day 06 // the snake // lie
ft. eyphah
viewtopic.php?f=53&t=3114722&hilit=354"no."it was such a simple lie.
eyphah blinked lazily, eyes drooping with the usual exhaustion. another sleepness night, like always. they sat next to their mother, hot under their pale fur, refusing to meet her eyes (but then, that was normal, wasn't it). but their mother just nodded, silently checking the box and moving on to the next question.
eyphah went into the doctor's office. they had their usual checkup, suffered through the usual lectures of what would be happening to their body as they got older, dealt with the usual blind dysphoria of their doctors. they'd tried to explain last time, they weren't a boy or girl, they didn't belong to either world but some secret one all their own; no one listened. eventually they'd given up trying.
"do you have any questions?"
"no."
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"no."
they sat across the room from their therapist. sleeves long, eyes averted, fingers twitching. the other kalon frowned.
"are you sure?" they asked. "this is a very serious thing, you know. if you lie-"
"the answer is no," eyphah interrupted, trying desperately to keep their calm. "i haven't done anything like that."
"will you show me your arms?"
eyphah frowns, tugs their sleeves down farther.
"no."
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"no."
it was a hospital official this time, a nurse dressed in scrubs the color of the sky, a dark dark sky, royal blue. she scowls. "don't lie to me. you're here because-"
"because what? i tried to jump off a building?" eyphah retorts, rolling their eyes, trying to cover up for the emotions raging under their skin. "i
didn't try it. for the record."
if they were sarcastic enough, maybe she'd give up and accept it.
"you are being admitted for suicidal ideation," the nurse informs them, point-blank, matter-of-fact. "you'll be here for a mandatory twenty-four hours.
"do you want to go home?"
"no."
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"no."
it was such a simple truth.
"are you okay?"
"no."