Love Me Through it All (KidxCrona AU)

Chapter 16 - Kid

Kid

After about a half an hour Crona and I were both able to calm down. I could tell just by looking at her that Crona was extremely tired, but was to scared to fall asleep. I'm worried about her. I'm so worried. She never ended up telling me what upset her so much. She had a dream...but about what? Me? Someone else? Someone I don't know? An object? A place?

Damn...

We haven't spoken a word in the past twenty minutes. This silence is making me uncomfortable. What would I even say at this point? Tell her that I'm sorry? Ask about the dream? Ask if she feels any better? Make small talk? I room a big breath.

"Crona, I'm sorry, the dream, any better? The weather is uh weather-y." I sputtered all at once.

"Y-y-your not m-making sense..." She muttered.

"Sorry...Nevermind..." I turned completely around in my seat so that my back was facing her and I was looking straight out the window.

I might as well jump off this train if this is the way it's going to be...I don't want this...I love Crona and I hate seeing her upset like this...damn...if only she didn't have that dream...I'm probably making her feel worse by ignoring her, but what else am I supposed to do...

I realized that few tears were strolling down my face and I quickly wiped them away.

I'm just a weak cry baby. Crona has been through hell and back and barely cries. While I'm over here crying because I can't get the guts to talk to my girlfriend. My girlfriend that I'm running away this...ahh jeez...I can't handle this here...

I turned around in my seat with my head down so Crona wouldn't see my red face. "I think I'm going to go the dining cart and uhh get something to drink..."

Crona turned and looked at me. "W-why a-are y-you looking d-down...?"

"I'm not..." 

"Y-you lier..." She lifted my chin up and wiped away a few of my lingering tears. "I'm s-s-sorry..."

"It's not your fault..."

"I-it is..."

"No..."

"Y-yes..."

"What happened, Crona...? Did you all of a sudden feel hated for me...?"

"N-no. It was j-just...my t-thoughts were being c-consumed. I-It w-w-was like I was p-possessed...by my m-m-mother..."

I nodded understandingly, not really knowing what else to say at this point.

"B-before I was p-put in an o-orphanage my m-m-mother...Medusa...a-abused me, e-e-expiremenred on me, locked me in a-a-a room f-for w-weeks with n-no food o-or water...I-I-I was always able to push it into the b-back of my head...I-I don't u-usually dream about it...b-but w-when I d-do..."

"It's traumatic..."

She nodded.

"I'm sorry Crona. I can't exactly say that I know how you feel, but I can see how painful it must've been..."

"I-I don't w-w-want to talk a-about it much. The more I-I think about it t-the more u-upset I g-g-get..." She looked at me with a slight smile. "I-I want to f-f-forget about I-it and just f-focus on us, r-right now. S-s-so why don't we go to the d-dining cart and have a late night s-s-snack t-together?"

I smile and grab the bag of snacks we picked up before getting on the train. I took Crona's Hand in mine and led her to the dining cart.

"We have about an hour left of this train ride." I told Crona once we sat down. I handed her the box of Cheez-it's she picked out earlier as I pulled out bag of gummy bears for myself. Unless it's dinner time or I have a guest over you'll never find me eating substantial foods.

Crona giggled as she watched me bite the heads off my gummy bear victims. I knew if I did something quirky like that I'd make Crona laugh. Her laugh is truly something to live for. It's adorable, and when you see someone who always looks so sad with a smile, it could warm the cold out of anyone's heart.

"Y-y-you're staring a-at me again, K-Kiddo..."

"Sorry...it's just...I love seeing smile..."

She smiled more as she leaned across the table to kiss my nose.

"B-boy...I c-can't wait to get to N-Nevada. D-do you think it's p-p-possible that I'll s-see M-Maka a-again?"

"Well if she still lives in Nevada we'll definitely look for her."

Crona nodded. "D-do we h-have a p-place to stay...?"

I chuckled awkwardly. "Well, you see, I didn't really think that part through. So I've been messaging with Liz to see if she will let us stay if her house with her and her sister for a while. And if worse comes to worse we can find a park bench or something."

"G-geez Kid..." Crona sighed but then looked up at me with that heartwarming smile again. "At l-l-least I'll be with you..."

"I'll figure it out, Crona. Don't worry. I'll make sure we're safe and sound in Nevada. Within a year I promise we'll be all settled in."

"A-alright..."

"Right now all we have to do is get through these train rides. Would you like to play a card game to pass the time?"

"I would love to." She smiled.

After a while of playing card games the train finally came to a stop and we boarded onto our next train. And after that train ride we found several busses and taxis to take us to our next train station they would takes us to the border of Nevada. Liz was a few years older and was able to drive a car. So once we boarded off our final train she picked us up from the train station and took both of us to her house, where our new story begins.