Re: Destiny- Dining Hall
Rhaef wandered into the dining hall clearing lost in thought. He may have faced down some of the most deadly people in the world, and faced some of the most trying situations a man can face both in the Hand and at Kale's side, and yet he never broke a sweat.
But now, he was sweating bullets at the thought of finally having Charlie this close. It was her that got him through the trials on Beaumonde, and he'd played this moment over and over in every way in his head and he never screwed it up. But now, that she was here, and she was real - it was very, very real and he was terrified he'd screw it up.
Taking a deep breath, he did the only thing he knew, he lit a cigarette and sat down at the table to see if anything was out of place, you know besides him in a shirt and tie, clean pants and polished boots.
It was only then that he managed to notice Kale sitting directly across from him.
"Gorram hell, where'd you come from Cap'n? He said with a sheepish grin, "guess I was a little too lost in thought for my own good, there"
He paused and looked at Kale. The man had been through the ringer before he met Rhaef and their together had been worse. Yet Kale flew into the teeth of hell and killed the most dangerous man Rhaef had ever known because he cared about him. A cast-off mutt who'd betrayed the only family he'd ever known.
It was strange but Rhaef found him speaking words that he'd thought for months now but could never get out, and now, of all times, they rolled off his tounge, like he was confessin' to a shepherd.
"Kale, I ain't never been one for sentiment or lots of spechifyin' but I got somethin' I got to say and should've said sooner" He paused, a stray tear running down his cheek. "I sorry I ran. I sorry I weren't there for you 'n Charlie, Geoff and Wei, or Red 'n Ren" he stopped choked up a bit. Rhaef knew if he'd been there on Torrance their family would not be two members short today. "I messed up, messed up gorram bad, and you still came back from me. I ain't known anyone who cared enough 'bout anyone to do that for someone, 'specially not me." He looked Kale in the eyes, and in all seriousness said, "whatever you do, wherever you go, no matter the mission, I'll be at your side, from here til the day you cut me loose, or the undertaker hauls me away." He voice was cracking but serious, "I owe you more than that, but it's all I got to give."
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