HEART AT WAR [PART 2 OF A&B] [CSM]

monitoring you, like machines do, and you look half-dead half the time

The heart monitor beeps once every second. You stare at it, the green line rising and lowering with every beep.

You look back down at Opame, her eyes closed as her chest gently raises.

The longer you stare at her, the worse you feel.

If you'd just killed that devil from the get go.. she..

...

..No.

She would've ended up like this eventually, wouldn't she?

The scars on her face..

You hold her hand.

Plastered all over her fingers, her wrists.. arms.. hell, how many scars does she have..?

You stare at her face.

A long scar starting from the bottom left of her jaw, crossing over her entire face to the top right of her eyebrow.

The other side of her face, two long scars across her cheek from the bottom up.

Beside her right eye, a deeper scar, yet shorter.

And.. the deepest, smack dab in the middle of her forehead.

She once told you she created these herself.

Was it after she killed her parents..?

Did she try to kill herself after? That must be what the forehead scar is from.

She was only a child.

You scoot closer, continuing to hold her hand.

Her pale skin is nearly freezing.. it feels so.. dry.

You wrap your entire hand around her wrist, beginning to frown.

Does she ever eat..? How does she have so much energy, let alone the strength to do anything?

How bad is it..?

You pull the blanket down to her waist, placing her other hand beside her. You gently lift her shirt up to her ribs.

Her entire abdomen is sunken into her as if she had no organs, her ribs poking at her skin.

You begin to feel a sick appreciation for her close call. She would've never gotten treatment.

A hand is wrapped around your wrist. You gulp.

"You really are a devil, Y/N.. trying to peek at a sleeping girl."

You look up, Quanxi making eye contact with you.

"A-AH!" You let go of Opame, quickly covering her with the blanket.

"H-HAHA! W-WHAT?!" You clear your throat, laughing nervously as you sit down. "What? Haha, what a.. f-funny joke, I w- I- I WASN'T DOING THAT?!" You suddenly feel offended that she assumed you'd do something like that.

She sighs, looking down at Opame. "Who is this girl? She's the one you rushed here, right?"

"Y/N! YOOOO!" Stone yells, running through the curtain. They accidentally step on the curtain, tearing it down and tripping. The metal pole hanging the curtain falls as well, clanking upon the floor.

Opame furrows her eyebrows, opening an eye. Her and Quanxi make eye contact.

Ooooh, fuck.

You need to come up with something, NOW.

"U-UH! S-She's! Um.. S-She's a corner store worker I met! She got caught up in a fight, and she got crazy injured.. I wanted to help her.. haha.. poor thing, right?"