Stranded in Paradise; Welcome Home [An II Au]

Swishing, Swaying, Burning, Changing

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References to and Mentions of Suicide

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Creak...

Creak...

Nickel woke up slowly to the sound of creaking...

Like feet against the floorboard.

He slowly sat up against the bed, looking over  towards the door to his room.

The hallway was nothing but a void of inky blacks and whites.

Getting up on his one leg, he walked like he still had two, out the door and into this void of a hallway that resembled Hotel OJ.

Yet, it was barely anything he could make out.

The scrambled thoughts in his head were too loud.

Whispers echoed through his mind, coursing through his thoughts and making it hard to focus.

And eventually he saw her.

The faceless figure of Clover.

Still with the makeshift rope fastened around her neck.

little white butterflies flapped their wings around the five cent coin.

Butterflies he never noticed before.

Clover just stood there.

Or...what was meant to be Clover.

His voice broke, echoing through the void of saddness.

"Clover?"

She just looked at him without any eyes.

A mouth opened up on her face, but all that came out was distorted static.

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Then, it closed back up into nothingness.

Nickel sat back heavily.

Was this...truly Clover...?

"...I-...Is it really you...?"

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"There's...there's so much I wanna say..."

Nickel sat down on the pitch black ground, looking up at Clover's faceless body.

"...I...I didn't mean to say all those things to you..I just got so...angry. I thought...you meant to say that my relationship with Baseball was..."

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"...I-I...I don't even know what else to say that hasn't been said before...all I want is just...just to see you again! Just to have a real conversation with you! Just...just APOLOGIZE to you...! Why can't I do that...WHY CAN'T I DO THAT?!"