another again. ( sza x jhene )

prologue.

"this thing called "you and me" never should've happened." akemi stated, making strides towards the front door to raquelle's apartment. she was trying to keep things short and simple, leave as soon as possible so she wouldn't have to see the tears rolling down raquelle's brown face. akemi would feel less guilt that way, and the worst part was that raquelle didn't even know the whole truth. akemi sure as hell wasn't bad enough to tell her, because how the hell do you tell someone that you never wanted the relationship in the first place? that you had agreed to a title only so that you could fuck them whenever, and they had messed up your plan of being lowkey? akemi wasn't sure.

"so what if it shouldn't've happened? it did, ain't no use in going now! there's no turning back now, don't you see?" raquelle countered. honestly she was close to groveling akemi to stay. akemi was her everything, made raquelle feel like somebody for once and losing her would just confirm raquelle's fear of being insignificant. raquelle knew it was foolish of her to make things this way, but point blank, everything was riding on akemi's presence.

desperation took over raquelle when the reality of losing akemi hit her. raquelle tried pulling akemi back to the bedroom, and while akemi was small, she was strong enough to snatch her hand away. "akemi, no! don't do this, please! you can't do this to me, we been through too much to give up now. akemi, you can't!" raquelle begged.

akemi had no other choice. she tried being nice, tried to leave emotion out of it, but raquelle was annoying her with the emotional theatrics raquelle pulled so often that akemi had grown used to, and akemi felt as if raquelle was challenging her to leave. looking raquelle dead in her bloodshot eyes, she gave one last command. "watch me."

"kemi-bear," raquelle whispered, "don't." the two looked at each other, with different thoughts running through the other's heads. raquelle wondered what to do if akemi went through with it, akemi was starting to have her doubts about if this was for the best. raquelle's eyes were filled with so much sadness, so much betrayal, that akemi couldn't deal with looking in them anymore.

"raquelle, i can and i will," akemi coldly informed her. "don't wait up on me tonight, or tomorrow, or whenever you think i'm coming back, cause i'm not. and don't think that tears are gonna hold me back, cause i really don't care if you cry. you're not my problem anymore."

and with that, akemi walked out of the door without looking back once.

raquelle stood in the doorway in total disbelief, mouth agape, even after akemi's honda had zipped down the street. she still stood at the door and waited for akemi to come back, comfort her and make her feel alright once more. raquelle waited a whole twenty minutes before giving up. "she's gone. she's really gone."

a.n. - new story, all stemming from that 'living room flow' short i wrote in "musings". please tell me what you think about this, thanks.

questions, as usual...
1) why do you think they broke up?
2) what are your opinions on the characters?
3) what do you predict will happen next?