New Dawn
This is Part 2 to Some Changes Are Needed*
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When Lilith opened the door, Corbin gave her a small, uncharacteristically sincere smile. Corbin fidgeted slightly, making him seem nervous.
"Uh... hi?" Lilith said, wondering why he stopped out of the blue.
"Hey..." Corbin said quietly, the word slightly drawn out. Lilith frowned- that was unlike Corbin.
"Wha-"
"You cut your hair," Corbin said, cutting her off. He gestured for Lilith to continue.
"Yeah. Just now, acutally," Lilith said, flustered. "Would you like to come inside?" She sweeped her arm across Corbin's view of the room.
"Sure," Corbin said, tentatively stepping into her house. As they made their way over to the couch, Lilith wondered what made Corbin want to come over.
"So... what did you need?"
"What makes you think that I need anything?" Corbin asked, shocked.
"I don't know, maybe the fact that every time you've come over you've asked for something? Or are you here because something bad happened and you don't want to tell me?"
"What?"
"Don't think I haven't noticed how you keep on wringing your hands together." She pointed to his hands which were wrung together so tight that it looked like it hurt. "I pick up on these kinds of things, you know? I am your friend after all. So, spill."
"Fine. My parents kicked me out and I was wondering if you would be willing to let me stay here. I can pay for rent and groceries. Anything you need." His eyes looked down at the floor and he shook his head. "I knew this would be pointless, I just wanted to try."
"You can stay here." His head snapped up.
"Really? This isn't some sort of trick?"
"No. No trick. One thing though."
"What is it?"
"Rent is $325 per month."
"That cheap?"
"Yep. Because we are sharing this house, I am halving the rent for you."
"Thanks." His voice seemed pleasantly surprised and sincere.
Time jump
After moving Corbin into the room down the hall, Lilith went back into her bedroom and looked at her messages. Most of them consisted of 'Where were you?' and 'Why didn't you show?' but there was the occasional rude remark about how someone knew she wouldn't show because she was herself and whatnot.
She looked at the messages from her partner and immediately saw the one that said 'You didn't show? You are so rude to me and our friends. We are through.' As soon as she read that, she laughed.
"Wow," She mumbled. "I don't show up for one date and we are through. I guess they really didn't care about me." She fell asleep after a few minutes of lying down.
Lilith woke up to the tantalizing smell of baked goods. When she got downstairs, her jaw dropped at the sheer amount of pastries and danishes on the counter. Corbin sat at the counter drinking a cup of coffee and eating a cheese danish.
"Hey," Corbin said. "I decided to make breakfast. I hope that's okay?"
"Okay? This is amazing!" Lilith responded. "How did you have time to make all of this?" She asked, grabbing one of the danishes and pouring herself a cup of warm water for her tea.
"I wake up early," was Corbin's only reply.
"Oh," Lilith said, surprised. She looked at the clock, wondering what time it was. "I've got to go to my university. Don't burn the place down while I'm gone, alright?"
Another time jump
After her classes, Lilith headed back to her house. When she got there, she checked to see if Corbin was home. He wasn't. Good.
She went into her bathroom and looked into the mirror. The cuts on her arms weren't healing as quickly as she would've hoped. In fact, they were bright red.
Corbin walked into Lilith's bedroom, wondering where she could've gone. The adjoining bathroom door was open so he took his chances. When he walked in, he wasn't expecting to be greeted by Lilith holding a blade up to her arm.
"Hey, what're you doing?" She pressed the blade against her skin, having not heard Corbin. "Lilith! Stop! Please!" Corbin's voice broke slightly on the last word. Still, Lilith couldn't hear him.
The last thing that Lilith saw before she blacked out was Corbin reaching for her shoulder.
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Hi. So yes this one is somewhat more angsty than the last one at the end. Here is some clarification on the 2nd part: Corbin and Lilith are friends, but Corbin moved away a year or two back; Lilith is Pansexual and her partner is agender. And, Lilith has clinical depression. Peace.
