Short Stories

Nyx

I can't stop crying.

Every little thing triggers a flood.

Every little thing pisses me off.

I'm too tired for all this.

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"Nyx get up!!" The pounding at my door fails to drag me out of bed. I find myself huddled in the corner; engulfed in blankets on a wet pillow.
"Nyx! Ms. Talsin is going to be very ma-"
"Fuck off, Duke." My mumbled words result in a crisp stop.
"Let me know when you want to eat." Duke spoke in a solemn voice this time. Concern laced in every word. I guess he doesn't know the extent of what happened.

My head hurts.

I try to sleep it off. Eventually I do, but it certainly doesn't feel like I did. Bright red numbers show 3:24am. Cracked lips and scratchy throat. The taste of yuck in the back of my mouth. Blood rushes to my head as I sit up. Carrying my body out of the mattress, I head toward my door. The clean doors and hallways become tainted with the mess that I am. My bare feet feel heavy yet I can't hear a thing. I just want some water.
Being as talented as I am, I trip over nothing and slam into the red and silver rug. Ugh.

I'm too tired for this.

Someone had wrapped a blanket around me and propped me along the wall. Jocelyn sat across from me.
"What in inkopolis are you doing?" Unlike Duke, her voice was cold as stone.
"I could ask the same of you."
"I wouldn't be out here if it weren't for you." She stood up and tossed a waterbottle onto my lap. "I don't care what you do, I'm going back to bed." Her door shut without a sound, leaving me alone again.

Alone.

Alone..

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alone.

I can't stop crying.

He left us. He left me.

He pisses me off. Stupid stupid.

I just want to sleep.