“Ok, baby… But promise me you’re gonna eat more when we get back,” Tina kissed her softly on the full lips.

“Yeah, eat I will…” A cheeky Bette returned with glee. The blonde swatted her hand lightly as if to reprimand her lover but it only made Bette laugh harder at her lover.

They packed their belongings and promptly checked out if the hotel. The journey home was fairly pleasant but Bette’s body was a lot weaker. She looked a lot weaker after the weight loss. Sometimes, she swayed a little from getting up too quickly. Lucky for her, Tina was always there to hold her steady before she can gain better stance. Besides that, the thin brunette also fell asleep through most of the flight, letting her lover gaze at her in private. Tina never felt so protective over someone. This is the first time Bette was seen as vulnerable and it made her heart grow warm at the sight of her vulnerable lover. She vowed to never hurt this sleeping bronze angel of hers. She was in love and for once she saw a real future for the both of them.

“First, last, and forever, baby…” Tina leaned over to place a lingering kiss onto Bette’s forehead.

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“Don’t lie to me again…” Her soft plea didn’t sound angry. As if… She knew.

“Bette, I- I’m sorry…” Kit moved to touch her sister’s hands clasped together as she leaned forward, elbows resting on knees, in front of the coffee table.

The younger woman just smiled lightly, absent mindedly drifting off to her own land.

“I know… Me too…” She murmured at last. The disappointment in Bette’s voice didn’t go unnoticed by her elder sister and it pained her more to evoke such emotion from her sibling.

Their relationship, growing up, was fairly normal with Bette always looking up to her elder sister and seeking her approval all the time. Bette first came out to Kit and she loved her baby sister for doing so, mainly because she knew Melvin would be so much angrier with the knowledge that Kit already privy to this scandalous secret. As Bette grew into a woman, Kit’s own problems made her fall back and become the younger and more dependant one of the two. It changed their dynamics as siblings and for a while Kit avoided her younger sister for that. Kit didn’t like the feeling of disappointing Bette, her younger and more successful sister who used to look up to her. She wanted so much to be taking care of her sister and gaining her respect back and now it seemed like she was back to square one again.