[Damaged Soul]

Dried Tears

(Renney's POV)

The pain is indescribable. I fear the worst as the walls crack and the ceiling is caving in towards me and I'm not sure if it's in my head or in real life. I cruse multiple times as the metal pole is melted away onto the floor. I feel the blood drying up all over my skin. I yell and scream as loud as humanly possible. I close my eyes and brace myself for death, a small smile coming to my lips at the thought. 

I then feel a hand clasp mine like a life line. I look up as everything suddenly starts cooling down and this body stop being ripped apart. I sit up from the table and open my eyes. I look at Snake eyes, mask off and tears streaming down his face. He mouths furiously as his hands speed to sign curses and how he feels about my attempt at my life. Ripcord is in shock. He tries to clean his desk and reorganize all his things as me and Snake eyes talk. 

"I'm sorry-"

"YOU KNOW I CARE ABOUT YOU! WHY WOULD YOU DO SUCH A STUPID THING I-"

"I'M SORRY OK?!" I yell at him and shove him slightly. Tears come at my eyes and I wipe them away quickly. Through all of this arguing, he still has a hold on my hand. He grabs his mask, wipes his tears, and slips on his mask. 

"I'm sorry for 'yelling'" He signs to me. I laugh halfheartedly at this. I sniffle slightly and sigh out. He helps me off the table and we leave, I say sorry to Ripcord and give him a hug before we go. Snake eyes had walked me out, keeping a tight hold on my hand. He won't let me push him away if he can help it. We leave to Snake eyes' room where Hawk arrives to scold me. 

"Please! Tell me why would you risk such a thing like that!? YOU DO KNOW THAT IF YOU DIE, YOUR WHOLE BODY WOULD IMPLODE ON ITSELF AND KILL EVERYONE ON BASE!" Hawk yelled at me, at the top of his lungs. Reminded me of my parents and how they used to yell at me about being useless then they threw me out. Fun past. 

"I'm sorry! I wasn't thinking! I just wanted to die! I can't handle having this constant burning in me! Can't we just inject Snake eyes' blood into me or something? Instead of him having to hold onto me all the time? It's silly..." I lower my voice towards the end, really trying to think about ways around it now. Hawk calmed and thought about it as well. He snapped his fingers and nodded.

"I'll talk to Ripcord about it." Hawk then left, making an I'm-watching-you-while-you-sleep look. Creep, I sigh and turn to Snake eyes.

"I'm sorry for scaring you. I didn't expect you to take off your mask and cry tho. I didn't expect anyone to care about me as much as you do." I stated honestly. I was being truthful. I never thought that maybe someone in my long and terrible life would actually remotely like me. But Snake eyes, I think he-

"I love you." He signs and rolls up his mask to show his lips. He grabs the side of my face and holds me still as he kisses me.