The Amell Legacy: Transgressions

[Haliel Lightsong]

Haliel goes very, very still aside from her suddenly widening eyes. 

[Marian Hawke]

Marian pulls back, then, looking at her toes. Idiot! She's straight! "Sorry, sorry, I'm so sorry, I won't, I'm sorry, I'll just, I'll just get dressed and go, I'm sorry,"

[Haliel Lightsong]

"You kissed me?" Haliel asks blankly, trying to figure out if that really happened. I... got kissed? By Marian? I thought... that was... I got kissed?

[Marian Hawke]

"I'm so sorry, I'll just," she stammers, grabbing her tunic. The leggings and panties aren't necessary, really. She pulls it on over her head. Stupid! Alydrans don't care but Asteans do, maybe Bastionites do too. You should have asked! 

[Haliel Lightsong]

Lightsong shakes her head then, trying to focus. "Wha- wait, where are you going? I- did you not want to- I am very confused." Normally very serene, the tone of uncertainty, no, the note of almost pained unease is very jarring in the aasimar's voice. "Marian, w-what happened?"

[Marian Hawke]

"I-- I'm sorry, I'm a, I'm a deviant, I'm, no, sorry, sapphic, the word is sapphic, for what I am, it's... it's natural, they tell me, but, if you're offended I, I'm sorry." she stammers 

[Haliel Lightsong]

"Sapphic? Is that- like a sapphire?" Yeah, evidently Lightsong never got that lesson. "I am not- I don't- offended? I just I don't understand what- what just- you were upset and staring and then kissed me and then you- and now you're running away and I thought- what did I do?"

[Marian Hawke]

"I-- No, I-- Sapphic is, um, a female that, um, you know... loves... females." She swallows. "I. Um. You're very. Pretty."

[Haliel Lightsong]

That gets Haliel's intense focus. "Love? You... love me?" she asks in a timid voice.

[Marian Hawke]

"I-- I mean-- I'm-- interested in you," she stammers. "I m-m-might, I don't-- it's-- you're-- I want you."

[Haliel Lightsong]

Oh. Might? Interested? Want? "Wait- is this about sex?" she asks abruptly, brow furrowing, a ball of dread and hurt starting to form in her stomach.

[Marian Hawke]

"Y-yes?"

[Haliel Lightsong]

Pain fills her eyes and Haliel wraps an arm around her stomach. "Oh," she says dully. She just... is that all she... Did she ever even like me? Consider me a friend? Ray Twinstream warned me about people that would be nice in order to get sex but... I didn't understand...

[Marian Hawke]

And there it is -- the disgust, the repulsion. "I'm sorry," she whispers. "I really did like you. I... I'll miss your friendship, but I understand if you can't... can't... someone like me. Please take care of yourself."

Lump forming in her throat, she turns and rushes for the door, leaving her leggings and smallclothes behind. 

[Haliel Lightsong]

Haliel stares for a few seconds, confused. Did like me? And she- I don't see a hint of a lie so- "Marian, wait!" she shouts, rushing after her.