RUN IN THE SHADOWS.

kaydel didn't know what could have been a worse option - having him know exactly who she was and be everything that she was afraid he was? knowing that she had felt something strong for a person who had only been leading her on in hopes of killing her? or ... whatever this was right now, where he looked at her no different than a stranger. she took a step backwards, almost feeling like she'd been punched in the stomach. "oh," was all she could manage, feeling almost humiliated right now. she knew she was right, but the fact she couldn't even get him to admit they knew each other? "i can't believe you. you're so much worse than i ever could have imagined." / @gardenlead

"mike," she echoed, with a small nod of her head and trying to feel the way that it felt on her tongue. it was a common name, of course, but there was something that felt familiar about it. in a way that she could feel like she'd said it before, even though she didn't have any recollection of knowing someone with that name. "we have been friends before ... you and me?" she asked, trying to put together whatever thoughts were coming to her. "i don't know why i would not remember you." / @gardenlead

"sokka?" she asked, genuinely surprised to see him at the coffee shop, sitting up slightly where she was and trying to adjust herself. it wasn't that they were on bad terms after everything that had happened, but considering she was here with the hopes of meeting up with someone - and now her ex was here, that definitely threw a wrench into her plans. "what a weirdly coincidental surprise. did you ... want to sit down or something?" @lavendaers

"you ever have one of those moments when you find out you've had so much chaos going on in your life that once it stops ... you realize that you really have nothing at all going on?" she said aloud, not caring too much about how else she might have been perceived. it was weirdly unsettling to mindy, that her life had gone from woodsboro killing fever and stab excitement to just going to actual classes. / @gardenlead

it felt like every couple of seconds she was checking her watch, as the night shift just dragged on and on without any end to it. when it was finally getting late enough that she could start closing up, that's when she heard the door chime. "sorry, the shop's closing in like ten minutes. feel free to browse until then, but won't be able to help you out much following that," she called out as she noticed the figure come through the door and linger around in the front of the store. / @empathiie

"are you alright? last i remember, things had started to get pretty crazy back home, wasn't sure if any of that chaos managed to find it's way here as well," mindy asked as she greeted the other girl. considering how much tara seemed to like amber, mindy assumed she must've been pretty okay, tara seemed like a good judge of character. "have you been here long?" / @strawbrryrush

"are you here for the class?" suki asked as she started rummaging through her bag to find the keys to the studio, noticing that someone was lingering outside the door. the self defense classes usually managed to bring in the regular clients, but considering how quickly word of mouth managed to travel around the city, she was never surprised to see new people. "it should be starting in about thirty minutes, if you are." / @hiddenpxpercuts

ask meme / not accepting

"well, there's your problem to start with - why are you trusting me to point you in the right direction when i've never even been over here before," khaze replied, looking back and forth between the couple of buildings that he swore looked exactly the same. "you're more than welcome to find your own directions, however."