Black flames~

Closeness

Kali wasn't sure exactly how long she slept… she was grateful she'd had the chance to sleep at all after the night she'd had. She was still quite exhausted, but whatever time she'd spent in the comfortable bed asleep had resuscitated her, if only slightly. Though she wasn't quite sure what she should devote her attention to now, save helping to repair the damage to the house and taking stock of their supplies, depending on how long Blake and her friends would be pursuing their chase.

Though first she'd have to find some way out from under the arms holding her in place now… assuming, of course, she actually wanted to.

Kali could turn herself only slightly to look at Yang, who as near as Kali could tell had fallen asleep at some point too. It had been a very sweet gesture on the younger woman's part, and had provided exactly the help Kali had needed at the time. Though with the way Yang had embraced her, Kali did… wonder about a few things.

Yang had seemed noticeably affectionate with her sister Ruby and their teammate Weiss. When Blake went to rejoin her friends after the Battle of Haven, there'd been a brief moment's hesitation before she knelt down to embrace her friends. Kali couldn't help but observe, noting to how many sets of eyes moved to Yang and waited for her to render a judgment before Blake could join in their group hug. And while Yang hadn't seemed noticeably distant with Blake after Adam's return –with her vitriol mostly directed at the green-eyed farm boy and the weird drunk huntsman- Blake's decision to leave Yang behind had seemed…

Kali assumed then it was because Yang hadn't been able to stop Adam from killing Ghira; that Blake blamed her for it, for not arriving in time. And perhaps Yang had made such an effort on Kali's behalf to quell her own feelings of guilt. Whatever reconciliation Yang and Blake had made seemed undone less than a day later. If they had actually, truly reconciled in the first place.

Blake was so full of guilt upon her return to Menagerie, and Kali thought –as was corroborated by Sun- it was simply because she'd left her friends. It was understandable she felt guilty because she'd left her friends behind in dire straits. It was a terrible burden to bear.

But between what she'd seen, what tiny hint she'd discerned in their body language and the time that passed between their actions –and now how Yang's arms tightly slung over her- Kali was beginning to wonder if perhaps it wasn't friendship that had been damaged by Blake's actions before. She was starting to think there may have been more to it.

She thought… no, she knew Sun was interested in her daughter. He hadn't disguised his intentions at all, and Kali was quite fond of his direct and blunt nature. But he also hadn't pushed his feelings to the surface, hadn't brought them up to Kali nor expressed them to Blake -while staying at the Belladonna home and on the boat trip over- beyond attempts to be supportive and helpful. Kali had thought he was simply taking things slowly, or perhaps saving his feelings for a better time and place, after Adam had been repelled and Haven saved from his aggression. Now Kali was beginning to suspect that he may have been holding back –at least since they arrived in Mistral- not only because of circumstance, but because he wasn't the only one who may have had more complex feelings for her daughter. And Sun had done everything he could to prod Blake back towards her teammates, so perhaps he was content with not having those feelings returned.

And perhaps Yang was the same, if she'd never brought it up…

Though those thoughts soon gave way to another thing Kali noticed: Yang was quite warm. Really warm. Save for the cold metal of her right arm, Yang's body was burning hot pressed up against her. Kali soon started looking for a method of sliding out from under Yang's grip that wouldn't wake the poor girl, but Yang's grip was very tight. That had been quite comforting and reassuring when Kali had tried to get to sleep, but now it was quite an impediment to her escaping the comfortable bed. She tried to use her smaller frame and wiggle her way out from Yang's grasp, but without even waking Yang simply pulled Kali closer.