Whisper in the Dark

Chapter 4

It had been quite some time since Never had done any shopping in person, she was a little nervous, she had done all of her shopping online during 'the dark months,' as she liked to call them now. She was working to get better but mentally she was still very unwell, she knew she had a long road to walk, but she also knew that it was possible. At the very least her anger was starting to go now. For now though she just needed to focus on getting what she came for and leaving without making any sort of fuss. She checked her list again; apples, potatoes, carrots, flour and chocolate. She wanted to say thank you to Rum, for without him she wouldn't have been here. She passed the alcohol isle and looked at it... no, she couldn't, it was too risky, even just a sip was too much, She moved on. After a few minutes she was almost done, just needed to get that chocolate for Rum now. She heard fast footsteps approaching and she started to turn around just in time to see someone running at her before they collided and toppled over, the contents of Never's basket sprawling everywhere. After lying there for a sec never sat up and begin to spin around to shout angrily at the person, but she stopped herself, held her head up and took a deep breath, in... and out. She turned around calmly to find that the one who had ran into her was a young octoling girl. Similar age to Never, maybe a few months older... or younger... it was hard to tell. The girl got up with a grunt, she looked at never for a second with her emerald green eyes... her eyes widened.

"Oh my cod, I'm so sorry, here, let me help you pick this stuff up." She said, beginning to pick up Never's groceries and placing them back in the basket. Never helped obviously. When they finished, which took about 15 seconds, the two stood up and looked at each other for a bit. The girl smiled sheepishly.

"Again, I am so sorry, I shouldn't have been running in a supermarket, let alone without looking where I was going, this is all my fault, I'm so sorry."

"Hey, hey," Never said smiling, "it's okay, these things happen. Are you okay? You're not hurt?"

"No no, I'm fine..." she covered her face with her hands and blushed, "I'm so sorry, are you okay?" Never laughed at this.

"It's okay, I'm okay, just be more careful next time." The girl looked at Never and smiled.

"Oh, um, my name's Viarrah." She stuck out her hand.

"Nice to meet you Viarrah," she shook Viarrah's hand, "My name is-"

"Never!" Viarrah butted in.

"I'm sorry?"

"Never!" Viarrah repeated, "Your name is Never."

"Um, yeah, how did you know?"

"I am... was, a big fan of you and your friends' band, Inked Up. I'm really sorry about Mimi by the way." Viarrah was clearly excited to meet Never.

"Oh um... thanks..."

"Oh shit, I should probably go, cya!" She ran off down the aisle, almost crashing into another costumer. Never watched her as she disappeared around the corner. How curious... they'd actually had fans back in the day. There was something strange about her though, but Never couldn't quite put her finger on it.