It's Just You and Me, Okay?

Chapter 37

 

     "So how long has it been?"

    "Wow...that- it has been a minute hasn't it?" y/n rhetorically asked, laughing as she realized exactly how long she had been there, alone.
    "I mean that's crazy, because from here it feels forever since I've seen you, pietro, hell even the light of day. How is pietro anyways? Teased him about how you're my favorite twin yet?" The girls smile, softly laughing, both missing these types of moments.

    "Pietro is still Pietro, he misses you, not as much as I missed you though." The girls moved themselves and sat on the floor, criss-crossed applesauce, facing toward one another.

    "I'm glad to see you're okay, although I hate to admit that I wish you guys hadn't come..." y/n could only look down to their crossed legs, while on the inside, all she felt was the burning sensation that something bad was going to happen. That's what she feared most.

    "y/n-"

    "I thought I had warned you. To get out of there I mean. Didn't you believe me? So why didn't you listen? You could- you could've avoided being trapped here. So why? Why didn't you listen to me?" Wanda was too stunned to speak, or to even move. She didn't have an answer for y/n. She couldn't even come up with a good enough excuse. She didn't know why she stayed. No. She did. She knew exactly why she stayed. She stayed for y/n.

    "I-I do- I don't know-" Interrupting the brunette a second time, lifting her head toward the girl who only could look down in shame.

    "You promised me. Don't you remember? You promised me and look at you now- Stuck in the same cell as me." y/n begins to stand, snickering under her breath shaking her head- disappointed.
    "Oh wanda, what have you done?"

    "I don't know why I didn't run!" she yelled- taking a breath, calming herself down, lowering her voice for a civil conversation.
"I just- I knew if I stayed then somehow, someday i'd find you again. If I stayed, then they'd lead me right back to you. So yeah look at me now- stuck in the same cell block as you." Face to face, the girls were now just mere a foot apart, y/n standing there, not knowing what to say and wanda with her hands to her hips.

    "But why? you guys could've gotten away from all of this. You- you could've had a life if you'd just listen.." y/n's voice turned shaky, unable to look into the girls eyes- the brunette relaxes a bit, taking a deep breath. She steps forward, only inches apart.

    "Because there's nowhere else I'd rather be..." the walls y/n had built for so long instantly crumbled. Her heart was heavy, but in a good way. A way she'd never felt before. The way she'd never felt this before. Someone cared for her. Someone truly cared and it showed. The way wanda easily broke down her walls that she had built up over the years, no one had ever done that before. It was new, strange but freeing. She wanted to cry. The tears were ready. She didn't hesitate though, letting the tears fall. Letting herself fall into wanda's arms. The feeling of wanda's arms wrapping around her waist was like a breath of fresh air. The way she didn't hesitate, the way she was ready for it and didn't back away.

    Wanda raised her hand to y/n's head,  running her fingers through the girls hair, while y/n kept her head in the crevice of wanda's neck, breathing in her scent, calming her breaths. The most comfort she has ever felt was this moment right here. The need for a hug, this hug. With just an embrace from the person she adored most was all she needed. She felt safe for the first time in years.
    When wanda pulled away, y/n quickly looked away, wiping her tears, feeling embarrassed at her state, but when wanda grabbed at her hand, slowly moving it out of her face, she only smiled. Her soft, tender touch made by the gods themselves, she gently wiped the remaining waterworks from her cheeks with her thumbs. Seeing y/n relax into her palms kept wanda at ease, she kept them up for a minute longer.