Beatrix's conscious slipped through the shadows, searchimg for any trace of her friend. Aahva simply wasn't late like this- which meant
something had to be holding him up. After minutes of slithering through the dark corners of the upper halls, Beatrix finally heard his voice coming from near the girl's washroom...
*BANG BANG BANG*
The knocks startled Beatrix, her consciousness snapping back into place. Even more startling was that it was
Aahva's voice at the door! Didn't she just hear him someplace else?
Beatrix slowly opened the door, brow furrowed as she saw that it was, indeed, Aahva. "Heyo..." she said, her eyes quivering. She gave the boy a worried look, moving aside so as to let him in. "What took you so long? Is something going on?"
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"Come on dude,
relaaaax. I
promise you aren't in trouble."
Susies heart raced as she pressed herself to the wall, body shaking. She strained her ears, trying to make out what had her bully so scared. It was hard to hear over the sound of her pounding heartbeat, and soon enough the girl meekly peered around the corner to see what was going on...
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Aahva stared timidly up at the upperclassman, back to the wall. The tiefling was leaning with her arm on the wall, smiling contently. He knew from experience that her relaxed posture was a ruse- one wrong move, and she'd use that awful flower hex on him again. "Well? What t-the
fuck do you want then?" he stammered, hoping he didn't sound as frightened as he felt. "Fucking get on with it!"
Obedience giggled. "Dude,
chill, seriously! I just wanted to talk about Susie." She shifted her weight, leaning in closer to the boy. "I heard about what you did today. You're really killing it out there!"
Aahva paused, blinking. This was about
that, of all things? "Uh... thanks, I guess..."
The demonic student beamed. "You're welcome! Actually, I kinda was wondering..." She leaned in even closer, her gaunt face inches away from his own. "Do you think you could go, like, even
harder on her?"
"Uhh..." The Thanati boy's mind began to race, and he inhaled sharply.
"Do the opposite!" a voice in his head screamed.
"Whatever she says, do the fucking opposite!""She'll kill me if I don't!" cried another.
"She's a fucking psycho!Obedience pulled away, laughing. "Hahahaha! Dude, the
look on your face!" she said gleefully. "I swear this isn't me trying to get you in trouble, I mean that!" The tiefling began to to twirl her already tangled hair in her fingers. "It's just that I'm gonna have to start cramming for finals soon, y'know? I'm not gonna have time to mess with her myself anymore." The girl sighed. "Plus, I really think I topped myself by killing the dog. Like... nothing else I could do will ever be funnier than that."
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"Nothing else I could do will ever be funnier than that."The words rang inside Susies head, echoing over and over again. She slowly slumped to the floor, eyes wide. She began to scrach her wrist, peeling off the scab and digging her fingernails inside the cut.
"I want to die." she thought abruptly, tears falling silently from her eyes.
"I don't want to do this anymore...""Do it." said the voice in her head.
"You won't have to feel anything bad ever again.It was at that moment that something inside of Susie Rainfeather finally broke...