Game of Thrones: Not So Different – Arya
Chapter 5 of my Game of Thrones collaboration with Marina Ka-Fai, enjoy.
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Chapter 5
Despite her own guilt, Sansa couldn't get the expression on Gendry's face when he spoke of Arya and her current situation out of her mind.
'That look, he...does he really care about Arya that way?' She wondered. 'They've been friends for a while now but...Gods, after everything I did, should I really be getting mixed up in this?'
Even as she thought about it however; she felt she owed it to Arya. After everything she'd done, she's have to make things right. She knew Arya was notoriously private and probably wouldn't appreciate things at first, if they ever reconciled, but in the long run, it surely would help.
Sansa bit her lip. 'The way they've been acting for so long, I'm sure that they surely feel the same way...'
She still wondered how to approach the situation; especially after everything she had done, especially to Arya.
"Sansa?"
She turned to see Bran there.
"Oh, Bran..."
"Are you alright?" He asked.
Sansa sighed. "I just...I feel horrible, after everything that happened. I, I should've..."
Bran raised an eyebrow. "Why did you do it Sansa?"
"I; I can't go into it right now." She replied. "I will, somehow, but, right now, I need to think. There's something I need to do."
Bran was confused, but nodded slowly and Sansa let out a slow breath.
She decided to take the chance and try to talk to him right now. So, she made her way through the house, finally finding Gendry, just as he was about to leave.
"Gendry, hold on a moment." She called out.
He turned and then tensed when he saw her. "Oh, Sansa."
She saw his reaction. 'I deserved that, he has every right to be upset with me, after what I did...'
Taking a slow, careful breath she spoke. "I need to talk to you."
"What about?" He asked carefully.
"Arya…"
She saw it, the way his expression tightened.
Sure enough his response was cold. "I think you've done enough, regarding Arya."
"Maybe you're right, and I deserve every bit of that." She replied softly. "But please, hear me out..."
He glared at her for a moment. 'What is she even doing, after all she did, she was the worst of them all, the things she did to Arya...No wonder she tried to kill herself. If I hadn't...'
Gendry shuddered at the thought of that, scared of what might have happened had he been too late.
'Nevertheless, the look on Sansa's face, the ways she's acting, what she said...' He wondered. "Alright, fine, what do you have to say?"
He couldn't deny he was intrigued, especially since she actually, genuinely looked sorry.
So he relented and waited to hear what Sansa had to say.
"I...I can't speak for Arya of course, but I'm hopeful..." She said. "I...I've noticed, the way you've been acting lately, especially about Arya."
Gendry raised an eyebrow. "What do you mean, what's your point?"
Sansa sighed. "You care about her...as in, more than a friend."
Gendry froze, shocked that, of all people, the one who hurt Arya the most had seen through him so easily.
"What, I..." He stammered.
Sansa shook her head. "I can see it, you love her, don't you?"
He sighed at last but nodded. "Yeah...Yeah I do; I was coming to tell her, and to try and offer her support after...everything that was happening."
Sansa grimaced but nodded.
Gendry sighed. "But then I saw her, lying there, the blood...Why did you ask, it's so pointless now..."
"No, it's not." Sansa insisted. "It's more important than ever now. If anyone can truly help Arya return to her old self, to the way she should be...it's you. You just have to tell her the truth...when she's ready for it."
Gendry was dubious, but nodded in agreement, hoping that Sansa was right, especially as he realized now Sansa was indeed genuinely sorry.
Meanwhile, Ned and Cat were in the kitchen, Ned had found Cat there, looking worried, lost in thought.
"Cat?" He asked, worried.
Cat looked up and bit her lip. "Ned; I...I've been thinking, all this that happened before, with Arya. We all made mistakes, but, I feel, I feel like something isn't right."
He sat down next to her, he had his own thoughts, concerns, but hearing Cat, he wondered, was she thinking about the same lines as him.
"What exactly do you mean?" He asked worriedly.
"I just, feel like someone did all this, deliberately." She said at last. "It was like, someone set this all up for some reason."
Ned tensed. "Gods, Cat, that's...I've been wondering that too, but, who would do something like this, and why?"
Cat shook her head. "I don't know."
Still, the very revelation left them horrified. Someone was trying to ruin them all and had nearly caused the death of their baby girl.
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