– Frey Starlight's Pov –
Home…
I was sitting at a table with the people I had longed to see more than anything else.
Each of them welcomed me with a warm smile ..
a smile I had nearly forgotten after all this time.
"I'm home."
My mind went completely blank, consumed by the moment I had wished for so desperately.
"It's been hard, hasn't it?"
my mother said, placing a hand gently on my back as she sat beside me, trying to comfort me.
I opened my mouth to respond ..
but no words came out.
I didn't even know what to say.
I simply nodded, lowering my head.
I'd held back those buried emotions until the very end ..
the ones clawing their way to the surface, threatening to explode at any second.
"It was hard… so incredibly hard…"
I looked down at myself, afraid of how much I had changed.
But there was no need for that fear ..
my family accepted me instantly, just as they always had.
That warmth I had missed for so long…
"I suffered so much…
