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S3C Chapter 32: Guilty Conscience

Eva POV

Eva and Liz were still checking around the mansion, looking for the two Octolings.

Eva: How big is this place anyway?

Liz: Oh, Pearl is stupid rich. And with her small stature, I don't know how she deals with this place's size.

Eva held back commenting on how Liz wasn't very tall either so she did not upset her, but she did smile at her own joke in her head.

Eva: So, are you ever gonna tell me what's the deal with you and (Y/N)? Did you two used to date or something?

Liz was blushing and for a split second freaked out by such a statement but quickly held herself together.

Liz: What about you?

Eva: What do you mean?

Liz: I mean, when he was in trouble, he went to you for help, didn't he?

Eva just casually scratched the side of her head a little embarrassedly.

Eva: That was just because I was the only option he had left.

Liz: Is that the only reason you helped?

Eva: No, he's cool, it's just... I don't know. Nothing like "OOOH WOW!"

She said while making goo-goo eyes.

Liz chuckled.

Liz: It's better if you sort out what it is like sooner rather than later.

Eva: But you didn't answer my question.

Liz thought about it for a second.

Liz: When I first met him-

Eva: -This isn't some "love at first sight" story, is it? Because I think I'll puke if it's something like that, no offense.

Liz narrowed her eyes.

Liz: If you let me finish my sentence, I was going to say... When I first met him, I... resented him.

Eva cocked up an eyebrow at this.

Eva: How come?

Liz: When I first met him, he just seemed like some weird rando, but then I come to find out that he was actually the new Agent 4 that Marie and Callie brought in while I was gone. It felt like... It felt like they were replacing me, and I guess I just unfairly started taking that out on him...

Eva: Like what?

Liz: I beat him up a couple of times, messed with him, that sort of stuff.

Eva: Yikesss. Taking it a bit far, huh?

Liz was blushing out of embarrassment once again.

Liz: I know, don't remind me, I just... I just felt like I failed my job by not being there when I needed to be. And then even during that whole Underground Metro situation, I wasn't much help there either. I felt like I was messing up a lot back then. Agent 4 and Agent 8 were both around because I, Agent 3, couldn't do my job that I was trusted with.

Liz sighed.

Liz: And then he and Veronica started getting closer too. They even moved in with each other to their own place. So, I was losing this close friend of mine to him as well. I guess I was just subconsciously blaming him for all of the issues I was having, because otherwise... I'd have to accept I was the failure...

Eva: You're not-

Liz: I know, I know. Eventually, through some embarrassing misunderstandings, I actually realized that (Y/N) wasn't my problem and that he was actually pretty fresh, but after how I treated him, I just felt stupid. We became... pretty good friends eventually too.