The Four Kingdoms of the Four Seasons

Chapter 8 - Returning to Spring Recess - Part 1

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KING SORIN'S PoV (Arya's father)

            I kneel down and open my arms, waiting for my little sunshine. Her walls already steadily back on their place, protecting her consciousness like unbreakable obsidian. I can no longer feel any kind of emotions from our bond. She locked down our bond. I'm not so happy about it. However, I can understand it.

           One thing she early caught on, is to never show any kind of distress towards her brothers or even me. Once again, I'm not so happy about it. Whenever she is hurt physically or emotionally, if it's a big or small deal, her brothers and cousins switch to treating her as porcelain doll for days, afraid she could shader into pieces. And, well... I'm also not an exception. Our overprotectiveness resulted in her hiding sometimes her real feelings and emotions from us. I understand, she is trained to be strong and independent. However, she is still just a newborn, a small child, cupping up her feelings at such a young age... I know we are also at fault, treating her as someone strong and independent, but whenever we see her hurt, we treat her for days as a porcelain doll, resulting in her thinking to be weak and dependant.

            She finally slips into my arms. I'm holding her tightly. I want her to express her feelings, just to sob or cry a little bit. But... nothing. I caress her hair. In a while, she pushes me away. Her face is calm. She seems to be neutral. The small smile on her lips seems to be honest, but the ones who knew her wheel enough can separate her fake smiles from her honest ones. Even if I can't feel it, I can tell that she is trying her hardest to not act how she feels. Sometimes I'm afraid how mature for her age she acts.

"Can we go home, Papa?"

"Of course, Sunshine."

            I turned around and started to pull my bond with Thunder. Telling him to come back with Bourbon and Hunter to the small meadow where we separated from them. I could feel the happiness from our bond, it seems Thunder met with some of his old friends. I didn't share with him the bad news, I didn't want to overshadow his happiness.

            Deep in my thoughts, I did not realize until now, only Caspian is following me.

"Rya and Kay?"

CAIM'S PoV

            She is just standing and staring towards the clear.

"Are you okay?" – Shit! How can you ask the obvious? She is not okay. Pull yourself together, Caim.

"I don't really know." – Surprising me, she answered my question still staring towards the clear.

"Can we go now? I'm tired." – She asked, facing me.

            She started to walk towards me. She stopped in front of me while holding her arms up. At first, I'm in shock. My all mature sister for once is acting as her age. My lil'sissy is asking me to carry her. I easily lift her hup. She hugs me and nuzzled her way to my neck. My hold tightens around her.