My Identity V One Shots

Edgar and Vera

"Did you hear?" I turn towards Vera who is standing under my doorway. Blocking my path. I sigh and shift my weight onto my other foot, giving her a look to continue on. "Well," she pauses, "rumor is there is a new hunter. I heard our group is going against him next game." Vera is one of the few people to call those things hunters.

"Whatever that monster is I'm sure they won't be too much a problem to deal with." I walk past her, ignoring her glare. "There is always a way." I can hear her following after me but I ignore that as well. Talking to one another like that is useless. We should be preparing ourselves for the games, not chit-chatting

"I don't understand why you aren't worried about this." She grabs my hand to stop me from continuing on walking. Instantly I snatch my hand away from her and wipe my hand on my clothes.

"Don't touch me, Vera. You disgust me." I glare at her trying to make her back down. She just glares back at me equally and grabs my hand again this time more fierce.

"Fine forget the new hunter but there is something else we need to talk about." I stop, knowing what she wants to talk about. No, it didn't happen, I only did it to make sure I didn't get caught by the monster chasing us. So he didn't find us in our hiding spot.

I turn my head away from her, suddenly feeling shameful of myself. "There's nothing to speak of, now let me go, vermin!" I try to take my hand away again but she doesn't budge. Instead, she glares at me even more. I take in a deep breath and hold it for a few seconds. I really don't want to talk about this.

Vera sighs. "Edgar you kissed me last game, I'm sure we have plenty to talk about." When I don't answer her she just sighs and lets go of my hand. I cross my arms together and take a step back from her. I wish I could just leave, this is so annoying. "Edgar." I look over at Vera, her dark eyes staring at me intently. I turn away again. "Why did you do it?"

"There is no 'why' you were making too much noise, like the rat you are, so I had to do something to shut you up." I huff out refusing to look at her as I speak. "I didn't need the monster finding us just because you were being stupid."

"You could have just covered my mouth with your hand, you know?" I can feel her stare at me as I remain silent. That...hadn't come to mind when it happened. I choose to keep that to myself and remain silent. The kiss was nothing more than for survival. "Edgar stop being so difficult and talk to me." She sounds annoyed. Still, I have nothing to admit to her. If she thinks I like her then she's poorly mistaken. She is barely above the rodents in the manor to me.

"I have nothing more to say on this matter. I'll be leaving now, we have another game to prepare for." I need to see more. I need to make true art. I'll be damned if I let anyone get in my way.

I turn to leave the room and meet up with the rest of my teammates. Vera though grabs me roughly, pulls me down to her, and forces a kiss. I stop breathing, suddenly feeling very anxious and lightheaded. My mind goes haywire, it's hard to think about anything. I need to pull away. I have to stop this. This isn't right. I...

After a moment she stops and steps back to look at me. I don't even want to think about the look on my face. I cough and stand up straight, fix up my shirt. "I would appreciate it if you didn't touch me. I am much too proper for your touch." Even I know I sound ridiculous, but how else am I to redeem myself?

Vera laughs and touches my shoulder. I pull back, not wanting her to touch me anymore. "It's alright Edgar, I got my answer already." She smiles up at me. "We should head back to the others now. We do have a game to prepare for."

Wait, what? That was it? And what did she mean by she had her answer? "Answer to what exactly?" I ask feeling confused and oddly anxious. She just giggles as she leaves the room and heads to the others.

I guess I won't know till after the games. Pity.

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