Your Dark Stars - Highschool K/DA x Male Reader

091 - Memories can kill

"Hey you two," the two of them stand at the entrance of the building, Ahri all smiles but Evelynn is just shooting her gaze everywhere that isn't on me.

Ahri then walks up, giving me a quick hug, "Glad to see you."

"How was the trip?"

Evelynn remarks, "Horrid."

Ahri chuckles awkwardly, "It could have been a bit better I suppose," I then gesture for them to walk in, Evelynn doesn't really have a reaction at all as Ahri is just shooting her gaze all over the place.

"I mean I can give it to her, she knows what looks good."

Evelynn then asks, "Where are the other two?"

"Breakfast," I state, "I was busy cooking something to eat but didn't really expect the two of you to be here this early so I will cook up something for the two of you - just hop straight to the kitchen which is down there if you want to."

Evelynn is acting pretty cold, she then walks past the two of us as Ahri only sighs.

"Bad mood?" I look at her.

"The two of us are pretty angry at each other right now. I think I struck a nerve and this is just her way of getting back at me," she shakes her head, "Would you talk to her for me? I tried to get through to her but it isn't really doing much other than making her more distant."

"I guess I can try," I lift my gaze from Ahri as I furrow my brow, "Not really something I want to sit with, meant to relax and have fun for the weekend."

"Sorry," she apologizes with a weak smile as if she really had to say sorry for something out of her control.

"Are you okay?"

She nods, "Don't worry about me, I am fine."

I have been hearing it from both of them even more and more - it doesn't make me feel any more confident and want to press my nose in places where it doesn't belong. Maybe the way I approach them needs to be more forceful.

Being me... the way I want to go about it will probably just not work.

I show her towards the kitchen before I take over from Kai'Sa who was just holding it down for me. The four of them break into their little conversations but Evelynn is mostly talking with Akali and Kai'Sa with Ahri.

I think the two of them can tell that there is a bit of... pain between the two of them.

I finish making breakfast, having to do more because I really didn't expect the two of them to be here this early - I sit down at the table with the rest of them but by the time I got to make my own food they are all done.

Kai'Sa then asks, "Want to look around?"

Ahri lights up, "Obviously, this place is already breathtaking."

Akali then looks at me but Evelynn interrupts her stating, "I'll help with the dishes."

I shoot Akali a look that she recognizes. I mean it isn't exactly hard to tell that there is something wrong. The three of them disappear as I finish my breakfast and Evelynn has her eyes locked on her phone.

"You okay?" I ask.

"Fine," she nods, then looks at me, "Thanks for breakfast, kinda needed something to redeem the weekend a little bit."

I lift myself, "That bad?"

"Don't really want to talk about it either," she grabs the plates and walks it to the sink, I glance at her through the corner of my eye as she only shoots me this annoyed look, "No, don't even try to ask I don't want someone else to work on all my nerves."

"I didn't say anything," I chuckle.

"I am not that stupid, you know that right?"

"Who said you were stupid?" she growls at me as I focus my attention on the dishes, "Place is actually pretty nice," I change the subject for now, "Should have seen it before it changed into this, the gothic feel was kinda nice but I prefer something more modern like this."

"It suits it better," she states.

We then break into silence, she isn't really doing an effort to make this conversation any better. We finish with the dishes I ask her, "Want to get your room?"

"Sure."

We walk back to the front door, and she grabs her bags and follows me up the stairs, I open one room and she walks into it but I shut it behind me instantly as I hold a serious stare.

"Shutting a door behind a girl like that will make wild thoughts run around in her head," she walks towards the window of the room and then drop her bag near the wall and then sit at the edge of the bed.

"I am kind of tired of having to walk around you like there are landmines."

"I didn't ask you to," she lifts her shoulders.

"But you would probably shift all of that anger towards me," I counter, then crossing my arms, "Please, just for once, tell me what happened because seeing the two of you that were so close being so distant is making me worry."

She then says, "Sexual frustration."

"Have you tried fucking?"

"It comes with a promise," she says, "What if I fall into that trap and there are emotions that the other won't accept?"

I stop her, "With what I heard from both of you - it is more like both of you are terrified because there was a time both of you liked each other but because of what happened once you are too scared that you will be shot down like you once shot her down."

"Don't read into my life," she warns me, "What me and Ahri-"

"Then why ask me to help you with her?" I interrupt her.

The muscles in her jaw tighten, it is clear she is just holding back from speaking her mind. Probably for my sake - I don't want to hear what she has to say but always quietly sits there and takes all the blows on the chin.

"Because I am this close to giving up," she lower her gaze, then shaking her head she lifts her knees to her chest and hugs them, "How do you expect someone to just walk into something like that when you know that at their core they don't want to be alive."

I am at a loss for words, I expected bad but not something this bad. I then move to sit down beside her, "That bad, huh?"

"Worse - she hides it behind pretty smiles and upbeat attitudes and convinces you nothing is wrong. You believe it for a second and then you turn your back," she sighs, "I'll let you figure out what you expect to see."

"Is this about her parents?"

She nods, "She feels alone because her parents were always busy and now both of them walked out on her. It is getting to me you know... knowing that even though I am right beside her that even then she feels alone."

I then joke, "This sounds like it is a lot more than just sexual frustration."

She chuckles, "I don't know, (Y/N)."

"Then... why are you now being open about it?" I ask, "Are you going to tell me I should have pushed a little bit harder all those times just to learn a little bit more about you?"

She shakes her head, "I would have probably been just as angry as I am now," she breathes out, "I just want someone to talk to right now..."

Just like that, something Ahri wouldn't talk about I finally learned. But what now? Knowing that what should I do to help either of them? Look out for Ahri whenever I can? If Evelynn has never been enough then...

I then glance at her, watching that sad expression as I realize something crucial. The thing about Evelynn that I overheard. Something I overheard Michelle once says to bait a reaction out of Evelynn... or maybe I hear Evelynn or Ahri mention it.

She has a blast radius and doesn't know that she can smother the people around her... but why is this in my head?