Bong♪bamg♪bung♪ Bang♪

Bong♪bamg♪bung♪

Bungg♪

The soft strums of what sounds like a bass guitar plays through the quiet house…..

…….

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After the strums die down avid typing replaces its sound

…….

Clop-clop-strut— — clop-clop-strut— — Clop-clop-strut___

Back and forth then goes the sound of footsteps…

Knock-knock-knock

“Lyra ?”

Knock-knock.

Kage quietly calls at Lyra’s door.

“………”

His calls however are met with nothing but silence

……….

Kage turns to leave

………Erkkk!

The door opens behind him

“…….”

Lyra doesn’t say anything nor does she wait at the door for him she simply leaves it open and goes back to her bed…

….

Kage follows behind…

“Uh, ehm” he coughs slightly

“….”

The two stare awkwardly at each other trying to think of a way to begin a conversation.

“Bitch.” Says Lyra yawns after a while, breaking the tension,

“Is that really the first thing you are going to say?” Kage replies glad to use that as way to start talking,

“I was trying to sleep and you are busy making a racket,”

“I wasn’t even being that loud,” Protests Kage

“Loud enough,” Lyra dives under her covers, turning her back to Kage

“Now what do you want?” she asks

“……. I wanted to talk to you about Karina…

When she died I saw some of her memories,

Or to be specific,

I saw one memory.”

“…..”

Lyra doesn’t say anything, she turns to face Kage, gesturing with her eyes to keep going,

“She always felt like might not live long,

So she wrote a goodbye letter for everyone, for me to tell you.” Kage continues

“What did she say about me?”

“That she is sorry for everything,

For how she treated you in the past

Everyway she has made you feel…..

What she was doing since founding club Hedon back in Soterra was trying to figure out a way to make it up to you,

She didn’t ask for forgiveness, but instead hopes that you can get over the past.”

“……..

…

Why does she have to be that way?” Lyra grumbles annoyed or at least she tries to be

“It took death for her to tell me those things, she could have said it to me when she was alive, all I would’ve done is kick her ass and we’d be even!”

Lyra once again turns away from Kage sinking back down into her sheets She refuses to ever be overly emotional in front of anyone ever again.

“She has already beaten me down so many times, directed all her hate towards me at a time when I was just a confused little girl, And…. I forgave her for it.

………

Hhhhhhhhhh!” sighs Lyra heavily deep in thought

“Maybe I am the problem,

Maybe I am driven towards people who hurt me”

“My brother, Karina even you Kage,

You….

And here I am after months of hating you already close to letting it all go

It’s been two days and I am already thinking of forgiving you.

Haahha” the girl laughs hysterically

“………”

Kage remains silent letting Lyra speak her heart

….

“Do you miss her Kage? Karina I mean.”

“……

For you it feels like a year,

It only feels like a few weeks for me,

I haven’t slept since,

All I do is think is about what happened back there,

I think about everything,” Kage finally speaks

“What did Karina have say to you?”

“That’s a personal question,”

“Don’t try to be cheeky Kage you saw her memories and told me what she wanted to say to me,

There isn’t anything that is ‘personal’ when it comes to us,”

“….. Well if you must know,

Karina said that she never liked me,

She was attracted to something about me

She said its something that makes her want to be close to me,”

“Is that why you two were always fucking?” Lyra presses flatly

“First of all, your vocabulary has gotten considerably obscene since coming here

And secondly that is not what was happening, she used to come at night by me and sleep

That’s all, she like cuddling with others I guess,” Kage awkwardly explains

“That sounds stupid,

I kinda feel like you are lying,” Lyra doubts

“Believe what you will,” sighs Kage

“On that topic Kage

Was what you said really true?”

“Of course it is, why would I li,—”

“—I ’m not talking about you piping Karina, I mean, when you were crying your eyes out like a bitch,”

“You were laterally crying first,”

“Yeah, but you did it like a bitch” Lyra retorts impudently

“……

Well, it felt true for me, in that moment, Everything I said, I was acting on that emotion, How I felt.

I don’t know if you can consider it the truth or not,”

“ughh!

Why are you always so difficult to talk to Kage?

So cryptic,

Where is Apollo when you need him,” groans Lyra sounding a bit more upbeat now,

“Now that you mention him Lyra,

Where is Apollo?—"