by knifedoq » Sun Mar 18, 2018 4:53 pm
username: knifedoq
name: rainier
gender/pronouns: she/her
lucky charm: cassette tape
“...you know it’s out of my control now, right?” she asks, to clarify, to break the silence.
“yeah,” knot answers, “and i’m still not okay with it.”
knot smiles, but her eyes don’t. rainier frowns, feeling a drop in her stomach, and so does knot. rainier sighs, annoyed. exasperated. desperate.
“you know i can’t leave with us like this, and my bus comes in at six.”
“yeah, i know.”
“okay,” rainier answers, heart fluttering. she couldn’t bear to leave, already having given knot her farewell gift; a tiny swiss army knife (from her own personal collection, too). she pulls knot into a hug, feeling her heart race, feeling like she was over a ledge.
knot pulls back, holding rainier’s face in her hands, staring up into her eyes, laying a kiss on her lips.
“i’m gonna miss you so much.”
“i know. i love you.”
“i know.”
rainier nods in acknowledgement, tears dotting her face. it didn’t help that the sun was in her eyes, that she was facing, her head-on. knot reached into a pocket, grabbing her cassette, laying it into rainier’s hands.
“don’t you dare forget me when you’re all rich and famous,” she says with a laugh.
“i promise i won’t.”
rainier turns away, walking a little too slowly back home where her suitcase waited. she turned the cassette tape over in her hands, tracing the ridges with a thumb, the label reading: “knot’s best tunes - don’t forget about me! <3”
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knifedoq on Sun Mar 18, 2018 6:48 pm, edited 2 times in total.
knife or misha - they/them - gay nb - uni student
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