Im Not Worth Your Time

015. Heartbreak and Rivalry

Winter goes on to tell Marina that since he thought her hospital stay was gonna be longer than planned that she had already offered Tails the chance to sing to the songs they were gonna sing together that night... And needless to say, she was not happy.

"What?!" She shouts in disbelief.

Winter crosses his arms and averts his eyes from her gaze, "Yeah... I'm sorry..."

"But... You promised we'd do this!" She shouts.

"I know" Winter says quietly.

"I... I was looking forward to this! To singing with you! My childhood friend! How could you replace me like that?! Why couldn't you reschedule?!" Marina shouts, squeezing her fists in frustration.

"It wasn't an easy choice Marina! I've had surgery before so I thought it would take longer for you to recover from your injuries!" Winter says, finally looking over at her.

She scoffs and looks away from him, tears welling up in her eyes as she tries her best to stop herself from crying. Winter tries to put a hand out to comfort her but she moves away from him and growls making the wolf jump a little, it had been a while since he had seen her that upset that was for sure. At this point other shoppers were beginning to take notice of Marina and Winter's shouting and eyes were turning to them.

"Do you have any idea how much this hurts?!" She shouts.

"...I do"

"Clearly not! Eolgan-i! (Jerk)"

"Oh my fucking god!... Jeongmal-yo? Ije hangug-eolo jeoleul moyoghasineun geobnikka!? (Really? Now you're insulting me in Korean?!)"

"Dangsin-eun geuleol jagyeog-i iss-eoyo! (You deserve it!)" Marina shouts.

"Ani, geuleol li eobs-eo! (No the fuck I don't!)" Winter shouts back.

Marina shouts loudly and glares at him, Winter sighs and turns to Tails who's surprised that they would even start fighting.

"Sorry about this" Winter says.

"It's fine-" Tails says, visibly startled by the shouting match.

"How do I not know you're dropping me just so you can sing with him..." Marina says, tears still streaming down her face.

"...What?!" Winter shouts, turning to her astounded she would come to that accusation, so astounded that it made him angry that she would even say that, "Marina, we've had to reschedule this fucking show several times! I don't want people to think we're scamming them! Combine that and the fact you just perform wherever the fuck you feel like, whenever you feel like, I felt inclined to replace you with someone who I believe would be more reliable and wouldn't make me have to potentially reschedule again!"

Marina is silent as Winter rubs his face, it's at this moment Winter remembers people are watching them and looks around, he takes Tails by the arm and picks up their shopping bags.

"You caused a scene, I hope you're happy! When you've calmed down call me! Ugh!"

"Whooaa!" Tails goes as Winter pulls him along out of the food court, the fox managing to pick up their food as they left.

Tails looks back at Marina, the poor dog shaking in frustration as she walks away sobbing in frustration. The fox feels bad, she seemed like she really wanted to sing with him that night and because of a a few pretty fair reasons she wasn't going to be able to.

Maybe... Maybe I could talk to her. Apologise to her....

The ride on the subway is mostly quiet as Winter takes most of that time to calm himself down, Tails puts his hand on his as the two sit together on the train.