone! Sorry it took like months for an update. Exams were hard, took a lot out of me. Stupid 22 exam sittings. I finished close to a month ago but I haven't had much inspiration since then. But hopefully now I can continue and try with frequent updates. Please comment, I love reading your opinions! Stay safe and thank you for supporting my story!