White Lines

Time Skip

Vanz and Leah over the next few days teased Noctis and Gabriel for their...Ahem...past predicament. Vanz eventually told Leah about her and Gabriel and of course they shared a room like Noctis and Leah.

ANYWAYZ just thought I'd keep you from being all confused. :P

(And be prepared for some feeeelllllssss)

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Vanz opened her eyes. Something was different. She turned over, Gabriel wasn't there. She got up, threw on the oversized white t-shirt on the floor, and walked down stairs to search for him.

No one was up. Not even a light was on.

She went back upstairs, the shower wasn't running, the bathroom door was open and the light was off there too. A dark heavy weight pressed in her chest and throat- she ran back down the hall and swung herself around the doorframe. She ran to the closet and flung the doors open- her side was filled, but the other was empty.

She backed up slowly, shaking her head. Her foot caught on something and she fell over onto her butt, causing something to fall over on the desk and push off a piece of paper over to where she was sitting,

Hey, just stop and listen for a minute. I want to tell you something important. I know you care for me. And I want you to know that I LOVE YOU. I think you're beautiful, I think you're meaningful, and I think you bring meaning to everything that you do. Know that I love you. Even if I don't know your past, or what it was like. But even if you don't mean anything by the teasing, it is a part of my life that I tried to forget and even though I asked you to stop...you didn't. And I can't take it anymore. I got up early this morning to leave and decided to let you sleep and just write this note before I left for the airport. I'm going back to England. Just... try to forget about me, please??? I didn't want to make you cry, so, be happy, you are free again. But I really love you...a lot.

But now I'm just a ghost of a memory.

She slapped her hand over her mouth as tears pounded at her sinuses. She stared at the wall for several minutes, desperately trying not to cry, not wanting to wake Leah up in the next room. Finally though, she couldn't hold it in, she needed air. she let out a rather loud breath as tears streamed down her cheeks. She grabbed the bottom of her shirt and held it to her face, breathing in what little she had left of him.

Leah had gotten up to get a drink of water and heard her crying so she went to see what was going on, what she saw made her heart sink- Vanz was sitting on the floor clutching her sides until her knuckles were white. Leah caught sight of the closet and the note on the floor and understood.

She walked over to her friend and pat her on the head. Vanz looked up as another stream of tears ran down her face.

"He left..." She said shakily, "and didn't even say goodbye..."