25.May.14, 08:18 PM
T’ryn glanced at R’nd when the arm went around him and he had, indeed, tensed up. It was a friendly gesture and one R’nd had actually done once before after a class before Impression as he answered a final question that had been burning on his tongue all class. The bluerider was so easy to like and get along with that it seemed natural to chat with him casually and despite his yearning for R’nd to know who he was, it had still been a comfortable situation at that time. Now, it seemed different. T’ryn couldn’t explain why but had a feeling it had something to do with it still feeling friendly and not at all fatherly. Not that he had any idea what that should have looked or felt like or even if he wanted it. Something just seemed off but gradually he eased up, chiding himself for over-thinking it all.
“Yeah… mom’s been anxious about the meeting since I told her I told you,” that hadn’t been easy to do but he knew he had to do it before she learned through gossip. Telerii had worried that R’nd was angry or denied him, no matter how many times T’ryn went over the details of his spontaneous confession. She seemed convinced he was still the young man she had fallen for so long ago and wouldn’t want to discuss anything serious let alone the sort of commitment that came with being a father. Still, T’ryn saw that she seemed a bit happy as well, as if a weight had been lifted. He wasn’t sure why she thought that since she wasn’t the one that had grown up as a secret and had to put up with glances and occasional comments from kids he grew up with and even some adults. Though, he supposed since his parents still kept in touch and were friendly – sometimes too much so given whatever it was R’nd had with B’jin – she likely felt bad for keeping such a secret from him as well.
A thought occurred to T’ryn as they continued their casual meandering from the hall to the open space of the gathering area and the young bronze weyrling came to a halt. He stepped out of R’nd’s light embrace that had lingered on his shoulders and glanced up to the look the bluerider in the eye to catch his reaction. “Are you mad at her?” If anything, R’nd had only looked terrified and relieved at intervals during their little family get together but T’ryn needed to know if R’nd held any sort of grudge against either of them for keeping the secret or revealing it.
“Yeah… mom’s been anxious about the meeting since I told her I told you,” that hadn’t been easy to do but he knew he had to do it before she learned through gossip. Telerii had worried that R’nd was angry or denied him, no matter how many times T’ryn went over the details of his spontaneous confession. She seemed convinced he was still the young man she had fallen for so long ago and wouldn’t want to discuss anything serious let alone the sort of commitment that came with being a father. Still, T’ryn saw that she seemed a bit happy as well, as if a weight had been lifted. He wasn’t sure why she thought that since she wasn’t the one that had grown up as a secret and had to put up with glances and occasional comments from kids he grew up with and even some adults. Though, he supposed since his parents still kept in touch and were friendly – sometimes too much so given whatever it was R’nd had with B’jin – she likely felt bad for keeping such a secret from him as well.
A thought occurred to T’ryn as they continued their casual meandering from the hall to the open space of the gathering area and the young bronze weyrling came to a halt. He stepped out of R’nd’s light embrace that had lingered on his shoulders and glanced up to the look the bluerider in the eye to catch his reaction. “Are you mad at her?” If anything, R’nd had only looked terrified and relieved at intervals during their little family get together but T’ryn needed to know if R’nd held any sort of grudge against either of them for keeping the secret or revealing it.