𝐧𝐨 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞

Kazuhira Miller

i told you to stay in the house.

you do not kill something just to kill.

it's a thing i don't like to think about.

i'm a little mad at you.

a poem would be a better way to say goodbye.

this is private property.

this is who you are now.

oh, good. you're awake.

i can't sleep. i just can't. i've been lying there awake, all night.

i know how much they meant to you.

that's just what they say so you can try and live with yourself.

before, i was always afraid.

it's the most beautiful thing i've ever seen in my whole life.

guess i don't have much choice in the matter.

i have one of those faces.

i need to know that when i tell you something, i can trust you to listen.

it's just sometimes i wonder what it'd be like. to be out there.

that's the nice thing about books. you can experience all different people and all sorts of places through them.

you and i both know how that'll go.

no deer's gonna come anywhere near us if you don't sit sill.

we'll make some hot chocolate.

i think we might be lost.

i hope you're wrong about that. i really do.

what do you know about raising kids anyway?

sorry about the gun. sorry for scaring you.

you can stay forever if you want.

i should've ended it a long time ago, but i didn't.

we disagreed regarding whether or not that garbage could be considered coffee.

my high school guidance counselor said i was a poor conversationalist.

is someone gonna miss you?

sorry. that was uncalled for.

this world, it'll tear the guts right out of you. as you well know. but this isn't all there is.

i wasn't invited. i didn't want to crash the party.

i don't know why i'm telling you all this. i guess there was no one else to tell.

you probably think i'm pathetic.

it sounds kind of lovely, actually.

i'm scared because you're scard.

i want to keep you safe. that's all.

why would you do that?

we're not going anywhere near that place.

you should be ashamed of yourself.

want me to stay? help you keep watch here?

you could go somewhere. move. start over.

i knew you'd come back.