I Know Better

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Characters: Me and my cousin~ <3

"I brought pizza!" I called out through my cousin's house. I heard gunshots upstairs, she was busy playing a shoot 'em up game. Not that I expected anything else. I sat the greasy bottomed box on the counter, and climbed up the metal, spiral stairs.

"Hiya, Zoe." my cousin said, not looking away from the dying guy she was trying to shoot down. I sat down on her ping-pong table.

I bounced a ball off the wall beside me, "I got pizza."

"...thanks, but no thanks." my cousin saved her game, stood up, and stretched. Her shirt slipped up, her stomach visible. Or, I should say, her ribs. I sighed, trying to ignore the fact that she wasn't eating because of an incident almost seven years ago.

"Extra cheese." I sang, trying to tempt her into the greasy treat. My cousin just shook her head, her red curls bouncing and almost reflecting the sun coming through the window.

"Too fattening Zoe." she said, almost automatically putting her hands on her stomach, trying to feel if it was what she considered "fat".

She turned to me, "I'm just not hungry." She was lying, I know better than to believe that.

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