Sorry this took so long... I hope it is good. It took days to write it all and I've tried to make sure no typos were there, but I've got a new phone and it's autocorrect is unreal. Thank you all for reading and supporting me!!
Leo
You were up on the rooftop, cleaning the scrapes and burns you had gotten training with some of the other foot soldiers and their large variety of unseen weapons. Yes, you were good, but they had a lifetime of training ahead of you. Especially Karai.
This is when Leo approached you, and boy had you been trying to avoid that.
You hissed as you dabbed alcohol on a long open wound that made your arm swell. The quick child-like stomps of your foot echoed from the surrounding buildings, but yet you continued to clean each spot. The last thing your needed was an infection...or roaches laying eggs under your skin. Adrian insisted on cleaning them for you, but you refused to allow that. The last time he tried cleaning something, he had to pin you on the floor. Candy had ran to her room and hid, terrified of your painful screaming. The neighbors called the cops, and there was some serious questioning and repetitive skeptical looks. You made sure to remind him of this episode, and took all of the wound cleaning supplies to the roof to mend yourself.
I had the bottom half of my T-shirt in my mouth, trying my best to muffle my whines and screams. I was a total baby when it came to cleaning the wounds, but getting them was like nothing. I was never sure why, but it had always been that way with me. I paused my muffled screams when I heard the faint sound of something hitting the rooftop.
I knew what that sound meant, I'd heard it many times before. Yet... never had I dreaded it so bad. The scuffling stopped, and I refused to turn around. Instead, my stiff movements continued as if he wasn't there, behind me. I pretended I couldn't hear his breathing, or the way his weight shifted uneasily. I dropped the shirt from my mouth and adjusted myself, struggling to place a Hello Kitty themed bandaid over my arm. I whined and stomped, tears filling my eyes. Why was the pressure suddenly so unbearable? I could hear Leo behind me, examining my one on one fight with myself. I began to wonder if he was going to say anything at all.
Minutes passed. The minutes felt like an eternity, though I knew it wasn't.
"I don't understand." Leo's voice suddenly came to me, crashing against my turned back like a million ton wave. His voice was stiff. Angry, even. It was confused, wavering underneath each word. I couldn't look at him. It was too hard. Just hearing his voice made my heart break. I never intended for this to happen, for him to find out, for him to feel so lost and betrayed by the one he learned to trust so well. He scoffed at my silence, but little did he know I couldn't make myself speak. My mouth hung open, my heart trying its best to throw out words, but it refused. "You're not going to say anything? It's funny, you didn't strike me as a coward."
His mocking voice finally made me turn, but the tone he gave didn't compare to his face. It was hurt, tears brimming his eyes, but they would not fall. A trembling frown sat on his lips, and his hands shook no matter how hard they were clamped together.
"I..." I looked away from his blue eyes, tears falling from my own. My heart ached in my chest. "It wasn't what you thought, Leo."
"Then what was it?!" His voice boomed. I jumped up and scrambled away from him as he walked closer, his muscles flexing and structure becoming more intimidating. I was his enemy now, so what stopped him from crushing me right here?
"I had to. Leo, I'm sorry, but I had no choice." I looked back to his eyes. His emotions were hitting me even from where I stood a good distance away. My hands held themselves up in surrender, shaking from the anxiety. I didn't want to lose Leo, but there was no other way out of my situation. We were a danger to each other now. "Can we please talk about this?" My nervous smile kicked in, wavering at first but then stopping. Leo frowned. "Adrian is probably in bed, we have time to talk it out. At least listen to what you need to know."
