Descendants Rise of Red: Aftermath

Imperfectly Perfect

(After their dinner)

Red walked to the bathroom and knocked on the door. 

Red got no response so she said, "Chloe, are you in there?" This time Red heard a shifting noise on the floor and she sighed. "I know you're there."

Chloe looked at the door and back down at the ground, she yearned to hold Red right now but she didn't want her to see her this way. There was blood all over the floor and Chloe looked pale as fuck when she looked in the mirror. Chloe hadn't been eating since she got her mothers first letter, she couldn't sleep either. So it led to puking blood as well as a bloody nose. She and Red both knew about her separation anxiety so it didn't help that she was on the run from her mother. 

She could hear Red sit on the other side of the door. "Listen, Chloe. I'm not good at being comforting and all that but I can still be here. You can talk, or not talk at all. Whatever helps." Said Red, Chloe felt tears drip down her cheeks and she started crying. Chloe hiccuped and sobbed. "I-I just want to hug you, b-but I don't want you to see this." 

Red got sad as she heard Chloe in this state. She wanted to hold Chloe close and wipe her tears away. But it's about what Chloe wanted.

"If you want a hug, then all you need to do is open the door. I promised we were gonna go through this together. Please let me keep that promise." Red said desperately.

Chloe got up, her legs were shaking and she still had the tang of blood on her tongue. She turned the lock on the door and opened it. She saw Red and collapsed on her. Red sat her down on the floor and supported her with an arm. Chloe looked at her and cried again, Red felt her shaking so she carried her to their bed and wrapped a blanket around her. "It's all going to be okay, all of this will be over soon and things will go back to normal." Red soothed, Chloe embraced her and buried her face in her shoulder. "But what if it doesn't? I-I don't know what I'd do. I want to be able to go to my parents for guidance and wisdom, I want to go to school, I want to be with you! But I guess this is the world telling me that this is is what I deserve for having a nice perfect life and being a goody goody. And my mom won't say it but I know that I'm not her real daughter. I have to dye me hair, and I found my adoption papers, I don't deserve what I was given." Chloe said sadly and bitterly, Red put her hand behind Chloe's head and responded with a gentle tone. "No, you deserve everything. You may be a goody goody sometimes but I love and adore every part of you. You made me realize I'm not a bad person, you gave me a great life too. It's because you were raised by the perfect family that you  act so kindly and compassionately to others. You are imperfect in a perfect way. And it breaks my heart to hear you talk about yourself that way. Also who cares if you're adopted?"

Red feels Chloe pull away, She looks at Chloe and sees that she looks happy. "Thank you." Chloe says, Red wipes a stray tear away from Chloe's cheek. "Anytime Chlo."