The door opens, but slowly, until it is only cracked open. Kasumi peeks through, looking me up and down nervously. She steps back, leaning on the sink counter. I walk up to the door, pushing it open the rest of the way. I look into her eyes, and all I see is a kind of deer in headlights fear to seep out of her.
I keep some distance, considering her not wanting me near her right now. Standing at the farthest corner from her, I dig my hand into my hair, raking through it nervously.
She tilts her head, clearly very confused. I clear my voice, stuttering. "K-Kasumi, are you okay? You've been acting really strange lately and I'm concerned."
She looks up straight into my eyes, hers churning slowly like an eye of a storm. All I can do is just stare right back, getting lost like a kid in a vast forest of trees...
After a while, my mind breaks from its foggy state, and I notice everything.
She's crying, hiding in the space in the cramped room between the shower and the sink. My legs can't help but shake as she starts to rip into her flesh with her teeth, opening scars on her arms and even scarring new ones.
Her voice chokes as she speaks, but it sounds serious and alike to someone who has lost the sense of emotions as she speaks. "Abel, you remember these scars? ...Do you remember that glass wall?" Tears flow, but I can tell there is no true emotion behind them.
My heart stops, and things I stopped remembering and caring about flooded back. I back up to the wall, sliding down until I'm sitting on the floor. She looks down to me, and sits by me, keeping a bit of distance as if to not let herself open up completely.
I turn my head, and stare her straight in the eyes as I quietly murmur "You are almost the same as before."
She looks caught off guard, yet confused at what I meant. She slowly puts her hand up, spreading her fingers wide and closing her eyes. I hesitate, then place my palm on hers matching her widened fingers. She shoots her eyes open like a gun and looks into my eyes for a second longer than it took to read into her soul. It was open like a book but had few words.
I could tell there was a lot to explain.
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RomantizmEarth is a place that isn't always safe, but Phoenix doesn't care. She just wants to keep her past hidden, her fate changed. But the tendrils of a past long forgotten can come back to get you. She loved the people she left behind, but how can she mo...
