- A n a c h r o n i s t i c - Minecraft: Story Mode

Blame

"You're awful quiet"

Romeo looked up from where he had been picking at his bandages again, a nervous tic of his it seemed. The egg sat on the counter about an arms reach from him. It gave him a mild headache.

Xara sighed and sat beside him. She looked at his obscured wrist. "Healing up alright?"

Romeo's voice caught in his throat. "Y-yeah.."

She smiled genuinely. "Good"

They sat in a semi-comfortable silence for the next few minutes, though Romeo couldn't help but shuffle.

"Y'know, there's no need to be so scared about saying your- our- language" she spoke suddenly, and Romeo's breathing seemed to shallow.
"It isn't 'our' language though, is it?" he smiled slightly. "It's just the one we made. We originally did speak English, back when..." his eyes widened and he cut himself off.

Xara's hands were balled into tight fists, and her voice came out terse. "I remember, Romeo."

He bit his lower lip and chuckled emptily. "Good memories, huh.."

She lets herself snort at that. "Ah yes, rape. The shining star of my life"

His head jerked to hers, mouth agape. She smiled brokenly. "I'll have to accept it sometime. Fuck, dude, it was thousands of years ago. I shouldn't still get so pent up about it"

Romeo swallowed thickly, feeling vaguely sick. "It's perfectly fine to feel sick about things like that"

She glanced at him sideways. "What about you? You come to terms with anything?"

"Ha" it came out breathily, as if the very notion was completely ridiculous. "You know I'm not as strong as you- and considering i went through a helluva lot less, that's slightly sad" he shook his head, hair hiding his eyes which were beginning to fill with tears.

She glared and stood up sharply. He jerked, and winced as her chair hit the floor loudly.

"The hell do you mean, less? He BROKE your fucking arm! He mentally stunted you for most of your life! You STILL flinch when Jesse touches you!"

His breathing began to become erratic. "It was m-my faul-"

She grabbed him by the shoulders. His mouth felt like it was full of static and the world around him was blurring. "NO! NO, DO NOT EVEN GO THERE!" she shouted, shaking him, and he stared in shock as he saw tears run down her face as she began to sob. "P-please.. Don't do this, you fucking idiot.."

Lukas burst the door open. "The hell is going on in here? It's 1am-?!" he froze when he saw the scene, both ex-admins appearing to be crying, though Romeo was silent. Xara was slumped, fingers digging so hard into his shoulders that it had to hurt, and Romeo's hands were shaking, his eyes defocussed.

"...." Lukas just lapsed into silence, opting to not interrupt. He felt like he might destroy some sort of slim peace if he spoke.

He left after a minute or so, wondering why he was having trouble breathing.