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Post by Doctor Nanjo M.D. on Apr 10, 2023 3:18:51 GMT
“Wowww!!” Xhuli listens intently, kicking her legs, perhaps intentionally cutely. “That’s so fun that your mom has pink hair! And that you got such nice looking eyes,” she studies his appearance.
She takes a moment, a calm but warm expression on her face. She pays his back, “Sorry for bringing up a sour memory with the arm thing. I never quite saw you look like that before…”
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Post by Joker on Apr 10, 2023 4:11:15 GMT
"Thanks!" Nico said, smiling a bit, despite his previous expression. "I might not be super close with my parents, but I am glad I take after them appearance wise."
"No no, it's alright! You don't need to apologize! You didn't know. I'm sorry I kind of lost my cool there." He continued. "I've had prosthetics for about six years now, but the story of how I got it is still a bit of a sore subject."
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Post by Doctor Nanjo M.D. on Apr 10, 2023 4:38:18 GMT
Xhuli keeps watching Nico, “Wow, totallyyy.”
“When I was a kid, I fell off of a ladder when my family was getting the house fixed. I couldn’t have been older than six. And broke my arm, bending it at some ungodly angle, but when I told my dad he didn’t believe me. I was howling in pain and tears were streaming down my face. I told him how bad it hurt and tried to show him the weird way it was bending. He said I should just go in my room and sleep and it would be better in the morning.”
She smirks, but it looks slightly hateful, “I was a dumb kid and I didn’t know any better so I did what he said. A week later I had to be taken to the hospital it was so bad. It was a whole week I lived like that.”
“Obviously it’s not the same, but I can relate to having a sore spot about things…” she glances away with a quick snort. “At least it got healed because of Sissus.”
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Post by Joker on Apr 11, 2023 0:20:41 GMT
"A whole week?!" Nico sounded horrified. "Oh my god, Xhuli that's awful! I'm so sorry!"
"Though I've gotta say, I didn't think I'd be able to add arm related trauma to the list of things we'd be able to bond over." He says, jokingly.
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Post by Doctor Nanjo M.D. on Apr 12, 2023 23:14:34 GMT
"Yeah..." Xhuli gives her best smile but a very close observation can see the stress on her brow.
She wraps a hand into her mass of hair, "Every day I'm here it just reminds me of another thing that was denied from me before I got here. There are a lot of things that have hurt me and just now I'm realizing how bad they hurt."
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Post by Joker on Apr 13, 2023 20:05:17 GMT
"Oh? Like what, exactly?" Nico asks, a bit concerned. "If you don't mind me asking, that is! If you're not comfortable with it, don't feel pressured to respond or anything. I'm here for you if you want to talk about it."
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Post by Doctor Nanjo M.D. on Apr 15, 2023 6:43:27 GMT
"Everything. I wish I could go back and change it all..." Xhuli leans back on her bed and closes her eyes. "I wish I had done more. Made more friends. Gotten a boyfriend or a girlfriend or both. Laser tag, sleepovers, scary stories, roller coasters, rock climbing... The list is endless. I've done nothing for almost eighteen years and now it's too late."
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Post by Joker on Apr 16, 2023 1:07:14 GMT
"It's not too late for all of that when we get out of here!" Nico said, trying to cheer Xhuli up. "You're still young! When we're free we can do all of those things and more together! I can try to help you find someone too! You're beautiful, anyone would be lucky to have you! So please don't give up, okay? Just like you believe I'll be able to patch things up with Leon, I'll believe in you and everything you want to do, okay?"
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Post by Doctor Nanjo M.D. on Apr 18, 2023 4:24:46 GMT
Xhuli is silent, and she clings to her friend.
It wasn’t the response she wanted, and it feels like something is burrowing under her skin. Pain fills her heart. She really cares about everyone, really wants everyone to be happy. She is terrified of her own happiness being impossible. She was hoping to make up her mind about the things she’s about to do.
“Okay!” Are those fresh tears? Why is she crying so hard. “Yeah, we have to live for the future! I won’t give up hope and you won’t either!” Yugi’s voice squeaks out.
She wipes fresh tears repeatedly, never letting Nico know what she feels in her heart.
When eventually they part, Xhuli goes to her room and sits there in utter darkness. She doesn’t cry. The only reason she would is if there’s a chance anyone could pull her from her spiral. She hopes that somehow she doesn’t kill Nico and he can live.
She hopes he can be happy even if she can’t.
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