What exactly where these strange feelings that were bubbling up inside of Eric's mind and heart? Where they merely sibling love or were they something darker like lust and desire? Or could these feelings be something else completely? It was probably rather pathetic how hard of a time he was having figuring out what these feelings and emotions meant and try as he might he couldn't make heads or tails of any of them, he felt so confused and lost, but there was one thing he knew for certain and that was that he wanted to stay near Caillen and he wanted to keep touching her....<br/><br/>It seemed that Caillen was having difficulty with her own feelings as well, and perhaps was just as confused as he was. She was hesitating but she wasn't pulling away or telling him to stop... Should he continue? He wasn't sure if he could stop even if he wanted to. "You're calling me a 'weird thing'?" he asked with a small chuckle while his right hand smoothly glided over his sister's flat stomach. Was he flirting with her or just teasing her? Even he wasn't quite sure. It was strange how quickly his mood had flipped from being down and depressed to excited and curious. Well, there was still a fair amount of depression contained within him but he was doing his best to ignore it. Maybe that was why these feelings were so strong, maybe he was using them as a way to ignore his pain. Maybe...<br/><br/>So lost in these actions was he that Eric didn't notice their parents entering the kitchen and when he finally did he jumped a bit in surprise and pulled his hands away from Caillen as though he had been caught doing something incredibly wrong and would be facing the scorn of their mother and father. It took a moment or two for him to remember that only Caillen could see him and his arms slipped back around her waist once again. It wasn't long before their parents and left and the siblings were alone together in the kitchen and in turn his grip around his sister's waist tightened a bit more.<br/><br/>"The dishes can wait for a bit, can't they? They're not going anywhere..." the brother said softly while his right hand began to slowly and bravely ease downward. "I... I don't know what these feelings are, I'm not sure what I'm feeling but... Right or wrong I don't want these feelings to go away. I haven't felt this content in such a long time. The warmth I feel from you, the life I feel from you, I don't want to let it go... What are you feeling...?"