The opposite of silence [EDITING]

3: broken

((Mei in media))

Eli

It doesn't take Mei long to stitch me up. It is her profession after all.
" you also need to eat" she stands up packing up her needle and medical thread, I sigh
" I know, I've been told" I role my eyes, almost motioning to the grumpy devil on the other side of the table.
" I'm being serious Eli, you look aweful" she brushes my hair away from my eyes and feels my forehead, "I'll go get Vicki" she smiles at me, it's a weak smile.
" wait" I stand up and grab her wrist "are you okay Mei?"  She looks from her wrist to me, then turns to face me.
" I'm perfectly fine. Why?" She attempts to pull away from me
" I don't think you are, what's wrong?" it's not like Mei to lie, to me especially. I pull my hand back,
"I haven't got much sleep lately" she looks away,
she's lying again.
" Mei, please" I pull her head towards me, "don't lie to me" I start to get worried when a saw tears in her eyes, threatening to fall.
Ah fuck don't cry
"I'm not really feeling the best, I've done all of the checks, and I'm perfectly healthy. I don't understand" she says, shaking a little. I pull her into a hug.
" don't leave please" I nuzzle into her more. Her breathing calms when I squeeze her gently.
"she's not leaving dumbass" Franki pries me away from Mei. She puts her hand over Mei's chest, then sighs.
Franki lowers her head "darling" Franki's voice cracks,
this is going to be bad.
She moves her hand to Mei's shoulder, "why didn't you tell me?" Mei and Franki stare into each others eyes for a while.

"well?!" I shout, obviously scared, Franki snaps her head round to look at me, I step back and try my best to defend myself from a slap,
"she's heart broken" Franki goes back to being emotionless. I open one eye, to see if she was still going to slap me. Her back was to me now,
"that all?" I question, raising an eyebrow.

"Eli" Franki almost sighs
"it's not as if she's dying!" I try to defend myself once again. Suddenly my hand was pinned to the table
"heartbreak empties you. Pulls you apart piece by piece"  she looks in my eyes, her lips almost touching mine. A sharp pain rushes through my hand, I look down to see a knife through my hand and the table.
"Feel that?" She growls "heart break is much worse" she pauses and glances at my hand, she pushes the knife in further causing me to wince in pain. "heartbreak is the most deadly feeling in any world. Yours, and mine." She finishes then slaps me, just what I've been waiting for. "heartbreak will not only kill you, but your soul will die with you" she retracts from me. "Don't make me stab you again" she looks at me through the corner of her eye, I nod, scared of what else she might do.