SEE ME 『 PETER BALLARD 』

02

╭ one by one each child got escorted to their room. of course i had to be the last one. peter and i walked in a comfortable silence, surrounded by the green flickering lights and the sounds of peters shoes against the hard floor.

we got to my room and he opened the door for me. "let's talk more tomorrow y/n." he said in a quiet voice and a smile. "sure, goodnight peter." i replied with a smile. he said goodnight and walked off into the hallway.

i stare at the ceiling rethinking everything that happened today. then i remember a conversation i had with eleven a few weeks ago.

flashback
y/nspov
"why can't he see me eleven, i think he hates me i really do."

"he doesn't hate you two i promise, maybe he doesn't want to make you uncomfortable or something."

but i just didn't know the truth

flashback from that same week
elevens pov
"two is quite pretty don't you think?" peter says to me while looking at her. a wave of joy hits me, my best friend of my whole life, she has no idea he says these things about her. "oh yes of course, you still never talked to her." i tease. "mm i know, i don't want to scare her away, she's very timid." he reply's while looking away from her.
end of flashback

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today i have training. my favorite type of training in fact, but i have not seen my usual trainer today so i may have a different one. usually the trainer arrives shortly after breakfast. i play with the hem of my sweatshirt as i wait for training. soon enough, i hear a knock on my door, followed by the knock peter walks in.

"good morning two." he grins and my face grows warm. "good morning peter, are you training me?" i ask and turn my head in confusion. "yes dear, the rest of them are caught up with your other siblings so i hope i'm good enough." he smiles. "oh okay of course." i reply. he doesn't have his usual happy look on his face, instead he looks concerned. "alright let's get started." as he gets all the equipment set up, he moves my hair out of the way. his cold hands brush my neck and send shivers down my spine. i close my eyes and prepare for our first lesson. "what do you see two?" he says while drawing on the paper. i take a few seconds to process what i see. "i see a heart." i hesitate to say. "very well two." we continue our lessons until the end of the training period.

"two, can i ask you something?" he looks at me with a gloomy look. "of course." i reply as he puts his large hand on my knee. "if you ever...want to le- "done with training two?" dr brenner walks in and interrupts. "yes we just finished papa." i reply acting like nothing happened. peter also acts like nothing happened as he gathers everything together. dr brenner and peter walk out and i'm left alone to figure out what he wanted to say.

after all our activities and lessons for the day, we finally make it to free time. and of course i go straight to eleven to catch up. we have our usual gossip but i hesitate to tell her what happened. maybe it's not a good idea. "are you okay two?" she asks me. "yeah just thinking." i reply with a small smile. i look up and fix my posture to see peter looking at me already. he nods and smiles before looking away. i wonder how any of us even got here, what would it be like if we weren't here?

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i promise i'll start making the chapters longer i just wanna make this as good as possible 😕