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Anonymous Mon 19 Aug 2024 19:57:46 No.68407567 Report

>>68407511
lets get these nerds together

Anonymous Mon 19 Aug 2024 20:54:38 No.68409005 Report

>>68407567

>I stand stock still as she almost screams into me. An entire internal universe of pain is let out in that moment. The heat I'd harbored just a few minutes prior is now nothing more than ash. She shakes and trembles as she pushes out every ounce of energy she has.
>I hold tight as she struggles with herself. It's a good few minutes before she returns to something resembling a living being.
>As she pulls off I can feel she's left a huge damp spot on my chest. I look up to see her barely together. At any moment she could come tumbling back down.
>The mere thought is enough to kill her legs. She stumbles back and I reach out to catch her. She's not quite as light as I'd hoped and I find myself dragged down to the ground with her.
>She looks away as we sit on the cold floor. Hiccuping and sniffling she speaks. Her voice weak and forced.
>"I'm sorry. This is me." She weakly motions to the boxes in the garage. Abandoned and forgotten out of sight. The familiarity is almost too much.
>I take a pull of breath. I can't hate her. Not after this. I find the mounting courage to ask. The need to know. The last hangup I carry.
>"Did you like hanging out with me?" It hinges on this. I'm at the precipice.
>It's an easy reply. No thought, no worry, no planning and no lies. "Of course."
>I find a relaxation fall into my bones. The scratch on my heart mended with one gentle swoop. I find myself smiling up at her as she looks back confused and shredded.
>"I forgive you." I mutter out. Her eyes lose the edge. A replacing of deep-seated pain with a mote of calm. It's a start.
>I huff and pull my legs back up under me. My knee's gonna be sore tomorrow. I reach a hand out to her. She gingerly accepts and I yank her up. Takes some effort to do so.
>We stand as she pats herself off a bit, doing the best to return to neutral. I watch her as she goes about it in vain.
cont.

Anonymous Mon 19 Aug 2024 21:08:22 No.68409388 Report

Quoted By: >>68409622

>>68409005
>She wipes her face again, smearing her mascara even more than it already was. I start to step aside to let her by. Let her up to a place of safety to readjust herself. She hesitates and speaks.
>"So...?" I turn back to see her questioning gaze.
>"So?" She points her eyes back at the boxes.
>"Stupid, right?" She digs into herself again. I shoo the thought away.
>"Not really." I shrug.
>"Huh?" Her face drops as she blinks wildly at me.
>"I dunno." I shrug. "I guess it's kinda uh, neat?" She just looks at me with her eyes, now widening slightly.
>I flounder for more words. I start and can't stop.
>"It's cool... and I guess pretty cute." I slam my mouth over my face as it slips out. Shit. Shit shit shit.
>Naomi just watches. I can see thoughts racing behind her eyes. It's a good few seconds before she speaks again, another question.
>"You mean that?" I slowly pull my hand down from my lips. I nod to her and pray that I haven't just dug myself a grave.
>It elicits the smallest smile. I find she's now ready to return indoors. I follow as she makes her way back up stairs from the garage. As we re-enter her room she goes straight for her bed, almost throwing herself into it.
>I start to go for the computer chair but I catch her eyes. She tucks her tail to the side to make room for where she intends for me to sit. I consider for a long moment. I balk and sit right next to her as she lays back.
>Her thigh touches my back as I settle in. She lets out a bit of a deep breath, a mixture of a sigh of relief and frustration.
>"Hey, Anon?" She starts.
>"Yeah?" I alert her of my attention.
>"I...I know why you left your old school." My heart stops. I feel a bead of sweat start to form on my forehead. Why? I could've swore I de-
>My thoughts are cut off as she speaks again.
>"Can you tell me about it?" I turn my head to the right to look her in the eyes. It's a soft gaze, still drowned in fluffy red and running mascara.
cont.

Anonymous Mon 19 Aug 2024 21:17:16 No.68409622 Report

Quoted By: >>68409998

>>68409388
>For the briefest moment I consider it. The thought grows and picks up speed as it starts. She'd just poured her heart out to me and I can't return the favor? It's like willingly stepping on a landmine. I have to trust her. Do I trust her? I slowly close my eyes. It's now or never. I grit my teeth. Hell, what's one more ruined school life?
>"Okay." I spit out. I lean forward, pulling my hands together and put myself back in rock bottom. It's not a nice place to be.
>I open my mouth to start but find it difficult. The emotion strikes as I let my mind settle. Makes me want to hide, to be anywhere but.
>I feel a movement behind me. Naomi sits up and places a gentle hand on my shoulder. A solid pillar in the moving emotions inside me. It helps me find a starting place.
>"I...trusted people who stabbed me in the back. People I called friends used me as a stepping stone." The grip grows tighter.
>"Shared something without thinking and it bit me in the ass. You said you already know what it was. You know why I couldn't stand to be there anymore..." My voice melts into a disgusted hush. That's all I can say and even that has set my entire being into stress.
>To my surprise I find Naomi shifting again, this time her head peeks to my side as her hand leaves my shoulder.
>"You still like that stuff? Anime?" I turn slowly to look at her. Ready to be hurt again. Ready for mocking.
>It's a teary half-smile I get back. My head nods slowly as I search her face for any single twitch of betrayal. I watch her snout move.
>"Can you show me?" My body twitches. Heart beats. Soul aches.
>I slowly and hesitantly go for my phone. This is a mistake. I shouldn't do this. My head screams anxieties at me. My heart guides my hand. All I can think of is how she's going to laugh, belittle me. Steadily it's in my hand now.
>I tap on the browser. The site I use on quick links. This is you last chance you moron. Stop now and spare us. A gentle beat of the heart presses my finger down.
cont

Anonymous Mon 19 Aug 2024 21:29:52 No.68409998 Report

Quoted By: >>68410234

>>68409622
>Up comes a colorful list of weeb slop. My vision narrows. I'm on the verge of hyperventilating.
>Her soft voice is like an earthquake. "Let's watch one."
>Again I move without my consent. I've pulled up a short episode of Saturnia. The end approaches, my head assures me of that. I've sealed it again. Wonder if this time I'll have to run away off a bridge.
>The intro starts and goes as I sit completely still, Naomi peeking her head around me to watch the phone in my hand. I notice her gentle breathing slowed and no longer fighting through her own tears.
>I'm locked. Not a single muscle in my body can move. I can merely watch along as life goes. What seems like a lifetime passes in slow motion as the episode plays. I can't focus on it at all.
>It ends and I slowly shut my eyes. Here it comes.
>"Can we start from the first episode? I think I'm missing some context." My arm goes limp and drops my phone into my lap. I gasp for air.
>I turn to look at Naomi. She's wearing a bit of a concerned expression. Seems it's my turn.
>I hug her again. Without pause she places her hands around my waist. The stress of the moment starts to fade away and I liquefy in her arms. Riding out that moment broke my will.
>I pull back after a moment, realizing what I'd just done. Her arms don't let me go. I just get a gentle pat of assurance.
>Finally I'm freed, pulling off her and un-tucking my knee from under myself. I motion to stand as she looks up at me.
>"If its okay..." she has to work into it, "can we just be ourselves around each other?" I tilt my head down to her and nod.
>Another genuine smile. One brought by hope and promise. I find it mirrored on my own face.
>The time to leave seems to be closing in as I look over the two of us. I gotta get out of my soaked and mascara marked shirt and she's got to clean the smears off her face. I chuckle slightly as I look between us. She looks guiltily at me as we share the notice.
cont one more.

Anonymous Mon 19 Aug 2024 21:38:26 No.68410234 Report

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>>68409998
>I wave my hand at her "It's alright. It'll wash out." I sure hope it will.
>"See you Monday." She calls at me as I turn.
>She waves quickly to me as I make my way out. I check my phone before I go. Got a good 10 minutes before her parents are home. Good.
>I start down the stairs and make my way to the front door. I'm stopped as a voice, deep and mature startles me from behind. A woman's voice.
>"You Anon, then?" I whip my head around to see a parasaur woman, dark coloration but sharing Naomi's pattern. I hazard a guess that it's her mother.
>"Y-yeah?" I stutter out.
>She lazily glances about me as she peels an orange.
>"She doing any better?" She tilts her head in the direction of the stairs.
>I nod. She smirks at me.
>"Good. Let's talk sometime." She plops half the fruit into her mouth and waves me off. I accept instantly and march out the front door.
>Legs like jelly I almost stumble down the staircase but manage to keep my footing.
>My heart beats a drum of victory. A chance to be open. A chance to be understood. I'm almost floating. I start home.

Fin.

>>68409143
Not today but maybe in the future.

>>68407568
Nah that's as much as you're getting, sorry.

>>68407570
Next.