chapter 17: caged

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"P-please don't stress about it, president.  I promise...you seriously never make me feel bad in any way!" I exclaim, trying to comfort the seemingly troubled woman next to me.  She stays silent for a second before making eye contact again, "I'm just worried that I may lose you.  I'm not good with personal boundaries and such; therefore, I don't know when I should or shouldn't distance myself." I try to reassure her again, "President, I'll always be your secretary! I really do enjoy my job-" I stop short, feeling her hand grasp mine.

"No, Sayaka, that's not it... I'm worried that I'll lose you as a friend.  However, I'm rather confused with my emotions regarding our relationship right now." she continues, "Throughout my life, I've had little to no friends besides my sister, of course.  But when it comes to you, I feel perplexed and I feel the need to protect you from the world.  Perhaps it's because I'm a bit older than you that I feel the need to provide emotional and physical security to you..?" she sighs, "Sayaka, what is this feeling?  I don't understand."

It's honestly somewhat heartbreaking to see the strong and powerful president who lets no one influence her be so lost with these complex human emotions.  It's no wonder she's like this.  I cannot even imagine what she went through as a child.  The elders in her clan are absolutely horrifying.  No one is born the way she and her sister are born.  People see her as a power-hungry monster who gets off on making others suffer.  However, that was the only way she knows how to live since she was most likely taught those standards from birth.  She was set up for a life of devouring others from the very minute she was born.  She's living a completely different life than normal people.  She lives in a competitive world full of power that must be so unimaginably exhausting to keep up with.  I need to save her from that hell.

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