𝐍𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑 𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐈𝐍𝐆 ;; 𝒶𝓊𝒷𝓇𝑒𝓎 𝓍 𝓀𝑒𝓁 𝑜𝓃𝑒 𝓈𝒽𝑜𝓉𝓈

↳ 𝕥𝕠𝕟𝕘𝕦𝕖𝕤 & 𝕥𝕖𝕖𝕥𝕙 ( 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕔𝕣𝕒𝕟𝕖 𝕨𝕚𝕧𝕖𝕤 ) ・❥・: ̗̀➛

ɪ'ᴠᴇ ɢʀᴏᴡɴ ᴀ ᴍᴏᴜᴛʜ ꜱᴏ ꜱʜᴀʀᴘ ᴀɴᴅ ᴄʀᴜᴇʟ,
ɪᴛ'ꜱ ᴀʟʟ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɪ ᴄᴀɴ ɢɪᴠᴇ ᴛᴏ ʏᴏᴜ, ᴍʏ ᴅᴇᴀʀ
ᴀɴᴅ ᴡʜᴇɴ ʏᴏᴜ ᴄᴏᴍᴇ ɪɴ Qᴜɪᴄᴋ ᴛᴏ ꜱᴛᴇᴀʟ ᴀ ᴋɪꜱꜱ,
ᴍʏ ᴛᴇᴇᴛʜ ᴡɪʟʟ ᴏɴʟʏ ᴄᴜᴛ ʏᴏᴜʀ ʟɪᴘꜱ, ᴍʏ ᴅᴇᴀʀ

₍ ᐢ.ˬ.ᐢ₎˚୨୧

ᴘᴏꜱᴛ-ᴄᴀɴᴏɴ (ᴇɴᴅɪɴɢ ᴜɴᴄʟᴇᴀʀ)

𝒾𝓉'𝓈 𝒿𝓊𝓈𝓉 𝒶 𝒻𝒶𝒸𝓉.

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ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ ᴡᴀꜱ ᴏɴᴇ thing that was certain about Aubrey, and it was that she had a cruel mouth. She had to, with what she became: a cruel, heartless creature. She was mean, and mean people deserved mean mouths. That much was obvious.

There was no reason for Kel to like ever, even without her mouth, but he did. She wasn't sure if she should feel special, or if he was just an idiot. It was probably the latter.

Aubrey didn't get why. There were things she could say that could absolutely break him. She knew him for most of her life; she knew what she could say to make him hurt. It wasn't like she was actively finding what bad things she could say to him or actually saying them. She just knew.

Sometimes, she even accidentally said them. Not the worst ones. Small ones that did get to him, that made him flinch and get uncomfortable, sad, angry, or maybe all. She never meant to say any of them, but when she did, she would watch him. She would study Kel's startled body posture and wondering if this was the moment he would stop loving her, if he would leave her and never come back.

But he never did. Kel would try to talk to her with a softer approach, the only thing he took from what she just said being that she was angry. The way he acted always got to Aubrey, making her profusely apologize for everything she said even though he kept saying he already knew she didn't mean it, and everything was okay.

Aubrey continuously wondered how he dealt with her. He knew how she acted, knew what she became, but still found it in him to treat her with respect, still had the desire to kiss her despite knowing what her mouth could say. She was terrified of getting too comfortable with this.

Everyone Aubrey ever cared about left at some point. Mari. Her father. Her mother. Basil. Sunny. Hero—with college, although she doubted they would be seeing each other often. She didn't know what would become of her and the Hooligans, whether they were just a group of weirdos sticking around in their teenage years before drifting apart once reaching adulthood, or something more.

Whatever the case was with them, Kel was going to be added to the list of people who were going to leave her. She knew it. She wasn't sure why she bothered with being in a relationship with him. It was so easy to simply say no when he confessed how he felt, so why did she say yes? Maybe it was because she was selfish and desired some sort of love, even if she knew it wouldn't last long.

Perhaps Aubrey should learn how to be nicer. Make her tongue refuse to cut through other's emotions to get to deeper parts. That could make Kel stay for longer, right? But, when she was a better person, everyone still left. It was probably just her fate to be deserted by everyone, no matter how hard she tried.

Still, it would be nice if Kel could be able to look back on their relationship and have happy memories. Aubrey doubted he would do that after leaving, but it was better than having bad memories. She didn't want to hurt him anyway. Respecting him was the least he deserved.

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𝙸 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚔 𝚒𝚝'𝚜 𝚌𝚘𝚘𝚕 𝚝𝚘 𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚕𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝙰𝚞𝚋𝚛𝚎𝚢 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚝 𝚒𝚗 𝚊 𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚙 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚊𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚘 𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝚙𝚎𝚘𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚕𝚎𝚏𝚝 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚒𝚗 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚎. 𝙸𝚝 𝚍𝚘𝚎𝚜𝚗'𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝚛𝚘𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚌. 𝙴𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚘𝚗𝚒𝚌 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔𝚜. 𝙸 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚘 𝚖𝚞𝚌𝚑...

...𝙴𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚒𝚍 𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚞𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚑𝚒𝚝 𝙺𝚎𝚕 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚊. 𝙸'𝚖 𝚒𝚗 𝙲𝚊𝚗𝚊𝚍𝚊, 𝚜𝚘 𝚛/𝙾𝙼𝙾𝚁𝙸'𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚖𝚢 𝚖𝚊𝚒𝚗 𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚘𝚏 "𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐" 𝚒𝚝, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝙸 𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝙸 𝚐𝚊𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚍 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝙸 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚍 𝚒𝚝 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚠𝚜 𝙰𝚞𝚋𝚛𝚎𝚢 𝚜𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚗𝚊𝚒𝚕 𝚋𝚊𝚝 𝚊𝚝 𝙺𝚎𝚕... 𝚂𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚒𝚝 𝚛𝚎𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚍 𝚖𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚛 𝚍𝚊𝚢𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝙺𝚎𝚕𝚋𝚛𝚎𝚢 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘𝚡𝚒𝚌, 𝚑𝚊𝚑𝚊.

𝚆𝚘𝚛𝚍 𝙲𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚝 (𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚕𝚞𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝙰/𝙽): 𝟼𝟶𝟷