

Amal | Nakushi
Pure, Hope, Aspiration| Unwanted
I sprinted to her, but when I got too close, she stepped back a few steps with her small, glossy shoes. Her bright eyes were glazed, with a serrated, slightly redly rusted blade to her chest.
You know nothing about me. No one does. No one wanted to.
Yes I do, I said, trying for lightness. I know lots of things about you.
No you do-
I know your favorite color is purple. I know you're lefthanded. I know you want to be an actress when you grow up.
You don't know the things that matter, Amal.
I know you think you're worthless. My eyes began to water with the injustice and hurt she was feeling. I know you think you killed your parents.
Stop! Nakushi screamed, her eyes clouding over with liquid. I did. I don't think I killed them, I did.
I shook my head. They weren't paying attention to you, you couldn't have known what you did what have done what it did.
This seemed to shake her harder. She screeched at me. I just wanted them to listen to me!I wanted them to see me! I wanted them to pay attention to me. Even when someone just says my name, I am reminded of it.
I took a small step towards her. Nakushi, don't do it.
She visibly calmed. She glanced down at the blade in her hand, at the red blood that had blossomed where she'd already shallowly cut herself without noticing. Nakushi. Do you know what that means, Amal? Nakushi means unwanted. With that, her blue orbs cleared and hardened, she shoved the blade into herself and crumpled.
With a cry, I sprang over to her slight, crumpled body. Oh, Nakushi. I whispered.
Nakushi. Unwanted.