A massive smile was plastered across their face as they laughed, tears streamed down their face.
"I'm so weak." Their voice cracked and they burst into laughter again.
I opened my mouth, but they cut me off.
"No, don't say anything. Don't pity me. Jordan, I do these things because I'm so far gone, because I'm so pathetic." They give a harsh, half-laugh, tears pouring their cheeks.
"No." I snap.
They look up at me in surprise.
"Alex, you are by far the strongest person I know. You pull shit like this because you are keeping yourself together. You can't-you won't break." I look them in the eyes as I say this, and don't dare look down.
The room is silent for a second, just Alex and I staring straight into each other's eyes.
Then they burst out laughing again, their cheeks turning bright red.
"Alex-"
"Shut up." They cut me off, and their laughter turns to sobs as they pull me into a hug, their thin fingers clinging onto my shirt as if someone was trying to pull them away. I smile softly and hug them back, rubbing circles into their back as their small frame trembles in my arms.
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INhuman
FantasyFour kids are thrown into a decade old war between humans and the magi. Shifters and mæge have fought against the humans for years, but eventually had to leave their homes and retreat into the mountains. Alex, Jordan, Kat, and Toby are four artifici...
