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Every bit of her body sang in agony, exhaustion drawing from the intensity of their position. Not that she'd ever allow that part of herself to show.
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"what I think," she began, voice tight with assurance.
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"Is that you're so used to using everyone around you -- or being used yourself -- that you can't possibly believe someone would actually think to stay. "
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Her heart thrummed loudly into her ears. She ignored it, as she had before.
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"Well, Matias? What if I did? What if I stayed?"
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but people have stayed before even when there was nothing else left for them to gain. he knows that much and yet he cannot pull himself out of the depths of his own self-inflicted isolation. how he thinks it's only him in the world and that no one else matters.[break][break]

or at least they should not matter.[break][break]

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"you annoy me so fucking much, penny. why would you ever choose to stay?"[break][break]

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She wouldn't.
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At least she didn't think she would.
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It was hard to say sometimes, especially now.
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"I don't know," she sighed. "maybe because I thought we were the same? I'm not too sure now."
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Her head shook. The way he spoke of Sootopolis still hung over her head, twirling beneath the sunlight. Was she wrong for sympathizing with someone so cruel?
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"Why does that annoy you so much?"

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"because i can only think of a few reasons why you'd choose to stay and none of them end well."[break][break]

he pauses, then adds:[break][break]

"for either of us."[break][break]

slowly, HATRED fades, carried away by the oddly gentle breeze that flows past them. his eyes flutter shut for a moment as though it would be enough to silence everything. it's not.[break][break]

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"name them."
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Mouth dried, she waited for his answer, looking back up at him with eyes that spoke all the innocence of a wolf in sheep's clothing.
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so he has to be the one to voice what has been left unsaid for justifiable reasons. he tenses at the thought, at how the words come almost too easily to him.[break][break]

"you want what i have. power. control. the confidence to not doubt yourself at every turn. maybe the only way you think you can achieve that is through me."[break][break]

she would not be wrong to think that.[break][break]

"you want to feel protected. there's a reason your boy hasn't joined us on any of our expeditions. i also heard that when you finally did agree, one of his pokemon ended up maimed or some shit. in other words, he's weak."[break][break]

or...[break][break]

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fuck it.[break][break]

"you love me."[break][break]

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The first reason is spot on. It essentially summarized their relationship up until that point.
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It was transactional by nature, with Penelope returning only for the promise of more.
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The second option acted as a stark contrast to the truth. Though, his mentioning of CIAN MAHER did sparked something within her. She pushed it down with a grimace.
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Finally, the last option.
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"Love?"
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Laughter threatened to trickle out.
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"Don't get ahead of yourself."
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The only person she could ever love was CIAN MAHER -- or, at least, that's what she wanted to say. However, reality thought differently.
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"don't get me wrong, penny, i'm flattered, but i'm an engaged man. even if i wasn't, there are a multitude of reasons why we would never work."[break][break]

reasons he would hate to go into now.[break][break]

"so if love is the reason for you staying, then i suggest we just part ways now. it'll be easier. less painful for you."[break][break]

for both of them.[break][break]

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"I don't love you, Matias."
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Forcibly plain, her voice stills above the rising tension.
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"I could never love someone like you, so please, don't even worry about it."
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Someone so crude.
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Someone so vicious.
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Someone so selfish.
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Friendship was even a curious development she hadn't originally thought possible.
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"alright."[break][break]

that's that, then. the only confirmation he will ever need to put that possibility behind him. to bury it so far down that it can never surface again. it's for the best.[break][break]

"if you say so."[break][break]

ahead of them, the spiritual bridge had begun to take shape, fortified by the things shared between them. his foot raises to test the stability of it only for it wispy strands to untether, falling apart.[break][break]

"nope. guess it's your turn to share."[break][break]

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It was her turn he says, but without a question to spring off from, Penelope's mind was helplessly in the smog.
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Fingers running through her hair, and her eyes kept tied to the flimsy bridge. It was beginning to take shape, albeit bit slower than she would've expected.
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"I don't fucking know, uh." she swung her head back, forcing herself to look upward. The smog hung heavily over them, caging their souls.
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"Ask me something."
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"tch. expecting me to do all the work again. typical."[break][break]

he exhales, letting his gaze drift into the thick sea of mist that surrounds them. it's there that he searches, willing his mind to focus and snap back to reality. such a menial task is proving to be more difficult than it should which only further agitates him.[break][break]

"your boy. the fucking rat."[break][break]

the snitch. matias is well-aware of cian's name but he chooses to refer to the gym leader like this. perhaps it's out of somw pettiness he's yet to realize.[break][break]

"why'd you never invite him?"[break][break]

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Her nose scrunched at his mention.
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"Don't call him that," she snapped. Her eyes grew sharp with bite.
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Regardless of where their relationship stood, her heart still beats for him. And no one - not even this prick - could disrespect Cian in front of her.
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But then a sigh drew out. It's long, full of wear, as if she'd been holding it since the beginning and then someone.
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"You wouldn't understand."
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Lips dropped to a faint frown, she looked out toward the open rift of swimming wisps. Sometimes, she wished she could join them.
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"I don't want to need his help. For once, I just want to be able to stand on my own."
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Which was ironic, because all things considered, MATIAS SILPH and kyle lopez had saved her ass more times than she could count. But that was different.
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"I mean, imagine: Hoenn's councilwoman needs her fucking boyfriend to protect her. Can't do anything on her own."
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There was more. But she wasn't sure she was ready to touch on that just yet.
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"what, a rat?"[break][break]

the calculated choice from him had evoked a reaction he expected. he gains some sick sense of satisfaction from it, enjoying the way she's forced to come to the defense of someone he doesn't even care about.[break][break]

and now, he finds himself defending the man. kinda.[break][break]

"what's wrong with needing his help? he's a capable gym leader. a case could be made for a prominent one but i'd argue against it. but still, he's capable enough."[break][break]

evidently not.[break][break]

"aren't you meant to protect one another? that usually comes with love."[break][break]

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