𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 { 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 | 𝟏 }

Epilogue: Fake love

Love you so bad, love you so bad

Mold a pretty lie for you

Love; it's so mad. Love; it's so mad

Try to erase myself and make me your doll

-방탄소년단/BTS (FAKE LOVE)

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Third pov

"..and of course, one of the underlying themes of 'A Street Car Named Desire' is Fantasy's inability to overcome reality. And who do we think is this shown through?" The English teacher asked the class.

The whole class sat in silence, twiddling their thumbs and waiting for someone else to answer. Until finally, from the back of the class, someone raised their hand. The English teacher raised their eyebrows.

"Mardelna Kora?"

Kora steadily put her hand down, "All the characters. Particularly Blanche. She's stuck in this fantasy world where she's Queen of Cony Island: fucking-I mean having sex with all these guys that are younger than her. Blanche sees that by having sex with all these younger guys, it's like they're giving her love in some way or form since she was the reason as to why her husband killed himself. By having the idea that these guys 'worship' her, I think that Blanche is trying to...recreate how she was as a teen when she was married. But in reality, she's just a 30 something year old woman trying too hard to be young again."

The teacher nods slowly, "Yes I see what you mean..."

After that Kora phased out.

Thatch, who was seated near her, glanced over to his fiancé. The secret about him and Valkiria was bubbling deep down inside him. The more he looked at Kora, the more he reminded himself of how much he's fucked up.

But yesterday will never be forgotten.

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"Why did you follow me up here?" Kora growled.

Thatch didn't go home. Neither did Kora. Everyone else had left. Thatch had a feeling that Kora would be on the school roof. He didn't even know why he was here. He didn't even know why his feet dragged him up to the safe haven that he and Kora once shared.

"What's it gonna take for you to just get over the fact that I like Valkiria?" Thatch challenged. "Do you even realise who you're gonna hurt by having a one night stand with her?" Kora asked, hiding the tears that threatened to make themselves known. "If this is about Shanks, then it shouldn't matter to me." Thatch states, his throat burning from the lies he was spouting.

Kora had her first scrunched. She wanted to scream at him. She wanted to tell him that he was making a big mistake. She wanted him to stop what he was doing. She didn't want anything else but him, and his love and undivided attention.

"Why should you care anyway, we're not actually married Kora!"

Thatch knee that he regretted his words once he said them. His heart began to sink once he saw the look in Kora's eyes.

'Oh god...' Thatch thought. 'What have I done...'

"That's right...we aren't a married couple." Kora suddenly said, "God...I'm foolish, aren't I?" Kora laughed harshly to herself, "We're not a married couple! So why should I bother, huh? Why should I bother in trying to keep you safe anymore, huh? Why...TELL ME WHY I SHOULD STILL CARE!" Kora yelled. "Because..." Thatch said slowly, "you care because you want attention."