#(we lp)

" I'm hurting and help is beyond me."

There's something going on with you mentally. You haven't told anyone because you don't want to drag them down with you. It kills you on the daily and you feel like you're falling apart, however, nobody's noticed. You feel like you should be thankful for that, but it just hurts more. You feel selfish and weak for wanting help, yet something deep and knotted beneath your diaphragm is screaming to let go of the pain and let someone else handle it for a while.

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      Tord had hunted down that license plate and found the place he       needed to be. He had his hood up over his head and a half mask       on his face as he motioned some of his men to follow as they snuck       into the place where his boyfriend was taken to. Golden eyes looked       around quietly trying to find what room Tom was in, Getting some       of the soldiers to check as well and shoot whoever they found that       was not Tom.

      Death was never a familiar sensation, no matter how many times it swept over Clancy like an icy blanket, smothering out the flame that burned inside him. He knew he needed to stop using blood magic, it was literally killing him, rotting his body from the inside out, but he didn’t stop; he couldn’t, not in his eyes. If he stopped mutating and poisoning himself with the forbidden form of magic, he risked being discovered by the Templars and his father who hunted him. Either way, he would be dead.

      So far, he had died exactly four times. Two were in his sleep, one was from his heart giving out, and the other was...he wasn’t sure. One minute he was walking through the woods of the Hinterlands, and the next he was waking up on the ground, gasping for air.

      This time, it was his heart again. A hand flew up to clutch his chest, breath catching in his throat while a terrible pain swept over him. The mage staggered and fell against a tree, eyes bulging and other hand fumbling for his satchel. He just needed a potion, that’s all and he would be okay, but damn it! All he had were lyrium potions, essentially useless bottles of shit. He gasped and wheezed as he slid down the trunk of the tree, hand tangled with his robes, tears filling his eyes, and then—

Seriously. If Shido can gaslight Futaba into thinking she killed her own mother with a single note, then God only knows what kind of hell he wreaked on Goro. Over two and a half fucking years of close contact, at that.

Leaf just smiled cheekily as Green began rambling about how annoying she is. The girl felt pretty damn proud of herself when he went on about her being able to get under his skin and beat him in battles.

...

But Leaf REALLY didn’t expect what Green had to say next.

He...found it hot that she could kick his ass...and he’s been wanting to kiss her?

The brunette felt her face turn a bright red; her hands nervously gripped at her bag’s strap as she fidgeted slightly. What...What was she supposed to say to that? She asked this as a joke.

...

Did he love her? Or did he just find her attractive?

Leaf felt her heart thud harder and faster, beautiflies stirring in her stomach. The girl was bad with romantic emotions, she hated how dumb it made her especially with Green...

“I-I..” she squeaked before clearing her throat to try and play off the sudden high pitched tone of voice. “Heh, I um..Guess it’s only fair if I say how I feel too...”

“I find you unbearably annoying as well but I can’t help but love that about you because you give me a challenge. I love to annoy you because no one else teases you back and I find your reactions hysterical. I love being able to get you to blush because I think you’re really cute, even though you can be a jerk. But sometimes you say shit that makes me want punch you in your face b-but then snatch you by your collar and kiss you hard. I call you an idiot, but not in a bad way because you’re my idiot and I wouldn’t want i-it any other way because...” Leaf paused, biting her lip.

The girl wrapped her arms around her sides and gripped her shirt. Is she really fucking saying this!? Leaf couldn’t look at Green anymore and forced her gaze to the ground.

“Arceus d-dammit, because I LIKE you. Okay--!? I-I have for a long time. I think you’re cute, I think you’re hot. I love you’re cheeky attitude and that stupid smirk you always have.” Leaf sighed, feeling almost out of breath and also as if she were going to puke. “Ugh..I..Said a little t-too much..” she muttered to herself.