All For Not - Wednesday

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"I'll admit that I, I'm a bad friend," my brows knitted together at her frown, a whimper leaving her as her scent changed to one mixed and sour with sadness, "I should have known when your birthday was and did something anyway whether you wanted it or not because that's what friends do, so here. I made it for when you had your birthday but I uh, yeah, so anyways here you go."

Taking the package with wary hands and eyes, I glanced between her and the bright wrapping, "what is it? Kindling?" Her eyes shot open wider than before and she flung her hands out, "no, no, no, please don't burn it, I uh, I made it for you."

Reaching into the bag I pulled out a large crocheted cardigan, "this was before the whole dance incident, I figured maybe it could help you warm up. But now that I think about it this was a stupid idea so," she tried to reach for it, claws extended and I couldn't help but do a one-eighty and turn to face away from her, clutching it to myself, "uh, Morella?"

"I'll wear it," she was a little lost, hands outstretched before she awkwardly laughed at me, taking it as a pitied reaction to her gift, "don't be silly, here give it to me and I can get you something different, maybe something to burn-" I pulled my shoulder away eyes flashing as I practically floated away from her with quick steps, "it's mine, you can't take it back after gifting it away."

My head turned and I caught her eyes, "is it not considered rude?"

Her hands pulled back and she slowly gave a natural smile while scratching the back of her neck, "yeah I guess that would be rude of me, so do you like it, I mean it'd probably be too hot to wear it though."

My eyes trailed down to catch sight of the little pink and blue flower pin stuck into the front of the cardigan, a dainty enamel pin that matched her hair, "nonsense, I love it. I'll wear it to classes. Hopefully a funeral if we have one soon."

She was atrociously stunned into such a pure shock that when I whipped back around, pulling the item closer to my chest and lifted my other hand to give her the bag back, she blindly reached out and accepted it, "you may have this though, for repurposing..."

I made a move to leave and she pulled herself from whatever was going through her mind so she could stop me, "hey wait," I turned back towards her and waited, "uh, I've been meaning to ask, before Wednesday gets back I mean. About last night," I frowned instantly, "it was nothing."

"It didn't seem like it was nothing... Do you like him?" I thought about it for a moment, my eyes glancing to the side in thought, "I suppose I do, possibly. But it doesn't matter, he is cross with me."

"But he kissed you, why would you think he's mad at you?" I sighed, turning away and leaving as I parted from her with words, "his tone, he only speaks that way when he's angry, I have class Enid. Thank you for the gift..."

"Wait a minute he was-" the door closed behind me as she sighed, mumbling the rest of her sentence in habit, "probably just angry with us for interrupting..."