After Primrose left Malik and Elise stared at each other. They hadn't been alone together for a long time and in their heighten state of emotion neither of them could get back into the playful indifference they had mistaken for healing.
Finally, Malik couldn't take it anymore, so he turned on his heels and started to head in the direction Primrose had went, "I'm not doing this."
"Wait please I'm sorry you had to hear that." Elise said reaching out to Malik but stopping herself before making contact.
Malik whirled around, "Oh you're sorry that I heard? Not that you didn't mean it like that or that I'm misunderstanding the situation. You're just sorry I heard you trying to poison Primrose against me. "he said.
"That wasn't what I was trying to do Malik. I was trying to warn her, to protect you." Elise said.
"Protect me? Is that what you're calling this? "Malik asked mockily.
"It's true Malik. I've watched the two of you together, your feelings are a clear as day and so are hers. She will never feel for you what you feel for her and that will break your heart." Elise said.
Malik laughed and stared at her like she was crazy, "And you think that it's your job to save me from that... from her. You don't understand me at all!"
Elise had never seen Malik this angry before, even when they broke up Malik had left her with a smile. Sure, it had been a sad smile, but she couldn't think of a single time that Malik had gotten angry at anyone. This was legitimate rage. Even knowing Malik's history as a passivist Elise couldn't stop herself from taking a step back.
"You think that us breaking up is what pushed me into Calypso's arms. It wasn't. It was you ignoring me that broke my heart." Malik voice broke," Fuck Elise, you didn't look at me for months. You were my first real friend. Rana and the guys are my family, they have to put up with me no matter what but you, you chose to be my friend and then for no reason you just dropped me. Finding out I was that insignificant to you was so painful it felt like I couldn't breath whenever I was around you."
"I didn't thing.... I didn't know that you felt like that." Elise said.
"Of course, you didn't! How could you know when you didn't talk to me. It was 'Mal I can't keep seeing you' and then dead silence..."
"I only did that-"Elise started nut Malik put his hand up.
"Yeah, I get why you didn't. You have made it extremely clear why you did it," Malik said resignedly," Elise, I knew that you were never going to be my girlfriend, you made your limits clear to me from the start. I might have caught some feeling for you, but I would never had tried tying you to me like that."
"Well, you never stopped them when people started saying stuff about us dating or even getting married someday." Elise said, "Wasn't that you trying to pressure me?"
"No," Malik said confused," you told me you didn't care what they said so I was ignoring them. I thought reacting to them would only make it worst."
"I hadn't considered that." Elise said guiltily.
"Well maybe you were projecting some of your own insecurities onto me," Malik said, "Gods above Elise, you made it so uncomfortable to be here I had to leave. Had to be anywhere other than here and being that mix of sad, mad and lost is how I ended up with Calypso. And now you want the first friend I've made since then leave me too."
"I'm so sorry Malik I thought I was doing the right thing." Elise said.
"The right thing for you maybe," Malik said cruelly then after a second he sighed and ran his hands though his hair, "You don't have to be sorry Elise. In the end everything with Calypso was my own fault. My choices got me there not you. You're not responsible and your misguided feelings of guilt sure as hell don't give you the right to try and make the one friend, I had managed to make turn her back on me."
Elise stared hard at the ground, "You don't look at her like a friend Malik. Can you really handle it when she doesn't return your feelings?" Elise asked.
"Well then id actually die..."Malik said under his breath then quickly coughed," Elise stop telling me how I feel or how she does. Honestly you'll never make a career as a mind reader."
Elise took a step back then quickly turned her back, "I see. I guess I overstepped my boundaries." she said before marching away.
Malik gritted his teeth before marching to his wagon where he knew Primrose would be. He needed to be with her right now, needed to whine and cry and have her understand and smile at him. Just needed to soak in her presence until this icky feeling in his heart faded. Then all of a sudden, he heard Elise scared scream, "Primrose!"
Without thinking he used his powers to teleport to the source of the sound. He saw Elise kneeling in the dirt cradling an unconscious Primrose in her arms trying to wake her up. Blood was trickling from her forehead. Malik managed to take one step closer to her before the world went fuzzy then black.