13 reasons why

Tape 4- Riptide

Shivers racked Moonclaws' body as the knife that had previously been making it's way through his arm dropped to the floor. Droplets of blood rolled down Moonclaws' arms and made contact with the knife he'd just dropped and the letter that had caused this bout of wrathful tears. Watching as the blood fell from his wrists Moonclaws' arm began to animatedly reach up and press play on the small audio device standing in front of him "Welcome to your tape..."

*2 Months later*

"....Riptide Pacific. Sunny days are normally a great thing right?  That's what I thought until that day " As Moonclaws' voice began to echo through her skull Typhoon could tell from the instability of her dead crushes voice that things in his life had taken a major turn for the worse but she had honestly never expected to hear her older sister Tsunami's boyfriend's name escape from the tear soaked lips of the past. Focusing Typhoon began to notice a dripping sound echoing through the background of the recording.

"I had finally worked up the  courage to ask you out you who was my second-to-last crush in this life. HELL even Moon  was supporting me and she didn't even understand what was going on. Most people cushion the blow when they're rejecting someone even if they don't mean it but the moment the words left my lips I could see the disgust beginning to creep into your eyes. Then not a moment later it recoiled over the entirety of your stunning face but what hurt the most was the moment your beautiful voice spat 'Ew gross I would never even want to consider going out with a disgusting Faggot like you.' this single sentence causing me to regret both my existence and ever believing that there was a chance. Of course the wonderful Human Being that resides in my sister could see that these words had not only hurt me physically but also mentally leading to me pulling her over to where I usually sat but not before my fiercely protective niece Glory had noticed what had happened and came marching right on over. This led to both my Niece and Nephew simultaneously punching you across the face, Jambu having appeared out of nowhere as usual. Obviously this caused a week-long rift with Tsunami. Then I hated you even more... Tsunami demanded reasons all week till on Friday Glory received the subtle nod she had looked for every time Tsunami had asked. Even after the revelation of your Homophobia she continued to insist that your soul was perfect. but I could see the Horror that had embedded itself in her eyes because of your actions" 

Typhoon giggled she remembered that weekend where Tsunami had come home horrified and hadn't left her room or spoken to anyone else till Monday morning looking up she met eyes with Webs, whose voice was no longer echoing around the room as usual, before realising that everyone else was also staring directly at her "Heh... Sorry about that" as the class turned away and Webs picked up his usual drone Typhoon re-focused her attention to the recording and realized that Moonclaws was no longer alone "Are you Ok Uncle Moonclaws?"  Typhoon gasped being very careful to keep it silent, because that was the voice of Glory's little sister Kinkajou.

"I'm Fine Jou...  But you should be in bed you cheeky little monkey..."  as this statement was made Typhoon began to hear echoes of squealing laughter. As the laughter continued Typhoon's face began to split into a smile as it was a lot less animated then usual which made it easy to believe that Moonclaws was genuinely happy in this piece but she could still hear the subtle notes of pain hidden in his laughter. Moonclaws had been insanely good at hiding his true feelings. The the sound of a door closing came softly through Typhoon's thoughts and she looked up believing it to have been the classroom door but was relieved to see that it was a door inside the recording. 

"A Few weeks later my best friend from the Orphanage I was abandoned to Cricket approached you about it and I could hear your reply to her anger loud and clear. 'If you believe that a disgusting gay faggot like that creature deserves happiness then I hope you kill yourself  so I can shit on your grave.' that is exactly what your fowl mouth said and it broke my heart. Today I received a letter from the aforementioned orphanage stating in simple plain English that she had jumped from the roof of the church onto a stake she had planted there only five minutes before. SHE KILLED HERSELF BECAUSE OF YOU YOU HOMOPHOBIC SELF ABSORBED ASSHOLE AND SATAN PRAY THAT I DONT GET TO YOU BECAUSE YOUR NEXT!" At this point Moonclaws broke down into tears and Typhoon could hear the soothing whispers of Moonclaws' adoptive Mother who had heard her son's broken shout leading to the recording shutting off suddenly. Looking up from her desk Typhoon had a snarl of pure fury etched into her face.

*20 minutes later*

Approaching the table where  Tsunami and Riptide were always seated together Typhoon prepared to ruin a certain Bitches day. Seating herself next to Tsunami, Typhoon grinned " Hey Sis Hey Bitch," noting the raised eyebrow Tsunami shot her because of the way her little sister had addressed her boyfriend Typhoon began to speak once more " So Riptide did you know that you've murdered two people in this life you homophobic Asshole. Before you say that you have no clue who I'm talking about let me remind  you of Cricket Golden and Moonclaws Darkly." The look of utter horror that rested on Tsunami's face told  Typhoon that her older sister had never been told about the Cricket incident. This caused Typhoon to burst out laughing "Yep your precious boyfriend's words led to the deaths of Cricket Golden and Moonclaws Darkly. although His part in Moonclaws' death was only indirect Cricket's death was entirely his fault" The look Tsunami shot Typhoon passed a question that was already hanging in the balance above the table "In Short he told cricket to kill herself because she supported Moonclaws," a thunderous look began to filter over Tsunami's face and it was mere seconds before Oceana dropped the last straw " Oh yeah you  told her to kill herself so you could 'shit on her grave' wasn't it? mmm yes that is unquestionably something that should be said to an orphan" at this Tsunami snapped.

"THAT'S IT WE ARE DONE AND DON'T EVEN TRY TO ASK ME OUT AGAIN UNTIL YOU HAVE EARNED THE FORGIVENESS OF MOONCLAWS' NEICES, NEPHEW, MOTHER, SISTERS AND GIRLFRIEND" at the words that came flying out of his ex-girlfriend's mouth Riptide flinched before simply watching, jaw on the floor, as Tsunami walked off to re-join her friends. Before Riptide had the chance to pick his jaw back up Typhoon spoke once more "For the record the girlfriend Tsunami is referring to is me and YOU will NEVER receive my forgiveness." Riptide flinched once more at the amount of venom this statement was utterly dripping in. Making her way back to the table she normally sat at Typhoon couldn't help but feel fulfilled that was until she noticed the new tape that had appeared at her bay. Then she felt sick.