catpiper: (between the a and the q damn it)
Ren "Renothy Cat" ([personal profile] catpiper) wrote in [community profile] aftr_stories 2017-12-22 02:31 am (UTC)

[She had asked.

The question why had come out of her mouth without a second thought, stemming from a desire to understand the nature of what happened in that dark world.

But as he responds, she's not sure she wants to know the answer. Doesn't want to know why they couldn't sit on the floor together and hold hands instead of him bashing and her hurting and attacking and-

She doesn't want to sit. Sitting means she can't run if the answer is scary. It means she has to stay there-here-in this dreamscape unable to hide. Unable to run out of the fire's light and wake up in a place far away from a baseball bat that was once stained with so much blood. Shaken by his memory, it's difficult to oblige his request and the only reason she entertains the idea is the far kinder memory she has of him.

Of his smile.

Of how he tried to smile for her that day.

And because of that, she can make an attempt for him. For her own comfort, she takes a few steps back, sits on the ground and waits.
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