Her breath is warm as she talks. "I swear I don't remember anything!" she says, her voice raising with a nervous quiver. "Thats why I can only guess how you became such a self-centred asshole who will do anything to get what he wants!"
"SHUT UP! JUST SHUT UP-"
"And even so, you still refuse to acknowledge it? After you kidnap me, send me dirty looks, and don't show an inch of gratitude to me ever since I came here?"
Her words leave little craters in me. Mainly, because somewhere in me, I know she's right. Denying it just seals the deal.
"Control freak," Rose mutters under her breath, straightening in posture.
Deny, make excuses, debate, argue, fight. That's been my life for so long. Never let someone shoot down your pride, keep it high and display it gloriously as a banner proclaiming a victory. And Nathan. Never apologize. Never let yourself to sink so low.
Rose looks at me oddly. I've slumped against a wall, my head resting on my knees.
"You're wrong." The words escape my mouth as water escapes from a leak in a dammed creek. A mistake on my part, and I immediately feel a little guilty.
Rose sighs. "You're just trying to defend something you know in your heart is false."
"Rose, give me a break," I reason, lifting my head to meet her eyes.
"This is unhealthy for both of us, Nathan," she whispers. "You need to snap out of it. Not just for my sake, but yours t-"
"Go away." My lips move almost robotically. I'm not used to such strict criticism of character.
"Nath-"
"Just.... go."
It hurts so much to be talked to this way, and the pain doubles, when everything the person is saying is the concrete truth.
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FanfictionNathan and Rose have finally escaped from the Fire Nation. They're safe in the Water Tribe, but that doesn't mean that they lived happily ever after. Yet. Rose has changed a lot since the day Nathan found her unconscious at the entrance of his villa...
