She'd been alone for so long it was hard to place. So used to being alone - from school to home and back again. She knew the route, knew the best places to keep her head down, knew which hallways to head to to keep out of the hallways during rush hours. It was easy that way, because if she could keep the attention away from herself, she could get through it all.
And then today had happened. She didn't know what it was in her that decided to go down that way today, or why she felt like she had to, like there was a reason, something to find. She didn't know why, when she did make it down that hall and found the blond boy up against the wall and the brown-haired one taking on the other boys - older, known bullies. People she avoided. And yet here she was, filled with whatever that was inside of her, something violently protective and scarily unfamiliar. She'd never met these boys before, had no reason to barge in when she did, and yet here she was and here they were.
She found as the day went on this feeling got worse, and worser still. She could barely get through class without a nervous tick moving through her, a tension of are they okay where are they how do I know. Melissa didn't even know their names before today, and yet she couldn't shake the feeling. Which is why, later, she finds herself walking up a bit silently behind Arthur just moments after he rings the doorbell to Eren's house. She's never even been here before, yet the moment the door opens and Eren is standing there, smiling like that, she feels better.
oh hey y'all c:
She'd been alone for so long it was hard to place. So used to being alone - from school to home and back again. She knew the route, knew the best places to keep her head down, knew which hallways to head to to keep out of the hallways during rush hours. It was easy that way, because if she could keep the attention away from herself, she could get through it all.
And then today had happened. She didn't know what it was in her that decided to go down that way today, or why she felt like she had to, like there was a reason, something to find. She didn't know why, when she did make it down that hall and found the blond boy up against the wall and the brown-haired one taking on the other boys - older, known bullies. People she avoided. And yet here she was, filled with whatever that was inside of her, something violently protective and scarily unfamiliar. She'd never met these boys before, had no reason to barge in when she did, and yet here she was and here they were.
She found as the day went on this feeling got worse, and worser still. She could barely get through class without a nervous tick moving through her, a tension of are they okay where are they how do I know. Melissa didn't even know their names before today, and yet she couldn't shake the feeling. Which is why, later, she finds herself walking up a bit silently behind Arthur just moments after he rings the doorbell to Eren's house. She's never even been here before, yet the moment the door opens and Eren is standing there, smiling like that, she feels better.