The Flower and the Dragon

"You know, listening to you now, I'm questioning..." Karin flicked away the bundles of blonde curls from her face, her eyes peering at me under a quizzical squint. "Have you always been this dramatic?"

"It was just a thought!" I tried to dismiss her prodding with a fluttering hand-although it might've looked a bit eager, looking at Karin's skeptical stare. I wanted to leave it just at that, but with that glint in her eyes, she'd never let it go.

I huffed out in defeat. "It's just.. these past years, I've been wondering if fighting really makes me happy."

[in progress]