Relaxing

"Never mess with the dead Sirius. They earned their rest. Let them have it."

Sirius nodded. "Sorry."

Riza ruffled his hair. "Good kid."

Sirius again froze at Riza touching him.

"Scaring him."

"Sorry." He removed his hand

Sirius put his head down. "S'okay."

Riza stood in silence before walking to te ocean and sitting in the water


Rosentan looked at Sirius. "You feeling better?"

"What do you mean feeling better?" He asked, confused.

Maynin couldn't help it, she sat down next to Riza. "Hey, you alright? You don't have to say anything."

"Ummm...you know what? Never mind."

"I'm.......alive." He said simply

"Sometimes that's not enough, there are things worse then death."

"Tell me about it..."

"Yeah... so, want me to leave you alone or...?"

"Doesn't matter to me either way."

Maynin sighed. "You're very confusing. What's wrong?"

Riza stayed silent for a moment. "How do I put this..."

"Any way you want." She replied.

Riza motioned to the trickle of blood flowing from underneath his coat

"Were you...hurting yourself?" She asked, concerned.

Riza shook his head. "Repentence."

"Still, you shouldn't do that. Believe me, I know, and no one was around to tell me to stop." She looked at him. "Is it really that hard to forgive yourself?"

"Forgiveness is for the worthy. I have yet to prove myself as anything but a killer."

"Well, anyone who has a family is worthy of something, right? And you're not just a killer, your a father and friend."

"That doesn't count for much. If someone killed Sirius would you care if they had a family or friends?"

Maynin couldn't help but be honest. "Nope. I'd rip them apart slowly before making them kill each other." She grinned. "But the right thing to do would be confront them, forgive, and wait for the kid to come back."

"My family hasn't forgiven me either."