Concession
Tears flow through my eyes as I run down the fields. I don't look back as the shouting of my name fades in the distance. I can't believe I said that out loud. Not only that, but I screamed that into Jasper's face. The sky turns dark as thunder booms throughout the world.
Rain starts to pouring down hard on my form, drenching it. I stomp into puddles of water as I notice the silhouette of a small figure just up ahead. Lightning crashes down from the sky, illuminating the figure behind it. I don't gasp or make a single reaction.
I stop running as I come face to face with her. "Are you happy, Amethyst, with everything you've ever done?" I blink as I listen to her rant. "I've never seen you like this except for one other time. Remember that night Holo Pearl came to visit you? That was going to be your angel of death right then and there."
"But she wanted me to move on. She wanted me to move on...from you." Lightning flashes again with another boom of thunder. "Well maybe I'm just not meant for you then. Or perhaps you're just not compatible...
for anyone including me."
"It's just that...I really thought we had something, Eyeball. You and I. What the heck happened to that?" Eyeball looks away. "I guess you were nothing more than a dream. But what I don't get is why? Why did you save me from my platoon?" I wipe my leftover tears.
"I hated how they treated you. You were picked on and made fun of by those other stupid Rubies...just like how I was with the Gems. I only wanted to help you out, you know?" She faces me once more.
"Were you the worst of your group? Did you want to strive for such goals that you know you can never reach? Have you felt for one second that you could've been something a whole lot more if it wasn't for a simple dang accident?!" I nod my head. Eyeball blinks her eye as lightning flashes.
"We have a lot in common, huh?"
"Yeah, we do. It's just...the way we were handling things. Ruby and Sapphire aren't even friends anymore ever since they broke up from their relationship. The exact same thing could happen to us." Eyeball looks down.
"I don't want to hurt you anymore than I already did, Eyeball. If we're not happy with this, shouldn't we at least talk to each other about it instead of just waiting until the last possible minute before blowing it all up?" Eyeball grabs her left arm with her right palm, looking up.
"Well, what do you have to say about it?" Lightning flashes and thunder booms as I continue. "At the time, I thought that everything you did for me was really nice and all. But now, looking back at it all, it's just freaking creepy!" Eyeball's mouth quivers.
"I mean, just look at the way you've treated me! You sing a song, you pet my hair like a cat, you kissed me after I said that I thought that I murdered Steven! Remember that, Eyeball?!" Eyeball sighs. "And then you always take me away from the barn and-!"
"That was just to cheer you up! You were going to kill yourself if I didn't come to help you!" I scoff. "Are you kidding me?! Your idea of help is to act all romantic and tell your depressing stories of the Gem War! I never wanted to hear about any of that!"
"I thought you liked all of that."
"I never did! And here's the worst one. Ever since Doc told me to strip naked out of my clothes, what do you say to me?!" Eyeball tears up. "I...I..." She grimaces, looking down.
"I'm s-so s-sorry! You never told me! How was I supposed to know you didn't like any of that?!"
"I never told you because I needed all of that!" Eyeball shakes her head. "WHAT?!"
"Eyeball, I...I was in a relationship before."
Eyeball rolls her eyes. "With Pearl." I groan. "Ugh! Our relationship was so much better! It wasn't at first, but it turned out cleaner and it was actually pure! We cared about each other equally!" I curl my hands into fists.
"Then I lost it all. But THAT is the relationship that I want! Not the crummy, depressing garbage that YOU call one!" Eyeball turns away from me, folding her arms. "So you don't love me?" Her voice is shaking. I think I took this a bit too far. Lightning flashes as thunder booms.
"I...don't know." Eyeball pulls out a chisel from her gem as it glows. "Let's find out then." I raise my eyebrow. "Huh?" Suddenly, Eyeball whips her body around and she lunges the chisel at me with a yell.
Bạn đang đọc truyện trên: AzTruyen.Top